Sobha Daffodil, JVC
Sobha Investments developed Sobha Daffodil, an 11-storey building of 178 homes in Jumeirah Village Circle. The apartments range from one bedroom to three bedrooms, so the building suits a couple on a long weekend and a family on a month's stay alike. It comes with its own pool and gym, which is more than a bare block gives you. Most of what the next three sections describe happens without leaving the building.
Developer
Sobha Investments
Units
178
Completed
2010
On this page
- Mornings start on the ground floor
- The afternoon belongs to the pool
- Evenings with a barbecue, a sauna and a steam room
- Who should pick a neighbour instead
- Roads, the J01 bus and the missing metro
- Arriving from DXB
- Where JVC began
- A clinic, a pharmacy and a mosque
- Green space between the districts
- Dinner out in the district
- Days out beyond the district
- The school run, if you bring children
- When the building gym is not enough
- The minimart downstairs and the weekly shop
- Circle Mall when the weather turns
- If you own here
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
Mornings start on the ground floor
The day begins at the gym inside the building, which saves a drive to a fitness club before work or before a day out. Downstairs, a reception desk and security with CCTV cover look after the front door. The ground level holds retail units and cafes or restaurants, so a coffee or a loaf of bread does not need a car. If you work from the flat, a business or meeting room is there for a call that needs a closed door.
The afternoon belongs to the pool
By midday the swimming pool and the jacuzzi are the centre of the building. Younger children get a dedicated corner for play. Landscaped gardens give the adults somewhere to sit that is not the sofa, and a roof or deck area adds a second place to spend an hour outdoors. For a family on a week's stay, those spaces fill an afternoon without a taxi.
Evenings with a barbecue, a sauna and a steam room
Evening is for the barbecue area, the one outdoor corner set up for cooking with company. Afterwards the sauna and the steam room do the slow part of the night. The residents' lounge or function room gives a group somewhere to sit together. A laundry service means a longer stay does not end with a bag of washing.
Who should pick a neighbour instead
The building has parking for residents, yet JVC as a whole has few entry and exit points. Those can bottleneck at peak hours. Construction is still going on in parts of the community, so some streets are noisier than the finished districts. At night the streets are quiet, which can feel strange if you want a busier lifestyle. A family that wants a garden and separate bedrooms for a stay of a week or a month may do better in a villa, because a villa gives the privacy and the kitchen that an apartment bedroom does not.
JVC is a freehold community with housing from studios up to five-bedroom villas, so there is room to compare. FIVE Jumeirah Village and Novotel Jumeirah Village Triangle are among the hotels in and beside the community, so the area already sees visitors who sleep there. the Hyati Avenue guide and the Masaar Residence guide are two other buildings worth a look before you book.
Roads, the J01 bus and the missing metro
JVC sits between Al Khail Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, with Hessa Street along its other edge. Dubai Marina, JBR and Motor City are the usual destinations by car. A car is the usual answer here. The community has no metro station of its own.
Al Furjan and Discovery Gardens are the nearest metro stations. RTA route J01 runs through the community with 39 stops inside it. It links JVC with Mall of the Emirates, which gives you a bus connection toward the Red Line.
Arriving from DXB
From Dubai International Airport (DXB) you arrive by road, since no station sits inside the community. Three major roads feed the entrances. Hessa Street, Al Khail Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road meet there. Circle Mall has its frontage off Hessa Street on the edge of the community, which is where a first shop for the fridge is easiest to find.
Where JVC began
Nakheel launched JVC in 2005. It is a freehold master development, laid out in nine main districts.
A clinic, a pharmacy and a mosque
Karama Medical Centre is on Kaheel Boulevard. It is the clinic used for day-to-day care. Medicina Pharmacy was among the first tenants when Circle Mall opened. Mediclinic Park View Hospital in Arjan is the larger hospital outside JVC. A mosque at Circle Mall holds up to 300 worshippers and has a separate area for women, with access from the mall basement car park.
Green space between the districts
JVC has no large public parks but a network of small green spaces, with nearly every district holding one. Circle Community Park has walking areas and play areas. District 12 has a large playground and trails. Dedicated cycling tracks run through the landscaped parks, so a morning ride or a slow evening walk both work.
Dinner out in the district
Circle Mall has Wontoneria and Tortilla among its cafes and restaurants. For a sit-down dinner, Sticky Rice is listed in JVC. So is Defne Turkish Restaurant. Bawarchi Indian Restaurant is another, and The Desert Wok and Pide Keyfi sit on the same list of restaurants, which gives you a week of different dinners without repeating one. Socialicious serves pan-Asian food and allows pets, which helps if you travel with a dog. For coffee outside the building, LOUI Restaurant and Cafe and Teeneh ow Zeytoneh are listed among the independent cafes in JVC.
Days out beyond the district
Dubai Butterfly Garden and Dubai Miracle Garden are among the attractions around the community, and so are Dubai Hills Mall and Dubai Autodrome. Global Village is on that list. So is Expo City. Mall of the Emirates is the large mall you reach by the J01 bus route, which suits a day when nobody wants to drive.
The school run, if you bring children
JSS International School stands inside JVC and teaches the Indian ICSE curriculum. KHDA rates it Very Good. Arcadia School in neighbouring Jumeirah Village Triangle follows the National Curriculum for England. Ladybird Early Learning Centre in District 12 takes children from six months to five years under the British early-years framework. Because schools and mosques sit among the parks, a family weighing JVC can treat the school choice as part of the community and not as a separate commute.
When the building gym is not enough
Circle Club offers sports courts, a football pitch, padel courts and jogging trails, and a teqball table sits among the same facilities. Wellfit is on the second level of Circle Mall and opens at 5:30 am on weekdays. That makes it the gym for an early flight. The building gym covers the ordinary hours.
The minimart downstairs and the weekly shop
Besides the retail units in the building, small minimarts such as Aswaaq Mart and All Day Minimart sit close to residential blocks across JVC for a quick top-up. The bigger shop happens at Spinneys, which opened as an anchor store in Circle Mall. Households in JVC also shop at West Zone and Choithrams.
Circle Mall when the weather turns
Circle Mall spans 532,000 sq ft and has parking for over 2,500 cars. It includes a family entertainment centre of about 17,000 sq ft, with an arcade, trampolines and a children's salon. ROXY Cinemas has five screens there, all with recliner seats, so a wet or very hot afternoon has an obvious answer.
If you own here
Holiday home permits are issued by the Department of Economy and Tourism, and an apartment needs Residential on its title deed to qualify. Royale Stays manages homes for owners from a management fee of 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in, guest communication and maintenance. Owners weighing the area can start with our guide to letting a JVC home.
Sources
Sources: The Sandy Times, Bayut area guide, Property Finder, Nakheel, Property Finder blog, Bayut, Nakheel press release, Curly Tales, What's On, Nakheel community page, betterhomes school guide, The First Group, Khaleej Times, Gulf News, Propsearch.
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