Lowest Priced 3BR+Maid Townhouse in Alma 1 | Type 2M — 3 Double Bedrooms Plus Family Room Plus Study Plus Maid's Room | Vacant on Transfer — Immediate Occupation or Investment | Owner Occupied, Well-Presented — Best Condition Signal in the Secondary Market | Master Suite with En-Suite and Private Balcony | Open-Plan Living and Dining | Landscaped Garden with Patio | Arabian Ranches | Emaar | AED 6,195,000 | Ref DPF-ALM1-AR-3BR-TH-001
The lowest priced 3-bedroom plus maid's room townhouse available in Alma 1, Arabian Ranches — at AED 6,195,000, with a vacant on transfer designation and owner-occupied condition that collectively create the most immediately actionable and most condition-assured 3-bedroom plus maid entry available in Alma 1's current secondary market. Five compounding specification premiums define this listing above every other 3-bedroom townhouse in Alma 1. First, the Type 2M designation — the most comprehensively programmed townhouse type in the Alma sub-community: Alma's townhouse programme in Arabian Ranches is delivered across multiple types that vary by their additional functional spaces. The Type 2M is specifically the variant that includes the maid's room in addition to the standard 3-bedroom programme — and this specific variant also incorporates a family room and a study, making it a 3 double bedroom plus family room plus study plus maid's quarters configuration that provides five distinct functional spaces beyond the three bedroom suites themselves. In a townhouse community where the standard type without the maid's room has four functional spaces and the Type 2M has seven, the Type 2M is the most specifically programme-complete and most UHNW-household-appropriate townhouse product in Alma's inventory. The family room provides the secondary social programme — the dedicated family television and relaxation space that is distinct from the main living and dining open-plan area, allowing the family's social programme to operate at two levels simultaneously: the main living area for adult entertaining and the family room for the household's daily relaxed family use. The study provides the dedicated professional workspace that the working family member or the home-schooling parent requires within the townhouse programme — a room that is acoustically separated from the family room and the main living area by its ground-floor position as a distinct enclosed space. The maid's quarters provide the domestic staff accommodation that the UHNW and high-net-worth family profile in Arabian Ranches specifically requires for a 3-bedroom townhouse programme at this scale. Second, the vacant on transfer designation with owner-occupied condition quality: this is the most specifically buyer-favorable combination of transaction and condition attributes available in a secondary market townhouse listing. Vacant on transfer means there is no tenant to manage, no lease to wait for expiry, no tenancy notice period to navigate, and no tenant cooperation required for viewings or handover — the villa is available for the buyer's own occupation or for their own tenancy management programme from the day of DLD transfer. The owner-occupied designation is the most specifically condition-assuring provenance available in the secondary market: a property that has been continuously occupied by its owner — rather than by a succession of tenants — typically carries the highest standards of daily maintenance, the most careful use of all building systems and finishes, and the most personally invested upkeep that a residential property can receive. The well-presented designation confirms that the current condition of the townhouse is above the standard secondary market presentation — an owner who has lived in the property and is presenting it for sale in a well-presented state is communicating both the quality of their occupancy and the care with which the property has been maintained. Third, the master bedroom suite with en-suite bathroom and private balcony: the master suite provides the primary bedroom's full programme — the bedroom itself, a dedicated en-suite bathroom, and a private balcony that extends the master suite's private outdoor connection above the garden level. In Alma's townhouse programme, the master suite's private balcony is the most specifically prized bedroom-level specification: the upper-floor private outdoor space that the master suite occupants access from their bedroom without sharing with the household's other floors, providing the private morning outdoor moment, the evening fresh-air programme, and the personal outdoor connection that a community lifestyle in Arabian Ranches specifically rewards. Fourth, the bright open-plan living and dining with ground floor study and maid's quarters: the ground floor's open-plan living and dining area provides the social and entertaining infrastructure of the townhouse programme at the most spatially generous configuration Emaar's Alma design allows — the bright open-plan living and dining areas flowing to the kitchen and to the garden's patio access, with the study and maid's quarters positioned as discrete ground-floor functional spaces. The open-plan character maximises natural light penetration from the garden-facing glazing across the full depth of the ground floor's living and dining programme. Fifth, the peaceful landscaped garden with patio access: the private garden with patio provides the outdoor lifestyle space that completes the Alma townhouse programme at the garden level — the family al-fresco dining on the patio, the children's play area on the garden lawn, and the private outdoor sanctuary that Arabian Ranches's community landscaping ethos positions as a core daily lifestyle benefit for every family in the community. The peaceful character of the garden reflects both the owner-occupier's maintenance of the garden's condition and the position of this specific townhouse within Alma 1's cluster — a position that the seller designates as prime and peaceful, consistent with a setting that does not face a busy internal road or community circulation route. At AED 6,195,000 — the lowest available 3-bedroom plus maid's room Type 2M townhouse price in Alma 1's active secondary market — all five premiums combine at the most competitive entry point available in Alma 1. Reference: DPF-ALM1-AR-3BR-TH-001.
Property Highlights
- Project: Alma 1
- Developer: Emaar Properties
- Community: Arabian Ranches, Dubai
- Sub-Community: Alma, Arabian Ranches
- Property Type: Townhouse
- Type: Type 2M — 3 double bedrooms plus family room plus study plus maid's quarters
- Bedrooms: 3 double bedrooms
- Additional Rooms: Family room plus study plus maid's quarters
- Master Suite: Yes — en-suite bathroom plus private balcony
- BUA: Available on request
- Garden: Peaceful landscaped garden with patio access
- Condition: Owner occupied — well-presented, immediate move-in ready
- Vacancy: Vacant on transfer (VOT)
- Location: Prime position within Alma 1
- Pricing: AED 6,195,000 — lowest priced 3BR+maid townhouse in Alma 1
- Estimated Buyer All-In: Approximately AED 6,573,475
- DPF Reference: DPF-ALM1-AR-3BR-TH-001
Community-Lowest Price — Alma 1 3BR+Maid Type 2M Market Position
At AED 6,195,000, this townhouse is positioned as the lowest asking price for a 3-bedroom plus maid's room Type 2M townhouse in Alma 1's active secondary market at the time of listing. Buyers can verify independently by cross-referencing active Alma 1 3-bedroom townhouse listings on Bayut, Property Finder, Dubizzle, and DLD transaction data at time of enquiry. Our team can provide a current comparable analysis on request. The defining quality of this community-lowest-price designation at the Type 2M level is the specification it carries: the most programmatically complete Alma townhouse type — with family room, study, maid's quarters, master suite balcony, open-plan living, and landscaped garden — in a vacant-on-transfer, owner-occupied, well-presented condition at the sub-community's lowest available 3-bedroom plus maid asking price. Reference: DPF-ALM1-AR-3BR-TH-001.
Type 2M — The Most Comprehensively Programmed Alma Townhouse
The Type 2M designation within Alma's townhouse type matrix is the most comprehensively programmed and most specifically lifestyle-complete variant available in the sub-community. The M suffix specifically designates maid's room provision — distinguishing this type from the standard Type 2 without maid's quarters and confirming that this townhouse's ground-floor programme includes dedicated domestic staff accommodation in addition to the main residential spaces. Beyond the maid's room, the Type 2M's most specifically programme-differentiating rooms are the family room and the study. The family room is the secondary social space — a dedicated room whose function is the relaxed daily family living programme: the household's television and streaming, the children's after-school homework and recreation area, or the adult reading and unwinding space that is distinct from the main open-plan living and dining area. In a 3-bedroom townhouse programme, the family room provides the spatial separation between the formal or entertaining living area and the relaxed daily family living area that larger standalone villas provide through their ground-floor layout — without requiring the buyer to purchase a 4-bedroom or 5-bedroom programme. The study provides the dedicated professional or academic workspace — the home office that the working family member uses for video calls, focused work sessions, and professional equipment storage in a space that is acoustically separated from the household's living programme and physically distinct from the bedroom suites. In Arabian Ranches — a community whose family profile includes a significant proportion of dual-income professional households and families with children in the local international school catchment — the home office and the family room are the two most consistently cited programme requirements that townhouse buyers in Alma identify as their primary differentiation criteria above the Type 2 without these rooms. The Type 2M provides both simultaneously. Full Type 2M floor plan with exact room dimensions, layout configurations per floor, bathroom counts, and all specification details are available on request from our team and confirmed at private viewing. Reference: DPF-ALM1-AR-3BR-TH-001.
Vacant on Transfer and Owner Occupied — The Most Buyer-Favorable Condition and Transaction Combination
The combination of vacant on transfer and owner-occupied condition is the most specifically buyer-favorable pair of attributes available in any Arabian Ranches secondary market townhouse listing. Vacant on transfer eliminates every transaction complication that a tenanted property introduces: no lease to manage, no notice period to navigate, no tenant's rights to coordinate, no tenancy documentation to review for compliance, and no waiting period before the buyer can take possession. From the day the DLD title deed transfers, the buyer has unconditional access to the property — for their own occupation (no waiting for a tenant to vacate), for their own renovation or upgrade programme (no tenant disruption), or for their own tenancy programme (no inherited lease or rental rate, freedom to select their own tenant at the current market rent from day one). Owner-occupied condition is the most positive condition provenance available in the secondary market. A property that has been maintained and inhabited by its owner for the duration of their ownership — rather than managed through a succession of tenants whose level of care, use patterns, and maintenance habits are unknown to the current buyer — provides the most comprehensive care history available. The well-presented designation confirms that the owner's care programme has produced a townhouse that is in a condition above the standard secondary market presentation level: ready for immediate move-in without a post-purchase renovation or upgrade programme. For an end-user buyer, the vacant-on-transfer owner-occupied well-presented combination means possession day is occupation day in a townhouse that does not require any pre-occupation preparation. For an investor buyer, the same combination means the townhouse enters the rental market immediately at the current Arabian Ranches Alma market rate, presented to prospective tenants in a condition that commands the highest achievable rental rate for a Type 2M in Alma 1. Reference: DPF-ALM1-AR-3BR-TH-001.
About Alma 1 — Arabian Ranches, Emaar, Dubai
Arabian Ranches is one of Emaar's most established, most consistently valued, and most comprehensively lifestyle-programmed family residential communities in Dubai — a masterplan whose equestrian character, mature landscaping, championship golf course, and comprehensive community infrastructure have made it one of the most specifically sought-after family addresses in Dubai's freehold residential market since its completion in the early 2000s. Within Arabian Ranches, Alma is a townhouse sub-community delivering the 3-bedroom townhouse programme within the masterplan's broader villa and townhouse inventory — with Alma 1 and Alma 2 as the two distinct cluster phases. The Arabian Ranches lifestyle infrastructure encompasses the Arabian Ranches Golf Club (18-hole championship course), the Ranches Souk community retail and dining centre, JESS Arabian Ranches (Jumeirah English Speaking School) within the community, the Arabian Ranches equestrian centre, the community cycling and jogging tracks, and the community parks and green spaces that the masterplan's mature landscaping programme has established across more than two decades of community life. At AED 6,195,000 — the lowest priced 3-bedroom plus maid's room Type 2M townhouse in Alma 1's active secondary market — this listing is the most specifically programme-complete and most specifically owner-care-assured entry available in the sub-community at the current date. Reference: DPF-ALM1-AR-3BR-TH-001.
Community and Lifestyle
- Alma 1 — Emaar townhouse sub-community within Arabian Ranches, Dubai
- Lowest priced 3BR+maid Type 2M townhouse in Alma 1
- Type 2M — 3 double bedrooms plus family room plus study plus maid's quarters
- Vacant on transfer — immediate occupation or investment, no tenancy complications
- Owner occupied, well-presented — the most positive condition provenance in the secondary market
- Master suite with en-suite bathroom and private balcony
- Bright open-plan living and dining
- Ground floor study and maid's quarters
- Peaceful landscaped garden with patio access
- Arabian Ranches — Emaar's most established and most lifestyle-complete family community
- AED 6,195,000 — buyer all-in approximately AED 6,573,475
Amenities
- Master suite with en-suite bathroom and private balcony
- Family room — dedicated secondary social space
- Study — dedicated home office or professional workspace
- Maid's quarters — domestic staff accommodation
- Peaceful landscaped garden with patio access
- Arabian Ranches Golf Club — 18-hole championship course within Arabian Ranches
- Ranches Souk — community retail and dining centre 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 green spaces — mature established landscaping
- Alma 1 community amenity programme — full details on request
- 24/7 gated security and Emaar community management
- Full service charge details on request from Emaar
Investment Case — Lowest Price, VOT, Owner Care, Type 2M Premium, Arabian Ranches Maturity
The investment and occupier case for this Alma 1 townhouse at AED 6,195,000 operates across four compounding propositions. First, community-lowest price on the most programme-complete type: acquiring the most specifically functional townhouse type in Alma 1 — Type 2M with family room, study, maid's quarters, and master suite balcony — at the community's lowest available asking is the most capital-efficient Type 2M entry available in Alma 1's current secondary market. Second, the immediate rental market entry from VOT: a vacant-on-transfer, owner-occupied, well-presented Type 2M townhouse enters the Alma 1 rental market immediately at the current market rate for the sub-community's most programmatically complete type — with no pre-leasing preparation, no tenant coordination, and no condition concerns from prior tenancy. The Type 2M rental premium above standard Type 2 (without maid's room, family room, or study) is the most specifically documented type premium in Alma's rental market — the family profile that requires all three additional spaces will specifically seek and specifically pay above the standard type for the Type 2M. Third, the Arabian Ranches community value foundation: Arabian Ranches is one of the most specifically capital-value-stable and most consistently high-demand residential communities in Dubai's freehold market — a mature community whose established infrastructure, school proximity (JESS within the community), golf club, equestrian centre, and landscaping quality have been continuously maintained and progressively improved over two decades. A community-lowest-price entry at the Type 2M level in this community is a structurally defended acquisition whose value foundation is among the most specifically durable available in the Dubai freehold residential market. Fourth, the owner-occupied care premium as a hidden value proposition: a Type 2M townhouse in Alma 1 that has been owner-occupied and well-presented enters the resale market with the most positive condition story available — the next buyer's due diligence, survey, and snagging programme are at minimal risk, and the building systems, finishes, and all installed elements are in the most cared-for state the secondary market provides for this property age and type.
Estimated Buyer All-In Cost
- Purchase Price: AED 6,195,000
- DLD Transfer Fee (4%): AED 247,800
- DLD Administrative Fee: Approximately AED 580
- Agency Commission (2% + VAT): Approximately AED 130,095
- Total Estimated Buyer All-In: Approximately AED 6,573,475
- BUA and price per sq ft: Available on request — full Type 2M BUA confirmed at private viewing and through documentation
Location and Connectivity — Alma 1, Arabian Ranches, Dubai
- Sub-Community: Alma 1, 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 1 Townhouse Demands Immediate Action
- Lowest priced 3BR+maid Type 2M townhouse in Alma 1 — AED 6,195,000 is the most competitive Type 2M entry in Alma 1's active secondary market
- Type 2M — the most comprehensively programmed Alma townhouse: 3 double bedrooms plus family room plus study plus maid's quarters
- Vacant on transfer — immediate occupation or investment, no tenancy complications, no waiting
- Owner occupied, well-presented — the most positive condition provenance in the secondary market, immediate move-in ready
- Master suite with en-suite bathroom and private balcony — most complete primary bedroom programme
- Bright open-plan living and dining — natural light and spatial generosity at the Emaar standard
- Peaceful landscaped garden with patio — private outdoor family lifestyle space
- Arabian Ranches — one of Dubai's most established, most consistently valued, and most lifestyle-complete family communities
- Freehold — available to all nationalities worldwide
- Reference DPF-ALM1-AR-3BR-TH-001
Golden Visa eligibility, rental and yield figures, handover timing and transport connectivity described above reflect source information published as at 17 August 2026 and can change. Confirm current status before relying on them.
