Ellington villas
and townhouses
in Dubai

Prime Villa Dubai is run by NexaCore Properties, ORN 38423. We specialise in Ellington's villas and townhouses rather than covering every developer in the city, which is why we can be specific about layouts, plots and running costs instead of vague.

Ellington is one of Dubai's leading design-led developers. Its approach is to resolve layout, light and finish before anything goes on sale — which is why its homes tend to have things like double-height living rooms, natural skylights and a choice between an open or closed kitchen, rather than a single standard plan. On the numbers it ranked second of Dubai's five benchmark developers by primary sales value in Q2 2026, having been fifth a year earlier, with 59 projects and around 10,974 units under construction. It builds villas, townhouses and apartments — The Watercrest in MBR City and Ellington Sands II on Dubai Islands are two current examples.

The Watercrest is Ellington's villa and townhouse community in Mohammed Bin Rashid City, handing over Q2 2027. It is a walled, vehicle-free garden community built around a man-made river, ten minutes from Downtown Dubai. We use it on this page because it is the clearest example of what an Ellington villa community actually is — the same design thinking, at real sizes you can measure against anything else you're considering.

At The Watercrest the four-bedroom Riverine villas run to 4,885 sq ft on plots of 4,030 to 4,152 sq ft, each with a private pool. The three-bedroom townhouses are 3,829 sq ft for a mid-unit Alcove and 3,900 sq ft for a corner Arcadia, on plots from 2,007 to 2,979 sq ft. Both have a staff room, a private lift and a roof deck. The real question is usually plot size and whether you want a private pool.

Villa and townhouse prices rose around 17% year on year across the first half of 2026, and off-plan accounted for roughly 71% of transaction volume. The supply side is structural rather than cyclical: the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan prioritises green space, which tightens the land available for villas. The brochure sets out the figures and names the sources so you can check them yourself.

Sixteen pages: who Ellington is and how it is performing in the Dubai market, the delivered portfolio, The Watercrest in full — community, amenities, villas and townhouses with real sizes and plot ranges — and the villa and townhouse market with its sources named. No price list, because pricing moves and we would rather give you the current figure on the call than print one that goes stale.

The brochure downloads immediately. One of our consultants then calls you, usually within the hour, to go through home types, sizes, layouts and running costs, and to put together a shortlist that fits your budget and timeline. If you'd like to see the quality first-hand, we'll arrange a walk-through of a completed Ellington project.

It usually comes down to space against running cost and location. An Ellington Sands II apartment on Dubai Islands runs about 1,382 sq ft for a typical two-bedroom, two minutes from the yacht marina with a private beach and a service charge of 18 AED/sq ft. A three-bedroom Watercrest townhouse is 3,829 sq ft on its own plot at 6 AED/sq ft. Apartments win on location and lock-up-and-leave; villas win on space, outdoor area and cost per foot to hold. Tell us how you'll use it and we'll be straight with you.

Pick "Multiple units" in the form. Multi-unit buyers go straight to James or Behnia, and there are terms at that level we discuss privately.