Nine one bedrooms on the island, from AED 1,000,000
One bedroom apartments on Al Reem Island, by the tower
Al Reem is where the one bedroom list in this search actually begins: nine of them on the island today, from AED 1,000,000 in City of Lights to AED 1,849,000. What decides how much home you end up with is not the budget. It is which tower the money is spent in, and the rate those towers charge runs from AED 1,356 to AED 2,434 a square foot.
Nine flats, one island
Every line is a home we are actually selling, so these numbers are only ever today's. And every one of them describes the same size of home, which is the point: none of this spread is the bedroom count.
Why the tower decides it
AED 849,000 separates the entry flat from the ceiling flat, and not one dirham of that is explained by the number of bedrooms, because that number is the same on all nine.
AED 1,000,000 buys 642 sq ft in City of Lights, and nothing on Al Reem in this search sits below it. The one home in the whole search that does, at AED 850,000, is on the mainland in Al Shamkha. So a million is not a comfortable budget here, it is the ticket.
AED 1,000,000, 642 sq ft, City of Lights
The Vista 3 flat is AED 1,200,000 for 493 sq ft. The Marina Square flat is AED 1,250,000 for 807 sq ft. Same island, same one bedroom on the paperwork, AED 50,000 between them and 314 sq ft between them. This is the single comparison the page exists to put in front of you.
493 sq ft, then 807 for AED 50,000 more
AED 1,849,000 in City of Lights is 1,069 sq ft. AED 1,708,180 in Radiant Marina Towers, over in Shams Abu Dhabi, is 1,260 sq ft. The dearer home costs AED 140,820 more and gives you 191 sq ft less. Price order and size order are simply not the same order here.
AED 140,820 more, 191 sq ft less
From AED 1,356 to AED 2,434 a square foot inside one island, almost 80 percent more at the top than the bottom. Once you know the rate a tower charges, you know what your money turns into before you walk into anything. Sort the five sub communities by the lowest rate each one holds and they line up without argument, Shams Abu Dhabi at AED 1,356, Marina Square at AED 1,512, City of Lights at AED 1,558, Tamouh at AED 1,603 and Vista 3 alone at the top, and the shortlist writes itself.
AED 1,078 of daylight between the two rates
Where on the island
This is the choice that decides the purchase, so it is the table to read slowly. Shams Abu Dhabi holds three of the nine, City of Lights and Marina Square two each, Tamouh and Vista 3 one apiece. The rate in each line is what turns the same money into 493 sq ft or into 807.
FromAED 1,051,0003 homes
The deepest part of the list and the widest. It opens with 597 sq ft at AED 1,760 a square foot, then jumps to the two Radiant Marina Towers flats, 1,260 sq ft at AED 1,708,180 and 1,228.6 sq ft at AED 1,800,000. Those are the largest one bedrooms on the page bought at the two lowest rates on it, AED 1,356 and AED 1,465.
FromAED 1,000,0002 homes
Both ends of the island in one sub community. The AED 1,000,000 entry is 642 sq ft at AED 1,558 a square foot; the AED 1,849,000 ceiling is 1,069 sq ft at AED 1,730. The second costs AED 849,000 more, adds 427 sq ft, and is bought at a rate AED 172 higher.
FromAED 1,250,0002 homes
807 sq ft at AED 1,549 and 860 sq ft at AED 1,512, so the pair sits within AED 50,000 and 53 sq ft of each other and you are really choosing between two versions of the same decision. The dearer one is the only listing on the page that says vacant, on a high floor with a full sea view.
FromAED 1,316,0001 home
821 sq ft at AED 1,603, with a large balcony, a high floor and two bathrooms. One listing and nothing beside it, so this is a home to judge on its own terms rather than a district to shop in.
FromAED 1,200,0001 home
The smallest floor plate on the island, 493 sq ft, bought at the highest rate on it, AED 2,434 a square foot, with a balcony on a high floor. What is being bought here is the building and the address rather than the floor area, and that is a legitimate purchase as long as you know it is the one you are making.
FromAED 850,0001 home
The floor of the whole search, and the reason to read rates rather than prices. Reeman Living gives you 484 sq ft at AED 1,756 a square foot, which is 158 sq ft smaller than the island entry flat and AED 198 a square foot dearer than it. Leaving Al Reem saves AED 150,000 here and buys less home.
The sub community names are the ones our own feed records against each home, which is why Vista 3 and Tamouh sit in this column beside City of Lights: the island is registered that way rather than signposted that way. Nine homes across five names means most lines are a single choice, so ask what is live before you set your heart on a district.
For sale right now
A slice of the list. Nine of these sit on Al Reem and the tenth is the AED 850,000 flat in Al Shamkha that opens it, so read the community line as well as the price. Every card carries a floor area, and on this island that is the number to read before the price.
Still under construction
Off plan is where the island is still sold at prices the ready list no longer holds. Two rules before you read the numbers. Check the bed range and not just the price, because a tower quoted from AED 500,000 is quoting a studio, and only the ones whose range starts at one bedroom are quoting the home this page is about. Then check the address, because the list we draw from reaches a little past the island: Reeman Living Phase 2 at AED 407,000 is in Al Shamkha, not on Al Reem.
Two ways to buy in
Both are open on Al Reem and they are not the same purchase. One hands you a measured flat in a named tower today; the other hands you a lower number and a date to chase.
Buy ready if the floor area and the sub community are the decision, because both are settled the day you sign. Buy off plan if being on the island at AED 717,000 rather than AED 1,000,000 is worth the wait, and if somebody will put the handover date and the one bedroom floor plate in writing first.
If a tenant is paying for it
Rent on Al Reem is set by what the flat is: its floor area, the floor it sits on, whether it faces the water. The price is set by which tower it sits in. The table below gives you the half we can evidence, tower by tower, and leaves the rent to the building, because a percentage we cannot stand behind on a specific home is worth nothing to you.
| Sub community | What the list holds | What the listing itself says |
|---|---|---|
| Shams Abu Dhabi | AED 1,051,000 covers 597 sq ft, AED 1,800,000 covers 1,228.6 | The AED 1,051,000 home is a junior one bedroom at Radiant Wave. The two large ones sit in Radiant Marina Towers, on a community view and a high floor, and they were bought at the lowest rates on the page. |
| City of Lights | AED 1,000,000 covers 642 sq ft here, AED 1,849,000 covers 1,069 | The entry flat is listed as an investor deal with a balcony, the ceiling flat as a high floor one bedroom. Same sub community, AED 849,000 between them, and a tenant will see two quite different homes. |
| Marina Square | AED 1,250,000 covers 807 sq ft, AED 1,300,000 covers 860 | Waterfront view and ready to move into on the first. Full sea view, high floor and vacant on the second, which is the only home on this page where the next rent is yours to set instead of a tenancy to inherit. |
| Tamouh | AED 1,316,000 covers 821 sq ft, and that is the only line here | A large balcony, a high floor and a second bathroom, listed as an investment deal. It is the only home in its district on our list, so there is nothing next door to price it against. |
| Vista 3 | AED 1,200,000 covers 493 sq ft, the smallest on the island | A balcony on a high floor, and the smallest floor plate on the island. Worth remembering that a tenant rents the floor they walk into, not the rate you paid for it, and here the two are furthest apart. |
After costs6.6%
An estimate on the figures you enter, not a forecast. Service charges differ by building.
A gross yield is one division: a year of rent over the price on the deed. Take the running costs off it before you believe it, and ask two questions on a specific home first: what the building charged last year in service fees and what the last tenant actually paid. Put both into the calculator here and you have a number that belongs to your home rather than to an area.
What the listing does not show
Buyers compare two flats on the monthly repayment and then discover that the annual bill behind them is not comparable at all. On the island the floor areas run from 493 sq ft to 1,260, and the yearly charge follows that line rather than the price one.
| Cost | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The service charge | Charged by the square foot, every year you own it | The 1,260 sq ft flat is billed on two and a half times the floor of the 493 sq ft one, every year, and nothing about the price either buyer paid changes that. The rate is set by the building, so it is a question for the building rather than for the seller. |
| The rate you paid | Changes nothing about the bill | Buying at AED 1,356 a square foot in Radiant Marina Towers is the lowest rate on the page, and it comes attached to the largest floor plate on it. A low rate and a big flat are one decision, and the running cost lands on the second half of it. |
| The fees on the purchase itself | Identical anywhere in Abu Dhabi | They do not move between Marina Square and Vista 3, so they cannot decide anything on this page. The full list of them, with the Down Payment bands, sits on our apartments under AED 5 million page, and the calculator below turns it into the cash you need on the day. |
Put the two ends of the rate side by side. The Radiant Marina Towers home in Shams Abu Dhabi is 1,260 sq ft bought at AED 1,356 a square foot. The Vista 3 home is 493 sq ft bought at AED 2,434. The first is clearly the better rate, and it is also the flat that will be billed on two and a half times as much floor for as long as you keep it. Neither of those numbers is printed on a listing. Both of them are on an invoice.
We are not publishing a service charge rate on this page, because it is set tower by tower and the only figure worth anything to you is the one your building actually billed last year. We put that figure, in writing, against a specific home before a viewing is arranged.
Your own numbers
Type two numbers in and set them against each other. AED 1,000,000, which is what it takes to be on Al Reem at all, and whichever home in the tables above you would still be content with in ten years. The distance between the two monthly figures is what the extra square feet cost you, paid every month until the loan ends.
Monthly repaymentAED 5,851
This is arithmetic on what you type and no bank has seen it. Lenders price every file on its own and rates move, so read the monthly figure as a shape rather than an offer. A broker can turn it into a written quote, and the introduction is ours to make.
Who ends up buying these
It is enough, and only just. AED 1,000,000 takes 642 sq ft in City of Lights and it is the only home on the island at that figure in this search. So there is nothing to play it against, and the question is whether that particular flat is the one rather than whether the budget works.
AED 1,000,000, 642 sq ft, City of Lights
You are buying floor area, not bedrooms, and this island sells it very unevenly. The two Radiant Marina Towers flats in Shams Abu Dhabi are 1,228.6 and 1,260 sq ft, more than twice the Vista 3 flat, at AED 1,800,000 and AED 1,708,180. Start at that end and work back.
The largest floor plate here, 1,260 sq ft, at AED 1,356
Your return has two numbers in it and you only control the one you pay. It ranges from AED 1,356 to AED 2,434 a square foot on this page. One listing of the ten says vacant, which is also the only one where you set the first rent rather than inherit a tenancy at somebody else's figure.
AED 1,300,000, 860 sq ft, vacant
On this list it is lower by AED 150,000 and dearer by AED 198 a square foot. Al Shamkha gives you 484 sq ft for AED 850,000; the island entry is 642 sq ft for AED 1,000,000. Check the rate before you drive out of town to save the difference, because here the saving costs you 158 sq ft.
AED 1,756 a square foot off the island, AED 1,558 on it
Before you buy
Every home on this page is a one bedroom, so the usual filters will not separate them. These will.
The listing words are the same on all nine. The rate is not: AED 1,356 to AED 2,434 a square foot inside one island. Decide which end of that spread you are buying at and the five names put themselves in order, AED 1,356 in Shams Abu Dhabi through to AED 2,434 in Vista 3, usually before you have viewed anything.
The floor plate is on the listing, the service charge is not, and the second is billed against the first. A 1,260 sq ft flat and a 493 sq ft flat are not the same commitment even when their repayments match. We send both figures in writing before a viewing is arranged.
The island opens at AED 1,000,000 ready and at AED 717,000 on a tower whose range starts at one bedroom. AED 283,000 is a real difference and it is paid for in waiting, so take that decision on its own rather than tangled up with which sub community you prefer.
Nothing about the transfer changes because the home sits on an island, which is why this takes one step here rather than four. The stages, the fees and the paperwork are laid out on our apartments under AED 5 million page, and the calculator above prices what has to be in the account on the day.
Where to go next
Where to go next, whether you are staying on Al Reem or testing it against somewhere else.
What buyers ask us
The island runs from AED 1,000,000 to AED 1,849,000, with the middle of the list at AED 1,300,000. City of Lights opens it at AED 1,000,000 and also closes it at AED 1,849,000. Shams Abu Dhabi starts at AED 1,051,000, Vista 3 has one home at AED 1,200,000, Marina Square two from AED 1,250,000, and Tamouh one at AED 1,316,000. None of those figures means much without the floor area beside it, which is why every row on this page carries both.
AED 1,000,000, for 642 sq ft in City of Lights, listed with a balcony. It is the only home on the island at that figure in this search, so a buyer working to exactly a million is choosing a flat rather than choosing between flats. Off plan the island opens lower, at AED 717,000 for a tower whose range starts at one bedroom.
Shams Abu Dhabi on this list. The two Radiant Marina Towers flats are 1,260 sq ft at AED 1,708,180 and 1,228.6 sq ft at AED 1,800,000, bought at AED 1,356 and AED 1,465 a square foot, the two lowest rates on the page. Marina Square comes next at 807 and 860 sq ft, bought at AED 1,549 and AED 1,512.
One, and it is not on the island. AED 850,000 buys 484 sq ft at Reeman Living in Al Shamkha, which is 158 sq ft smaller than the island entry flat and AED 198 a square foot dearer than it. Leaving Al Reem saves AED 150,000 here and does not buy more home, which is the reverse of what most buyers expect to find.
From 493 sq ft to 1,260 sq ft across the nine we hold, so the largest is two and a half times the smallest. Bedroom counts do not describe these homes in any useful way. Floor areas do, and they are printed on every listing, which is why this page leads with them.
Because on Al Reem the tower is the product and the bedroom count is only the label. The higher rate is the 493 sq ft flat in Vista 3, the smallest floor plate on the island. The lower one is the 1,260 sq ft flat in Radiant Marina Towers over in Shams Abu Dhabi. They are AED 508,180 apart in price and 767 sq ft apart in floor, so they are not really competing for the same buyer at all.
Shams Abu Dhabi holds three of the nine. City of Lights and Marina Square hold two each. Tamouh and Vista 3 hold one apiece. That is five names covering nine homes, so four of those five districts are a single home or a pair, and in practice the district you settle on settles the flat as well.
Both exist and the line sits at AED 1,300,000. Every one bedroom on this list priced at AED 1,250,000 or below has a single bathroom, and every one above it has two. The second bathroom is not sold on its own, it arrives with the larger floor plate.
Ready costs AED 1,000,000 to be on the island today and you can measure the flat before you pay for it. Off plan starts at AED 717,000 at Radiant Elite Tower among the towers whose range starts at one bedroom, so the AED 283,000 saving is real. Read the bed range before the price though: six of the island projects on our list publish a from price that starts at a studio.
Two of the towers on our list do, and both publish a bed range of one to one, which means the whole building is this home repeated: Horizon Towers by Tamouh, quoted from AED 750,000, and Marina Heights Towers in Marina Square, from AED 800,000. Both of those sit under AED 1,200,000, and above that figure the catalogue runs deeper than this page reads, so ask us before you assume a dearer tower mixes its sizes. Worth knowing in both directions, because one tenant profile and one set of resale comparisons cuts as often as it helps.
It is the middle of the list, and it buys 860 sq ft in Marina Square on a high floor with a full sea view, two bathrooms, listed as vacant. It is the only vacant home among the ten, so it is also the only one where the next rent is yours to set rather than a tenancy you take over.
The purchase fees are the same on Al Reem as anywhere in Abu Dhabi and they are set out in full, with the Down Payment bands, on our apartments under AED 5 million page. The cost this page insists on is the service charge, because it is billed on floor area: the 1,260 sq ft flat is charged on two and a half times the floor of the 493 sq ft one, every year. We send the building's own figure before you view.
Al Reem is one of Abu Dhabi's designated investment zones, and ownership there does not depend on the passport you hold. We confirm it building by building rather than assume it island wide, and that confirmation goes to you in writing on the specific home before you commit to anything.
Nine on the island in this search, and one more off it. That is a short enough list to change with every sale, so treat these counts as the shape of the market rather than an inventory. Ring 800 666 888 for the version of it that is true this morning, floor areas included.
Before you pick a tower
Say whether you are at the end where AED 1,000,000 has to stretch or the end where the floor area is the whole point, and we will send what is live with three numbers against every home: the floor area, the rate per square foot, and what the building charged in service fees last year. If nothing on the island fits your figure this month, the first reply will say so rather than the fifth.
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