Marbella Villas

Marbella Villas is a completed villa and townhouse community on Hayat Island, Mina Al Arab, developed by RAK Properties and handed over in Q2 2022. The project sits within Ras Al Khaimah's flagship mixed-use waterfront district, offering two-to-five-bedroom homes directly adjacent to the InterContinental Hotel resort.

# The community on Hayat Island

Mina Al Arab is RAK Properties' primary coastal development, and Hayat Island forms its most prominent residential address. The island sits at the edge of the Arabian Sea, with the broader district built around a network of promenades, cycle paths, parks and public plazas that connect the residential precincts to retail and dining along the water's edge.

Marbella Villas occupies a gated section of Hayat Island, immediately beside the InterContinental Hotel's beach resort and spa. That adjacency matters: residents gain proximity to hotel-grade beachfront infrastructure without the transience of a serviced-residence model. The architectural language draws on Mediterranean influences filtered through a Gulf context, a combination visible in the low-rise massing, pale facades and garden-forward plot layouts.

# Residences, layouts and outdoor space

The homes range from two to five bedrooms, encompassing both villas and townhouses. Each residence includes a contemporary kitchen, dedicated maid's and driver's rooms, a private garden and parking provision. The absence of furnishing means buyers select and install their own interiors, which suits end-users and investors alike who prefer to specify finishes independently.

Service charges are set at 6 AED per square foot annually. That rate, common for low-rise villa communities in emerging northern Emirates destinations, reflects the managed communal infrastructure rather than a high-rise service model.

# On-site amenities

The community provides a focused set of shared facilities: waterfront sun loungers, swimming pools, a gym and a children's play area. The promenade fronting the Arabian Sea extends the usable outdoor space considerably, supplementing what each villa's private garden provides.

The amenity list is deliberate rather than exhaustive. RAK Properties positioned Marbella Villas against the wider Hayat Island public realm, which includes seafront dining, retail and events spaces, rather than duplicating those functions within the gated boundary.

# Connections and the surrounding district

The Lagoon, a water-leisure destination within Mina Al Arab, sits 1.6 kilometres away and is reachable in around four minutes by car. Al Jazeera Beach 2 is approximately 4.5 kilometres distant, a seven-minute drive, offering an alternative coastal stretch. Al Jazira Al Hamra Garden, one of the emirate's heritage sites, is 5.9 kilometres from the community.

School Al Jazeerah Al Hamra is 3.3 kilometres away, a six-minute drive, which covers one of the more practical requirements for families evaluating primary schooling proximity. Sharjah International Airport is roughly 75 kilometres south, approximately 47 minutes by road, placing Marbella Villas firmly within the Ras Al Khaimah orbit rather than acting as a commuter address for Dubai or Sharjah.

# A completed asset in a market where delivery risk has defined the decade

For buyers who have watched Dubai off-plan commitments stretch across multiple delayed cycles, the straightforward appeal of Marbella Villas is that it already exists. Completion came in Q2 2022, construction is at 100 per cent, and the question is purely one of resale or secondary acquisition rather than speculative timing.

The profile fits a particular buyer: someone allocating to the northern Emirates for lifestyle or yield reasons, comfortable with RAK's lower price-per-square-foot relative to Dubai, and prioritising a genuine waterfront position over urban density. The community is out of stock from the developer, so any transaction proceeds through the secondary market, where completed villa stock in Mina Al Arab has attracted sustained interest from GCC buyers seeking a weekend or short-let asset within a two-hour catchment of Dubai.