Areas we cover
Communities served by The MELLS in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
The MELLS crews work in 33 Dubai communities and 25 prime communities of Abu Dhabi, with 1,118 named neighbourhoods, buildings and villa clusters within them, from Emirates Hills and Palm Jumeirah to Saadiyat Island and Al Bateen. Urgent work in Dubai is attended within two hours; Abu Dhabi visits are booked by appointment.
Emirates Hills & Emirates Living
Emirates Hills is a gated community of custom built mansions around the Montgomerie golf course, where plots were sold individually and no two homes are alike. Beside it, The Lakes, The Meadows and The Springs are established villa and townhouse communities set around lakes and landscaped paths.
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Palm Jumeirah
Palm Jumeirah is two different places for a service crew. The fronds are lined with Garden Homes and Signature Villas, each backing onto a private beach. The trunk and crescent hold apartment buildings such as Shoreline, Golden Mile, Tiara, Oceana and Marina Residences, along with branded residences and hotels.
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Jumeirah Bay Island, La Mer & Pearl Jumeirah
Jumeirah Bay Island is a low density island off the Jumeirah coast, home to the Bulgari Resort and Residences and a small number of private mansions. Along the same shoreline, La Mer, Port de La Mer and Sur La Mer offer beachfront apartments, townhouses and villas, and Pearl Jumeirah is a peninsula of custom built waterfront homes.
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Jumeirah, Umm Suqeim & Al Wasl
Jumeirah and Umm Suqeim are Dubai's established beach districts: independent villas on generous plots from Jumeirah 1 to Umm Suqeim 3, with Al Wasl, Al Safa, Al Manara and Al Sufouh just behind. Homes range from older single storey villas to newly built contemporary houses.
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Dubai Hills Estate
Dubai Hills Estate is a master planned community around an 18 hole golf course and Dubai Hills Park. Detached villas sit in neighbourhoods such as Sidra, Fairway Vistas, Golf Place and Parkways, Maple offers townhouses, and apartment buildings surround the park and Dubai Hills Mall.
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Al Barari
Al Barari is a low density community built inside botanical gardens, with streams, lakes and dense planting between the homes. It includes large private villas, The Nest and The Reserve, and the Seventh Heaven and Ashjar apartments.
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MBR City, District One & Meydan
Mohammed Bin Rashid City brings together several premium communities. District One is known for contemporary villas and mansions around a Crystal Lagoon. Sobha Hartland combines apartments, townhouses and villas, and Meydan adds gated villa estates and apartment districts.
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Jumeirah Golf Estates
Jumeirah Golf Estates is built around two championship golf courses, Earth and Fire. Its villa neighbourhoods include Lime Tree Valley, Redwood Avenue, Whispering Pines and Wildflower, with apartments and townhouses at Alandalus and newer homes at Jouri Hills.
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Tilal Al Ghaf
Tilal Al Ghaf is a newer community built around a swimmable lagoon with sandy beaches. Harmony offers detached villas, Elan and Aura provide townhouses and semi detached homes, and Serenity and the lagoon front mansions sit at the top of the range.
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Arabian Ranches
Arabian Ranches is one of Dubai's original family villa communities, built around a golf club and the polo and equestrian club. The first phase includes neighbourhoods such as Saheel, Mirador, Palmera, Al Reem, Al Mahra and Hattan, followed by Arabian Ranches II and III.
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Dubai Marina & JBR
Dubai Marina and Jumeirah Beach Residence form a high rise waterfront district. Towers line the marina canal, and JBR runs along the beach in six clusters: Sadaf, Shams, Amwaj, Bahar, Murjan and Rimal.
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Downtown, DIFC, Business Bay & Bluewaters
This is the centre of the city: branded residences around the Burj Khalifa and Dubai Opera, the low rise Old Town, the financial district at DIFC, canal side towers in Business Bay and the island residences at Bluewaters.
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Town Square Dubai
Town Square is a large family community off Al Qudra Road, built by Nshama around a central park and Reel Cinemas square. Rows of townhouses such as Zahra, Hayat, Safi, Naseem, Noor and Sama sit beside mid rise apartment buildings including Zahra Breeze, Jenna, Warda, Rawda and UNA.
Jumeirah Islands & Jumeirah Park
Jumeirah Islands is a gated community of large villas set on small islands in a man made lake, grouped into European, Mediterranean, Islamic, Oasis and Tropical clusters, with a row of mansions on the outer edge. Next to it, Jumeirah Park is a newer community of Legacy, Regional and Heritage villas arranged in nine districts.
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DAMAC Hills & DAMAC Lagoons
DAMAC Hills is built around the Trump International Golf Club, with villa clusters such as Whitefield, Rockwood, Richmond, Brookfield and the Trump Estates, and apartment buildings including Golf Town, Golf Promenade, Carson and Loreto. A few minutes away, DAMAC Lagoons is a newer community of townhouses and villas arranged in Mediterranean themed clusters around swimming lagoons.
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Dubai Creek Harbour & Festival City
Dubai Creek Harbour is a waterfront district of high rise residences beside the Ras Al Khor wildlife sanctuary, including Dubai Creek Residences, Creekside 18, Harbour Views, The Grand and the Address and Palace residences, with the low rise Creek Beach quarter alongside. Across the water, Dubai Festival City holds the Al Badia villas and residences beside the golf course.
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Emaar Beachfront & Dubai Harbour
Emaar Beachfront is a private island of residential towers between Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah, with its own beach on both sides. Buildings include Beach Isle, Sunrise Bay, Marina Vista, Beach Vista, Grand Bleu Tower and the Address and Palace residences. Dubai Harbour next door adds marina front towers such as DAMAC Bay.
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Nad Al Sheba
Nad Al Sheba is a district of large private villas on wide plots behind the Meydan racecourse, many of them family compounds with a majlis, staff quarters and several outbuildings. Nad Al Sheba Gardens and Nad Al Sheba Villas add newer gated clusters of villas and townhouses.
Al Barsha & Barsha Heights
Al Barsha combines streets of large private villas in Al Barsha 2 and 3 with the apartment buildings of Al Barsha 1 around Mall of the Emirates. Barsha Heights is a district of residential and office towers, and Al Barsha South includes Arjan, Dubai Science Park and the Villa Lantana compounds. The MELLS office is in Barsha Heights.
Mudon, The Villa & Dubailand
This part of Dubailand holds several established villa communities. Mudon has the Arabella, Al Salam, Al Naseem and Rahat clusters around a central park. The Villa is known for large Spanish style homes on generous plots. Villanova, Serena, Living Legends, Falcon City and The Sustainable City sit along the same stretch of Emirates Road and Al Qudra Road.
The Greens, The Views & The Hills
The Greens is a low rise apartment community set in landscaped gardens beside Emirates Golf Club, with courtyards such as Al Ghozlan, Al Samar, Al Thayyal and Al Sidir. The Views next door has mid and high rise buildings around a lake, including Golf Towers, The Fairways, The Links and Panorama. The Hills adds newer residences on the golf course itself.
Victory Heights, Motor City & Sports City
Victory Heights is a gated villa community around The Els Club golf course in Dubai Sports City, with clusters named Calida, Esmeralda, Novelia, Estella, Oliva, Morella and Marbella Village. Motor City next door holds the Green Community townhouses and the Uptown apartment buildings, and Dubai Sports City adds apartment towers and the Gallery Villas.
Mirdif, Al Warqa & Al Mizhar
Mirdif is one of Dubai's established family districts, east of the airport, with streets of private villas built from the 1990s onwards, the townhouses of Shorooq and Mushrif Village, and apartments at Uptown Mirdif, Ghoroob, Mirdif Hills and Mirdif Tulip. Al Warqa, Al Mizhar, Al Rashidiya, Nad Al Hamar and Al Khawaneej surround it with larger private villas.
Jumeirah Village Circle & Jumeirah Village Triangle
Jumeirah Village Circle is laid out as a ring of numbered districts with parks at the centre. The older homes are villas and townhouses on the inner streets, and most of what has been built since is apartment buildings, from low rise blocks to towers such as Bloom Towers and Five Jumeirah Village. Jumeirah Village Triangle next door is quieter and lower, with the Mediterranean and Arabian villas and townhouses and a smaller number of apartment buildings.
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Jumeirah Lakes Towers & Uptown Dubai
Jumeirah Lakes Towers is a long strip of high rise towers arranged in lettered clusters around man made lakes and a park, beside Sheikh Zayed Road. Homes and offices share the district and often the same tower. Lake Terrace, Goldcrest Views, Green Lakes Towers and Icon Tower are mainly residential, while Almas Tower, Jumeirah Business Centre, Platinum Tower and Mazaya Business Avenue are office addresses. Uptown Dubai is the newer district alongside.
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Al Furjan, Discovery Gardens & Jebel Ali Village
Al Furjan is a newer community of villas and townhouses, among them Quortaj and the Dubai Style Villas, with a growing band of apartment buildings such as Masakin Al Furjan, Murano Residences and the Azizi and Candace blocks. Discovery Gardens next door is older and lower: garden apartment buildings grouped into themed clusters, including Zen, Mogul, Mediterranean and Cactus. The Gardens is a similar low rise apartment quarter, and Jebel Ali Village is a villa district.
Dubai South, Emaar South & Expo City
Dubai South is a large new district at the southern edge of the city, beside Al Maktoum International Airport. Emaar South is a golf course community of townhouses and villas, with Urbana, Parkside, Saffron and Greenview among its clusters and apartments at Golf Views. The Pulse sits in the Residential District and has villas, townhouses and apartment buildings. Expo City Dubai adds apartments and the homes of Expo Valley, and the Business Park holds offices.
Dubai Silicon Oasis & Academic City
Dubai Silicon Oasis is a free zone technology park with a full residential side. Cedre Villas and Semmer Villas are gated compounds of family villas. Around them stand mid and high rise apartment buildings such as Silicon Gates, Palace Towers, Axis Residence and Arabian Gate, and office addresses including IT Plaza and Dubai Digital Park. Dubai International Academic City next door is made up of university campuses and student housing, and Liwan and Majan are apartment districts in the same part of the city.
Dubai Investment Park & Green Community
Dubai Investment Park is a mixed use district in two phases. Much of it is working land: warehouses, factories, showrooms, offices and staff accommodation. Inside it sits Green Community, a planted residential quarter of villas, bungalows, townhouses and low rise apartment buildings around lakes and lawns, in West, East and Village sections. Dunes Village, Ritaj, Centurion Residences and Ewan Residences are apartment communities in the wider park, and Schon Business Park is an office and retail address.
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Mira, Mira Oasis & Remraam
Mira and Mira Oasis are gated townhouse communities off Al Qudra Road, built in numbered phases. The homes are terraced and semi detached, with a small garden each and shared parks, pools and play areas between the rows. Remraam is a different kind of place: a large estate of low rise apartment buildings in the Al Ramth and Al Thamam quarters. Rukan adds newer townhouses and apartments.
Sheikh Zayed Road, Trade Centre & Zabeel
This is the original tower strip of Dubai. Residential, hotel and office towers line both sides of Sheikh Zayed Road between the Trade Centre roundabout and Downtown, among them Emirates Towers, 21st Century Tower, Sama Tower, Park Place Tower and Latifa Tower. Dubai World Trade Centre and One Central form the exhibition and office quarter at the northern end. Behind the towers lie the low rise streets of Al Satwa, the villas of Zabeel and the newer apartment buildings of Wasl 1.
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Dubai Media City, Internet City & Knowledge Park
Dubai Media City, Dubai Internet City and Dubai Knowledge Park are neighbouring free zone business districts on the sea side of Sheikh Zayed Road. Much of the stock is low rise office buildings in landscaped campuses with water features and lawns, joined by office towers such as Arenco Tower, Concord Tower, Shatha Tower and Business Central Towers. Hotels and a small number of residential towers, Hilliana Tower among them, stand along the edges.
Al Quoz & Al Khail Gate
Al Quoz lies between Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road and has two characters. Al Quoz 1 to 4 are residential, with private villas, older houses and some low rise apartment buildings. The four Industrial Areas hold warehouses, workshops, showrooms, factories and staff accommodation. Within them, Alserkal Avenue and the Creative Zone have turned warehouses into galleries, studios, cafes and offices. Al Khail Gate and Al Khail Heights are large apartment communities on the Al Khail Road side.
Luxury Malls & Retail Districts
Dubai's premium malls hold flagship boutiques for the world's luxury houses, along with fine dining, galleries and department stores. Each unit is a brand environment where presentation is part of the product.
Abu Dhabi
Property care in Abu Dhabi: visits by appointment, Monday to Saturday.
Saadiyat Island
Saadiyat Island mixes very different homes within a short drive. Saadiyat Beach Villas and Jawaher sit by the golf course, Saadiyat Lagoons and Saadiyat Reserve are newer villa communities further inland, and the beach side has apartment buildings such as Mamsha Al Saadiyat, Saadiyat Beach Residences and the St Regis Residences. Soho Square and Park View are apartment buildings near the Cultural District.
Hidd Al Saadiyat
Hidd Al Saadiyat is a private gated enclave on the northern shore of Saadiyat Island, laid out around a natural inlet. Homes are large detached villas with private pools, built in four phases: Qaryat Al Hidd, Al Suhoul, Al Seef and Ras Al Hidd. Many owners have since upgraded interiors with stone, timber and custom joinery.
Al Jubail Island
Al Jubail Island sits between Saadiyat and Yas and is planned as a set of villages wrapped in mangroves. Most handed over homes are detached villas in Nad Al Dhabi, Seef Al Jubail and Marfaa Al Jubail, while Souk Al Jubail and Jubail Terraces add low rise apartments and townhouses near the island's centre.
Nurai Island
Nurai Island is a small private island north of Saadiyat with a resort and a limited number of residences: beachfront estates set back from the sand and water villas standing over the sea. There are no cars on the island, and homes are reached on foot or by buggy.
Yas Island
Yas Island has villa communities on its north and west sides and apartment buildings around the waterfront. West Yas has large detached villas, Yas Acres has villas and townhouses in clusters such as The Cedars and The Magnolias, and Noya and The Sustainable City add newer townhouses. Ansam, Mayan and Water's Edge are apartment buildings.
Al Reem Island
Al Reem Island is almost entirely high rise. Shams Abu Dhabi holds The Gate Towers, Sun and Sky Towers, The Arc and several waterfront towers, Marina Square has towers such as Tala and Marina Blue around a small marina, and City of Lights and Najmat Abu Dhabi add more apartment towers. Pixel is a newer building in the Makers District.
Al Maryah Island
Al Maryah Island is the city's financial district, home to the Abu Dhabi Global Market towers and The Galleria. Its homes are high end apartments and penthouses: the Four Seasons Private Residences and Rosewood Residences, both run alongside their hotels, and Al Maryah Vista.
Masdar City
Masdar City is a planned low carbon district near the airport, built with narrow shaded streets and low rise buildings. Its homes are mainly apartments and townhomes in Oasis Residences One and Two, The Gate and Leonardo Residences.
Al Raha Beach
Al Raha Beach is a string of separate waterfront precincts rather than one estate. Al Bandar and Al Muneera hold most of the apartment buildings, set around a marina and a beach promenade, and Al Muneera Island adds townhouses and villas on the water. Al Zeina mixes apartments with podium villas, and Al Raha Lofts, Al Seef and Lamar Residences add further apartment buildings along the canals.
Al Raha Gardens
Al Raha Gardens is a gated villa community opposite Al Raha Beach, divided into eleven neighbourhoods such as Sidra, Yasmina, Khannour, Samra, Lehweih and Al Tharwaniyah. Homes are family villas and townhouses of three to six bedrooms, most with a private garden, a maid's room and parking at the front. The first houses were handed over around 2009, so many have now been through several tenancies.
Al Raha Golf Gardens
Al Raha Golf Gardens is a gated community of villas and townhouses beside the Abu Dhabi Golf Club in Khalifa City. The villa designs are Gardenia, Lailak, Narjis and Orchid, of four to six bedrooms, many with a private pool. Jouri and Khuzama provide the townhouses, usually of three or four bedrooms.
Khalifa City
Khalifa City is mostly large private villas built plot by plot, many of them extended over the years with a majlis, staff quarters or a second house on the same land. Khalifa City A is the established part, with apartment developments such as Al Rayyana and Etihad Plaza. Khalifa City B, now also called Shakhbout City, is newer and lower density, and Al Merief is a district of private villa plots.
Al Forsan Village
Al Forsan Village sits next to Al Forsan International Sports Resort in Khalifa City A. Homes are Mediterranean style free standing villas of four or five bedrooms, adjoining villas of three or four bedrooms, a few townhouses and some low rise apartment blocks. Town Square at the centre holds the supermarket, clinics, cafes and gyms.
Sas Al Nakhl Village
Sas Al Nakhl Village is a gated community of three, four and five bedroom villas near the junction of the Al Ain road and the main coastal highway, close to the Abu Dhabi Golf Club. It opened around 2010 and is built around a central clubhouse with pools, courts and a gym. Each villa has an open garden, two parking spaces, and maid's and driver's rooms with their own entrance.
Bloom Gardens
Bloom Gardens is a gated community near Al Salam Street, beside the Ministries Complex and the Eastern Mangrove coast. Its homes are Andalusian villas built around a central patio, Tuscan style villas with arched porches, semi detached villas and townhouses. Faya is a cluster of townhouses in the original community, and Aldhay, handed over in 2023, added two to five bedroom townhouses.
Al Maqtaa and Bain Al Jessrain
Al Maqtaa and Bain Al Jessrain take their name from the stretch of mainland between the Maqta and Mussafah bridges, along Khor Al Maqta. Qaryat Al Beri holds the Shangri La Residences and The Souk, while the streets behind are lined with large private villas of four to seven bedrooms, many near embassies and government offices, alongside gated compounds such as Urban Oasis.
Al Bateen
Al Bateen runs along the western shore of Abu Dhabi island, south of the Corniche, and is one of the city's oldest prime addresses. Large private villas fill the inland streets. The waterfront holds Al Bateen Park with its villas, townhouses and low rise Plaza apartments, the Marasy and Bloom Marina buildings around the marina, hotel residences, and the separate villa island of Nareel.
Al Khalidiyah
Al Khalidiyah sits between the Corniche and the centre of Abu Dhabi island and is mostly apartment towers, from established mid rise blocks to taller buildings such as Shining Towers, Al Sawari Tower and Crescent Towers. In the middle of the district, Khalidiya Village is a gated community of villas and townhouses with its own clubhouse, pool and gym.
Corniche Road
The residential stretch of Corniche Road is a line of apartment towers facing the beach and the open sea, from Etihad Towers and Nation Towers at the western end to buildings such as Al Reef Tower, Bel Ghailam Tower, Wave Tower and Saraya One further along. Homes run from studios to large penthouses, many with full height glazing and balconies over the water.
The Marina and Breakwater
The Marina sits on the Breakwater, the reclaimed land at the western end of the Corniche beside Marina Mall. Housing here is a small group of waterfront communities: the Fairmont Marina Residences apartments, the Marina Sunset Bay villas and apartment buildings next to the mall, and the gated Royal Marina Villas and Marina Village on Al Kasir, where many homes have private pools.
Al Mushrif
Al Mushrif is a long established villa district in the centre of Abu Dhabi island, between Airport Road and Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street. Most homes are standalone family villas on their own plots, in areas such as Al Qubaisat and along Al Saada Street, with compounds including Mushrif Gardens, Palm Oasis Villas and Al Yasat Compound. Umm Al Emarat Park and Mushrif Mall sit within the district.
Al Karamah
Al Karamah is an established district in the middle of Abu Dhabi island, between Al Karamah Street and Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Street. Villas and villa compounds such as Al Dhafra Compound make up much of the housing, with older standalone homes in pockets such as the Al Musalla Area. Mid rise apartment buildings including Al Maharba and Al Karama Complex line the main roads, and Delma Street runs through the middle.
Al Rawdah
Al Rawdah covers the southern inland part of Abu Dhabi island, between Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street and Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Street, with Zayed Sports City on its edge. Housing mixes private villas set back from the main streets, mid rise apartment and hotel apartment buildings, and the Rihan Heights towers rising above podium gardens near the sports city.
Embassies District
The Embassies District, also known as Al Safarat or the Diplomatic Area, lies off Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Street towards Al Bateen Executive Airport. Most plots hold embassy buildings and diplomatic residences behind high walls, alongside low and mid rise apartment buildings, with the Rawdhat apartment blocks along the Airport Road side.
Al Qurm and Eastern Mangroves
Al Qurm takes its name from the mangroves along the shores of Abu Dhabi island. Eastern Mangroves has apartment buildings beside the promenade, the marina and the hotel, with the Mangrove One villas nearby. Al Gurm Resort and Al Gurm West are waterfront villa communities among protected mangroves, many homes with a pool and pier, while Al Qurm Gardens and Al Qurm Compound hold gated family villas.
Coverage and crewsDaily roster
Crews across the Emirates, shift by shift.
The board follows our roster through the day and a two month cycle. It shows the shift running now in Dubai, how many crews are busy in each emirate and the response time that goes with it.
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Response index
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- Abu Dhabi3 hrs46
- Sharjah3 hrs30
- Ajman4 hrs13
- Ras Al Khaimah6 hrs9
- Fujairah6 hrs6
- Umm Al Quwain6 hrs5
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Crews travel from our Barsha Heights base to every community in Dubai, Monday to Saturday, and to Abu Dhabi by appointment. We work in 33 Dubai communities and 25 prime communities of Abu Dhabi, with 1,118 named neighbourhoods, buildings and villa clusters inside them. Abu Dhabi visits are booked by appointment.
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