The Acres

The Acres overview

The Acres is a Meraas master development of standalone villas in Dubailand, presented with swimmable lagoons, landscaped gardens and park destinations such as Arrival Garden, Village Garden, Lagoon Garden and Nature Garden. Meraas markets villa collections and larger Acres Estates lines for buyers seeking low-rise homes beside open space.

DPF treats The Acres as an area under the Dubai city page. Listings filed here sometimes crumb under Wadi Al Safa; the Acres community page is the closer community slug when self-canonical. Use the Meraas developer page for the master developer.

Location and access

Meraas places The Acres in Dubailand with road links toward Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street and Emirates Road, near established leisure destinations such as Global Village and the Dubai Polo and Equestrian Club corridor. Confirm school runs and airport routes against the exact plot rather than treating brochure drive descriptions as fixed.

Event traffic around Global Village can change evening access, so time a plot visit outside peak event hours.

Communities and projects in The Acres

Meraas presents The Acres Villas and The Acres Estates within the master plan. Live DPF filings under this area currently include Phase 1 villa resales with park or pool outlooks. Match the phase, villa type and plot on the SPA to the listing before you treat two homes as comparable.

Later estate collections sit on larger plots, so do not compare an Estates mansion SPA with a standard Phase 1 villa without adjusting for plot and built-up area.

Finding distressed and below-market units in The Acres

The Acres distress deals on DPF are usually off-plan villa resales labelled below original price, below market, or below OP. A motivated seller here is often an original Meraas buyer assigning a villa SPA before further instalments fall due. Off-plan resale is the usual path while phases remain under construction. DPF shows the seller's deal category; it does not value villas itself.

To test a The Acres distress sale, weigh the ask against the SPA, instalments already paid and the remaining payment plan. Lagoon, park and standard Acres plots belong in separate comparison sets. Ask for written proof of any DLD fee cover claim.

Buying checks before you pay

Settle these points before any deposit moves:

• Registration: confirm the Oqood project, phase and plot identifiers on the SPA.
• Payment plan: request Meraas's Acres instalment ledger for sums paid and still due.
• Outstanding balance: put in writing who covers unpaid Acres instalments or bank finance at assignment.
• Developer NOC: Meraas must issue the NOC DLD needs for The Acres transfers.
• DLD transfer: lodge the Acres assignment at Dubai Land Department and note who pays each fee.
• Service charges: ask how master-community and villa charges will bill after handover for that phase.

Confirm whether lagoon and park amenities are deeded with the plot or billed through the community manager. File the Acres SPA, Oqood extract and NOC checklist together before funds move.

LEED pre-certification and garden destinations described by Meraas are master-plan features. Confirm which parks and lagoon edges sit within walking rights for the exact plot, because not every Phase 1 villa sits on the same landscape edge.

Plot orientation toward lagoons or parks changes both asking figures and landscaping obligations. Walk the plot line on site and match it to the SPA exhibit before you accept a card description of park or pool views.

Related DPF pages

Use the Acres community page and Meraas. Nearby DPF area pages include Wadi Al Safa, Arabian Ranches 2 and Grand Polo Club Resort.