Ellington House III

Ellington House III is a nine-storey residential building developed by Ellington Properties in Dubai Hills Estate, completed in Q3 2025 and now fully handed over. The development offers semi-furnished apartments and duplexes within one of Dubai's most established planned communities, at a service charge of 16 AED per square foot.

# The building and its position in Dubai Hills Estate

Dubai Hills Estate occupies a central band of the city, positioned roughly equidistant between Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina. The district was master-planned by Emaar and Meraas, built around an 18-hole championship golf course and a network of parks, cycling paths and mid-rise residential clusters. Ellington House III sits within this fabric as a low-scale counterpoint to the taller towers found closer to Sheikh Zayed Road.

The architecture is defined by a perforated aluminium facade combined with textured metal cladding. The result is a building with some visual discipline: the exterior reads as restrained rather than showy, which suits a neighbourhood where landscaping and ground-level amenity carry as much weight as the buildings themselves. At nine storeys, the structure stays within the human scale that Dubai Hills Estate, at its better edges, has managed to maintain.

# Residences, layouts and interior specification

The building encompasses studios through to four-bedroom apartments, with four-bedroom duplexes at the upper end of the range. Specific unit sizes are not publicly available at this stage, given that the project is sold out, but the duplex typology is a relatively uncommon offering in a mid-rise Dubai Hills building and would suit buyers seeking more floor area without moving to a villa product.

Interiors follow a minimalist approach: neutral palette, floor-to-ceiling glazing across living spaces, and open-plan kitchens finished with marble countertops. Bathrooms carry walnut and brass detailing. Units are delivered semi-furnished, providing a base layer of specification while leaving room for buyers to direct the fit-out according to their own preferences.

Balcony access from the bedrooms is standard across the residential types, which matters in a community where outdoor space at the unit level is often underweighted against shared amenity.

# Amenities and communal facilities

The building's amenity programme is designed around families and residents who spend time at home rather than treating a property purely as an investment vehicle.

The pool deck separates an adult pool from a dedicated children's pool, a detail that signals the development's primary audience. A fitness studio, clubhouse, and games table zone cover active and social functions, while an indoor and outdoor kids' play area and a barbecue zone extend the usable space beyond the apartment itself.

The outdoor activity area rounds out a package that, for a building of this scale, is reasonably complete without crossing into the kind of resort-style excess that ages quickly.

# Location and practical connections

The proximity to Dubai Hills Golf Club is the most immediate draw for that particular buyer: the club sits 1.2 kilometres away, a three-minute drive. GEMS International School is 1.8 kilometres away, five minutes by car, which matters considerably to families with school-age children.

Dubai Hills Mall, at 5.2 kilometres and roughly nine minutes, handles daily retail, dining and cinema. For international buyers calibrating commutes, Dubai International Airport is 24.1 kilometres from the building, averaging 22 minutes on the road. The Burj Khalifa district is 13.6 kilometres away, approximately 15 minutes, and Jumeirah's coastline, anchored by the Burj Al Arab 12 kilometres out, is around 17 minutes.

The location avoids the congestion patterns of Jumeirah Lakes Towers or Business Bay while remaining genuinely connected to the city's main corridors.

# Who Ellington House III suits, and where it sits in the market

This is a completed, fully handed-over building from a developer with a consistent track record in design-led mid-market luxury. For buyers who have been waiting on off-plan risk or construction delays, the status alone removes a layer of uncertainty that has concerned some international purchasers over the past two years.

The sold-out position means secondary market acquisition is the route in. That typically introduces a price premium relative to original launch, but also a clearer picture of actual resale and rental performance within the building. Dubai Hills Estate's rental demand has been supported by the school catchment, the golf course, and the relative scarcity of low-rise, design-quality stock in the district.

The buyer profile here is likely a family relocating to Dubai, a GCC national seeking a city-side base that feels suburban in pace, or a European investor who wants a finished asset in a master-planned district rather than a speculative position in an emerging zone.