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Green Group is a small Dubai developer building villas and low rise residential projects with a stated focus on sustainability. The Signature Villas and Signature Livings names are theirs. It is a modest portfolio, which changes what you should check rather than making it a worse buy.

What do they build?

Villas and small residential buildings, at the upper-middle of the market, in relatively low numbers.

Where do they build?

Largely in the Jumeirah Village and Dubailand districts and their surroundings, on individual plots rather than in master communities of their own.

What should you check before buying?

• The completed record, specifically. With a smaller developer this matters more than with a large one. Ask which projects have been handed over, then go and look at one.
• What the sustainability specification actually is, in equipment and in numbers, and what it saves you annually. It should show up on a utility bill, not only in a brochure.
• Who maintains what, and whether there is a functioning owners association.
• Resale comparables. A distinctive villa from a small developer has a narrower buyer pool than a standard unit in a large community.
• The escrow account, registered and in the project's name, on anything off-plan.

Are they a safe developer to buy from?

Smaller developers are not automatically riskier, but they carry less margin for error, so the checks matter more. Look at something they have finished, confirm the escrow arrangements, and price against the district rather than against the specification. We will do that with you rather than talk you into or out of it.