Area guide
Jumeirah Islands
Nakheel's lake-set villa islands · Dubai
- 3
- Off-plan projects
- AED 1.86M
- Priced from
- 2028 to 2029
- Delivery window
Jumeirah Islands is Nakheel's villa community of 46 islands set in lakes, a short drive from Jumeirah Lake Towers and Dubai Marina. Nakheel describes it as a gated community, says each home has lake views, and mentions large private gardens, verandas and roof terraces. The Land Department's register records villa sales here from 2005, alongside the Jumeirah Islands Mansions from 2009 and the Townhouses at Jumeirah Islands from 2013.
Its newer layer is apartments. Jumeirah Heights Clusters, which the register files inside the community, has sold apartments since 2009, and new towers are now selling here off plan. Palma Development announced Serenia District in February 2025 as an AED 5 billion community of six towers designed by Nikken Sekkei; its first tower, West Residence, is 46 storeys with 419 homes of one to three bedrooms. Two more projects, Eltiera Heights and Eltiera Views, are also selling off plan. In 2025 and 2026 these new apartments made up most of the community's registered sales.
It suits a family that wants a villa on the water, gated and green, close to the schools of Jumeirah Park and The Meadows and to the offices of JLT and Dubai Marina. It suits less well anyone who wants quiet streets for the next few years, since several towers are being built in the community, or who wants to walk to the Metro.
See also: Dubai luxury property sales.
New developments in Jumeirah Islands
3 off-plan projects from 2 developers, priced from AED 1.86M with a median entry price of AED 2.68M, handing over 2028 to 2029. 0 complete, 3 under construction.
Living in Jumeirah Islands
Life here is quiet and runs by car. Nakheel lists a community pavilion, a clubhouse, restaurants and cafés, a fitness centre, swimming pools, sports courts, parks, a jogging track and a children's play area. It puts the community about 10 minutes from DMCC Metro Station and the Jumeirah Lake Towers tram station, 14 minutes from Ibn Battuta Mall and Dubai Marina, 18 minutes from Palm Jumeirah and 30 minutes from Dubai International Airport; allow longer at busy times.
The building work is in the new apartment projects. Palma reported in June 2026 that West Residence's foundations were complete, with Khansaheb on site under an AED 760 million contract, and that it had appointed a piling contractor for Serenia District East, while the Land Department recorded the first off-plan sales of Eltiera Heights in October 2025 and Eltiera Views in May 2026. Before buying a villa, ask what is being built within sight of it, and ask what the community service charge covers.
Schools
- Dubai British School Jumeirah Park, UK curriculum, ECC to Year 13 (nearby, in Jumeirah Park); KHDA's school page and its directory disagree on the 2023 to 2024 rating, so check it
- Emirates International School Meadows, IB, rated Very good in KHDA's latest published rating, for 2023 to 2024 (nearby, in The Meadows)
- Nord Anglia International School Dubai, UK curriculum, rated Outstanding in KHDA's latest published rating, for 2023 to 2024 (a drive away, in Al Barsha)
Getting around
- DMCC Metro Station and the Jumeirah Lake Towers tram station about 10 minutes away, by Nakheel's estimate
- Dubai Marina about 14 minutes and Dubai International Airport about 30 minutes away, by Nakheel's estimates; allow longer at busy times
- No Metro station inside the community
Shopping and dining
- Restaurants and cafés within the community, by Nakheel's list
- Marina Mall, which the Land Department's records give as the nearest mall
- Ibn Battuta Mall, about 14 minutes away by Nakheel's estimate
Leisure
- The lakes, parks and jogging track
- Clubhouse, community pavilion, swimming pools and sports courts
- Dubai Marina, about 14 minutes away by Nakheel's estimate
- Palm Jumeirah, about 18 minutes away by Nakheel's estimate
Who buys in Jumeirah Islands
Two markets now sit inside one community. The villas trade as existing homes: the register records 104 villa sales in 2024 and 105 in 2025, but only 39 in 2026 to early September, plus a smaller number of plot sales each year. Since 2025 the off-plan apartments have taken over the count, 568 of the 727 registered sales in 2025 and 794 of the 849 in 2026 to early September, so an average price for 'Jumeirah Islands' now mostly describes new apartments, not houses.
For a villa, the price is set by the island, the plot, the view across the water and the state of the house, so compare it with recent sales of the same kind: the register separates the original villas, the Townhouses at Jumeirah Islands and the Jumeirah Islands Mansions. For an off-plan apartment, check the developer's completion date in the sale contract, that payments go to the project's escrow account, and what the new tower will look onto.
Jumeirah Islands: common questions
How many off-plan projects are there in Jumeirah Islands?
3 off-plan projects from 2 developers are catalogued in Jumeirah Islands, priced from AED 1.86M, with handovers from 2028 to 2029. 0 are complete and 3 are under construction.
Can foreigners buy property in Jumeirah Islands?
The register points that way, but confirm it for the specific property. Every Jumeirah Islands record in the Land Department's 2026 transaction data, to early September, is marked freehold, villas and apartments alike, and under Regulation No. 3 of 2006 foreign nationals can own freehold property in Dubai's designated areas outright, with a title deed issued by the Land Department. Before paying a deposit, ask the Land Department to confirm that the villa, plot or unit can be registered to a foreign owner.
Can I buy off-plan in Jumeirah Islands?
Yes, but only apartments. The Land Department recorded the first off-plan sales in Serenia District West in March 2025, Eltiera Heights in October 2025, Serenia District East in March 2026 and Eltiera Views in May 2026. The villas, townhouses and mansions are resale only: every villa sale on the register in recent years was of existing property. For an off-plan unit, check the completion date in the contract and pay only into the project's escrow account.
Why do Land Department records say Al Thanyah Fifth or Jumeirah Heights?
Those are the register's names for the land. The Land Department's full transaction data files the whole community, villas and towers alike, in the area Al Thanyah Fifth under the master project Jumeirah Islands, while its 2026 export labels some of the apartment projects (Jumeirah Heights Clusters, Eltiera Heights and Serenia District West) as Jumeirah Heights, a name Nakheel also uses for a project of its own. Our sold prices section groups Al Thanyah Fifth with Jumeirah Lake Towers, so its medians are no guide to a villa here; look at individual sales of the same kind of house instead.
How far is the Metro from Jumeirah Islands?
A short drive. Nakheel puts DMCC Metro Station and the Jumeirah Lake Towers tram station about 10 minutes away. There is no station inside the community, so plan on a car for most journeys.
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