Al Sondos Lilac
Al Sondos Lilac is a 12-storey residential building in DubaiLand Residence Complex, Wadi Al Safa 5, Dubailand, Dubai, developed by Al Sondos Holding. Completed in June 2014, the building offers 148 units across studio, one and two-bedroom apartments, plus one ground-floor retail unit. It is one of several sister buildings named after flowers within the same complex, including Sondos Lily, Sondos Orchid, Sondos Rosa and Sondos Sage. This guide covers Al Sondos Lilac's building profile, location and honest Airbnb income potential, with management available from Royale Stays for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Al Sondos Holding
Floors / Units
12 storeys, 148 units
Completed
June 2014
Location
DubaiLand Residence Complex, Wadi Al Safa 5
About Al Sondos Lilac
Al Sondos Lilac is a residential building in DubaiLand Residence Complex, Wadi Al Safa 5, Dubailand, Dubai, developed by Al Sondos Holding through its subsidiary Al Sondos Real Estate. The building was completed in June 2014 and consists of 148 residential units across studio, one and two-bedroom apartments, plus one ground-floor retail unit. The built-up area is approximately 224,403 sq ft.
Al Sondos Lilac is one of several sister buildings within DubaiLand Residence Complex developed by Al Sondos Holding and named after flowers, including Sondos Lily, Sondos Orchid, Sondos Rosa and Sondos Sage. Each is a separate, physically distinct building rather than part of Al Sondos Lilac itself. Al Sondos Holding also develops several other, unrelated properties elsewhere in Dubai under similar naming, including Al Sondos Tower and Al Sondos Oasis in Dubai Silicon Oasis, which are not part of this DubaiLand complex.
The building's own developer lists it as 3 basement levels plus ground floor plus 10 residential floors plus a rooftop level ("3B + G + 10 + HC"), which is consistent with property portals describing the building as 12 storeys overall once ground and rooftop levels are counted alongside the 10 residential floors. One source (Propsearch.ae) carries an internally inconsistent completion figure, stating construction was "completed in Jul 2011" in one section while separately listing an "Estimated Completion" of October 2019 for the same building; this guide uses the clearer June 2014 completion date reported by Bayut.com. According to the Land Department, the project was valued at approximately AED 89,300,000 at the pre-construction estimate stage submitted by the developer.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Al Sondos Lilac sits in DubaiLand Residence Complex, Wadi Al Safa 5, part of the wider Dubailand freehold township. Sondos Orchid, a sister building by the same developer, is immediately adjacent. Other nearby buildings named by property portals include 4Direction Residence I, Skycourts Towers, Maya 3, Al Durar Tower B and Desert Sun Tower and Indigo Tower DubaiLand, all also covered in their own dedicated Building Guides on this site.
Dubailand is a large, master-planned freehold township comprising around 100 residential complexes, six iconic towers, mixed-use units and four hotels. Nearby schools include The Aquila School (about 0.5 km, following the National Curriculum of England, Kindergarten to Year 10) and Dewvale School and Ranches Primary School, both a short drive away. Restaurants within about a 5-minute drive include 800 Pizza, Four Square, Pudumadam, Bella Italo, Kabila Restaurant and Donner Express. Supermarkets nearby include Geant Supermarket (about 11 minutes), Spinneys (about 13 minutes) and Favourite Supermarket (about 26 minutes). For a wider view of how Airbnb management works across Dubai's different neighbourhoods, see Royale Stays' full guide to Airbnb property management in Dubai.
Unit Types
Al Sondos Lilac offers 148 residential units across three unit types, plus one ground-floor retail unit. Studio apartments (20 units) have covered areas from about 480 to 680 sq ft, each with one bathroom, a kitchen, an open-plan living and dining area, and a balcony. One-bedroom apartments (87 units) range from about 750 to 950 sq ft, each with one bathroom, a kitchen, a dining and living room, a powder room and a balcony. Two-bedroom apartments (41 units) range from about 1,300 to 1,500 sq ft, each with two bathrooms, a kitchen, a dining and living room, a powder room and a balcony. All units feature double-glazed windows and built-in wardrobes.
Amenities
Al Sondos Lilac includes a swimming pool, a communal gym, children's play areas and multiple sports and activity facilities. The building has three basement levels of covered parking plus visitor parking outside, high-speed elevators, 24-hour security with CCTV monitoring, and central air-conditioning supplied by DEWA. Other amenities include 24-hour concierge and guest services, a pet-friendly policy, and smoke and fire alarm systems fitted throughout the building. A mini mart operates on the ground floor of the building itself.
Transportation & Access
Al Sondos Lilac is within a 10-minute drive of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Dubai-Al Ain Road (E66), the two main arterial roads serving Dubailand. Public transport options include taxis, buses and the metro. The Dubai Sky Courts Bus Stop is about a 5-minute drive away, served by bus route 30. For the Dubai Metro Green Line, the nearest station is Creek Metro Station, about an 18-minute drive. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is roughly 25 minutes away by car, and Al Maktoum International Airport is roughly 34 minutes away.
Drive times are sourced from Bayut.com and Propsearch.ae's own nearby-landmarks and commute-time data for this building.
Sale Prices & Rental Trends
Bayut.com’s own current listings for Al Sondos Lilac show apartments advertised for rent between AED 46,900 and AED 70,000 per year, with an active rental market confirmed independently by current listings on Property Finder. Individual apartment sale prices are not consistently published by the property portals checked for this building.
Dubai Land Department transaction records published for Al Sondos Lilac under the government's Open Data directive (via Propsearch.ae) are recorded only at whole-building level, such as a gift transfer of AED 60,387,734 (23,504 sq ft) recorded 17 Feb 2025 and several mortgage filings of AED 133,000,000 (27,652 sq ft) recorded between 2016 and 2022. These are bulk building-level transactions and mortgage filings against the whole structure, not per-apartment sale prices, and are not used here as individual unit pricing.
Airbnb & Short-Term Rental Income Potential
DubaiLand Residence Complex is not currently one of Royale Stays' five core managed areas (Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Marina, Downtown Dubai, JBR and Business Bay), so this guide does not claim a Royale Stays management track record at Al Sondos Lilac specifically. Al Sondos Holding is a private local developer rather than a restricted hotel brand, so there is no confirmed policy barrier to running a licensed holiday home in the building.
Every short-term rental in Dubai requires a DTCM holiday home permit. Royale Stays can arrange the permit application and manage the day-to-day operation, including for owners based overseas, for a fee starting from 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications. See Royale Stays' Dubai holiday home permit guide for the current permit process.
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