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Dubai Harbour Residences — The Low-Rise on the Beach at Dubai Harbour
2 bedroom
3 bedroom
Key facts
Verified by NARVA · 12 September 2026- From
- AED 7,168,667
- Owner
- Shamal Holding, which owns Dubai Harbour itself
- Developer
- H&H Development
- Architect
- Nikken Sekkei
- Building
- Ground plus seven floors, the only low-rise address at Dubai Harbour
- Homes
- 343 apartments and two penthouses, one to four bedrooms
- The beach
- Private, with its own food and drink
- Service charge
- AED 23 per sq ft
- Parking
- One bay for one and two bedrooms, two for three and four
- Payment plan
- 40/60 — 5% down, 35% during construction
- Handover
- 2028
- Title
- Freehold, all nationalities
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Dubai Harbour Residences Prices
Starting from AED 7.17M| Unit Type | Beds | BUA | From | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 bedroom | 2BR | 2,037 sq ft | AED 7.17M | Available |
| 3 bedroom | 3BR | 2,683 sq ft | AED 9.0M | Available |
| 1 bedroom | 1BR | 947 – 1,055 sq ft | — | Sold out |
| 4 bedroom | 4BR | 4,768 – 5,016 sq ft | — | Sold out |
| Penthouse | PH | — | Sold out |
BUA = Built-Up Area. Pricing reflects the developer's direct rate at the time of listing and is subject to availability; payment plans are provided on request.
Dubai Harbour Residences Payment Plan — 40/60
5%
On booking
35%
During construction
60%
On handoveranticipated 2028
On booking: DLD 4% and AED 1,020 registration fall at the same time
Five per cent on booking, thirty-five per cent during construction and sixty per cent on handover in 2028.
Payments go into the project escrow account and your purchase registers through Oqood at booking. Fees on top of the price are 4% to the Dubai Land Department plus AED 1,000 registration and AED 20 in knowledge and innovation charges. No trustee fee on a launch and no VAT on the first sale of a home. The developer pays us, so you pay no commission. See what you pay in fees in Dubai and Abu Dhabi compared.
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Floor Plans & Brochures
The official developer floor plans for every district — layouts, dimensions, and plot sizes. Leave your details and download them instantly.
Dubai Harbour Residences floor plans, every layout with areas (PDF)
Layouts & Specifications
Every home carries a terrace, and the larger homes carry a service bedroom.
The layouts, from the plan set
| Home | Inside | With the terrace |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom · sold out | 775 – 829 sq ft | 947 – 1,055 sq ft |
| 2 bedroom | 1,647 – 1,722 sq ft | 2,024 – 2,120 sq ft |
| 3 bedroom | 2,164 – 2,250 sq ft | 2,595 – 2,638 sq ft |
| 4 bedroom · sold out | 3,595 – 3,810 sq ft | 4,768 – 5,016 sq ft |
The price table above carries the sizes of the two homes available now, which sit inside these bands.
What every home carries
A terrace, and a bathroom count that matches the bedroom count. The three and four bedroom layouts add a service bedroom.
The two penthousesTwo homes at the top of the building, both sold out.
ParkingOne bay with a one or two bedroom, two bays with a three or four bedroom.
The floor plansEvery layout in both plan sets, with the suite, terrace and total areas, is in the download at the top of this section.
About This Project
Dubai Harbour Residences is the only low-rise address at Dubai Harbour. Ground plus seven floors on the sand, with a private beach in front that carries its own food and drink, colonnades opening onto the sand at the bottom and rooftop infinity pools at the top. Shamal Holding owns the district and owns this building.
G + 7
Floors, the only low-rise here
343 + 2
Apartments and penthouses
3 min
From Sheikh Zayed Road over the new bridge
2028
Handover
Nikken Sekkei drew it as a long, low building on the shoreline, and every home sits inside that. Their most recent Dubai work is One Za'abeel; the instinct here runs the other way. This building spreads along the sand rather than climbing away from it. What that gives you is the thing height takes away. The beach is a lift ride, not an expedition. The top floor is close enough to the water to hear it.
The beach belongs to the building
The private beach is part of the amenity list, and it carries its own food and drink. So does direct access to the marinas. That is the whole proposition in one line: you walk out of the lobby, through the colonnade, onto sand that belongs to where you live.
The roof is a pool and the ground is a colonnade
Rooftop infinity pools sit at the top, with views over the harbour and the Gulf. At ground level the building opens into colonnades and lobbies that face the water. Between them sits the wellness floor: a fitness centre with its own reception, an exercise area and a yoga studio, a sauna and a steam room, treatment rooms, a hairdressing salon and a nail salon.
The pools are split, and the small things are there
One pool for adults and a separate one for children, each with seating, lounge and showers, and an outdoor dining area beside them. A kids' club with a recreation area, a learning area and a baby changing room. A multifunctional room. Downstairs, a drivers' lounge, staff facilities and parking, the things a household notices.
Inside, glass façades and large terraces drawn to give views in every direction, and high ceilings. The palette is nautical, deep blues against crisp whites, and the light comes off the water all day. Kitchens arrive fitted. Bathrooms run in book-matched stone with brushed metal.
From AED 7.17M
The two bedroom is AED 7,168,667 at 2,037 sq ft. The three bedroom is AED 8,995,565 at 2,683 sq ft. The plan is 40/60 with five per cent on booking, the service charge is AED 23 per sq ft, and ownership is freehold to all nationalities. We sell them at zero commission.
The district
Dubai Harbour is the seafront district between Bluewaters Island and The Palm, with the marinas, a cruise terminal, hotels, restaurants and a retail promenade. The other homes we cover here are the towers: Arada's W Residences and Sobha Seahaven.
Getting there
A new bridge cuts the run from Sheikh Zayed Road to Dubai Harbour from twelve minutes to three. Palm West Beach, Bluewaters, JBR and Marina Mall are around it, the Palm sits across the water, and every Dubai project we cover sits on our Dubai off-plan hub.
Our Honest Take
This is how we read Dubai Harbour Residences for our own clients — including who should walk away.
Our view is that this is the seafront home for the buyer who wants the sea at ground level. Eight levels and a private beach is a different kind of seafront home to a high floor with a long view, and the building was drawn for that day rather than that view.
The day, not the view
Sunrise walks on the sand. Evenings that run on the rhythm of the marina. You are a short walk from restaurants and cafés, the promenade runs past the door, and boats come and go all day, which is a different kind of company to a skyline.
The address answers to one standard
Shamal owns the district and the building, so the neighbourhood and the home answer to the same owner. H&H, which built both Four Seasons in Dubai, develops it. That is the record this building is held to.
Buy here if you want the sea at ground level. The beach is private, and it is a lift ride away.
Buy here if you host. The layouts were drawn around gathering: large terraces, generous living space, and a beach with food and drink on it.
Buy here if the address matters as much as the home. Shamal owns the district, so the neighbourhood and the building answer to the same standard.
Buy here if the weekday run matters. Three minutes from Sheikh Zayed Road over the new bridge changes what this address is on a Monday morning.
Who is it not for?
You need to be able to wait until 2028. The homes here are large, and the price follows the size. A buyer shopping the entry ticket at Dubai Harbour is shopping in a different building, and a buyer who wants a high floor and a horizon wants a tower.
Off-plan lending caps at 50% of the price across the UAE, so the payment plan carries most of this purchase.
Why this project
The building lies down instead of standing up
The only low-rise address at Dubai Harbour. Nikken Sekkei drew it as a long, low building on the shoreline, ground plus seven floors, so the beach is a lift ride, not an expedition, and the top floor is close enough to the water to hear it.
The beach belongs to the building
The private beach is part of the amenity list, and it carries its own food and drink. So does direct access to the marinas. You walk out of the lobby, through the colonnade, onto sand that belongs to where you live.
The roof is a pool and the ground is a colonnade
Rooftop infinity pools at the top with views over the harbour and the Gulf. At ground level, colonnades and lobbies that face the water. Between them, the wellness floor, two pools and the kids' club.
The owner of the district owns the building
Shamal Holding owns Dubai Harbour, and it owns Dubai Harbour Residences. The company that decides what the district becomes has its own name on the building inside it.
A pair that has built this way before
Shamal owns the land, H&H develops it, the same arrangement behind Baccarat Hotel and Residences in Downtown. H&H built the Four Seasons in DIFC and the Four Seasons Resort at Jumeirah Beach.
Three minutes from Sheikh Zayed Road
A new bridge cuts the run from Sheikh Zayed Road to Dubai Harbour from twelve minutes to three, and the building sits just over thirty kilometres from both airports.
Dubai Harbour Residences Location
Dubai Harbour is the seafront district between Bluewaters Island and The Palm, set out in our guide to Dubai Harbour. The residences sit in the middle of it, on the beach, with the marinas on one side and the promenade on the other. The district carries the marinas, a cruise terminal, hotels, restaurants and a retail promenade, and Palm West Beach and JBR are a short run down the coast. The Burj Al Arab is down the coast, and the Dubai Harbour Marine Club sits on the same water.
The new bridge is the fact worth holding on to: three minutes from Sheikh Zayed Road, against twelve before it. The building sits just over thirty kilometres from Dubai International and the same from Dubai World Central. Its neighbours on the district are the towers, Arada's W Residences and Sobha Seahaven.
Sheikh Zayed Road
3 minutes over the new bridge
Bluewaters Island
5 minutes
Dubai Marina and JBR
5 minutes
Palm Jumeirah
10 minutes
Dubai International Airport
About 30 km
Dubai World Central
About 30 km
Life at Dubai Harbour Residences
About H&H DEVELOPMENT
Shamal Holding is a Dubai investment firm with a portfolio across real estate, hospitality and leisure, from master communities and districts to residences, retail and commercial space, including Nad Al Sheba Gardens. It owns both Dubai Harbour and Dubai Harbour Residences. H&H Development, founded in 2007, develops it.
2007
H&H Development founded
Four Seasons
DIFC and Jumeirah Beach, both H&H
Baccarat
Downtown, the same Shamal and H&H pair, opening 2026
Nikken Sekkei
Architect, whose latest Dubai work is One Za'abeel
The two companies work as a pair. Shamal owns the land and the asset; H&H develops it. In Downtown Dubai the same partnership is behind Baccarat Hotel and Residences, two crystal-inspired towers by Studio Libeskind with interiors by 1508 London. H&H's own record runs through the Four Seasons Hotel Dubai in DIFC, the Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach, Alia Developments DIFC and Eden House, and its current release beside the DIFC hotel is Four Seasons Private Residences Dubai at DIFC. Dubai Harbour Residences is the same arrangement on the beach, and the district's other homes we cover are W Residences and Sobha Seahaven.
Dubai Harbour Residences — Frequently Asked Questions
What does a home at Dubai Harbour Residences cost?
The two bedroom is AED 7,168,667 at 2,037 sq ft. The three bedroom is AED 8,995,565 at 2,683 sq ft.
What is the payment plan?
Five per cent on booking, thirty-five per cent during construction and sixty per cent on handover.
When is handover?
2028.
Where is Dubai Harbour Residences?
On the beach at Dubai Harbour, the seafront district between Bluewaters Island and Palm Jumeirah.
Who is the developer?
H&H Development, founded in 2007, for Shamal Holding, which owns Dubai Harbour itself. Shamal owns the land, H&H develops it, and the same pair is behind Baccarat Hotel and Residences in Downtown Dubai. The architects are Nikken Sekkei.
How tall is it?
Ground plus seven floors. It is the only low-rise address at Dubai Harbour.
Is there a private beach?
Yes. The private beach is part of the building's amenities and carries its own food and drink, along with direct access to the marinas.
Is Dubai Harbour Residences freehold?
Yes. Freehold to all nationalities.
How many homes are there?
343 apartments and two penthouses, from one to four bedrooms. The two and three bedrooms are available now; the one and four bedrooms and the penthouses are sold out.
What is the service charge?
AED 23 per sq ft. It covers the rooftop infinity pools, the fitness centre and yoga studio, the sauna and steam room, the treatment and salon facilities, both swimming pools, the kids' club and the private beach.
How much parking do I get?
One bay with a one or two bedroom home. Two bays with a three or four bedroom.
What are the registration costs?
Four per cent to the Dubai Land Department, AED 1,000 Oqood registration, an AED 10 knowledge fee and an AED 10 innovation fee. There is no agency commission through NARVA.
Does it qualify for the Golden Visa?
Every home sits above the AED 2,000,000 threshold that can qualify a buyer for the UAE's ten-year Golden Visa, subject to the rules applying at the time of purchase.
Can I get a mortgage?
Off-plan lending caps at 50% of the price across the UAE, so the payment plan carries most of the purchase.
Can I sell before handover?
Yes, once you have paid the developer's threshold and hold a no-objection certificate.
Do I pay you a commission?
No. The developer pays us.
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