1 Bedroom Apartment for Sale in Bay Grove, Dubai Island — AED 1,635,000 | 17.24% Below OP | 20.76% Below Last DLD Market Sale | Direct Beach Access

Save AED 341,000 vs OP | Buyer All-In Below Seller Total | First Line to Beach | Direct Beach Access | Hotel-Style Amenities | Low Floor | Q1 2028 | Nakheel | Dubai Island

Three independent and converging distress layers make this Bay Grove listing exceptional — and each one alone would be sufficient to justify the description of a distress deal. Layer one: AED 341,000 (17.24%) below the original purchase price. Layer two: the seller’s total documented cost — OP plus DLD paid — is approximately AED 2,055,040, and the buyer’s own all-in including every fee they pay is approximately AED 1,735,315 — approximately AED 319,725 below the seller’s documented investment. Layer three: the last DLD-registered transaction in Bay Grove for a 1-bedroom apartment was AED 2,298,500 for a 965 sq ft unit at AED 2,380 per sq ft on 25 February 2026. This unit at AED 1,635,000 across 867 sq ft is AED 1,886 per sq ft — a 20.76% discount to the most recent verified DLD market price for the same product type in the same building. Any one of these three layers constitutes distress. Together they constitute an opportunity that any buyer who has been tracking Bay Grove, Dubai Island, or the broader Dubai beachfront new-launch market will recognise as exceptional. The apartment is a first-line-to-beach position with direct beach access — the most premium orientation in any beachfront community, on Dubai Island, Nakheel’s most significant and internationally promoted new waterfront development in the current cycle, with hotel-style amenities and handover in Q1 2028.

Property Highlights

• Project: Bay Grove
• Developer: Nakheel
• Location: Dubai Island
• Unit Type: 1 Bedroom
• Size: 867 sq ft
• Floor: Low floor — above 2nd floor (exact floor on request)
• View: First line to beach — direct beach access
• Amenities: Hotel-style
• Handover: Q1 2028
• Original Price (OP): AED 1,976,000
• Seller DLD Paid (4% of OP): Approximately AED 79,040
• Seller Total Documented Cost: Approximately AED 2,055,040
• Distress Asking Price: AED 1,635,000
• Saving vs OP: AED 341,000 (17.24% below OP)
• Saving vs Seller Total Cost: Approximately AED 420,040 (20.43%)
• Price per Sq Ft (SP): AED 1,886
• Last DLD Comparable: AED 2,298,500 · 965 sq ft · AED 2,380/sqft · 1BR · 25 Feb 2026
• Discount to Last DLD Market Sale: AED 494/sqft — 20.76% below last verified transaction
• Property Status: Off-Plan — Distress Assignment — Q1 2028

The Three Distress Layers — A Complete Analysis

Layer 1 — Against Original Purchase Price

• OP: AED 1,976,000
• SP: AED 1,635,000
• Saving: AED 341,000
• Percentage Below OP: 17.24%

Layer 2 — Buyer All-In vs Seller Total Documented Cost (Super Distress)

• Seller Total Cost (OP + DLD): Approximately AED 2,055,040
• SP: AED 1,635,000
• Buyer DLD (4%): AED 65,400
• Buyer Admin: Approximately AED 580
• Buyer Agency (2% + VAT): Approximately AED 34,335
• Buyer Total All-In: Approximately AED 1,735,315
• Buyer All-In vs Seller Total: Approximately AED 319,725 BELOW seller’s documented total
• Percentage Saving: Approximately 20.43% below seller total

Layer 3 — Against Last DLD-Registered Market Sale (20 February 2026)

• Last DLD Comparable: AED 2,298,500 · 965 sq ft · AED 2,380/sqft · 1BR · 25 Feb 2026
• This Unit: AED 1,635,000 · 867 sq ft · AED 1,886/sqft
• Discount to DLD Market Price: AED 494/sqft (20.76% below last verified transaction)
• Effective Price vs Market: Buyer enters at AED 494/sqft below the most recently recorded DLD price for the same unit type in the same building

A buyer who purchases at AED 1,635,000 (AED 1,886/sqft) and holds this apartment to market normalisation at the AED 2,380/sqft DLD-registered level begins with paper equity of AED 494/sqft × 867 sqft — approximately AED 428,298 — simply by acquiring at the current distress price rather than the last registered market price. This is not a projected or speculative number: it is derived directly from the most recent DLD-registered transaction for a comparable unit in the same building.

First Line to Beach with Direct Access — The Premium Dubai Island Position

First-line-to-beach with direct beach access is the most premium orientation available in any beachfront community in Dubai — and in a beachfront development on Dubai Island, it is the orientation that commands the most significant premium above internal, pool-facing, or second-row units both at the rental and capital value levels. A first-line-to-beach apartment does not merely offer a sea view — it provides unobstructed ocean views from the primary living and sleeping spaces, immediate physical access to the beach without walking through the building’s internal facilities or across a community pathway, and the daily experiential reality of living at the water’s edge rather than looking at the water through another building’s silhouette. In the Dubai Island context — where Nakheel has developed the community specifically around the waterfront lifestyle proposition that is Dubai Island’s defining identity — the first-line-to-beach position is the product the masterplan is designed around. Acquiring this position at AED 1,886/sqft — versus the AED 2,380/sqft of the last DLD-registered sale for a comparable product — is a market timing and distress pricing opportunity that the bay grove secondary market will not repeat on a predictable schedule.

About Bay Grove — Nakheel, Dubai Island

Bay Grove is a residential development by Nakheel on Dubai Island — one of the most significant new waterfront community developments in the current Dubai cycle, positioned on the island destination that Nakheel has developed to the north of the Deira waterfront with the specific objective of creating a premium, resort-quality beachfront residential and hospitality community within the broader Dubai urban fabric. Dubai Island — formerly known as Deira Islands — provides a genuine island address: a community defined by its waterfront on all sides, its beach access, its marina, and the resort and hospitality infrastructure that Nakheel has been building out across the development. Bay Grove specifically is positioned as a hotel-style amenity residential offering within Dubai Island, delivering to its residents a building and community experience that blends the service, amenity, and lifestyle standards of a five-star hotel with the permanence and financial upside of private residential ownership. The hotel-style amenity programme — encompassing pools, fitness, spa, concierge, and lifestyle services above what standard residential buildings typically provide — is the defining characteristic of Bay Grove’s product positioning within the broader Dubai Island inventory, and it is the attribute that makes the building a premium choice for both owner-occupier families and investors targeting the luxury short-term and long-term rental market. At AED 1,635,000 for a first-line-to-beach, 867 sq ft, hotel-amenity 1-bedroom apartment in Bay Grove — at 17.24% below OP and 20.76% below the last DLD market transaction — the buyer enters this building at a price that the resale market has already demonstrated is materially below where completed comparable transactions in the same building have cleared.

Community and Lifestyle — Dubai Island

• Bay Grove — hotel-style amenity residential by Nakheel on Dubai Island
• First-line-to-beach — unobstructed beach view and direct physical beach access
• Low floor above second — accessible elevation with beach proximity feel
• Hotel-style amenities — pools, fitness, spa, concierge above standard residential
• Dubai Island — island address, waterfront on all sides, resort character
• Nakheel developer — government-linked, quality delivery, established track record
• Q1 2028 handover — approximately 18 months from current date
• Beach clubs, marina, waterfront dining and retail on Dubai Island
• Proximity to Deira and Central Dubai via Sheikh Zayed Road connection
• Dubai International Airport approximately 15 to 20 minutes by car

Amenities

• Direct beach access — first-line-to-beach position, physically at the waterfront
• Hotel-style amenities — comprehensive pool, fitness, spa, and lifestyle facilities
• Swimming pools and leisure deck
• Fully equipped gymnasium and fitness facilities
• Spa and wellness facilities
• Concierge and hotel-grade building management services
• Dubai Island beach and waterfront promenade
• Nakheel community management and security
• Full amenities list and service charge on request from Nakheel

Investment Case — Three Value Drivers Operating Simultaneously

The investment case for Bay Grove at AED 1,635,000 operates across three simultaneous value creation mechanisms. First, immediate distress equity: the buyer enters at AED 494/sqft below the last DLD-registered market transaction for a comparable 1-bedroom in the same building — approximately AED 428,298 of immediate paper equity relative to the established market price, before any further capital appreciation is assumed. Second, hotel-style rental income: Bay Grove’s hotel amenity programme, first-line beach position, and Dubai Island island address position the apartment at the top of the Dubai short-term and long-term rental market for 1-bedroom beachfront products — the combination of beach access, hotel amenities, and Nakheel brand drives premium nightly and annual rates that a standard residential building at the same address cannot achieve. Third, Dubai Island development trajectory: Dubai Island is at an early-to-mid stage of its development maturation — Nakheel continues to build out the retail, hospitality, marina, and lifestyle infrastructure that will progressively elevate the community’s lifestyle profile and property values through 2028 and beyond. The Q1 2028 handover means the buyer enters now on the pre-completion side of this trajectory, with the community’s maturation value events — hotel openings, marina activation, retail completion, beach club launches — still ahead in the timeline.

Location and Connectivity — Dubai Island

• Location: Dubai Island (formerly Deira Islands), Dubai
• Developer: Nakheel (Dubai Holding subsidiary)
• Key Roads: Dubai Island Bridge, Infinity Bridge, Deira network connections
• Dubai International Airport (DXB): Approximately 15 to 20 minutes by car
• Deira and Gold Souk: Approximately 10 to 15 minutes by car
• Downtown Dubai and Burj Khalifa: Approximately 20 to 25 minutes by car
• Dubai Mall: Approximately 20 to 25 minutes by car
• Dubai Creek Harbour: Approximately 15 to 20 minutes by car
• Dubai Frame: Approximately 15 to 20 minutes by car

Why This Bay Grove Listing Demands Immediate Action

• 17.24% below OP — AED 341,000 saving vs documented original purchase price
• 20.43% below seller total documented cost — buyer all-in approximately AED 319,725 below seller’s investment
• 20.76% below last DLD-registered market sale — AED 494/sqft discount to verified 25 Feb 2026 comparable
• First-line-to-beach with direct beach access — most premium Dubai Island orientation
• Hotel-style amenities — rental and lifestyle premium above standard residential
• 867 sq ft at AED 1,886/sqft — most competitive price-per-sqft for a 1BR beach apartment in Bay Grove
• Q1 2028 handover — Nakheel, approximately 18 months
• Dubai Island — island address, active development trajectory, maturation upside ahead
• Freehold — available to all nationalities worldwide
• Three independent distress layers — rarely three converge on one listing simultaneously

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