Properties in Jebel Ali

Jebel Ali covers a large stretch of the southern end of Dubai, from the port and the free zone through to Jebel Ali Village and the Palm Jebel Ali development. Because the name covers so much, what you are actually buying varies enormously, and the label on a listing tells you very little on its own.

What the area is

Three quite separate things under one name. The industrial and free zone district around the port. The established residential pockets, chiefly Jebel Ali Village, which are quiet, mature and low rise. And Palm Jebel Ali, the second palm, which is a long term development rather than a place you can move into today.

Who it suits

People working in the free zone or the southern corridor, for whom the location is an advantage rather than a compromise. Families wanting space and quiet at a price that would not buy the same in the northern communities. And, separately, buyers taking a long view on Palm Jebel Ali, which is a different proposition and a different timescale.

What it costs

We are currently marketing 4 properties for sale here: 2 villas, 1 apartments, 1 townhouses from AED 2,177,000 to AED 11,500,000.

We are currently marketing 12 properties to rent here: 8 townhouses, 4 villas from AED 245,000 to AED 475,000.

Those are the units on our own books today, so the figures move. What they are useful for is establishing the shape of the market here rather than the exact price of the unit you end up buying.

The spread in those figures is the point. Jebel Ali contains both AED 245,000 a year rental townhouses and eight figure villas, and they are not in the same place.

What to check before you buy here

• Which Jebel Ali. Establish the specific sub area first, then price against that sub area only. Comparing across the whole district will mislead you badly.
• The commute, driven at rush hour in the direction you would actually travel. This is the southern end of the city.
• Proximity to the industrial and port operations, which affects both noise and resale.
• On Palm Jebel Ali, the delivery timeline in writing. It is a development, not a neighbourhood, and the two should not be priced the same.
• Service charges and community fees for the specific cluster.

The sub areas we hold stock or records for include Palm Jebel Ali Frond L, Jebel Ali Village, The Eden at Sobha Central, Palm Jebel Ali - Frond N.