Saadiyat Island · Abu Dhabi
Mamsha Gardens Residences — furnished, short-term letting permitted
Apartment
Investment thesis
Bets on furnished flats with hotel services and permitted short-term letting in the Cultural District. Depends on how well 90 units are occupied as holiday lets.
Description
Ninety fully furnished apartments in the Saadiyat Cultural District, between the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the future Zayed National Museum. With hotel services and short-term letting expressly permitted — the rare case where the developer supplies the operating model with the property. 65/35 on a 10 % deposit, handover Q1 2029.
Why this property is on the list
- Handed over furnished, with hotel services and short-term letting permitted. That is not a specification detail but an operating decision taken off the buyer’s hands — anyone who has considered holiday letting is spared the usual argument with the owners’ association and house rules.
- Only 90 units. In short-term letting, the number of competing apartments in the same building is what decides occupancy, not the location on its own.
- The Saadiyat Cultural District rests on culture, not only construction: the Louvre Abu Dhabi is open, the Zayed National Museum and Guggenheim follow. That is a source of demand which exists independently of the housing market.
What to keep in mind
From AED 3.9m for a one- to three-bedroom apartment is not the entry segment, and 65/35 on a 10 % deposit ties up considerably more capital before handover than the Yas schemes. The price includes furniture and hotel services — if short-term letting is not your intention, you are paying for something you will not use, and an unfurnished apartment in the same district is worth comparing.
Who it suits – and who it does not
Suits
- Buyers who want to let short term without running it themselves
- Anyone looking for a small development with little competition in the building
Less suited
- Anyone who does not want to let short term, since furnishing and services are part of the price
- Anyone who wants to tie up little capital before handover (65 %)
To clarify before reserving
- Service charges per square foot and what they cover
- The specific unit: floor, orientation, view, price
- When each instalment falls due and what applies in case of delay
- From what share paid a resale before handover is permitted
- Whether all payments go into the project’s escrow account
Property information
- Property type
- Apartment
- Status
- Off-plan
- Payment plan
- 65/35
- Down payment
- 10 %
- Until handover
- 65 % of the price, around AED 2,535,000 at the entry price
- From handover
- 35 %
- Acquisition costs
- Registration fee 2 % (around AED 78,000 at the entry price). No agency commission.
- Completion
- Q1 2029
- Developer
- Aldar · More about this developer →
Where this is
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What living in Saadiyat Island is like
The headline figures from the area profile. The full profile — character, strengths and weaknesses — is on the community page.
Within 5 km
By car
- Abu Dhabi Corniche19min16.5 km
- Louvre Abu Dhabi12min7.4 km
- Zayed International Airport28min31.6 km
These are the amenities recorded in OpenStreetMap within 5 km, as at August 29, 2026. In areas still being built little is recorded — a zero there means "nothing recorded", not "nothing there". Driving times routed via OSRM, free-flowing traffic.
Owner-occupiers looking for quiet and nature, and long-horizon investors who value steadiness over momentum.
Full profile of Saadiyat Island →Details without warranty. Prices, availability and completion dates change; what applies is always the position at the time of your enquiry. This presentation is neither an offer nor investment advice.
