9% Below OP | 1BR | Pelagos by IGO, Dubai Marina

870 Sq Ft | Sea View | Save AED 215,000 vs OP | DLD-Validated Market Rate | Split Payment Structure | AED 2,100,000

This is a motivated seller exit from Pelagos by IGO in Dubai Marina — a 1-bedroom apartment of 870 sq ft with sea views, offered at AED 2,100,000. The seller’s original purchase price was AED 2,315,000. The asking price is AED 215,000 — approximately 9% — below what the seller paid. The seller is not recovering their acquisition cost; they are absorbing a loss in order to achieve the exit their circumstances require. The most recent DLD-recorded transaction in the building, completed on 25 March 2026, recorded a 1-bedroom unit of 758 sq ft at AED 2,401 per sq ft — independently validating the building’s current market rate. This unit at 870 sq ft and AED 2,100,000 prices at approximately AED 2,414 per sq ft — essentially at the DLD-validated market rate on a per-sq-ft basis, but acquired from a seller who is accepting AED 215,000 less than their own cost. For the incoming buyer, this means acquiring a larger unit at the building’s independently verified market rate, from a seller who is demonstrably motivated by personal circumstances rather than speculative pricing. The payment structure is split: AED 1,043,376 on transfer and AED 1,106,624 on handover — providing the buyer with a staged capital commitment rather than a single lump-sum transfer.

Property Highlights

• Property Type: Apartment — 1 Bedroom
• Project: Pelagos by IGO, Dubai Marina, Dubai
• Developer: DIGO Real Estate Development (BR of Invest Group Overseas LLC)
• Layout: 1 Bedroom
• Size: 870 sq ft
• View: Sea Views
• Location: Dubai Marina
• Original Purchase Price (OP): AED 2,315,000
• Asking Price: AED 2,100,000
• Saving vs OP: AED 215,000 (approximately 9% below seller’s acquisition cost)
• Price per Sq Ft: approximately AED 2,414
• DLD Comparable (25.03.2026): AED 1,821,912 — 1BR — 758 sq ft — AED 2,401/sq ft
• DLD Validation: Building market rate independently confirmed at approximately AED 2,400/sq ft; this unit at AED 2,414/sq ft is at the validated market rate per sq ft, with AED 215,000 saving vs OP reflecting the seller’s personal loss
• Status: Ready — Distress Resale — Motivated Seller
• Handover: 31 March 2026 (completed)
• Payment Plan: AED 1,043,376 on transfer + AED 1,106,624 on handover
• Community: Dubai Marina
• Building: Pelagos by IGO
• Ownership: Freehold — All Nationalities
• Mortgage Eligible: Yes — subject to buyer qualification

About Pelagos by IGO, Dubai Marina

Pelagos is a residential tower by IGO — Invest Group Overseas, a UAE-based developer with an established track record of residential projects in Dubai — positioned within Dubai Marina, one of the world’s most internationally recognised and most consistently in-demand waterfront residential communities. Dubai Marina needs no extended introduction to any serious Dubai property buyer or investor: it is the community that established Dubai’s global reputation as a world-class waterfront residential destination — a master-planned urban marina development whose combination of direct waterfront access, the Marina Walk, immediate beach access at JBR, exceptional metro connectivity, and two decades of consistently deep resale and rental market liquidity has made it the benchmark premium waterfront community in the UAE. Pelagos, with its sea-view 1-bedroom inventory at approximately AED 2,400 per sq ft as independently validated by the most recent DLD transaction in the building, occupies an accessible price point within this community’s residential offering — and at AED 2,100,000 from a seller absorbing a AED 215,000 loss on their own acquisition cost, the incoming buyer enters at a price that reflects personal seller motivation rather than any weakness in the underlying asset, the building, or the location.

Building and Location

• Pelagos by IGO — residential tower in Dubai Marina
• Invest Group Overseas (IGO) — UAE-based developer with established residential track record
• Dubai Marina — one of the world’s most internationally recognised and most consistently liquid waterfront residential communities
• 870 sq ft — above the building’s most recently DLD-recorded 1-bedroom transaction size of 758 sq ft
• Sea views — a specific and commercially valuable view orientation for short-term and long-term rental
• DLD-validated market rate: AED 2,401/sq ft (25.03.2026, 758 sq ft unit in same building)
• This unit at AED 2,414/sq ft — at the building’s independently validated per-sq-ft market rate
• AED 215,000 below OP — seller is absorbing a loss on their acquisition cost to achieve the exit they require
• Split payment structure — AED 1,043,376 on transfer, AED 1,106,624 on handover
• Handover 31 March 2026 — completed

Understanding the Distress Case — AED 215,000 Below the Seller’s Own Cost

The distress case for this Pelagos unit rests on a clear and verifiable fact: the seller paid AED 2,315,000 and is asking AED 2,100,000 — accepting a AED 215,000 loss on their own acquisition cost in order to achieve the exit their personal circumstances require. This is the most straightforwardly demonstrable form of seller motivation in the resale market: a seller who sets an asking price below their own purchase price has already made the commercially difficult decision to absorb a loss. They are not testing the market, not speculating on a higher offer, and not pricing at a level that might attract a better buyer later. They have committed to accepting below their cost because the alternative — retaining an asset in circumstances that no longer suit their position — is less commercially acceptable than realising the loss. For the incoming buyer, the AED 215,000 concession is the commercial expression of the seller’s personal motivation. It is acquired directly as an entry advantage at the moment of purchase. The DLD comparable on 25 March 2026, at AED 2,401 per sq ft for a 758 sq ft unit in the same building, confirms that the per-sq-ft pricing of this unit at AED 2,414 per sq ft is at the building’s validated market level — meaning the buyer is not acquiring a unit below market on a per-sq-ft basis, but is acquiring a larger unit whose seller is accepting below their own cost. The distinction matters: this is a motivated-seller entry into a building at the independently validated market rate, not a headline below-market per-sq-ft deal, but with AED 215,000 of the seller’s own capital loss transferred directly to the buyer’s entry advantage.

The DLD Comparable — What It Confirms

The DLD-recorded transaction of 25 March 2026 in Pelagos by IGO provides an independent, publicly verifiable, and recently dated market reference for this building’s 1-bedroom pricing. A 758 sq ft 1-bedroom unit in the same building transacted at AED 1,821,912 — equating to AED 2,401 per sq ft. This distress unit at 870 sq ft and AED 2,100,000 prices at approximately AED 2,414 per sq ft — a per-sq-ft difference of approximately AED 13 above the DLD comparable rate, which for practical purposes confirms this unit is priced at the building’s independently validated market level. The DLD comparable also confirms that the building has been transacting in the early 2026 period at approximately AED 2,400 per sq ft — providing the incoming buyer with a degree of confidence that the AED 2,414 per sq ft entry price is not a seller’s speculative ask but a price anchored to real market data from the same building within the same quarter. For an investor assessing whether AED 2,100,000 for 870 sq ft in Pelagos, Dubai Marina is a defensible entry price, the 25 March 2026 DLD transaction at AED 2,401 per sq ft in the same building provides that independent validation.

870 Sq Ft — A Generous 1-Bedroom for Dubai Marina at This Price Point

At 870 sq ft, this 1-bedroom unit is materially above the most recently recorded DLD comparable in the building — a 758 sq ft unit, 112 sq ft smaller — and above the typical floor plate for a 1-bedroom apartment at this price point in the Dubai Marina market. In practical daily terms, 870 sq ft in a 1-bedroom configuration means a genuinely open-plan living and dining area with scale for comfortable social use rather than a corridor between the kitchen and the bedroom; a full bedroom suite with meaningful room volume and wardrobe provision; a kitchen with adequate preparation and storage space; and the entrance and utility areas that give the apartment a residential quality rather than a compressed efficiency layout. For a short-term rental investor, 870 sq ft is a commercially meaningful size advantage over sub-800 sq ft equivalents in the same building and the same market: it photographs with more generosity, accommodates two guests with more comfort, and commands higher nightly rates. The 112 sq ft size advantage over the most recently DLD-recorded comparable is a direct operational and revenue differentiator for the rental product at no additional per-sq-ft cost relative to the validated market rate.

Sea Views — The Dubai Marina Lifestyle Premium

The sea view from this 1-bedroom unit is the lifestyle and commercial premium that defines this specific unit’s positioning within Pelagos’s inventory. In Dubai Marina’s 1-bedroom market, view orientation is consistently the primary rental and resale differentiator within any given building: sea-view units command nightly and annual premiums above marina-view, community-view, or non-directional units across both the short-term and long-term rental categories. For a short-term rental investor marketing on international platforms, a sea view in a Dubai Marina tower is one of the most consistently high-converting filter attributes for international leisure guests — guests who specifically book Dubai Marina for the combination of the waterfront setting, the beach proximity, and the sea outlook that they cannot experience elsewhere in Dubai’s residential market. The sea view is a permanent, structural, and non-replicable attribute of this specific unit’s position within Pelagos — it cannot be created through renovation, repositioning, or any management decision, and it is the attribute that most directly sustains the unit’s resale and rental competitiveness regardless of market conditions.

The Split Payment Structure — Staged Capital Commitment

The payment structure for this Pelagos resale is split across two tranches: AED 1,043,376 on transfer and AED 1,106,624 on handover. This staged payment structure provides the incoming buyer with a specific and commercially practical advantage over a single-tranche full-price transfer: the capital commitment is distributed across two distinct events rather than being deployed in full at a single moment. AED 1,043,376 on transfer represents approximately 49.7% of the total price — a meaningful but manageable initial outlay that secures the buyer’s legal title and possession rights. AED 1,106,624 on handover — representing approximately 52.7% of the total — provides the seller with a deferred receipt that aligns with their handover milestone. For a buyer who is managing capital across multiple positions or who is aligning this acquisition with a mortgage drawdown, a property sale, or another liquidity event, the split payment structure provides additional planning flexibility that a single-tranche transfer does not. Full confirmation of the payment structure terms, milestone definitions, and any conditions attached to the deferred tranche are available on request from the listing agent alongside the full transaction documentation.

Dubai Marina — The Location That Requires No Introduction

Dubai Marina remains the most consistently liquid, most internationally recognisable, and most deeply traded 1-bedroom apartment investment community in Dubai — a combination of attributes that no subsequent waterfront community in the emirate has yet replicated. The Marina Walk, JBR Beach, the Dubai Marina Metro stations, the Marina Mall, and a food and beverage and retail offering that has expanded and matured over twenty years of continuous development create a community lifestyle infrastructure that functions as a powerful daily amenity for both residents and short-term rental guests. For a 1-bedroom investor in Pelagos, the Dubai Marina address carries a market recognition and a guest booking conversion rate on international platforms that purpose-built inland communities and emerging waterfront locations are still building towards. At AED 2,100,000 for a sea-view 870 sq ft 1-bedroom from a seller absorbing a AED 215,000 personal loss, the incoming buyer acquires the Dubai Marina address, the sea view, and the building’s DLD-validated per-sq-ft pricing in a single transaction whose terms reflect the seller’s personal circumstances rather than any systemic weakness in the underlying asset.

Amenities

• 1 Bedroom Unit — 870 sq ft — Pelagos by IGO, Dubai Marina
• Sea Views
• Building Swimming Pool
• Gymnasium and Fitness Facilities
• Covered Parking
• 24/7 Building Security
• Dubai Marina — Marina Walk, JBR Beach, Marina Mall
• Dubai Marina Metro Station and DMCC Metro Station — close
• JBR Beach and Dubai Marina Beach — close
• Split Payment Structure — AED 1,043,376 on transfer / AED 1,106,624 on handover

Layout and Floor Plan

This 1-bedroom unit in Pelagos by IGO, Dubai Marina spans 870 sq ft — a generously proportioned floor plate for a 1-bedroom in the Dubai Marina market at this price point. The layout is expected to distribute the programme across an open-plan living and dining area oriented to capture the sea view, a fully equipped kitchen, a full bedroom suite with en-suite bathroom and wardrobe provision, and balcony access. The specific floor level, exact view orientation, balcony configuration, bathroom specification, and complete architectural floor plan are available on request from the listing agent alongside the full transaction documentation and payment structure confirmation.

Financial Overview

This unit is offered at AED 2,100,000 — AED 215,000 (approximately 9%) below the seller’s original purchase price of AED 2,315,000. At AED 2,100,000 for 870 sq ft, the price per sq ft equates to approximately AED 2,414 — at the building’s independently DLD-validated market rate of approximately AED 2,401 per sq ft (758 sq ft unit, AED 1,821,912, 25.03.2026). Payment is structured in two tranches: AED 1,043,376 on transfer and AED 1,106,624 on handover. As a ready, completed freehold property in Dubai Marina, this unit is eligible for mortgage financing subject to buyer qualification and bank approval. Dubai Land Department transfer fees of typically 4% apply.

Location and Connectivity

• Dubai Marina Metro Station and DMCC Metro Station: close — within walking distance or a short drive
• JBR Beach and Dubai Marina Beach: close — within walking distance or a short drive
• The Walk at JBR and Marina Walk: within the immediate community
• Dubai Marina Mall: within the community
• Mall of the Emirates: approximately 10–15 minutes by car or metro
• Downtown Dubai and Burj Khalifa: approximately 20–25 minutes by car
• DIFC: approximately 20–25 minutes by car
• Dubai International Airport (DXB): approximately 25–30 minutes by car
• Al Maktoum International Airport: approximately 25–30 minutes by car
• Expo City Dubai: approximately 20–25 minutes by car

Why Buy This Unit at Pelagos, Dubai Marina

• AED 215,000 below the seller’s own acquisition cost — the seller is absorbing a personal loss to achieve the exit their circumstances require
• DLD-validated market rate — the 25.03.2026 transaction at AED 2,401/sq ft in the same building independently confirms the per-sq-ft pricing as a market-anchored entry
• 870 sq ft — 112 sq ft above the most recently DLD-recorded comparable in the building, at no additional per-sq-ft cost relative to the validated market rate
• Sea views — the view orientation that consistently commands rental and resale premiums above non-directional units in the same building
• Dubai Marina location — one of the world’s most consistently liquid and most internationally marketable 1-bedroom investment communities
• Split payment structure — AED 1,043,376 on transfer, AED 1,106,624 on handover — staged capital commitment
• Ready unit — handover completed 31 March 2026
• Approximately AED 2,414/sq ft — at the building’s DLD-validated market rate
• Mortgage eligible as a ready freehold property — maximum financing flexibility
• Freehold ownership for all nationalities

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