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 1,500 per sqft and 7–8%, model both AED 90,000 long-term and AED 124,786 short-let scenarios against your AED 1,170,000 entry, with 6–7% transaction costs included.
DAMAC Hills at a glance
DAMAC Hills is a golf community of villas and apartments with resort-style amenities. Buying sits at AED 1,500 per sqft — roughly AED 1,170,000 for a standard one-bedroom — while long-term tenants pay about AED 90,000 a year. Hosted as a licensed holiday home, the same unit averages AED 518 a night at 66% occupancy, around AED 124,786 gross. Owners on our managed programme average AED 172,205 — a 38% uplift.
