Lowest Priced 2BR+Study Type 4M in Alma 2 | Single Row Plot — Most Privacy-Advantaged Positional Configuration | Renovation Opportunity — Full Interior Design Control at Community-Lowest Price | Vacant and Ready for Immediate Ownership — No Transaction Complications | Type 4M: 2 Bedrooms Plus Study | 1,780 Sq Ft BUA | 2,227 Sq Ft Plot | Arabian Ranches | Emaar | AED 2,247/sqft | Ref DPF-ALM2-AR-2BR-TH-001
The lowest priced 2-bedroom plus study Type 4M townhouse in Alma 2, Arabian Ranches — at AED 3,999,999, on a private single-row plot, vacant and ready for immediate ownership. Four compounding premiums and one structural acquisition advantage define this listing as the most specifically opportunity-complete 2-bedroom plus study entry available in Alma 2's current secondary market. First, the community-lowest price at the Type 4M level: at AED 3,999,999, this is the lowest asking price for a 2-bedroom plus study Type 4M townhouse in Alma 2's active secondary market at the time of listing. This per-sqft rate — AED 2,247 per sq ft BUA — is the most competitive acquisition cost available for a Type 4M in Alma 2, and it is available precisely because the price reflects the renovation opportunity that is the property's current condition. A buyer who understands the renovation proposition correctly understands that the community-lowest price is the starting point, not the total cost: the acquisition price of AED 3,999,999 plus the buyer's renovation investment — at the specification the buyer chooses and to the quality standard the buyer determines — is the total investment required to deliver a Type 4M Alma 2 townhouse to the buyer's own preferred standard. The renovation cost is the buyer's to control, the quality is the buyer's to specify, and the result is the buyer's own creation rather than a prior owner's choices that the buyer must accept or undo. Second, the single row plot — the most privacy-advantaged positional configuration in Alma 2: the single row designation means this townhouse sits at a row-end position within Alma 2's cluster layout, with one open side elevation facing community open space rather than the garden wall of an adjacent townhouse. This provides natural light from two directions rather than the single front-and-rear axis of a mid-row townhouse, maximum visual and acoustic privacy on the open side (no neighbouring townhouse's windows or garden activity on that elevation), and the widest sense of spatial openness available from any townhouse position within the cluster. In a townhouse community where the vast majority of units are mid-row — with adjacent neighbours on both side elevations — a single-row position is a permanently limited subset of the site plan and a positional attribute that cannot be created in a mid-row unit at any renovation cost. The buyer who acquires this townhouse acquires the single-row positional premium permanently. Third, the renovation opportunity — full interior design control at the community-lowest price: the seller designates this listing as a perfect renovation opportunity — a term that communicates a property whose current interior condition is below the move-in standard of a well-presented secondary market townhouse and whose price reflects that condition. The renovation opportunity is the mechanism by which the community-lowest price is both justified and advantaged: the buyer acquires the single-row plot, the Type 4M 2-bedroom plus study programme, and the Arabian Ranches Alma 2 address at the lowest available price in Alma 2's secondary market, and then invests in a renovation programme at the quality and specification standard that the buyer chooses. A renovation programme in a 1,780 sq ft townhouse whose scope, timeline, and cost are entirely the buyer's to determine allows the buyer to create a finished product at their exact specification without the premium that a prior owner's renovation work would cost in the secondary market — where an already-renovated townhouse commands a price above the unrenovated equivalent that typically exceeds the actual renovation cost it required. For a buyer who specifically seeks the ability to design their own interior — who has specific material preferences, layout modifications, or finish standards that no secondary market well-presented equivalent would deliver — the renovation opportunity is not a liability but the most specifically valuable characteristic of this listing. Fourth, vacant and ready for immediate ownership: no tenant in place, no lease to coordinate, and no waiting period for physical access. The buyer can begin the renovation programme from the day of DLD transfer — the renovation timeline is the only constraint on when the property is available for occupation, and the buyer controls that timeline. Fifth, the 2,227.81 sq ft plot with 1,780 sq ft BUA — generous plot-to-BUA ratio for renovation and outdoor programme: the plot area of 2,227.81 sq ft against a BUA of 1,780 sq ft means the townhouse's built footprint occupies approximately 80% of the plot depth, leaving a meaningful garden area adjacent to the townhouse structure. The single-row position's open side boundary compounds this outdoor programme: the garden benefits from the additional light and openness of the single-row side elevation, creating the most natural-light-complete and most privacy-surrounded outdoor programme available from any Alma 2 townhouse plot configuration. For the renovation programme, the plot's garden area is the outdoor dimension of the renovation brief — a garden replanting, re-landscaping, and outdoor furniture and feature programme that the buyer can integrate into the overall interior and exterior renovation specification. Reference: DPF-ALM2-AR-2BR-TH-001.
Property Highlights
- Project: Alma 2
- Developer: Emaar Properties
- Community: Arabian Ranches, Dubai
- Sub-Community: Alma, Arabian Ranches
- Property Type: Townhouse
- Type: Type 4M — 2 bedrooms plus study
- Bedrooms: 2
- Additional Room: Study
- BUA: 1,780 sq ft
- Plot Size: 2,227.81 sq ft
- Position: Single row — maximum privacy, open side elevation
- Condition: Renovation opportunity — below move-in ready, price reflects condition
- Vacancy: Vacant and ready for immediate ownership
- Location: Prime location within Alma 2
- Pricing: AED 3,999,999 — lowest priced 2BR+study Type 4M in Alma 2
- Price per Sq Ft BUA: AED 2,247
- Price per Sq Ft Plot: AED 1,796
- Estimated Buyer All-In: Approximately AED 4,244,579
- All-In per Sq Ft BUA: Approximately AED 2,384
- Note: Total investment includes AED 4,244,579 all-in acquisition plus buyer's renovation programme at chosen specification
- DPF Reference: DPF-ALM2-AR-2BR-TH-001
Community-Lowest Price — Alma 2 Type 4M 2BR+Study Market Position
At AED 3,999,999, this townhouse is positioned as the lowest asking price for a 2-bedroom plus study Type 4M townhouse in Alma 2's active secondary market at the time of listing. Buyers can verify independently by cross-referencing active Alma 2 2-bedroom plus study listings on Bayut, Property Finder, Dubizzle, and DLD transaction data at time of enquiry. Our team can provide a current comparable analysis and renovation cost guidance on request. The community-lowest price at this type level in a single-row position reflects the renovation-opportunity condition — a structurally sound Emaar-built townhouse on a single-row plot at the most competitive per-sqft entry available in Alma 2's secondary market, priced for a buyer who will invest in the interior to their own specification rather than paying a premium for a prior owner's choices. Reference: DPF-ALM2-AR-2BR-TH-001.
Understanding the Renovation Opportunity — What It Means and Who It Is For
The renovation opportunity designation in a secondary market townhouse listing communicates that the property's current interior condition is below the standard that would allow immediate occupation at the quality level that the Arabian Ranches family profile expects — and that the asking price reflects this condition gap rather than the potential value the property could achieve after renovation. The renovation opportunity acquisition profile is specific: it is not for the buyer who needs to move in immediately and requires a well-presented condition on possession day. It is for the buyer who sees the below-condition price as the mechanism by which they acquire the most positionally premium townhouse available in Alma 2's Type 4M inventory — the single-row plot — at a per-sqft rate that leaves renovation budget headroom within the total investment envelope appropriate to the community. The structural Emaar build — the concrete frame, the external envelope, the MEP infrastructure — is the asset that the buyer is acquiring at the renovation-opportunity price. The interior finish programme — the flooring, the kitchen, the bathrooms, the paint, the built-in joinery, and the garden — is the programme the buyer replaces at their own specification. The result is a townhouse that precisely reflects the buyer's interior standards rather than a prior occupant's choices, in the most privacy-advantaged single-row position in Alma 2's Type 4M inventory, at an acquisition plus renovation total cost that the buyer controls. Buyers are strongly advised to commission a structural and condition survey before proceeding — our team can provide guidance on survey firms and renovation contractors experienced in the Arabian Ranches townhouse programme. The full scope of the required renovation should be assessed and costed before the offer is finalised, so that the buyer's total investment envelope is confirmed with accuracy. Reference: DPF-ALM2-AR-2BR-TH-001.
Single Row Plot — The Most Privacy-Advantaged Position in Alma 2
The single row designation in the Alma 2 site plan means this townhouse is positioned at a cluster end with one open side elevation — not sandwiched between two adjacent neighbours on both side elevations as in the mid-row configuration that the majority of Alma 2's townhouse inventory occupies. The single-row townhouse's open side elevation is the most specifically privacy-generating positional attribute available in Alma 2's site plan: it provides natural light from the open side in addition to the standard front and rear natural light axes, maximum visual privacy (no neighbour's windows at close range on the open side), maximum acoustic privacy (no neighbour's garden activity, terrace conversations, or household sounds transmitted through a shared boundary or close-range side wall on the open side), and the most spatially generous sense of openness from the townhouse's garden-side programme. On a 2,227.81 sq ft plot, the single-row position's open side boundary delivers an outdoor garden programme whose visual and acoustic privacy is the best available in Alma 2's townhouse inventory at this type level. For the renovation programme, the single-row's open side is also the most architecturally interesting elevation to renovate: the buyer can specify new glazing, additional openings, or architectural features on the open side elevation that a mid-row townhouse cannot incorporate without affecting a shared or close-range boundary. The single-row position is a permanent positional attribute of this specific plot within Alma 2's completed site plan — it cannot be created in any other Alma 2 townhouse at any renovation cost. Reference: DPF-ALM2-AR-2BR-TH-001.
Type 4M — 2 Bedrooms Plus Study in Alma 2
The Type 4M designation within Alma's townhouse type matrix identifies the 2-bedroom plus study variant — a configuration that provides a dedicated functional workspace in addition to the two-bedroom residential programme. In Arabian Ranches — a community whose family and professional residential profile includes a significant proportion of home-working professionals, families with school-age children requiring dedicated homework environments, and couples whose lifestyle programme includes a specific workspace separate from the bedroom suites — the study is the Type 4M's primary differentiator from a standard 2-bedroom equivalent. The study provides a dedicated enclosed room — distinct from the living area and the bedroom suites — that functions as a professional home office, a child's study room, a dedicated reading room, or any enclosed ancillary functional space the household requires. In the context of a renovation programme, the study's current specification (finishes, built-in shelving or joinery, flooring, and lighting) is one of the rooms that the renovation programme can most productively address — a study whose specification reflects the buyer's specific professional or lifestyle programme, rather than a generic or prior-owner configuration, is the study that the Type 4M renovation opportunity specifically enables. Full Type 4M floor plan, room positions and dimensions, study configuration, bathroom count, and all type specification details are available on request. Reference: DPF-ALM2-AR-2BR-TH-001.
About Alma 2 — Arabian Ranches, Emaar, Dubai
Arabian Ranches is one of Emaar's most established, most consistently valued, and most comprehensively lifestyle-programmed family communities in Dubai — a mature masterplan whose equestrian character, 18-hole championship golf club, Ranches Souk retail and dining centre, JESS Arabian Ranches school, equestrian centre, cycling tracks, and parks programme have made it one of the most specifically sought-after family addresses in Dubai's freehold market for over two decades. Alma is a townhouse sub-community within Arabian Ranches, with Alma 2 as the second cluster phase delivering the 2-bedroom plus study and other townhouse types within the sub-community's site plan. A lowest-priced Type 4M 2-bedroom plus study townhouse in Alma 2 at AED 3,999,999 — single row, vacant, and renovation opportunity — is the most positionally advantaged and most price-competitive 2-bedroom plus study entry available in Alma 2's current secondary market for the buyer profile who specifically seeks a renovation project. Reference: DPF-ALM2-AR-2BR-TH-001.
Community and Lifestyle
- Alma 2 — Emaar townhouse sub-community within Arabian Ranches, Dubai
- Lowest priced 2BR+study Type 4M townhouse in Alma 2 — AED 3,999,999
- Single row plot — maximum privacy, open side elevation, permanently limited positional premium
- Renovation opportunity — full interior design control at community-lowest price
- Vacant and ready for immediate ownership — renovation programme begins on DLD transfer day
- 1,780 sq ft BUA on 2,227.81 sq ft plot — meaningful garden area adjacent to the townhouse
- AED 2,247/sqft BUA — most competitive per-sqft for single-row Type 4M in Alma 2
- Arabian Ranches — Emaar's most established and most lifestyle-complete family community
Amenities
- Single row plot — maximum privacy, open side elevation
- Study — dedicated home office or professional workspace
- Garden area within 2,227.81 sq ft plot — full renovation and re-landscaping scope available
- Arabian Ranches Golf Club — 18-hole championship course within Arabian Ranches
- Ranches Souk — community retail and dining within Arabian Ranches
- JESS Arabian Ranches — Jumeirah English Speaking School within the community
- Arabian Ranches Equestrian Centre
- Cycling and jogging tracks throughout Arabian Ranches
- Community parks and mature landscaping — established over two decades
- Alma 2 community amenity programme — full details on request
- 24/7 gated security and Emaar community management
- Full service charge details on request from Emaar
Investment and Acquisition Case — Single Row, Renovation Upside, Community-Lowest Price, Arabian Ranches Foundation
The acquisition case for this Alma 2 townhouse at AED 3,999,999 operates across three specific propositions and one important buyer advisory. First, the single-row positional premium at renovation-opportunity pricing: the buyer acquires the most privacy-advantaged plot position in Alma 2's Type 4M inventory — the single-row designation — at a price that reflects below-move-in-ready condition rather than the post-renovation value that the position and type would command. The difference between the current renovation-opportunity asking price and the post-renovation market value of a single-row Type 4M in Alma 2 is the renovation margin — the financial upside that the buyer's renovation investment creates above the acquisition cost. Second, the total investment control proposition: the buyer's total investment in this townhouse — acquisition price plus renovation cost — is a sum that the buyer controls in a way that no well-presented secondary market equivalent allows. A well-presented Alma 2 Type 4M at a higher price delivers a fixed interior at a fixed quality standard that the buyer may or may not find optimal. A renovation-opportunity Alma 2 Type 4M at a lower price delivers a blank canvas at which the buyer's renovation investment creates the exact interior they want. For a buyer whose interior specifications are specific — particular flooring materials, particular kitchen configuration, particular bathroom finish standards, or particular built-in joinery programme — the renovation opportunity is the only acquisition route that guarantees the exact outcome they need without a post-purchase strip-and-replace programme on a prior owner's renovation. Third, the Arabian Ranches long-term value foundation: the community's two-decade track record of consistently high demand, consistently maintained infrastructure, and consistently strong rental and resale performance provides the most defensible long-term capital value foundation for a renovation investment in Alma 2. The renovation programme's finished product is housed in a community whose established lifestyle credentials — school proximity, golf club, equestrian centre, and mature landscaping — protect and compound the value of the renovation investment over the holding period. Buyer advisory: commission a comprehensive structural and condition survey before committing to purchase. The renovation scope, structural condition, MEP system state, and all building element conditions should be fully assessed and costed by an experienced survey and renovation specialist before the offer is finalised. Our team can provide referrals to surveyors and contractors experienced in the Arabian Ranches townhouse programme. Reference: DPF-ALM2-AR-2BR-TH-001.
Estimated Buyer All-In Cost
- Purchase Price: AED 3,999,999
- DLD Transfer Fee (4%): AED 160,000
- DLD Administrative Fee: Approximately AED 580
- Agency Commission (2% + VAT): Approximately AED 84,000
- Total Estimated Buyer All-In (acquisition only): Approximately AED 4,244,579
- Renovation Investment: Additional — buyer's own specification, scope, and cost to determine after structural survey
- Total Investment (acquisition plus renovation): Approximately AED 4,244,579 plus buyer's renovation programme
- Price per Sq Ft BUA (acquisition price): AED 2,247
- Strongly recommended: Commission a structural and condition survey before committing to purchase
Location and Connectivity — Alma 2, Arabian Ranches, Dubai
- Sub-Community: Alma 2, Arabian Ranches, Dubai
- Key Roads: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311), Umm Suqeim Street
- Arabian Ranches Golf Club (18-hole): Within Arabian Ranches
- Ranches Souk: Within Arabian Ranches
- JESS Arabian Ranches: Within Arabian Ranches
- Arabian Ranches Equestrian Centre: Within Arabian Ranches
- Mall of the Emirates: Approximately 15 to 20 minutes by car
- Dubai Hills Estate and Dubai Hills Mall: Approximately 15 to 20 minutes by car
- Downtown Dubai and Burj Khalifa: Approximately 20 to 25 minutes by car
- DIFC and Business Bay: Approximately 20 to 25 minutes by car
- Dubai International Airport (DXB): Approximately 25 to 30 minutes by car
- Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC): Approximately 20 to 25 minutes by car
Why This Alma 2 Townhouse Is the Right Acquisition for the Renovation-Focused Buyer
- Lowest priced 2BR+study Type 4M townhouse in Alma 2 — AED 3,999,999 is the most competitive Type 4M entry in Alma 2's active secondary market
- Single row plot — the most privacy-advantaged positional configuration in Alma 2, permanently limited and cannot be replicated by renovation in any mid-row unit
- Renovation opportunity — full interior design control at community-lowest price, total renovation cost controlled by the buyer
- Vacant and ready — renovation programme begins on DLD transfer day, no tenant coordination required
- 1,780 sq ft BUA on 2,227.81 sq ft plot — generous plot-to-BUA ratio with meaningful garden area
- AED 2,247/sqft BUA — most competitive per-sqft for a single-row Type 4M in Alma 2
- Arabian Ranches — one of Dubai's most established, most consistently valued family communities
- Structural survey strongly recommended before committing to purchase
- Freehold — available to all nationalities worldwide
- Reference DPF-ALM2-AR-2BR-TH-001
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