The Oasis by Emaar is popular with families after bigger homes, and it comes with some very real practical constraints. I am going to be straight about those, because a family that moves on the brochure and discovers the rest later is a family I have not served well.
The facts here come from Emaar’s published material, the Dubai Land Department and the KHDA, which inspects private schools in Dubai. Anything still subject to change, handover dates for one, is flagged as such.
Timing first: nobody lives there yet
If you are a family planning a move this year, this is the bit that matters most. The Oasis is still being built. Emaar’s payment plans give the first cluster, Palmiera, a target handover of December 2027, and the later clusters run through to 2030. Those are developer targets, and they can move.
So if you are landing in Dubai soon with children, The Oasis is not somewhere you can rent next term. It is somewhere you might buy into now and move into later, or keep an eye on while you rent somewhere established. Once homes hand over and owners start letting them, a rental market should follow. How quickly, nobody can tell you yet, because there is no rental supply there to measure.
Where it is and how you get around
The Oasis is in Dubailand, on the south-eastern edge of the city, between Emirates Road (E611) and Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street (D54). Its neighbours are Arabian Ranches III and Emaar’s Grand Polo Club and Resort. The masterplan shows where each cluster sits.
It is a car community. No metro station, and the nearest one is on the Red Line at Expo City. Emaar’s own indicative off-peak drive times:
- Expo City: about 15 minutes
- Al Maktoum International Airport: about 18 minutes
- Dubai Hills: about 20 minutes
- Dubai Marina: about 28 minutes
- Dubai International Airport: 32 to 40 minutes
- Downtown Dubai: about 35 minutes
Off-peak, remember. If one parent is commuting to DIFC or Downtown every morning, do that drive at rush hour before you decide anything. It is the thing families underestimate most about living further out.
What the community is like
Villas and mansions only. No apartments, no townhouses, and homes start at four bedrooms. So it is for bigger families, or people who want room for live-in help or visiting grandparents, not a starter home.
The masterplan is built around water. Emaar’s plans show swimmable lagoons, an urban canal, beaches, parks, jogging and cycling tracks and playgrounds, plus community centres, a clubhouse, retail, mosques and sports courts. If your children like being outdoors, the landscape is the main draw, though the summer heat applies here like everywhere else in Dubai.
The community is split into clusters, and they differ more than the marketing lets on:
- Palmiera: four and five-bedroom villas, the first to hand over
- Mirage: five and six-bedroom villas, larger homes with a lift
- Lavita: a small enclave of six and seven-bedroom mansions
- Address Villas Tierra and Palace Villas Ostra: hotel-branded villas of four to six bedrooms
- Marèva: four to six-bedroom villas close to the lagoons, the last to complete
One thing families miss: because the clusters complete in sequence, buying in an early cluster means living next to active construction for some years. Ask about that before you choose. The cluster guide sets out what each one is and when it is due.
Schools
Emaar’s cluster maps show schools inside the masterplan, but as I write this there is no confirmed operator, curriculum or opening date for any of them. Do not plan around a school that does not exist yet.
For now, families would be using established schools nearby. There are British, American, IB and Indian-curriculum schools within a short drive, around Dubailand, Arabian Ranches and Dubai Investment Park. I am deliberately not printing a list of names and distances here, because ratings and catchments change and the only version worth acting on is the current one. The KHDA publishes every Dubai school’s inspection rating and you can filter by curriculum and area.
My advice is the same for every community. School first, then the home. Read the school’s latest KHDA inspection report, ask about waiting lists for your child’s year group, and find out whether the school runs a bus to your area. In the newer parts of Dubai the school bus can matter more than the distance on the map.
Renting or buying
Property at The Oasis is freehold and open to buyers of any nationality, and you do not need to be resident to own. Every home is still off-plan, paid in instalments through construction. The split varies by cluster and the details are in Emaar’s payment plans.
Most buyers so far have bought direct from Emaar, but off-plan contracts are already changing hands. Property Monitor records 685 registered villa transactions at The Oasis between 5 November 2025 and 4 November 2026: 572 initial sales from the developer and 113 resales. Those counts include Oqood registrations and gifts, so they show activity rather than an exact number of purchases. Property Monitor does not publish a price index for The Oasis yet, so be wary of anyone quoting a confident “average price” for a community with no finished homes in it. What I do publish is every registered sale as it appears, one by one.
For relocating families I usually suggest a simple test. If your posting is short or uncertain, rent somewhere already built and keep your options open. If you expect to stay, buying off-plan can make sense, but only if you are comfortable waiting for handover and paying through construction. When you buy, the purchase is registered with the Dubai Land Department, and you can check that registration yourself.
If you do rent in Dubai, the tenancy contract is registered through Ejari, the government system for leases. You need it to connect DEWA in your own name, so make sure your landlord or agent registers it promptly.
Who it suits, and who it does not
The Oasis suits families who want space, a green and water-led setting and a brand new home, and who are happy to drive. It suits people planning ahead more than families who need somewhere in three months.
It suits less well anyone who needs the metro, wants a walkable city neighbourhood or is relying on a school place that is not confirmed. It is a premium price point too, so compare it with established family communities before you commit.
Wherever you end up, visit at the times you would actually be living there. School run, evening, a summer afternoon. A community that looks perfect at 11am on a Saturday can feel very different at 7am on a Tuesday.