Havelock Heights

About Havelock Heights

Havelock Heights is HMB Homes’ 25-storey JVC tower: 156 apartments in studios, one, two and three-bedroom layouts, including large duplexes, with a specification list that is more concrete than most at this price — Teka kitchen appliances, smart-home controls and a fingerprint lock, plus private pools on selected units.

What is for sale. Four types are priced. The 376 sq ft studio at AED 680,000 is AED 1,809 per square foot — the second-highest rate in this portfolio. The 775 sq ft one-bedroom at AED 1,000,000 is AED 1,290. The 1,097 sq ft two-bedroom at AED 1,500,000 is AED 1,367. And the 2,884 sq ft three-bedroom duplex at AED 2,800,000 is AED 971. The duplex is the interesting one: it is the cheapest floor area HMB Homes sells anywhere, in the same building as its most expensive.

Why one tower, 156 units, matters. A single tower of 156 apartments is a manageable community — not so small that the amenity deck is unaffordable, not so large that you are one of four hundred sellers. It is also the size at which the service charge is decided by a small number of owners, so the annual budget is worth reading before you buy: a 30-plus amenity programme on a 156-unit base is generous, and generous amenities on a small base are the most common cause of service-charge shock in Dubai.

The duplex question. A 2,884 sq ft three-bedroom at AED 2.8 million is a different product from everything else in this portfolio: a family home in a tower, at a rate below what the studios pay. It is also the hardest unit to sell, because the buyer pool at AED 2.8 million in JVC is small and includes people who could buy a townhouse instead. Buy it to live in, not to flip.

The honest read. The best-specified building in this set, in the district with the deepest rental market, with a completion date that has already passed and no published progress to replace it. That combination argues for a specific approach: agree a revised completion date and a delay penalty in the contract, ask for the contractor’s programme, and treat the amenity list as a promise you are paying for annually.

Compiled November 2026 from HMB Homes’ own Havelock Heights project page (156 units, 25 storeys per the portal, unit types, amenity list, July 2025 construction block) and the listing portal’s record (priced floor plans, handover Q3 2026, feature tags). The portal’s price records for HMB Homes projects were last refreshed between April and November 2025, so every figure on this page is between twelve and nineteen months old at publication. Treat it as the shape of the pricing, not today’s price list. Not a valuation.

Layouts, sizes and price

Four types, and the rate falls by nearly half from the smallest to the largest:

The studio at AED 1,809 per square foot is the number to interrogate. It is a 376 sq ft flat — small even by JVC standards — priced at the top of the building’s range because it is the cheapest ticket. If your reason for buying is yield, check registered studio rents in JVC against AED 680,000 and a service charge that has to support a rooftop cinema, a splash zone and a padel court.

The 1,097 sq ft two-bedroom at AED 1,367 sits in the middle and is probably the most defensible unit in the building: enough space to rent to a family, a rate below the studio’s, and a ticket small enough to sell on. Ask for the plan of the second bedroom and the balcony depth before you commit.

Price and payment plan

Havelock Heights offers a payment-plan download on the developer’s page, but no percentages are printed in text. On a building whose completion date has already passed, the plan matters less than the date and the delay clause — but ask for both together, because a schedule tied to construction milestones is only useful if the milestones are real.

Budget about AED 1.06 million all-in on the one-bedroom, or AED 720,800 on the studio. Ask when the escrow account was last funded against the construction programme, and ask what happens to your instalments if the handover slips again.

Amenities

The developer claims 30+ amenities and names a genuinely unusual set for the price: a hotel-style lobby, gaming lounge, inner beach and lounge zone, wellness and recreation zones, children’s pool, water splash zone, outdoor kids’ zone, zen sky garden, rooftop cinema, mini golf, art and indoor-outdoor gym, yoga zone, resident lounge, sunset rooftop lounge and a barbecue hub with a cafe. The portal adds security, retail, restaurants, a supermarket and parking.

This is the amenity programme of a building selling at twice HMB Homes’ entry price, and it is being offered on 156 apartments. Two things follow. First, it is a genuine differentiator against the older JVC towers around it. Second, it is a service-charge commitment: rooftop pool, cinema, splash zone and padel all carry running costs, and a small owner base spreads them over fewer apartments. Ask for the estimated service charge per square foot, in writing, and compare it with two comparable JVC towers before you decide.

Where it is

Jumeirah Village Circle is the most liquid rental district in this portfolio: a dense circle of mid-rise towers and townhouses between Al Khail Road and Sheikh Zayed Road, with Circle Mall, supermarkets, clinics, schools and a large stock of new apartments. It rents to young professionals, couples and small families, and it is the district most Dubai agencies will tell you has “7–8% yields” — a claim worth testing against registered rents rather than accepting.

Access is good by road: Al Khail Road and Sheikh Zayed Road put Media City, Internet City, Business Bay and Downtown within a drive, and the Dubai-Al Ain corridor reaches the southern districts. There is no metro inside JVC today. The developer’s area page cites a station near Circle Mall expected in 2025; that has not happened, and the funded Blue Line programme runs elsewhere. Buy the road access, not the rail promise.

The weakness is supply. JVC adds thousands of apartments a year, and a 376 sq ft studio here competes directly with every other new studio in the circle. That is why the rate per square foot matters more than the total price on this page: you are buying the most commoditised product in Dubai’s most competitive rental district, and the finish and amenities are your only differentiation.

For the wider area see our Jumeirah Village Circle guide.

At a glance

• 156 apartments in a 25-storey JVC tower by HMB Homes.
• Studios, one, two and three-bedroom duplexes; selected units with private pools.
• Teka appliances, smart home controls and fingerprint locks.
• Portal prices: 376 sq ft studio AED 680,000 (AED 1,809/sq ft); 775 sq ft 1-bed AED 1,000,000; 1,097 sq ft 2-bed AED 1,500,000; 2,884 sq ft 3-bed duplex AED 2,800,000 (AED 971/sq ft).
• Handover was guided for Q3 2026, which has passed; the developer still lists it as under construction.
• The developer’s construction block is dated July 2025 and reads 0% on every line — no usable progress figure is published.
• 30+ amenities claimed, including rooftop cinema, zen sky garden, splash zone and padel.
• Price record last refreshed April 2025.

What we verify before you reserve

• The revised completion date and the delay clause, in writing.
• The current construction report and the contractor’s programme — the published block is from July 2025.
• The payment plan document, and whether instalments follow real milestones.
• The estimated service charge per square foot for a 30+ amenity programme on 156 units.
• Escrow account status and DLD registration of the project.
• The unit plan for the specific duplex, and whether the private pool is optional.
• Registered studio and two-bedroom rents in JVC, not the yield claim.
• What the “inner beach” is, physically, and who maintains it.