Five three bedrooms on Al Reem, and the rates run backwards
Three bedroom apartments on Al Reem Island, all five of them
Five three bedroom apartments on Al Reem, from AED 3,100,000 at The Gate to AED 3,736,600 at Al Durrah Tower. Across that AED 636,600 the rate per square foot runs from AED 1,800 down to AED 1,370, so the two dearest homes are the two that charge least for every foot, and AED 636,600 above the entry buys 769 more square feet.
Five homes, both columns
Everything here is counted off our own list, so it moves as homes sell. What does not move is the shape: five island homes packed inside AED 636,600, with the rate per square foot running the opposite way to the price.
The rates run backwards
Most families arrive at this search sorting by price and stopping at the first number they can reach. On a list this short that is the wrong instinct, because the five island homes sit inside AED 636,600 of each other and the floor area does not climb with the price in the way you would expect.
The lowest three bedroom on Al Reem is AED 3,100,000 at The Gate. The highest is AED 3,736,600 at Al Durrah Tower. That is a little over 20 percent between the two ends of the island list, a narrower span than most families expect and narrow enough that the decision is about which home rather than about what you can reach.
AED 636,600 between the five of them
The highest rate we hold, AED 1,800 a square foot, belongs to the AED 3,300,000 apartment in Shams Abu Dhabi, the third least expensive home on the page. The lowest, AED 1,370, belongs to the AED 3,657,143 apartment at Al Durrah Tower, the second dearest. Sorting by headline price puts the list in close to the reverse order of sorting by value per foot, so read both columns before you shortlist anything.
AED 1,800 on the third least expensive home
Set the AED 3,300,000 apartment in Shams Abu Dhabi against the AED 3,736,600 one at Al Durrah Tower. The price rises 13 percent. The floor area rises 46 percent, from 1,833 sq ft to 2,669 sq ft, and the rate per square foot falls by AED 400. On an eighty percent loan at an illustrative 4.25 percent over 25 years that is about AED 1,900 a month between them, which is the clearest trade on the page.
836 sq ft for AED 436,600
All five carry five bathrooms, three of them are advertised with a maid's room and The Gate apartment adds a study as well. The smallest of the five still measures 1,833 sq ft. The one listing in this search that is not on Al Reem, an apartment in Al Reeman out at Al Shamkha, is 1,062 sq ft with two bathrooms, which is a different kind of home rather than a smaller version of these.
5 bathrooms in all five island homes
Raise the ceiling
Six steps, counted off our own stock. The ready column is every three bedroom apartment in this search. The off plan column counts only the fourteen projects whose opening price the catalogue publishes; twenty five sell a three bedroom in all, and the other eleven either open higher or publish no opening price at all.
BudgetAED 1,000,000
Nothing ready at all. Ten of the published opening prices sit at or under this figure, but each one is the price of the smallest home in that tower, not of a three bedroom.
BudgetAED 1,800,000
One home appears, and it is not on the island: an apartment in Al Reeman, Al Shamkha, 1,062 sq ft with two bathrooms at AED 1,695 a square foot.
BudgetAED 2,500,000
Another AED 700,000 and this list has not moved. Nothing on Al Reem is reached yet, and the next home on the page is still AED 600,000 above this ceiling.
BudgetAED 3,100,000
Al Reem opens, at The Gate: 1,900 sq ft, five bathrooms, a maid's room and a study, at AED 1,632 a square foot.
BudgetAED 3,600,000
Two more, both in Shams Abu Dhabi, at AED 3,300,000 and AED 3,575,000. The second is the 2,248 sq ft mangrove view home that sits in the middle of the whole list.
BudgetAED 3,750,000
The Al Durrah Tower pair finishes it: 2,669 sq ft each, and the two lowest rates per square foot on the page.
Every one of the fourteen opening prices the catalogue publishes sits at or under AED 1,600,000, which is below the only ready home on this page outside the island. Those are the prices of each tower's smallest unit, usually a studio, and mistaking one for a three bedroom is how families arrive at a sales office expecting a home that is not on the table. The ready column is the honest one, and it puts the entire island choice inside its last three steps.
Move the ceiling and watch the island appear
Nothing here is modelled. Each step counts the homes we actually hold at or under that figure, so the slider can never promise a three bedroom that does not exist.
The Al Durrah Tower pair finishes it: 2,669 sq ft each, and the two lowest rates per square foot on the page.
Counts come from our own listings and catalogue, so they move as homes sell.
Three addresses, one off it
Our feed records two communities in this search, Al Reem Island and Al Shamkha. Split the island into the three addresses the five homes actually sit in and the choice becomes clearer, because they are further apart on rate per square foot than they are on price.
FromAED 3,300,0002 homes
The widest split on the page inside one address. AED 3,300,000 buys 1,833 sq ft at AED 1,800 a square foot, the highest rate we hold, in Radiant Marina Tower. AED 3,575,000 buys 2,248 sq ft of full mangrove view at AED 1,590. Pay AED 275,000 more and you take 415 sq ft more.
FromAED 3,657,1432 homes
The largest floor area and the lowest rate on the list, in the same building twice: 2,669 sq ft each, with sea views, at AED 1,370 and AED 1,400 a square foot. The two are AED 79,457 apart for identical space, and the dearer one is described as upgraded.
FromAED 3,100,0001 home
The island's entry point and the only way onto Al Reem under AED 3,300,000 today: 1,900 sq ft on a high floor, five bathrooms, a maid's room and a study, partial sea view, AED 1,632 a square foot. One listing, so it is the first to go.
FromAED 1,800,0001 home
Not Al Reem at all. This is Al Reeman in Al Shamkha, out on the mainland, and it appears in this search only because the two community names read alike. One listing: 1,062 sq ft, two bathrooms, high floor, open view, AED 1,695 a square foot. Read it as a mainland apartment on its own terms rather than as the lower end of Al Reem, because it is not on the island and nothing about it competes with the five above.
Four addresses, two communities. The by community count our feed publishes is Al Reem Island with five and Al Shamkha with one. The rows above split the island into its three addresses so the rate per square foot can be read building by building, and they keep Al Reeman separate because it is not on the island. This page counts Al Reem. Three bedroom apartments in the other communities we cover are counted on the Abu Dhabi three bedroom page linked below.
Six homes in this search
All six in this search, the five on Al Reem and the one in Al Reeman, because a rate per square foot only means something when the floor areas are on the same screen. Each one carries its size, so you can read the rate rather than the headline.
Towers not finished yet
Twenty five projects in this search sell a three bedroom, and thirteen of the fourteen opening prices we publish name Al Reem. Read those opening prices carefully: they are the price of the smallest home in each tower, usually a studio, and a three bedroom in the same building costs a great deal more. Ask for the three bedroom sheet before you compare anything to the resale prices above.
Which price list
The left column is the six homes in this search, priced and measured. The right column is the twenty five towers still selling a three bedroom, of which fourteen publish an opening price. Every line is written so the two are read on the same terms, because the figures they advertise are not the same kind of figure.
Buy ready if you want the floor area you are paying for to be a fact rather than a plan, and if the household can put about AED 744,000 down on the day. Buy off plan if the payments need to spread across a build and you are willing to do the work of getting a three bedroom price list and a handover date out of each tower, because the advertised figures here are studio prices and setting them beside the resale column is the single most common mistake at this size. Whichever side you take, price the three bedroom, never the tower.
On top of the price
Fees are charged as a percentage, so they climb with the home. The rate per square foot on this list moves the other way. Holding both in view is the difference between a decision and a shock at the transfer counter.
| Cost | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The four percent at transfer | Four percent of the price, near enough | AED 124,000 at the island entry and AED 149,464 at the top of the island list. The AED 636,600 between those two homes carries about AED 25,000 of fees with it, before a single piece of furniture goes in. |
| Down Payment | Twenty percent for an expatriate buyer | AED 620,000 at The Gate and AED 747,320 at Al Durrah Tower. The AED 127,320 of difference falls due on the day of transfer rather than spreading across the term, which is what catches most families out. |
| The rate you pay for a foot | Falls as the price rises | AED 1,800 on the third least expensive home, AED 1,632 at The Gate and AED 1,370 at Al Durrah Tower. The two dearest homes on the page carry the two lowest rates on it, which is the reverse of what the fees do. |
Put the Down Payment, the transfer fee and the agency fee together at the standard rates and the island entry needs about AED 744,000 on the day, while the AED 3,736,600 apartment at Al Durrah Tower needs about AED 896,784. The AED 152,784 between them is cash rather than a monthly cost, and it buys 769 more square feet at AED 232 less per square foot. For reference the one mainland listing in this search, at AED 1,800,000, needs about AED 432,000 on the same rates. Borrowing does not soften any of it either, because the Down Payment is the part a lender will not fund.
The rates used here, 2 percent transfer, 2 percent agency, a twenty percent Down Payment for expatriate buyers and fifteen percent for UAE nationals on a first home, plus the arrangement and valuation charges, are the standard Abu Dhabi figures, written out in full once on the apartments under AED 5 million page. You see each of them again, costed against the apartment you have picked, on paper, ahead of any decision.
Both ends of the island
Type AED 3,100,000, write down the monthly figure, then type AED 3,736,600. On a twenty percent Down Payment at an illustrative 4.25 percent over 25 years the two come out near AED 13,400 and AED 16,200, a little under AED 2,800 a month between the bottom and the top of the island list. For that you take 769 more square feet. The one mainland listing at AED 1,800,000 lands near AED 7,800 on the same assumptions, for 1,062 sq ft.
Monthly repaymentAED 11,918
This is sums on whatever you type, and nothing more. Lenders take their own view of your income and of the building, and rates shift month to month, so treat every figure here as a way of comparing the two sides rather than a number to plan around. A broker can turn it into a written offer, and we will put you in front of one.
Which of the five
The Gate at AED 3,100,000 is the entry and the only home on Al Reem below AED 3,300,000: 1,900 sq ft on a high floor, five bathrooms, a maid's room, a study and a partial sea view, at AED 1,632 a square foot. It is one listing, so it is the first to go, and there is nothing behind it on the island at that price.
AED 3,100,000, and about AED 744,000 on the day
Al Durrah Tower is where the page ends up. Two apartments of 2,669 sq ft, sea views, at AED 1,370 and AED 1,400 a square foot, the two lowest rates on the list. You are paying the most in absolute terms and the least per foot, and the AED 79,457 between the pair is what the upgraded finish costs, about 2 percent of the price.
AED 1,370 a square foot on 2,669 sq ft
Three of the five island homes are advertised with one and The Gate apartment adds a study on top, while all five carry five bathrooms. The single listing in this search that is not on Al Reem has two bathrooms and no maid's room. If live in help is part of how the household runs, start with the three that name the room and ask us to confirm the layout on the other two before you view.
3 of the 5 advertised with a maid's room
Off plan is the route onto the island, with the payments spread across the build, but go in with clear eyes. Twenty five projects in this search sell a three bedroom and the opening prices you see advertised belong to their smallest homes. Ask for the three bedroom price list first, then compare it with the resale figures on this page. If Al Reem will not work at all this year, the Abu Dhabi three bedroom page below counts every other community we hold.
25 projects, opening prices from AED 407,000
Four steps on a short list
Once the shortlist is settled, buying a three bedroom on Al Reem is the same process at either end of the price list.
Five homes, AED 636,600 between them, and rates from AED 1,370 to AED 1,800 a square foot. Sort on the rate before you sort on the asking price, because the two columns produce almost opposite orders. The home that looks like the stretch is not always the one charging you the most for a square foot of it.
About AED 744,000 at The Gate and about AED 896,784 at Al Durrah Tower, covering the Down Payment and the two fees at the standard rates. Families who plan around the monthly payment alone usually discover the gap late. Get a mortgage pre approval in writing at the same time, so the number you are working to is a lender's and not an estimate.
The Gate, Shams Abu Dhabi and Al Durrah Tower are the only addresses on Al Reem with a three bedroom in this search, and between them they run from AED 1,370 to AED 1,800 a square foot. Walking all three in an afternoon tells you more about what the money buys than any amount of reading, and with five homes the list is short enough to do exactly that.
From an accepted offer to the title deed, allow four to eight weeks on a ready home and longer if a mortgage is involved. Al Reem sits inside a designated investment zone, and we confirm the ownership position on the exact apartment rather than on the island. We hold the file, chase the seller's bank if there is one, and confirm every cost in writing before you pay it.
On and off the island
The other sizes on Al Reem, the three bedrooms we hold elsewhere in Abu Dhabi, the towers still selling off plan, and the calculators that price them.
Island questions
AED 3,100,000, for a high floor home at The Gate with 1,900 sq ft, five bathrooms, a maid's room, a study and a partial sea view. That is the entry to the island today. Above it the other four run to AED 3,736,600, so the whole island choice sits inside AED 636,600, and the middle of the list is AED 3,575,000.
Not in this search. The island list starts at AED 3,100,000 at The Gate and the next home above it is AED 3,300,000 in Shams Abu Dhabi. The one apartment on this page below that figure, at AED 1,800,000, is in Al Reeman out at Al Shamkha, which is mainland rather than Al Reem and reaches this page because the two community names read alike. Three bedroom apartments in the other communities we cover are counted on our Abu Dhabi three bedroom page, and we will send that list beside this one if the island does not work.
Because floor area rises faster than price across this list. The AED 3,300,000 apartment in Shams Abu Dhabi is 1,833 sq ft at AED 1,800 a square foot. The AED 3,736,600 apartment at Al Durrah Tower is 2,669 sq ft at AED 1,400. That is 13 percent more money for 46 percent more floor area, so the rate per square foot falls by AED 400 as the headline price climbs. It is worth sorting this list both ways before you shortlist anything.
Between 1,833 and 2,669 sq ft across the five we hold. The smallest is in Shams Abu Dhabi, the largest is a pair at Al Durrah Tower, and the entry home at The Gate sits at 1,900 sq ft. Between the entry and the top of the island list you add 769 sq ft for AED 636,600, which works out at about AED 828 for each of those extra feet, well under the AED 1,632 a square foot the entry home itself is priced at.
The Al Durrah Tower pair, at AED 1,370 and AED 1,400 a square foot, and they are also the two most expensive homes on the page at AED 3,657,143 and AED 3,736,600. The order is almost exactly reversed: the highest rate we hold, AED 1,800, belongs to the third least expensive home. Rate per square foot and headline price tell opposite stories on this list, so read both.
All five carry five bathrooms, and three of them are advertised with a maid's room; The Gate apartment adds a study as well. The one listing on this page that is not on the island has two bathrooms and no maid's room. If that room is something the household needs, start with the three that name it and ask us to confirm the layout on the other two before you spend a morning viewing.
AED 79,457, for identical floor area. Both are 2,669 sq ft with sea views, one at AED 3,657,143 and the other at AED 3,736,600, and the dearer of the two is described as upgraded. By the foot that is AED 1,370 against AED 1,400, so the premium for the finish is about 2 percent of the price. Worth seeing both before deciding whether the upgrade is worth it to you.
Around AED 744,000 at the standard rates: a twenty percent Down Payment of AED 620,000, AED 62,000 in transfer fee and AED 62,000 in agency fee, before the lender's own arrangement and valuation charges. At the top of the island list, AED 3,736,600, the same arithmetic comes to about AED 896,784, so the cash gap across the whole island choice is roughly AED 152,784.
A little under AED 2,800. Borrowing eighty percent at an illustrative 4.25 percent over 25 years, the AED 3,100,000 apartment at The Gate lands near AED 13,400 a month and the AED 3,736,600 one at Al Durrah Tower near AED 16,200, plus the service charge in each building. That buys 769 more square feet. No two lenders read a file the same way and rates do not stand still, so redo the sum above on a figure a broker has written down for you.
Because a three bedroom is a home people stay in, so few of them reach the market at once. Five apartments across three addresses is all we hold on Al Reem today, and at this size the list turns over slowly and sells quickly. We keep a waiting list for three bedrooms on the island and tell people what has come in before it is advertised, rather than asking them to watch the listings themselves.
It is a real option, with the payments spread across the build, and twenty five projects in this search sell a three bedroom. The trap is the advertised opening price. Every one of the fourteen we publish sits at or under AED 1,600,000 and each is the price of the smallest home in that tower, so a three bedroom in the same building costs a great deal more. The catalogue also publishes no handover date for any of the fourteen. Ask for the three bedroom price list and the handover date in writing before setting anything beside the resale figures here.
Al Reem Island is a designated investment zone, so property there is sold freehold to any nationality and the title deed is issued in your own name. Al Shamkha is treated differently, and eligibility is settled building by building rather than area by area. We confirm the ownership status of the specific apartment in writing before you commit to anything, and we would tell you to walk away from anyone who does not.
Five homes, one reply
Tell us what the household can put down on the day and what it can carry each month, and we will come back with the five island homes set out properly: floor area, rate per square foot, bathrooms and the service charge the building billed last year. If Al Reem will not work this year we will say so in the first reply, and send the three bedrooms we hold in the rest of Abu Dhabi instead.
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