Before you offer
Verify the title deed and service-charge history, check the OA's holiday-home stance, pull comparable transactions from the DLD, confirm chiller arrangement, and inspect the actual view line rather than the brochure render.
Run the numbers
At AED 1,300 per sqft and 8–9%, model both AED 70,000 long-term and AED 102,967 short-let scenarios against your AED 1,014,000 entry, with 6–7% transaction costs included.
Barsha Heights at a glance
Barsha Heights is a central Tecom district popular with corporate tenants and long-stay guests. Buying sits at AED 1,300 per sqft — roughly AED 1,014,000 for a standard one-bedroom — while long-term tenants pay about AED 70,000 a year. Hosted as a licensed holiday home, the same unit averages AED 403 a night at 70% occupancy, around AED 102,967 gross. Owners on our managed programme average AED 142,094 — a 38% uplift.