The price moves 3.6 times, the floor 1.9
From the lowest price to the highest, the floor area does not even double. The rest of the climb is the rate, set by the address.
AED 1,969 to AED 3,792 a sq ft

Six listed today, one of them finished
For sale now, and the address sets the price: AED 1,969 to AED 3,792 a square foot.
Six listed with us, AED 2,300,000 to AED 8,342,682. The price moves 3.6 times, the floor area only 1.9. Five are contracts in buildings still going up.
The six, in figures
Counted from our six live listings. On a list this short, one sale moves every figure below.
What the rate shows
Read as prices, the list climbs from AED 2.3 million to AED 8.3 million. Divide each by its floor area and a different order appears.
From the lowest price to the highest, the floor area does not even double. The rest of the climb is the rate, set by the address.
AED 1,969 to AED 3,792 a sq ft
The AED 8,342,682 home at The Row works out at AED 3,719 a foot. The smaller AED 5,430,000 home in the same district costs AED 3,792 a foot.
Sorted by rate, the order changes twice
1,542 sq ft at Nouran Living asks AED 3,500,000. 1,432 sq ft in the Cultural District asks AED 5,430,000. The address is the difference.
AED 2,270 against AED 3,792 a sq ft
Which part of Saadiyat
Sorted by rate a square foot, lowest first. The rate tells the three addresses apart faster than the price does.
FromAED 2,300,0003 listed, all contracts
The three lowest rates, AED 1,969 to AED 2,270 a sq ft. The high floor with a maid's room is AED 301 a foot above the low floor.
FromAED 3,300,0001 listed, finished
The only finished one: a corner unit with a maid's room and four bathrooms, 1,316 sq ft at AED 2,508 a sq ft.
FromAED 5,430,0002 listed, both contracts
The two highest rates on our list, AED 3,792 and AED 3,719 a sq ft, for 1,432 and 2,243 sq ft.
FromAED 2,800,000None listed today
That is Sensi by Reportage, the one launch whose range starts at two bedrooms. At the others the from price is a studio or one bedroom.
Addresses come from the listings themselves, so the table grows the week a two bedroom lists somewhere new.
Listed with us
The six we list on the island today. Divide each price by its floor area before you compare, and check the status: only Soho Square has keys now.
AED 2,600,000
AED 2,614,144
AED 3,300,000
AED 3,500,0002 bed · 1,542 sq ft
Nouran Living, Saadiyat Island
View
AED 3,500,0002 bed · 1,533 sq ft
Saadiyat Cultural District, Saadiyat Island
View
AED 5,420,0002 bed · 1,432 sq ft
Saadiyat Cultural District, Saadiyat Island
ViewSelling off plan
The price on each card is the smallest home in the building, often a studio. Ask for the two bedroom price and floor plan, then divide.
Finished or a contract
Five of our six are contracts resold before handover. The real difference is when you get the keys and what is still owed.
| Ready against off plan for a Saadiyat two bedroom | Ready | Off plan |
|---|---|---|
| Listed with us today | 1: Soho Square, AED 3,300,000 for 1,316 sq ft | 5: three at Nouran Living, two at The Row |
| Rate a square foot | AED 2,508 | AED 1,969 to AED 3,792 |
| What you can measure | The rooms, the floor, the view and last year's service charge | A floor plan, a specification and the contract terms |
| Keys | At transfer | At the building's handover |
| Payments left | None once the transfer is registered | Whatever the seller's plan still owes the developer |
| Rent | Once a tenant signs | None before handover |
Need keys or rent soon? Soho Square is the one finished home. Can you wait? The contracts open lower, at AED 2,300,000, but read what is still owed.
Beyond the asking price
Fees follow the price, not the floor area, so a dearer address raises them too. Ask for every figure in writing before comparing two homes.
| Cost | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Transfer fee | 2% of the price | Nouran Living's entry home pays AED 46,000, The Row's largest pays AED 166,854. |
| Down Payment with a mortgage | 20%, or 15% for UAE nationals | On a first home under AED 5 million, so four of the six. AED 460,000 on the AED 2,300,000 home. |
| Service charge | Yearly, per square foot | Billed on the same floor area as the rate. Ask for the building's last bill, not an estimate. |
| Instalments still owed | Set by the seller's plan | On the five contracts, ask what is paid and what is left before agreeing a price. |
The Nouran Living home asks AED 2,300,000, or AED 1,969 a foot. At the Cultural District rate of AED 3,792 the same floor would cost AED 4,429,056: AED 2,129,056 more for no extra room.
Standard Abu Dhabi fee rates. Service charges differ by building, and we confirm each cost for the exact home before you sign.
Monthly repayments
Enter the home you would settle for, then the one at the address you want. The gap between the two repayments is what the district costs you each month.
Monthly repaymentAED 14,302
An estimate on the figures you type. Lenders set the rate for each applicant, so take a written offer before relying on it.
If the rent must carry it
Buy at a rate 1.9 times higher and the rent per square foot must be 1.9 times higher too, just to return the same. Test it before a viewing.
| Address | Purchase rate a sq ft | What the rent must do |
|---|---|---|
| Nouran Living | AED 1,969 to AED 2,270 | The lowest purchase rate on our list, so the benchmark for the other two. |
| Soho Square | AED 2,508 | 27% above the Nouran Living entry rate, so rent must sit about 27% higher to match. |
| The Row, Cultural District | AED 3,719 to AED 3,792 | 89% to 93% above the entry rate: rent near twice as high per sq ft to match. |
After costs5.3%
An estimate on the figures you enter, not a forecast. Service charges differ by building.
We publish no rents here, only sale listings. Ask us for last year's rents and service charges per building. Nothing here forecasts a return.
How to buy
Four steps, and the first costs nothing. Most of the work happens before a viewing is booked.
Put price over floor area on every home. On these six it reorders the list in two places.
It is charged every year on the same square feet you pay the rate on. We send the figure before the viewing.
Five of the six are contracts. Ask for the handover date and the instalments still due before you offer.
Agree the price in an MOU, pay the 2% transfer fee, and register the sale with the Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre.
Keep exploring
Other homes on Saadiyat, apartments at other sizes and on other islands, island comparisons and two calculators.
Saadiyat two bedrooms, answered
Answered from the six listings above.
The six listed with us ask AED 2,300,000 to AED 8,342,682. Four ask AED 3,500,000 or less: three at Nouran Living and the finished one at Soho Square. The two at The Row ask AED 5,430,000 and AED 8,342,682.
AED 1,969 to AED 3,792 on our list, and no two of the six match. Nouran Living sits at AED 1,969 to AED 2,270, Soho Square at AED 2,508, and the two Cultural District homes at AED 3,719 and AED 3,792.
Across the six the price grows 3.6 times and the floor area 1.9 times, from 1,168 to 2,243 sq ft. The rate per square foot also grows 1.9 times, so the address drives about as much of the climb as the size.
One, and it is the only finished two bedroom on our list: a corner unit with a maid's room and four bathrooms, 1,316 sq ft at AED 3,300,000, or AED 2,508 a sq ft. Our catalogue quotes Soho Square from AED 1,400,000 for a one bedroom.
One is finished: the Soho Square corner unit with a maid's room at AED 3,300,000. The other five are contracts resold before handover, three at Nouran Living and two at The Row. Ask each seller what is paid and what is still due.
1,168 to 2,243 sq ft on our list. Nouran Living and Soho Square run 1,168 to 1,542 sq ft, and the two at The Row are 1,432 and 2,243 sq ft. Three of the six include a maid's room, so ask for the floor plan.
Five of the six have three bathrooms and Soho Square has four. That space counts in the floor area you pay the rate on, so compare floor plans, not only square feet.
The published ranges at Manarat Living III, Solea, The Source II, Sei Saadiyat and Mamsha Gardens all include two bedrooms. Sensi by Reportage is the priced launch whose range starts at two bedrooms, from AED 2,800,000. Ask for the price list by unit type.
No. AED 800,000 at Park View, AED 905,000 at Saadiyat Grove and AED 1,050,000 at Manarat Living III quote the smallest home in ranges that start at a studio. On our list a two bedroom starts at AED 2,300,000.
Divide both prices by their floor area and compare the rates, not the prices. Our pages on Saadiyat against Al Reem, Yas and Hudayriyat, linked below, set the islands side by side.
Ask us to do the dividing
Name the part of the island you want and what the home is for. Our reply lists the live two bedrooms with floor area, rate per foot, status and the building's service charge.
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