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Tilal Al Ghaf: Buying Guide, Prices & Listings
A lagoon-centered master plan by Majid Al Futtaim — villas and townhouses built for relocating families.
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A lagoon-centered master plan by Majid Al Futtaim — villas and townhouses built for relocating families.
Tilal Al Ghaf is a master-planned community by Majid Al Futtaim, built around Lagoon Al Ghaf — a 70,000 sq m swimmable, crystal-clear lagoon with a sandy beach open to residents. That lagoon is the community’s entire identity and its price premium: nothing else in the immediate area offers a genuine swimmable centrepiece on this scale, and villas backing directly onto the water carry a real premium over inland plots.
A freehold, family-first master community of townhouses, villas and mansions across a dozen sub-communities, with several phases complete and occupied and more still being delivered. It is best suited to relocating families and professionals who want newer product and a resort-style lagoon lifestyle — and your Fidu agent can put Arabian Ranches alongside it if a fully established villa community is also on your list (see the comparison section below).
Tilal Al Ghaf spans twelve named sub-communities with sharply different products and price points (Bayut Tilal Al Ghaf Area Guide, accessed 11 Aug 2026): Elan (3–4 bed townhouses, the community’s entry product), Aura and Aura Gardens (3–4 bed villas and townhouses), Amara (3–5 bed twin villas), Harmony (4–6 bed villas), Alaya, Alaya Gardens and Alaya Beach (4–6 bed villas), Plagette 32 (4–5 bed villas), and the top tier — Elysian Mansions (5–7 bed), Serenity Mansions (6–7 bed) and Lanai Islands (4–8 bed) — the last two offering private beachfront access directly on the lagoon. Prices span from entry townhouses through to waterfront mansions asking well over AED 30 million, so your Fidu agent will give you the figures for the sub-community and product you are considering.
Bayut’s own area guide confirms Tilal Al Ghaf is “one of the freehold areas in Dubai, allowing full ownership rights for both UAE residents and foreign nationals.” It is treated by the Dubai Land Department as a designated freehold community under Regulation No. 3 of 2006 and subsequent DLD designations — the original 2006 list has been expanded many times since as newer developments such as this one opened, and your Fidu agent will confirm a specific plot with the DLD or through the Dubai REST app as part of the purchase process.
The property-investor Golden Visa requires a Dubai Land Department valuation of at least AED 2,000,000. With average transacted prices starting around AED 4.1 million for a townhouse and AED 8.2 million for a 4-bed villa (see below), the great majority of Tilal Al Ghaf purchases clear the threshold comfortably on their own.
Tilal Al Ghaf is handing over in phases, so both ready homes and newly delivered product are available — your Fidu agent will confirm the status of any sub-community you are considering. Elan was delivered in 2022–2023. Within Harmony, Harmony 1 is complete and occupied and Harmony 2 completed handover in Q4 2025, while Harmony 3 was around 85% complete as of mid-2026 with handover expected Q3 2026. Aura was around 70% complete (interior fit-out stage) with handover expected Q4 2026. Bayut’s own FAQ confirms several phases are complete and ready to move in, while the project as a whole is projected to fully complete by 2027.
Average sale prices across the last 12 months ran AED 4,149,000 (3-bed), AED 8,249,000 (4-bed), AED 14,832,000 (5-bed), AED 35,016,000 (6-bed) and AED 71,636,000 (7+-bed) — villa-type figures that Bayut’s table does not separate from townhouses at the smaller sizes (Bayut Tilal Al Ghaf Area Guide, ~11 Aug 2026). Recent dated transactions show where real entry sits: a 4-bedroom townhouse in Elan sold for AED 4,050,000 on 7 Aug 2026, and a 4-bedroom twin villa in Amara sold for AED 7,800,000 the same day (Bayut). This is broadly consistent with the site’s own range — townhouses typically start from around AED 2.5-3 million, and villas from roughly AED 4-6 million upward depending on sub-community, plot size, and lagoon or park proximity, with waterfront villas commanding a premium over inland plots: Lanai Islands and Elysian Mansions listings run into the AED 30–90 million range for waterfront mansion-tier stock.
Average annual rents over the last 12 months ran AED 219,000 (3-bed), AED 347,000 (4-bed), AED 723,000 (5-bed) and AED 2,100,000 (6-bed) (Bayut Tilal Al Ghaf Area Guide, ~11 Aug 2026), and Bayut’s own 2025 Annual Rental Report flags the area as a standout for high-end villa rentals in Dubai. Demand is driven by relocating families and professionals drawn to the lagoon lifestyle and the in-community international school, rather than by proximity to any single employment hub.
Calculated from Bayut’s own average sale and rental price tables above, gross yield runs roughly 5.3% on 3-bed product, 4.2% on 4-bed, 4.9% on 5-bed and 6.0% on 6-bed. Bayut also publishes an “ROI” figure on the same page (10.4–11.5% across most bed counts), which measures buyer search interest on Bayut.com rather than sale and rental prices — a separate signal of how much demand the community attracts.
Market estimates put service charges at roughly AED 3–5 per sq ft per year for Tilal Al Ghaf villas and townhouses, with Majid Al Futtaim reported to hold annual increases to a modest 2–5% — a market-wide guide figure. The charge covers the lagoon and the shared resort-style amenities that define the community, and every sub-community’s exact current rate is published on Mollak, the official DLD service-charge platform — your Fidu agent will confirm it for the home you are considering.
Jumeirah Golf Estates station on the Red Line is the community’s nearest Metro connection, about an 18-minute drive away, and buses F34 and F38 serve nearby stops reachable from Dubai Sports City in around 8 minutes (Bayut Tilal Al Ghaf Area Guide). The community sits off Hessa Street (D61) and Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street (D54), with direct access to Al Khail Road (E44), Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Emirates Road (E611) — putting three of Dubai’s main motorways within minutes of the front gate.
Royal Grammar School Guildford Dubai sits inside the community itself on Hessa Street, offering the British curriculum from age 3 to 18; it holds a KHDA “Very Good” rating for 2023–24 — the first new school in Dubai to achieve that rating in its inaugural inspection — and a British Schools Overseas “Outstanding” rating in 2025. GEMS School of Research and Innovation has also opened within the community. Redwood Montessori Nursery operates in Tilal Al Ghaf itself. For further choice, Dwight School Dubai and GEMS Metropole School are both about a 6-minute drive away, and The Wonder Years Nursery and Dibber Nursery are about 12 minutes away.
Carrefour, Carry Cart Market and Al Maya Supermarket cover everyday groceries within and around the community. Aster Clinic and Medcare Medical Centre, both about 10 minutes away, cover general and specialist care. The Majid Al Futtaim Mosque is a 2-minute drive, with Al Adel Mosque about 8 minutes away.
Damac Mall, about 8 minutes away, and Avenue Mall, about 10 minutes away, cover everyday shopping and dining; City Centre Me’aisem, around 12 minutes away, is the larger retail and entertainment option with a cinema. Within reach are Big Smoke Burger, Baba Juice Restaurant and Café, Big Easy Bar & Grill and Galambo Seafood Restaurant, all inside about a 10-minute drive.
The Els Club golf course, about 5 minutes away, is the closest championship golf option. Dubai International Cricket Stadium (8 minutes), Dubai Autodrome (14 minutes), Dubai Butterfly Garden (13 minutes) and IMG Worlds of Adventure (18 minutes) round out the leisure options within a short drive.
Lagoon Al Ghaf, a 70,000 sq m swimmable crystal lagoon with a sandy beach, is the community’s defining outdoor feature, backed by cycling and jogging tracks, landscaped parks and outdoor gyms throughout. Waterfront plots in Lanai Islands, Elysian Mansions and Serenity Mansions sit directly on the lagoon and price accordingly — the clearest example of the premium the water commands over an inland plot in the same community.
Jumeirah Golf Estates station on the Red Line is about an 18-minute drive, and the community’s position off Hessa Street puts Al Khail Road (E44), Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Emirates Road (E611) within minutes of the gate. Delivery continues by phase — Elan and Harmony 1 and 2 are complete and occupied, Harmony 3 and Aura were finishing through 2026, and the masterplan completes in 2027 — so buyers can choose between a ready home and a newly delivered one. Bayut’s own guide notes rising prices in the community, driven by increasing demand and ongoing development. And the service charge reflects what is being maintained: a 70,000 sq m swimmable lagoon, a sandy beach, parks, tracks and outdoor gyms that a plain inland villa community does not carry.
On a like-for-like 4-bedroom villa, Tilal Al Ghaf’s AED 8,249,000 average undercuts both established comparators: Arabian Ranches averaged AED 11,802,000 and Dubai Hills Estate AED 11,427,000 for the same size (all Bayut, ~11 Aug 2026). Both alternatives are mature, fully finished communities with proven schools and amenities built out over a decade or more, and Dubai Hills adds a bigger retail anchor in Dubai Hills Mall and a more central location; the swimmable lagoon is Tilal Al Ghaf’s alone. Choose Arabian Ranches for the most established, family-proven villa community in Dubai if you don’t need the water; choose Dubai Hills Estate for a more central address with a major mall on your doorstep; choose Tilal Al Ghaf for the lagoon lifestyle and a more accessible price on a comparable villa.
Tilal Al Ghaf sits off Hessa Street (D61), with direct access to Al Khail Road (E44), Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Emirates Road (E611). Motor City is about 12 minutes away, Jumeirah Village Circle about 16 minutes, Discovery Gardens about 18 minutes, and Dubai International Airport (DXB) around 30 minutes.
The case rests on a genuine, hard-to-replicate amenity — a swimmable lagoon at community scale — combined with newer product priced below equivalent villas in Arabian Ranches or Dubai Hills Estate. Rental demand from relocating families is strong, and gross yields of roughly 4–6% sit in line with Dubai’s established villa communities. The community is built around fast motorway access rather than rail, and completion status varies by sub-community — your Fidu agent will confirm exactly what is ready in the sub-community you are considering.
Price, rent and ROI figures: Bayut’s Tilal Al Ghaf Area Guide (accessed 11 Aug 2026), which states its transaction data is drawn from DLD records after removing outliers — bayut.com/area-guides/tilal-al-ghaf. Gross rental yield figures in this guide are calculated directly from Bayut’s own average sale and rental price tables, not from Bayut’s separate “ROI” metric, which the site itself labels as based on user search activity rather than transaction prices. The two individual transactions (Elan townhouse, AED 4,050,000; Amara villa, AED 7,800,000, both sold 7 Aug 2026) are also drawn from this same Bayut area guide.
All price, rent, yield and service-charge figures in this guide come from the named, dated sources above.
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