Isolana Residences

About Isolana Residences

Isolana Residences is a single tower of 71 homes in the urban inland community of Island A at Dubai Islands — 39 one-bedrooms, 22 two-bedrooms, six three-bedrooms and four penthouses. The name comes from the Italian isola, and the architecture is built around what the brochure calls “dancing balconies”: angular terraces scattered across the façade rather than stacked in a grid, so the elevation reads as movement rather than repetition. The architect named on the brochure is Tony Ashai.

This is Hayaat’s first residential tower in Dubai. The company spent 25 years building in the UK and Mozambique before opening a Dubai office, and it treats Isolana as its signature project. That shows in the interior specification, which is unusually detailed for this price band: travertine-inspired kitchen tops, German appliances, a master bathroom in marble-named stone with a double vanity and a soaking tub, walk-through closets, and a plunge pool on the penthouse terrace. It does not show in the schedule, which is the weak point of the whole package and is covered below.

The plot is the best part of the sales argument. Island A is the inland, park-led quarter of Dubai Islands rather than the beachfront, and Isolana sits with communal parks on three sides and step-out access into them — a distinguishing feature of this particular plot, and one that will still be true when the towers around it are finished. The building adds a six-metre lobby with an indoor courtyard under a sky-well and glass lifts up to the flats. What the inland position costs you is the sea view: the beaches are a short drive, not a doorstep.

Construction has started, and it is early. The project page reports 11% complete overall, with substructure 72% done and superstructure, MEP and finishing at zero. Read plainly: the podium is nearly finished and nothing has risen above it. For a building marketed for 2027, that is a lot of programme left in a short window, and it is the reason to ask for the dated site report behind the percentage rather than the percentage itself.

Apartments, sizes and price

Four types, 71 homes in total. The factsheet publishes an area range and a starting price for each type — which is enough to work out an entry price per square foot, and that is rarer than it should be on Dubai launches.

Price per square foot uses the smallest published area for each type, so it is the top of that type’s range, not an average. Sizes and prices: developer factsheet. Unit counts are the factsheet’s per-type figures, which sum to the 71 homes the developer states for the building.

Two things worth checking in that table. The penthouse range starts at 2,247 ft², which is below the three-bedroom minimum of 2,258 — so the smallest penthouse and a large three-bedroom are effectively the same footprint at very different prices, and the difference is the top floor and the terrace pool rather than the space. And the entry price per foot rises as the flats get smaller: the one-bedrooms are the least efficient homes in the building per square foot, the two-bedrooms the most.

How it compares with the portal. The portal lists three units here and quotes “from AED 4,788,000” — but that is the starting price of a three-bedroom of 2,258 ft², which is AED 2,120 per ft² and effectively the same unit the developer prices at AED 4,790,745 (AED 2,122 per ft²). The two sources agree to within AED 2,745. What they do not agree on is what “from” means: the portal is quoting the cheapest of the three flats it happens to hold, while the building’s real entry point is AED 1,698,640 for a one-bedroom.

Price and payment plan

The plan is published, and it is 50/50 — five instalments of 10% across the first year, then half the price at handover.

On the entry three-bedroom at AED 4,790,745 the same schedule is five payments of AED 479,075 and AED 2,395,373 at handover. Add the Dubai Land Department fee of 4% plus an administration fee the factsheet does not put a number on: AED 67,946 on the one-bedroom and AED 191,630 on the three-bedroom, before the admin charge.

The portal shows a different plan. Its calculator defaults to 40% before handover and 60% at it. That is a calculator default rather than a term of sale — the developer’s own payment-plan PDF is the 10/10/10/10/10/50 above — but it is exactly why you get the schedule signed rather than screenshot.

On the golden-visa line in the factsheet. The property route that buyers use requires a purchase of AED 2 million or more. The entry one-bedroom at AED 1,698,640 does not reach that line on its own; the two-bedrooms, from AED 2,594,025, do. If the visa is part of your reason for buying, buy the unit that qualifies rather than assuming any unit in the building does.

Amenities

Ground and podium: dedicated EV parking and resident storage, 24/7 security with an on-site facilities-management office, park drop-off, water features, a six-metre-ceiling lobby with outdoor terrace seating, an indoor seated courtyard under a sky-well, and step-in/step-out access to the community parks and lakes.

Amenity floor: family infinity pool and a separate kids’ pool, indoor crèche, outdoor playground, multipurpose room, residents’ club lounge, outdoor lounge seating, padel court, Zen gardens, indoor gym with a yoga zone, and a sauna.

That is a full podium programme for 71 flats, and the density is the point: shared between so few homes, the pool, padel court and gym are genuinely usable rather than theoretical. It is also why the service charge is the number to chase. Nothing is published on it, and on a small building carrying an infinity pool, a padel court, a sauna and 24/7 staffing, each apartment carries a large share of the running cost. Ask for the estimate per square foot in writing, and ask what it assumes about occupancy.

Where it is

Dubai Islands is the five-island archipelago off Deira, master-planned with resorts, marinas and beaches. Isolana sits on Island A, the park-led inland quarter — not on the water. The brochure’s own description of Island A includes a shopping mall, nine marinas with 1,300 berths, the 1.9 km Souk Al Marfa boardwalk, family hotels and communal beaches; none of that is built out yet, and its timing rests with the master developer rather than with Hayaat.

The developer’s travel times, from the building: 8 minutes to the nearest metro station, 8 to Dubai Hospital, 8 to Al Mamzar Beach, 8 to Deira City Centre, 12 to Dubai International Airport, 20 to Dubai Frame, 24 to Downtown Dubai and 24 to Dubai Mall. The bridge under construction that will link the islands to Bur Dubai through Port Rashid is quoted at 15–20 minutes.

Read those as driving times, not walking times. There is no metro station on the islands; the 8-minute figure means a station on the Deira side, so ask which one and whether the 8 minutes is measured at 8am. The stronger claim is the airport at 12 minutes, which is believable from Deira and is a real advantage over the Marina and Jumeirah for anyone who flies often.

At a glance

• 71 homes in one tower: 39 one-bed, 22 two-bed, six three-bed, four penthouses.
• From AED 1,698,640; two-bedrooms from AED 2,594,025; three-bedrooms from AED 4,790,745; penthouses from AED 5,617,950.
• AED 2,073–2,500 per ft² at entry, depending on type — the two-bedrooms are the most efficient.
• 50/50 payment plan on published terms, with 4% DLD plus an unquantified admin fee.
• Q2 2027 on the developer’s page; Q1 2027 on its own factsheet; Q3 2027 on the portal.
• 11% built, with substructure 72% and nothing above ground.
• Island A, Dubai Islands: parks on three sides, beaches a short drive away.
• First Dubai tower from a developer with a 25-year UK and Mozambique record.

What we verify before you reserve

• The completion date in the sale and purchase agreement — not the brochure, not the portal — with a delay clause and the remedy if it slips. Three dates are in circulation; only one of them will be contractual.
• A dated construction report. The 11% figure is undated. Ask for the consultant’s progress certificate and the contractor’s programme to Q2 2027, and check whether the podium finish allows for the tower to top out in time.
• The unit schedule with net and gross area. The published ranges are wide — 431 ft² of spread on the two-bedrooms — and the penthouse range starts below the three-bedroom range. Confirm the plot number, the floor and the actual plan.
• The service charge estimate per square foot, and what it assumes. Nothing is published on a building with a pool, padel court, sauna and 24/7 staffing.
• What “semi-furnished” means in the contract. The factsheet uses the phrase; the brochure describes appliances and joinery. Get the furniture and appliance schedule itemised, with the replacement value, or you will be buying a second kitchen after handover.
• Which entity is your counterparty, and where the escrow sits. The seller is Hayaat; confirm the project escrow account and its Dubai Land Department registration number on the contract.
• The DLD permit and the registered unit mix, so the 39/22/6/4 split can be checked against what is licensed rather than what is marketed.
• References in Dubai. Isolana is the company’s first tower here. Its track record is real but it was built in Bradford, Salford, London, Cheshire and Mozambique; ask for the Dubai delivery team, the consultant and the contractor, and who has handed over a building in this market before.
• What the master developer has actually delivered on Island A — parks, mall, marina, beach access — and on what published timeline. Your view, your walk to the beach and the value of the plot all depend on it.
• The brochure itself. Its location spread still carries placeholder Latin text under the map. It is a small thing, and it is the kind of small thing that tells you the document has not been read end to end before release. Read the contract with the same care the brochure did not get.