Golf Hillside by Emaar at Dubai Hills Estate

Dubai Hills Estate is a 2,700 acre mixed use community within Mohammed Bin Rashid City, located between Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina. Al Khail Road borders the community and gives direct road access to both business districts.

Dubai Hills Estate has 1.45 million square metres of parks and open space. Its centrepiece is Dubai 
Hills Golf Club, an 18 hole championship course of 1.2 million square metres with a driving range, floodlit practice area and golf academy.

Dubai Hills Mall is at the junction of Umm Suqeim Road and Al Khail Road, and most new projects in Dubai Hills are within a short drive of it. The mall has more than 650 shops and restaurants, along with a record breaking indoor rollercoaster for families.

A 10 year UAE Golden Visa needs property worth AED 2 million or more, units with a DLD value of AED 2 million or more qualify. The rules that apply to off plan buyers:

• Value test: the DLD certified value must be AED 2 million or higher; several properties can be combined to reach it
• No down payment minimum: a federal circular dated 20 February 2026 removed the earlier 50 percent paid requirement
• Documents: a signed purchase agreement with the developer and DLD confirmation of the value
• Entry 1 bedroom: at AED 1.47 million it is below the threshold on its own​

To buy an apartment in Golf Hillside from the developer, you follow 4 steps, from reserving a unit to registering the sale with DLD.

Submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) with your passport copy to hold the chosen unit.
Sign the booking form and pay the 10 percent down payment.
Sign the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Emaar, which sets the price, payment schedule and handover terms.
Register the SPA with DLD on the Oqood system, which records you as the off plan owner until the title deed is issued.

Indian residents can fund a Golf Hillside Dubai purchase under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), which allows up to USD 250,000 per person per financial year, April to March.
Family members can pool their individual LRS limits for 1 overseas property, and payments can be spread across financial years to match the instalment schedule. At the pegged rate of 3.6725, AED 1.47 million.
Tax collected at source (TCS) is 20% on LRS remittances above INR 10 lakh in a financial year, and you can claim it as a credit when filing your Indian return.
Rent earned in Dubai has no UAE personal income tax, but Indian tax residents must report that rent in India and disclose the apartment as a foreign asset in the Indian income tax return.

King's College Hospital Dubai is inside Dubai Hills Estate, so hospital care is within the community. Schools and parks near Golf Hillside MBR City:

GEMS International School, Al Khail: IB curriculum, within 10 minutes by car
Dubai Heights Academy, Al Barsha South: British curriculum, within 10 minutes by car
GEMS Wellington Academy, Al Khail: British curriculum, rated Very Good
GEMS New Millennium School: CBSE and IGCSE curricula
Mediclinic Parkview Hospital: on Umm Suqeim Road
Dubai Hills Park: 180,000 square metres with 2.5 km of jogging and cycling tracks, splash park and wadi trails

Off plan property in Dubai Hills Estate means buying an unfinished building inside a community where the golf club, mall, park, schools and hospital already operate. The trade offs are transport and running cost certainty:

Pro | finished surroundings: daily needs are open today, so you are not waiting for community facilities as well as your own tower
Pro | freehold title: Dubai Hills Estate is Freehold area, so buyers of every nationality hold full ownership
Pro | single master developer: Emaar plans the whole community and builds the tower, so roads, landscaping and building standards follow 1 master plan
Con | no metro inside the community: every Dubai Metro trip starts with a drive or a bus ride to the Red Line
Con | unknown service charges: annual service charge rates for the tower are not published yet, so running costs are not fixed when you book
Con | more supply on the way: Emaar keeps launching new towers in the community, so off plan apartments in Dubai Hills Estate face new competition for buyers and tenants at handover.

Investment value at the tower rests on 3 verified drivers as of October 2026:

• Launch vs registered prices: units launched from AED 1.47 million in 2024, and an 806 Sq.Ft. 1 bedroom registered at AED 1.8 million in September 2026
• Sales activity: 190 sales registered with DLD before handover
• Developer record: all 5 Dubai Hills Estate projects in the delivery record above were completed in the same year, 2019

No rental contracts are registered for the tower yet, since it has not been handed over, so rental yield cannot be measured until after Q4 2028.

Before handover, owners receive a completion notice, inspect the unit against the SPA specifications and record defects through the developer's snagging process, with photos. Keys follow once the final payment and inspection steps are complete.

Building insurance for apartment owners in the tower is arranged by the management entity, as Dubai Law No. 6 of 2019 requires for jointly owned property. The cost is included in annual service charges and covers the structure, lifts, corridors, parking and third party liability.

Contents are not covered by the building policy. Owners who live in the unit need a contents policy for furniture and belongings, while landlords need landlord cover for the fittings inside the unit and tenant damage.

Mortgage buyers should check the bank's offer letter, which lists the insurance the lender requires before the loan is released.