Edison House
Edison House is a 12-storey residential building in DubaiLand Residence Complex, Wadi Al Safa 5, Dubailand, Dubai, developed by Arabian Gulf Properties. Construction began in October 2018 and the building was completed in December 2022, so it is a genuinely finished, long since handed over building rather than an off-plan project. It offers two and three-bedroom apartments only. This guide covers Edison House's building profile, location and honest Airbnb income potential, with management available from Royale Stays for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Arabian Gulf Properties
Storeys
12
Completed
December 2022
Location
DubaiLand Residence Complex, Wadi Al Safa 5
About Edison House
Edison House is a 12-storey residential building in DubaiLand Residence Complex, Wadi Al Safa 5, Dubailand, developed by Arabian Gulf Properties, a Dubai-based developer licensed by the Dubai Economic Department (licence number 671286) whose wider portfolio includes schools, hotels and mixed-use projects alongside residential buildings such as Park Villas and AG Tower in Business Bay. Construction on Edison House began in October 2018 and was completed in December 2022. The building offers two and three-bedroom apartments finished with fitted kitchen cabinets and built-in wardrobes.
Edison House should not be confused with Edison House 2, a separate 12-storey building by the same developer in the same DubaiLand Residence Complex, Wadi Al Safa 5 sub-community, which remains under development and is not covered by this guide. It is also a different building from Blue Wave Tower, 4 Direction Building and Desert Sun Tower, other apartment buildings covered elsewhere on this site in the same DubaiLand Residence Complex, Wadi Al Safa 5 area, each developed by a different company.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Edison House sits in DubaiLand Residence Complex, Wadi Al Safa 5, close to Dubai Silicon Oasis and Academic City. The Aquila School is around 0.2 km away and Lycee Francais International Georges Pompidou is around 0.6 km away, along with GEMS FirstPoint School (around 0.7 km) and GEMS Wellington Academy in Dubai Silicon Oasis (around 1.8 km).
IMG Worlds of Adventure is about 6.4 km away and Global Village is about 8 km away. The Track, Meydan Golf is around 10.6 km away. 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
Edison House offers two and three-bedroom apartments only, with no studios or one-bedroom units found on record. Per the developer's own specifications, two-bedroom units include a 163 sq ft terrace within a total area of about 1,275 sq ft, and three-bedroom units include a 141 sq ft terrace within a total area of about 1,315 sq ft. Recent Dubai Land Department transactions show individual two-bedroom units ranging from about 1,137 to 1,322 sq ft and three-bedroom units of about 1,324 sq ft, reflecting some variation between specific unit layouts. Apartments come with fitted kitchen cabinets and built-in wardrobes.
Amenities
Edison House includes a gymnasium and a rooftop swimming pool, along with built-in cabinets and wardrobes fitted throughout the units. The building also has elevator access and dedicated parking, with a range of retail outlets and community parks within walking distance in the wider DubaiLand Residence Complex.
Transportation & Access
DubaiLand Residence Complex has no metro station of its own. From Edison House it is roughly a 24-minute drive to Dubai Mall, 34 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 33 minutes to Burj Al Arab and 38 minutes to The Walk JBR. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is around 25 minutes away by car, and Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) is roughly 34 minutes away. The area is well connected via Emirates Road, Al Ain Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, and is largely car-dependent, as is typical across Dubailand.
Drive times are sourced from Propsearch.ae, calculated via Google Maps under typical traffic conditions; actual times will vary.
Rental & Price Trends
Dubai Land Department transaction records for Edison House show a three-bedroom apartment (1,324 sq ft) sold in July 2026 for AED 1,300,000, and two-bedroom apartments (1,286 sq ft) selling around AED 1,225,000 to AED 1,240,000 in February 2026. Separate mortgage registration records recorded across 2026 have ranged from about AED 500,000 to AED 1,120,000 on two and three-bedroom units. According to the Dubai Land Department, the wider project was valued at approximately AED 31,162,000 at the pre-construction estimate stage submitted by the developer.
Mortgage registration transactions record the loan amount rather than necessarily the full purchase price, and are disclosed here separately from outright sale transactions. Source: Propsearch.ae's Dubai Land Department Open Data transaction ledger for Edison House.
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 Edison House specifically. Arabian Gulf Properties 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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