Address Villas Hillcrest, Dubai Hills Estate
Address Villas Hillcrest is a gated 5-bedroom villa community within Dubai Hills Estate, developed by Emaar Properties in collaboration with Address Hotels + Resorts, the first villa community to carry the Address brand. The development comprises 138 villas, 51 in the Classic style and 87 in the Modern style, built around an urban river with two lakes and a lily pond, with plot sizes running from roughly 6,983 to 10,805 square feet. Royale Stays manages Dubai holiday homes from a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Emaar Properties + Address Hotels
Villa Type
5BR, Classic / Modern styles
Plot Size
Approx. 6,983-10,805 sq ft
Status
Completed 2026, freehold
About Address Villas Hillcrest
Address Villas Hillcrest is a gated villa sub-community within Dubai Hills Estate, developed by Emaar Properties in collaboration with Address Hotels + Resorts, making it the first villa community to carry the Address brand. The development comprises 138 five-bedroom villas, split between 51 Classic-style and 87 Modern-style homes, with plot sizes running from roughly 6,983 to 10,805 square feet and built-up areas between 9,918 and 10,372 square feet. Construction began in December 2022, with a handover estimated for June 2026, and recent Dubai Land Department transaction records confirm the community has since been delivered. Royale Stays manages Dubai holiday homes from a fee starting from 15%.
A quick note for anyone comparing names: royalestays.com also covers several other Address-branded properties, including The Address Boulevard, The Address Residences Dubai Opera and Address Grand Creek Harbour. Those are all apartment towers in Downtown Dubai or Dubai Creek Harbour. Address Villas Hillcrest is a different kind of property entirely, a freehold villa community in Dubai Hills Estate that shares only the Address Hotels + Resorts brand association, not a building or a location.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Address Villas Hillcrest sits within Dubai Hills Estate, roughly 6 minutes from Al Khail Road (E44), 10 minutes from Al Barsha South and Al Barsha 2, and about 4 minutes from Dubai Hills Golf Club. Dubai Butterfly Garden is roughly 12 minutes away. Drive times to central Dubai landmarks run from around 12 minutes to Burj Al Arab and 15 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, to about 16 minutes to The Dubai Mall and 18 minutes to The Walk JBR, with Dubai International Airport around 21 minutes away and the newer Al Maktoum International Airport around 33 minutes.
Royale Stays' guide to Airbnb management in Dubai Hills Estate covers the wider masterplan, including other villa guides on this site such as Sidra Villas and Club Villas.
Unit Types & Layouts
Address Villas Hillcrest offers 138 five-bedroom villas in two architectural styles, Classic and Modern, the main difference being balcony size and exterior detailing, with Modern balconies running larger. Plot sizes range from around 6,983 to 10,805 square feet, with built-up areas between 9,918 and 10,372 square feet. Each villa is arranged over two storeys plus a basement, with a provision for a private elevator, two covered parking spaces, a ground-floor great room, dining and family areas, an eat-in kitchen alongside the closed kitchen, an ensuite guest bedroom and a maid's room. The primary bedroom sits on the first floor with three secondary bedrooms, a walk-in dresser, an ensuite bathroom and two separate balconies.
Amenities
The villa cluster is built around an urban river with a lily pond and two lakes with fountains, so many homes face water. A central clubhouse includes an indoor gym and an outdoor swimming pool, alongside a kids' play area, a half basketball court, an outdoor gym, lake-side picnic areas and landscaped lawns. As part of the wider Dubai Hills Estate masterplan, residents also share a 54-kilometre cycle track, an 18-hole championship golf course at Dubai Hills Golf Club, Dubai Hills Park and Dubai Hills Mall, plus King's College Hospital and GEMS International School nearby.
Transportation & Access
Villas come with two covered parking spaces each. For schooling, GEMS International School Dubai Hills (1.9km, British and IB curriculum) and GEMS Wellington Academy Dubai Hills (2.1km, British curriculum) are both close by, along with GEMS New Millennium School (2.2km) and the government-rated Outstanding-rated Safa Community School (2.3km). Golf is close at hand too: Dubai Hills Golf Club is about 2.3 kilometres away, with Arabian Ranches Golf Club (6.4km) and the Montgomerie Golf Course (8.4km) both a short drive further out.
Rental & Price Trends
Dubai Land Department records show individual Address Villas Hillcrest plots trading in roughly the AED 25 to 26 million range through July and August 2026, for example AED 26 million for a 7,134 square foot plot on 18 August 2026 and AED 25 million for a 9,707 square foot plot on 6 August 2026, reflecting the community's premium branded-residence positioning. The Land Department's own developer-submitted estimate values the whole 138-villa project at roughly AED 641 million. These are individual recorded transactions rather than a market average, and pricing varies by plot size, position and villa style.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Royale Stays does not currently manage a villa in Address Villas Hillcrest or elsewhere in Dubai Hills Estate, so there is no community-specific occupancy or nightly-rate figure to share here. What can be said honestly is that Emaar's development of Dubai Hills Estate, and the Address Hotels + Resorts brand association on these villas specifically, carry no short-term-letting restriction of the kind that applies to hotel-branded buildings like Vida. The Address name here covers a branded-residence design and marketing partnership on freehold villas, not a hotel-operated building.
Royale Stays' own Address Boulevard Dubai guide already shows the Address brand family is treated as short-term rental viable on this site, and for villas specifically, the company's Mag City four-bedroom villa averaged an AED 1,399.41 daily rate at 80.22 percent occupancy between December 2025 and April 2026, a four-month window reflecting the property's onboarding date, alongside separately managed villa properties in DAMAC Hills and DAMAC Hills 2. Owners in Address Villas Hillcrest considering short-term letting can reach out to discuss whether their property fits. Royale Stays manages Dubai holiday homes from a 15% fee.
Royale Stays does not currently manage any Address Villas Hillcrest or wider Dubai Hills Estate villa; the Mag City figures above describe the company's own real, separately tracked villa, used here for context only, not as an Address Villas Hillcrest-specific result.
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