Waha Living
Waha Living is an 11-storey residential building in Jumeirah Garden City, Al Satwa, Dubai, developed by Al Yakka Developers. Construction was completed in July 2026, and the building offers a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. This guide covers Waha Living's building profile, location and honest Airbnb income potential, with management available from Royale Stays for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Al Yakka Developers
Storeys
11
Status
Complete (2026)
Location
Jumeirah Garden City, Al Satwa
About Waha Living
Waha Living is an 11-storey residential building in Jumeirah Garden City, developed by Al Yakka Developers. Construction was completed in July 2026, and the building offers a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments.
Developer is confirmed across six independent sources (Propsearch.ae, Grand Reve Realty, Gold Pillars, Binayah, New-projects.ae and the project's own microsite all name Al Yakka Developers, matching the Dubai Land Department's own building-name field, 'WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA'). Storey count (11) is confirmed by two independent, non-developer sources (Propsearch.ae and Grand Reve Realty, the latter explicitly noting '11-storey design with two podium levels'); the developer's own microsite separately describes an '8-storey residence', most plausibly counting only the residential floors above the two podium levels. Total unit count (71 apartments: 16 studio, 40 one-bedroom, 15 two-bedroom) is published by the developer's own project materials; no independent second source publishes a matching total, so this figure is developer-reported rather than independently verified.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Waha Living sits in Jumeirah Garden City, a freehold district in Al Satwa just north of Sheikh Zayed Road, between DIFC and Downtown Dubai on one side and the Jumeirah Beach corridor on the other. The Museum of the Future is roughly 1.0 km away, Jumeirah Mosque is about 1.8 km, and La Mer is roughly 2.5 km. DIFC is around 1.6 km away, City Walk about 3.2 km, and Downtown Dubai roughly 3.6 km. Dubai Mall is around a 10 minute drive and Dubai International Airport (DXB) is about 12 minutes away.
For a wider view of the district's freehold market and rental context, see Royale Stays' Airbnb management guide for Jumeirah Garden City. For three other buildings in the same district, see Royale Stays' Building Guides for Hyde Walk Residence, Diamond Building and Makeen Residence.
Unit Types
Waha Living offers a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. According to Property Finder's own floor plan catalogue for the building, studio apartments range from around 371 to 418 sq ft, one-bedroom apartments from around 683 to 1,101 sq ft, and two-bedroom apartments from around 1,090 to 1,385 sq ft. Recorded Dubai Land Department transactions fall within these ranges: recent one-bedroom sales span 769 to 884 sq ft and two-bedroom sales span 1,090 to 1,385 sq ft. According to the developer's own project materials, the building comprises 71 apartments in total: 16 studios, 40 one-bedroom units and 15 two-bedroom units.
Unit mix (studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, no three-bedroom units) is confirmed across five independent sources: the developer's own microsite, Grand Reve Realty, Gold Pillars, Binayah.com and Property Finder. Unit sizes are confirmed across Property Finder's floor-plan catalogue, Binayah.com and Propsearch.ae's Dubai Land Department transaction ledger. The 71-unit total and its per-type breakdown are published only by the developer's own project materials and are not independently confirmed by a second source; stated here as developer-reported.
Amenities
Waha Living includes a swimming pool and a separate kids' pool, a multi-gym and fitness area, landscaped and elevated podium gardens, a sun deck and viewing deck, a children's play area, and a leisure seating area with a pergola, alongside ample covered parking, a staffed lobby and CCTV security.
Amenities are confirmed across three independent sources (Propsearch.ae, the developer's own project microsite, and Binayah.com), all describing an overlapping facility set centred on the pool, gym, kids' areas and landscaped gardens.
Transportation & Access
Waha Living has no Metro station directly on site; the district's nearest options sit toward the DIFC and World Trade Centre area, consistent with Royale Stays' other Jumeirah Garden City buildings. From Waha Living, Dubai Mall is roughly a 10 minute drive, Palm Jumeirah is about 21 minutes, Burj Al Arab is roughly 20 minutes and The Walk JBR is about 25 minutes. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is roughly 12 minutes away and Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) is about 46 minutes away.
Drive-time and distance estimates are sourced from Propsearch.ae's Google Maps based commute figures. Metro-access framing is consistent with Royale Stays' own published Jumeirah Garden City Area Guide, which found no Metro station within the wider district.
Sale & Rental Price Trends
Dubai Land Department transactions recorded for Waha Living show one-bedroom apartments selling for roughly AED 1.48 million to AED 1.70 million (769 to 884 sq ft, around AED 1,920 to 2,070 per sq ft) and two-bedroom apartments selling for roughly AED 2.17 million to AED 2.59 million (1,090 to 1,385 sq ft, around AED 1,870 to 2,170 per sq ft), based on the most recent genuine sale-type transactions recorded between March and June 2026. Asking prices quoted elsewhere for Waha Living broadly track this range, with studios advertised from around AED 951,000 to AED 999,000, one-bedroom apartments from around AED 1.5 million, and two-bedroom apartments from around AED 2.5 million.
Sale-type pricing is drawn from Propsearch.ae's Dubai Land Department transaction ledger, using only genuine Sale, Delayed Sale and Pre-registration Sale records. One further DLD record visible on Propsearch.ae, dated 4 August 2026, is a Mortgage Registration (not a sale) for an 884 sq ft one-bedroom unit priced at AED 560,000 (AED 634 per sq ft); this figure is excluded from the sale range above because it does not represent a market sale price. A genuine Delayed Sale record for a unit of the exact same size and room type, dated 23 July 2026, is priced at AED 1,701,280, roughly three times higher, confirming the mortgage-registration figure is not comparable. Asking-price figures are confirmed on Binayah.com, Property Finder and New-projects.ae.
Airbnb & STR Income Potential
Al Satwa 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 Waha Living specifically. Al Yakka Developers, the building's developer, is a private Dubai real estate 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, or the full guide to Airbnb property management in Dubai for how the service works end to end.
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