The Lakeshore at The Sanctuary

In District 11 of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City, near the junction of Al Ain – Dubai Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road. Meydan Racecourse and Academic City are fifteen minutes away, Dubai International Airport and Dubai Creek Harbour twenty, the Burj Khalifa and DIFC twenty-five, and Palm Jumeirah and Burj Al Arab thirty.

The Sanctuary is Ellington Properties’ first master community, a gated neighbourhood in District 11 built around a crystal lagoon. It is released in phases: The Waterside came first, and The Lakeshore is a later phase — Ellington’s own project site describes it as the latest phase of its villas. The two are separately registered developments with their own unit mixes, prices and payment plans.

Thirty-eight in two collections. The Garden Villas hold four bedrooms across 6,309.8 to 6,417.4 sq.ft on plots of 4,139.8 to 5,829.7 sq.ft, and look onto the garden. The Cascade Villas hold five bedrooms across 7,398.6 to 7,610.9 sq.ft on plots of 4,797.5 to 7,831.8 sq.ft, and look onto the lagoon. There are nineteen of each, and each collection comes in two architectural styles.

Three storeys served by a private elevator, with a double-height entrance foyer, a show kitchen with integrated appliances and a separate preparation kitchen, en-suite bedrooms with walk-in wardrobes, a maid’s and a driver’s room, a home automation system, marble flooring on the ground floor and staircase and a free-standing bathtub in the master bathroom. Outside: a garden, a lounge pool with shallow seating, a barbeque space, two covered parking bays and an EV charging dock.

Ellington states an anticipated service charge of AED 4 per sq.ft, which is low for a gated villa community of this size. It should be confirmed on signing, as it is an anticipated rather than a final figure.

A 70/30 plan: 20% at the time of booking, then 50% across eight instalments during construction — two of 10% and six of 5% — with the final 30% on completion, anticipated for Q4 2026.