Salva

Salva is a villa community by Emaar within The Heights, a master-planned district in Dubai, comprising 21 freehold villas across a single residential building. Priced from AED 6.75 million, the project is currently under construction and available for purchase.

# The community and its position within The Heights

The Heights is Emaar's greenfield master plan in Dubai, conceived around landscaped corridors, open space, and a planning logic that keeps traffic and density to the perimeter. Salva sits within this framework as a contained collection of 21 villas, a deliberately small release that gives the project a private, considered character rare in a city where large-scale launches are the default.

The architectural language follows principles of light and openness. Natural tones, horizontal massing, and generous glazing define the elevations, placing these homes closer in sensibility to low-density residential projects in Jumeirah or Al Barari than to the apartment towers that dominate most Dubai postcodes. At ground level, the Linear Park weaves through the community, providing a pedestrian spine that connects homes to shared amenities without resorting to a grid of roads.

# Residences, sizes and specification

The 21 villas divide across three, four, and five-bedroom configurations, ranging from 3,340 sq ft to 5,884 sq ft. Three-bedroom homes start at AED 6.75 million. Four-bedroom villas occupy either 4,302 or 4,312 sq ft and are priced from AED 8.23 million. The five-bedroom villa, at 5,884 sq ft, reaches AED 11.48 million at the top of the range.

All residences are delivered with kitchens fitted, including cabinetry, stone countertops, and integrated appliances. The remainder of each home is unfurnished, which gives buyers latitude to specify flooring, soft furnishings, and bespoke joinery without working around an imposed interior scheme. Built-in elements and joinery are included as part of the base specification, establishing a coherent interior framework that owners can build on.

Service charges are quoted at 3 to 4 AED per sq ft annually, placing Salva in a comparable bracket to similar villa communities across Dubai's outer districts.

# Amenities and shared facilities

# What the community provides day-to-day

The amenity programme covers most of what a family requires without leaving the development. A Wellness Centre and indoor and outdoor gym serve residents seeking regular fitness provision. The Community Pool and Kids Playscape address the practical needs of households with children. Sport Courts, a Clubhouse, and Community Retail round out the offering, giving the estate a degree of self-sufficiency during the week.

The Linear Park functions as more than a landscaping feature. It connects the residential plots to the shared spaces on foot, reducing dependence on a car for daily movement within the community.

# Location and transport connections

The Heights occupies a position at one of Dubai's arterial intersections, placing it within reach of the city's main employment corridors without sitting inside the urban density. Major road links connect residents to business districts, Dubai International Airport, and Al Maktoum International Airport, the latter increasingly relevant as the city's long-term aviation hub develops.

The trade-off, as with most of Dubai's newer master plans, is that daily errands still require a drive. The community retail element addresses some of this, but buyers arriving from walkable European or Asian cities should factor in how the broader district matures over the coming years.

# Who this project suits and where it stands in the market

At 21 villas, Salva is a small-batch release from Emaar, which carries weight in a market where developer credibility directly affects resale liquidity. Emaar's track record in completing master-planned communities, from Arabian Ranches to Dubai Hills, gives buyers a reasonable baseline for confidence on delivery quality and timeline.

The pricing, AED 6.75 million to AED 11.48 million for homes of this scale, positions Salva at the accessible end of Emaar's villa portfolio, below the premiums attached to Dubai Hills or Emaar Beachfront, but with comparable build standards. For buyers from the UK, Europe, or GCC relocating families to Dubai on a long-term basis, the size of the homes, the contained community scale, and the wellness-oriented planning make a coherent case. Investors seeking short-term rental yield will find the proposition less straightforward: at this price point and size, the asset sits firmly in the owner-occupier segment.