Olivz by Danube Al Warsan is a completed residential building of studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments that Danube Properties lists in Al Warsan First, Dubai, with 411 apartments on its project page. This guide sets out what the developer publishes about Olivz by Danube Al Warsan, how its figures differ between the March 2020 launch announcement and the current page, what Property Finder showed for resale units on 5 November 2026, and the checks that apply to a ready unit in Dubai. Legal, fee and price points are stated as of 5 November 2026; dirham amounts carry a dollar figure in brackets at AED 3.6725 to the dollar.
The developer’s project page at danubeproperties.com, read on 5 November 2026, describes Olivz as a development of studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments in Al Warsan First, Dubai. Its summary panel shows 411 apartments, a completion field reading “Completed”, a starting-price field reading “Sold out” and a payment-plan field reading “No payment plan”. The amenities it lists are a gym, a pool with pool seating, a tennis court and water-canal views, and its gallery adds a kids’ play area, a party hall and a spa. The page gives travel times from the building and a block of frequently asked questions, one of which gives a starting price of AED 535,000 (approximately USD 145,000) “subject to change”.
That price line and the “Sold out” field sit on the same page, and the sections below report both as printed. The page also publishes no floor areas and no title-deed or registration numbers. Sizes, current asking prices and block names therefore come from property portals, and each is shown with its source and date.
The name needs one note on classification. The developer and its 2020 launch announcement place the project in Al Warsan First, close to International City. Property Finder files the same building under International City, in a sub-community it calls Olivz by Danube, and divides it into Olivz Residence Blocks 1, 2 and 3 in its listings. This guide uses the developer’s name for the district, Al Warsan First, and notes the portal label where a portal figure is quoted.
| Olivz by Danube Al Warsan key facts | As published or found (read on 5 November 2026) |
|---|---|
| Developer | Danube Properties, the property arm of Danube Group (developer’s About page: group founded in Deira about 30 years ago; 1993 on the developer’s other pages) |
| Names in use | Olivz by Danube (developer); Olivz Residence (Property Finder, Provident Estate, FAM Properties) |
| Location as published | Al Warsan First, Dubai (developer); “Warsan First, near International City” (launch announcement of 4 March 2020); International City, Olivz by Danube (Property Finder) |
| Status | “Completed” (developer’s project page); Property Finder shows stock as sold out and 15 resale units |
| Apartments | 411 (developer’s project page and the early-2023 factsheet); 741 in the March 2020 launch announcement |
| Unit types | Studio, 1 bedroom, 2 bedrooms (developer) |
| Sizes | The developer publishes no sizes; portal ranges in section 2 |
| Tenure | Freehold (Property Finder project page); see section 6 for how freehold areas are designated |
| Launch | Announced 4 March 2020 (Danube press release); sales from 11 March 2020 (Gulf News); “2019” on the developer’s Our Journey page |
| Handover | Scheduled for 2023 in the early-2023 release; Property Finder lists 11 July 2023 as the expected completion; the developer’s page states only “Completed” |
| Payment plan at launch | 10% on booking, 39% during construction, 1% on handover, 50% after handover (Property Finder); the developer’s page now shows “No payment plan” |
| Resale asks seen | Studios AED 500,000 to AED 600,000; one-bedrooms AED 760,000 to AED 830,000 (Property Finder, 15 ads, section 3) |
| Contact details | Not reproduced |
The developer names three unit types and prints no area for any of them. Portals fill the gap with floor-plan data and agency ads, and the figures differ slightly from source to source because they come from different documents: layout types on a project database, rounded sizes in broker descriptions and measured sizes in individual ads. The table sets the sources side by side.
| Source and date read | Studio (sq ft) | 1 bedroom (sq ft) | 2 bedrooms (sq ft) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Finder project page, floor-plan layouts (5 Nov 2026) | 367 to 427 (Types C, D, A, B: 367, 382, 394, 427) | 424 to 632 (Types B, C, A: 424, 557, 632) | 935 (Type A) |
| Property Finder project page, text description (5 Nov 2026) | 367 to 424 | 557 to 674 | 935 |
| FAM Properties project page (5 Nov 2026) | 367 to 424 | 557 to 674 | 935 |
| Property Finder resale ads listed April to October 2026 (7 studios, 8 one-bedrooms) | 359 to 424 | 553 to 650 | no ad |
| Drehomes launch-era page (5 Nov 2026) | 394 | 557 | 935 |
Reading across the rows, the studio range runs from 359 to 427 sq ft and the one-bedroom range from 424 to 674 sq ft, depending on the source, while the two-bedroom size is quoted as 935 sq ft by every source except one that gives 925 to 935. The 362 to 935 sq ft range on our listing card falls within the overall span of 359 to 935 sq ft across these sources. A buyer comparing two units should not rely on a range taken from a different source than the unit’s own paperwork: the area printed in the unit’s title deed and sale and purchase agreement is the figure that applies.
The developer’s page gives 411 apartments in total and does not split them by type. The 2020 launch announcement gave 741 units without a split by type either. Neither source in the set read for this guide publishes a per-type count for the completed building, so the guide does not state one. A buyer who needs the number of studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms can ask the management company or the developer for the registered unit schedule.
The developer’s page carries no price list for the completed building. What exists in the market is three kinds of figure: the prices announced at launch in 2020, the starting-price line in the developer’s FAQ, and resale asks and recorded sales shown by portals. They are different things and the table that follows keeps them apart. Dollar amounts use AED 3.6725 to the dollar, the rate in the Central Bank of the UAE exchange-rate publication for June 2026 (Central Bank of the UAE, June 2026).
| Figure | Amount | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| Launch, studios from | AED 290,000 ($78,965) | Gulf News, 11 March 2020 |
| Launch, 1 bedroom from | AED 475,000 ($129,340) | Gulf News, 11 March 2020 |
| Launch, 2 bedrooms from | AED 699,000 ($190,334) | Gulf News, 11 March 2020 |
| Launch price per sq ft | “close to” AED 800 | Gulf News, 11 March 2020 |
| Starting price in the FAQ | AED 535,000 ($145,677) | Developer’s project page, read 5 November 2026 |
| “Launch price” | AED 535,000 ($145,677) | Property Finder project page, read 5 November 2026 |
| Layout “from” prices | Studio AED 308,000; 1 bedroom AED 465,000; 2 bedrooms AED 695,000 | Property Finder project page, read 5 November 2026 (stock marked out of stock) |
Two things follow from the table. The AED 535,000 in the developer’s FAQ matches the “launch price” on Property Finder, but the launch coverage of March 2020 reported studios from AED 290,000, and the layout prices on the portal’s project page are also below AED 535,000. The developer’s own summary panel shows “Sold out” in the starting-price field. This guide therefore does not present AED 535,000 as a price at which a unit can be bought today; it reports it as a figure that appears on the developer’s page.
The Property Finder search page for the building (Olivz by Danube, International City) listed 15 apartments for sale when read on 5 November 2026. The table gives each ad’s listing date, type, block label, size, asking price and the price per square foot calculated from them (asking price divided by the advertised size). These are asking prices set by owners and agents, not transaction prices, and no average is shown.
| Property Finder ad listed | Type | Block label | Size (sq ft) | Asking price | Calculated AED per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2026 | 1 bedroom | Block 3 | 629 | AED 760,000 ($206,943) | AED 1,208 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 1 bedroom | Block 2 | 631 | AED 799,999 ($217,835) | AED 1,268 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 1 bedroom | Block 2 | 633 | AED 790,000 ($215,112) | AED 1,248 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 1 bedroom | Block 2 | 633 | AED 790,000 ($215,112) | AED 1,248 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | 1 bedroom | Block 2 | 645 | AED 795,000 ($216,474) | AED 1,233 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | 1 bedroom | Block 2 | 645 | AED 800,000 ($217,835) | AED 1,240 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | 1 bedroom | project level | 553 | AED 800,000 ($217,835) | AED 1,447 |
| 25 Dec 2024 | 1 bedroom | Block 2 | 650 | AED 830,000 ($226,004) | AED 1,277 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Studio | Block 2 | 362 | AED 500,000 ($136,147) | AED 1,381 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Studio | Block 1 | 389 | AED 510,000 ($138,870) | AED 1,311 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Studio | Block 1 | 390 | AED 525,000 ($142,954) | AED 1,346 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Studio | Block 3 | 394 | AED 530,000 ($144,316) | AED 1,345 |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Studio | Block 3 | 424 | AED 530,000 ($144,316) | AED 1,250 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | Studio | Block 2 | 359 | AED 590,000 ($160,654) | AED 1,643 |
| 17 Jul 2026 | Studio | Block 3 | 388 | AED 600,000 ($163,376) | AED 1,546 |
In this set of ads, studios are asked at AED 500,000 to AED 600,000 ($136,147 to $163,376) for sizes of 359 to 424 sq ft, which works out at AED 1,250 to AED 1,643 per sq ft. One-bedroom units are asked at AED 760,000 to AED 830,000 ($206,943 to $226,004) for 553 to 650 sq ft, which is AED 1,208 to AED 1,447 per sq ft. No two-bedroom unit was advertised on the day. The earliest ad in the set was listed on 25 December 2024, so a listing date matters when reading an ask.
Two worked examples show the arithmetic. The lowest studio ask, AED 500,000 for 362 sq ft, is 500,000 / 362 = AED 1,381 per sq ft. The lowest one-bedroom ask, AED 760,000 for 629 sq ft, is 760,000 / 629 = AED 1,208 per sq ft. For comparison, the developer’s launch coverage cited a figure close to AED 800 per sq ft in March 2020 (Gulf News), and the developer-FAQ price of AED 535,000 over the 362 sq ft studio size gives 535,000 / 362 = AED 1,478 per sq ft.
| Type | Size (sq ft) | Price | Date shown | Calculated AED per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 388 | AED 498,000 ($135,602) | 22 July 2026 | AED 1,284 |
| 1 bedroom | 629 | AED 750,000 ($204,221) | 27 July 2026 | AED 1,192 |
| 2 bedrooms | 935 | AED 1,250,000 ($340,368) | 2 June 2025 | AED 1,337 |
These three rows come from the “sold history” panel on the Property Finder project page, read on 5 November 2026, which the portal attributes to a data provider. The panel shows only the most recent transactions it holds, so it is a sample and not a price index. The recorded one-bedroom sale of AED 750,000 sits below every one-bedroom ask in the table, and the recorded studio sale of AED 498,000 sits just below the lowest studio ask, and the panel does not say whether either sale was negotiated from an ask. Two further Property Finder ads for Block 3 one-bedrooms, listed on 4 and 6 August 2026 at AED 750,000 ($204,221) for 636 sq ft and AED 760,000 ($206,943) for 628 sq ft, were still reachable on 5 November 2026 and fall in the same band.
Portals also carry the launch-era figures. Provident Estate’s project page shows a “starting price” of AED 1.37 million with handover marked “Ready”, and FAM Properties lists unit sizes with price tables by unit. These pages mix several dates and are not dated on the page, so they are not used for any price in this guide.
Al Warsan First is the area name the developer uses for the building. The launch announcement of 4 March 2020 said the project would stand on an 18,016 square metre plot at Al Warsan First, close to International City, with easy access to Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (the E311), and that it had roads on both sides overlooking a public park and a mosque. The developer’s current page repeats the road link, saying that Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road is “at your doorstep”, and describes the community as close to educational institutions without naming them.
The Dubai Land Department’s legislation compilation lists the plots at which non-UAE nationals may hold freehold, and the 23rd entry of its Article 3 schedule is “Warsan 1: Plot No. (002)”. The schedule’s “Warsan 1” is read here as the area the developer calls Al Warsan First; the plot number on the title deed is what settles the match, and the schedule is discussed in section 6. Property Finder places the sub-community in International City.
The developer’s page publishes travel times in minutes without stating the starting point or the time of day. The table repeats them and adds driving distances and free-flow times from the public OSRM routing service, run on 5 November 2026 from two map pins: the pin on our listing card (25.167384 N, 55.405891 E) and the project pin that Property Finder shows (25.16797 N, 55.39668 E), which lie about 0.93 km apart (calculated). The OSRM figures are indicative: they assume no traffic and are not a timetable.
| Place | Developer’s page | OSRM from the listing-card pin | OSRM from the Property Finder pin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Mart | 7 minutes | 2.8 km, 5 min | 4.1 km, 8 min |
| Dubai Safari Park | 10 minutes | 10.4 km, 12 min | 12.2 km, 14 min |
| Dubai International Airport (Terminal 1) | 13 minutes | 18.4 km, 19 min | 14.7 km, 14 min |
| Dubai Frame | 13 minutes | 22.8 km, 26 min | 20.0 km, 21 min |
| Downtown Dubai (Burj Khalifa) | 18 minutes | 20.7 km, 23 min | 17.0 km, 19 min |
| Al Maktoum International Airport | 35 minutes | 49.0 km, 49 min | 50.6 km, 52 min |
Where the OSRM time is longer than the developer’s, the difference is a matter of route and assumption: the OSRM run uses the nearest road node to each pin and a standard speed profile. The developer lists 13 minutes for both the Dubai Frame and Dubai International Airport, while OSRM gives different times for the two from either pin, so the developer’s list reads as an approximate guide, not a measurement. The two pins also give different answers: from the Property Finder pin the airport is 14.7 km away and Dragon Mart 4.1 km, from the listing-card pin 18.4 km and 2.8 km, so the exact position of the building affects every distance. The OSRM requests are listed in the sources, for example OSRM: listing pin to Dragon Mart.
Dragon Mart is the nearest destination the developer names. Dubai Safari Park, the airport and Downtown Dubai are reached by the E311 or by the connecting highways that the developer’s page does not name. Provident Estate’s project page, which is undated, describes the building as a 7-storey complex and adds Dubai Silicon Oasis and Meydan among destinations about 10 minutes away; the developer’s page gives neither of those.
The documentary record of the project is well dated, because Danube Properties announced the project in March 2020, listed it in an early-2023 factsheet and a September 2023 press report as a project to be delivered that year, and now shows it as completed. Setting the dated statements next to each other explains most of the differences a reader meets between pages.
| Date | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2020 | Olivz announced as a master-planned cluster of buildings with 741 residential units and retail and recreational facilities, development value above Dh400 million, on an 18,016 m2 plot at Al Warsan First | Danube Properties press release |
| 11 March 2020 | About 375 of the 741 apartments on sale from that day; studios from Dh290,000, one-bedrooms from Dh475,000, two-bedrooms from Dh699,000; completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2022 | Gulf News |
| 31 July 2020 | Booking start date shown for the project; construction start shown as 1 August 2020 | Property Finder project timeline |
| Around February 2023 | Danube scheduled to deliver Olivz, Wavez and Jewelz in 2023; factsheet lists Olivz Residence at 411 units and Dh200 million, marked under construction; the three projects total 1,308 units | Danube press release carried by Zawya |
| 11 July 2023 | Expected completion shown on the portal’s timeline; the portal’s text also says Q3 2023 | Property Finder project page |
| 18 September 2023 | Danube said to deliver three projects that year including Wavez (delivered), Jewelz and Olivz | Gulf News |
| 5 November 2026 | Status “Completed”, 411 apartments, starting price “Sold out”, no payment plan shown | Developer’s project page |
Three conclusions come out of the table, none of them needing a judgment about the developer. First, the unit count changed between the launch announcement and the factsheet of early 2023: 741 units are given in 2020 and 411 in 2023, and the 2023 figure is the one the developer repeats now. The sources read for this guide do not state why, so the guide reports both figures with their dates. The early-2023 factsheet also lists Jewelz at 463 units and Wavez at 434, and 463 + 411 + 434 = 1,308, which equals the total in the release, so the 411 figure is internally consistent with the developer’s own sums for that year.
Second, the launch year. The developer’s Our Journey page (danubeproperties.com/about-us/our-journey) lists the Olivz launch under 2019, while the developer’s own press release is dated 4 March 2020 and refers to the 2019 launches of Elz and Wavez as earlier projects. Property Finder’s booking date is 31 July 2020. The guide uses March 2020 for the announcement because the release is dated.
Third, the completion date. The 2020 coverage said the first quarter of 2022; the 2023 sources said the project was due for delivery that year; the portal shows 11 July 2023; and the developer’s page today says only “Completed”. The developer’s page publishes no handover date and no completion certificate number, so the guide gives no completion date as fact. Buyers of a resale unit can ask the seller for the handover or unit-acceptance paperwork that the original purchaser signed.
The launch announcement described each residential building as facing landscaped gardens and listed a swimming pool, a jacuzzi, sunken seating surrounded by water bodies, a water canal, play courts, a kids’ play area and a barbecue area, together with a gymnasium, a health club, a jogging track and a party hall with an outdoor deck. The developer’s current page lists a smaller set: gym, pool, pool seating, tennis court and water canal, with kids’ play area, party hall and spa in the gallery. The Property Finder project page lists 14 amenities, among them a gymnasium, a shared pool, a children’s play area, a community park, covered parking, cafes and restaurants, security and central air conditioning. Because these lists come from different dates, the amenity set that is physically in place is something to confirm on a viewing; the guide does not choose between them.
The building has been marketed under three block labels on Property Finder (Olivz Residence Blocks 1, 2 and 3), while the same portal’s project data shows one building, and Provident Estate describes a 7-storey complex. The developer’s page does not publish block names, floor counts or the number of apartments per block, so an owner or buyer who needs them should use the title deed, which names the building and unit.
| Milestone | Share of price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| On booking | 10% | Property Finder project page |
| During construction | 39% | Property Finder project page |
| On handover | 1% | Property Finder project page |
| After handover | 50% (50 monthly instalments at 1% in the Danube profile on this site) | Property Finder project page; Danube Properties profile |
These are the terms the project was sold on, in the form of the 1% monthly plan that Danube describes on its homepage. They are history for the original purchasers. The developer’s current project page shows “No payment plan” for Olivz, and the page also carries a generic “1% payment plan” banner. A buyer of a resale unit pays the agreed price to the seller under the terms of the sale and purchase agreement, or finances through a bank; see our mortgage guide for non-residents.
In Dubai, foreign ownership is permitted in areas designated as freehold. The UAE government portal (u.ae) states that non-UAE nationals may acquire freehold ownership rights without restriction, usufruct rights, or leasehold rights for up to 99 years in designated areas, and that Article 3 of Regulation No. 3 of 2006 “Determining Areas for Ownership by Non-UAE Nationals of Real Property in the Emirate of Dubai” indicates the land plots designated as freehold. The Dubai Land Department publishes the regulation in its legislation compilation (Dubai Real Estate Legislation, pages 129 to 132).
In that text, Article 3 allows non-UAE nationals to acquire freehold ownership “with respect to the land plot(s) indicated opposite each of the following areas”, so the designation attaches to named plots, not to a whole district. The schedule lists 23 entries, and the last is “Warsan 1: Plot No. (002)”. The developer’s page does not state the plot number on which Olivz stands, so a reader cannot match the building to the schedule from the developer’s page alone. Property Finder’s project page records the ownership type as freehold and the developer markets the apartments as freehold; the title deed of a specific unit records the tenure and plot for that unit.
The Dubai Land Department’s property-status service (Property Status Enquiry) defines the two categories in plain terms: for Freehold, purchase is allowed for all nationalities, and for NonFreehold, purchase is allowed for GCC nationalities, citing Article 3 of the 2006 regulation. For a general account of the difference, see our freehold and leasehold guide for Dubai.
The Dubai Land Department page for the real estate investor Golden Visa (Request for Golden Visa, investor), last updated 3 November 2026 according to its footer, states that the property must be worth AED 2 million or more at the time of purchase and wholly owned in the applicant’s name. It accepts a mortgaged property with a no-objection letter from the bank, states a 10-year renewable permit, lists government fees of AED 9,884.75 for the 10-year permit, and requires the applicant to be inside the UAE and to attend personally. Ownership of a unit in this building does not by itself confer a visa; the conditions are those on the official page.
Against the asks in section 3, the arithmetic is simple. Four studios at the lowest studio ask would total 4 x AED 500,000 = AED 2,000,000 ($544,588), and three one-bedrooms at AED 790,000 would total 3 x AED 790,000 = AED 2,370,000 ($645,337). These are illustrations of how asking prices add up, not statements that any set of units meets the official test, which is applied to the registered property by the authority; our Golden Visa guide compares the DLD, GDRFA and ICP pages. A single studio or one-bedroom at these asks is below the threshold, so the route would need several units or other property.
Because the building is complete, a purchase today is a resale of a registered unit, not an off-plan purchase from the developer. The Dubai Land Department’s property sale registration service (Property Sale Registration), last updated 3 November 2026 according to its footer, sets the steps in outline. The table puts them in order.
| Step | What happens | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Agree the sale | Seller and buyer agree price and terms before the registration application | The DLD page covers registration only |
| 2. Developer no-objection | In freehold areas, a no-objection e-certificate from the developer is required, obtained through the Dubai REST app | DLD sale registration page |
| 3. Check the title | Verify the title deed and the unit’s status with the DLD before paying | DLD title deed verification service |
| 4. Attend a registration trustee centre | Documents are submitted to a Real Estate Registration Trustee centre; deficiencies are corrected and documents uploaded | DLD sale registration page |
| 5. Pay fees | Registration fee, title deed and map fees and the trustee’s fee are paid and a receipt issued | DLD sale registration page |
| 6. Registration | Buyer details are entered with Emirates ID or passport, the application is submitted and a reference number is issued; the page lists a service time of 20 minutes | DLD sale registration page |
| Fee line (DLD page, read 5 Nov 2026) | Amount |
|---|---|
| Registration fee, buyer | 2% of the sale value |
| Registration fee, seller | 2% of the sale value |
| Title deed certificate issuance | AED 250 |
| Apartments and villas | AED 250 |
| Unified map under Dubai Municipality | AED 225 |
| Knowledge fee and innovation fee | AED 10 each |
| Trustee fee, sale value AED 500,000 or more | AED 4,000 plus VAT |
| Trustee fee, sale value below AED 500,000 | AED 2,000 plus VAT |
Worked on the asks in this guide, the buyer’s 2% registration fee on a studio at AED 500,000 is 0.02 x 500,000 = AED 10,000 ($2,723), and on a one-bedroom at AED 790,000 it is 0.02 x 790,000 = AED 15,800 ($4,302). The trustee’s fee for both falls in the AED 4,000 plus VAT band, since each value is AED 500,000 or more. The fixed fees on the page add a few hundred dirhams. Property Finder’s project page shows a 4% government fee, which corresponds to the two 2% lines taken together. Which side bears which fee is a matter for the sale agreement. For a wider list of buyer costs see our guide to the costs of buying in Dubai.
A buyer who is not resident can follow the same registration process; the DLD page lists passport as an alternative to Emirates ID for non-resident foreigners. The page does not state whether both parties must attend in person, and refers to authorised representatives, so the arrangements for a given transaction are confirmed with the trustee centre before the appointment.
Owners in a jointly owned building pay a yearly service charge for common parts. Law No. 6 of 2019 on jointly owned real property in Dubai (text on the Dubai Legislation portal) sets the rules. Under Article 27, a management entity may not collect charges for common parts or facilities without prior approval from the Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA), and RERA may approve the budget only after a certified audit firm recognised by it has approved it; RERA may approve a temporary budget where needed. Under Article 28, an owner may not withhold approved charges. Under Article 32, the management entity holds a lien on each unit for unpaid charges and the unit may not be disposed of until they are paid, with 30 days to pay after a RERA-approved notice. Under Article 22, an owners committee is formed once at least 10% of a project’s units are registered in owners’ names.
Mollak is the Dubai Land Department’s electronic system for these accounts. Its public page (Mollak: about us) describes monitoring of service-charge accounts that operate through escrow accounts, quarterly invoices to owners and the upload of financial statements and maintenance contracts by RERA-registered management companies; it lists services such as service-charge budget approval and online payment.
The approved rate for a building is available through the DLD’s Service Charge Index (Service Charge Index). The page says the service lets a customer inquire about approved service fees for jointly owned property from RERA: the user chooses the project name, the use and the year, and the result is shown. This guide quotes no Olivz rate, because the index is queried per project and year and the rate belongs to the year shown. The formula is the one the index implies: the yearly charge is the rate per square foot multiplied by the unit’s area. For the 388 sq ft studio in the recorded sales table, each AED 1 of rate per square foot equals AED 388 a year; for a 633 sq ft one-bedroom it equals AED 633 a year. Our service charges guide explains how the index and Mollak invoices fit together.
Whether the building has an owners committee and who manages it can be asked of the management company named on the Mollak invoice. If the unit is let, the seller can supply the last invoices and the service-charge statement, and a buyer can check there is no outstanding balance before the transfer, since the lien in Article 32 follows the unit.
The checks for a completed unit are mostly document checks, and each has an official channel. The table lists what to check, where the check is done and what the check shows.
| Check | Where | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Title deed and owner | DLD title deed verification service, which asks for the title deed number, year and property type and offers a validate-property and a validate-owner-and-property option | That the deed is genuine and in the seller’s name |
| Developer no-objection | Dubai REST app, through the developer | That the developer has no objection to the transfer in a freehold area |
| Advertising permit | The permit number on the portal ad; Property Finder pages link to a DLD validation page | That the broker and ad are licensed |
| Service charge and arrears | DLD Service Charge Index and Mollak invoices | The approved rate and any unpaid charges |
| Mortgage or lien | Title deed and bank letter | Whether a bank holds a charge that must be discharged |
| Occupancy and tenancy | Seller’s tenancy contract and recent rent receipts | Whether the unit is delivered vacant or let |
| Condition | Viewing and inspection of the unit and shared facilities | Fittings, defects and the facilities actually in place |
| Plot and tenure | Title deed plot number checked against the DLD record | That the plot is in a designated freehold area |
The DLD sale registration page lists two required documents for individuals: the Emirates ID of both seller and buyer, or a valid passport for non-resident foreigners, and the developer’s no-objection e-certificate in freehold areas. The other items in the table are checks a buyer can make on top of that list. For broader consumer protection in Dubai see our guide to buyer protection in Dubai, and for what a completed building’s handover involves see our handover and snagging guide.
Owners who plan to let the unit can read our landlord guide, and the tax guide for foreign owners sets out the taxes and charges that apply to owners. Those pages describe rules, not the performance of any unit; no rent or yield figure for this building is given here. When and how an owner sells later is covered in the guide to selling in Dubai.
Danube Properties has several completed buildings listed on this site. The table sets Olivz beside five of them using the figures in our Danube Properties profile, which was compiled on 11 October 2026 from the developer’s pages, together with the early-2023 factsheet for Jewelz and Wavez. Homes are the developer’s counts and plans are the payment structures shown in that profile.
| Project | Community | Homes (developer) | Status (developer) | Payment structure at sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivz (this page) | Al Warsan First | 411 | Completed | 10% / 39% / 1% / 50% over 50 months |
| Petalz | Al Warsan | 350 | Completed | 10% / 38% / 2% / 50% |
| Jewelz | Arjan | 463 | Completed | Not shown in the profile |
| Wavez | Liwan | 434 | Completed | 10% / 50% / – / 40% over 40 months |
| Lawnz | International City | 1,063 | Completed | 10% / 38% / 1% / 51% over 51 months |
| Bayz | Business Bay | 463 | Completed | Not shown in the profile |
Petalz is the other Danube building in Al Warsan; it launched in October 2022 according to the developer’s journey page and has 350 apartments. Lawnz sits in International City and has 1,063. The comparison is of facts, not merit: the buildings differ in location, size and the year they were sold, and a unit-level comparison needs the individual title deeds and the service-charge rates from the index. At the 2020 launch a Danube director described the project as aimed at the mid-market segment, which describes the intended buyer and is not a measure of the building.
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Danube Properties is the property arm of Danube Group. On its About page the group says it grew from a single store started in Deira, Dubai, about 30 years ago, is headquartered in Dubai, operates in nine countries across the Middle East and Asia and has more than 3,500 staff (danubeproperties.com/about-us). Its homepage (danubeproperties.com), read on 5 November 2026, states that Danube Properties has launched 32 projects, delivered 16 and has another 16 in various stages of construction, with construction spanning more than 25.5 million square feet, and names Olivz among the delivered projects.
Danube markets a payment plan that it describes as 1% of the price per month, and the Olivz plan above follows that pattern with a booking payment, construction instalments and a post-handover tail of monthly payments. The company’s launch announcement for Olivz named Rizwan Sajan as founder and chairman of Danube Group and Atif Rahman as director and partner of Danube Properties, and said the company had delivered about 2,155 units with a combined sales value of Dh2.1 billion by March 2020. Counts of projects and units are the developer’s own and change as projects launch and complete.
It is a completed building of studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments by Danube Properties in Al Warsan First, Dubai. The developer’s project page, read on 5 November 2026, shows 411 apartments, a status of “Completed” and a starting-price field marked “Sold out”. It announced the project on 4 March 2020 with 741 units. Property Finder files the building under International City and splits it into Blocks 1, 2 and 3 in its listings.
The developer’s page gives 411 apartments, and the early-2023 factsheet carried by Zawya gives the same figure. The March 2020 launch announcement said 741 units. The two numbers are dated differently, and the sources read do not explain the change, so a buyer who needs the registered count should ask the management company or the developer for the unit schedule. Neither figure is split by type.
The developer publishes no price list for the completed building, and its starting-price field says “Sold out”. On Property Finder on 5 November 2026, 15 resale ads asked AED 500,000 to AED 600,000 for studios and AED 760,000 to AED 830,000 for one-bedrooms. Portal recorded sales of July 2026 were AED 498,000 for a 388 sq ft studio and AED 750,000 for a 629 sq ft one-bedroom. These are asks and samples, not a price list.
The developer markets the apartments as freehold and Property Finder records the ownership type as freehold. In Dubai, freehold for non-UAE nationals applies to plots designated under Article 3 of Regulation No. 3 of 2006, whose schedule lists “Warsan 1: Plot No. (002)”. The developer’s page does not state the plot number, so the title deed for a specific unit is the document that records tenure and plot.
No purchase gives a visa by itself. The Dubai Land Department’s page for the real estate investor Golden Visa, updated 3 November 2026, states the condition: property worth AED 2 million or more at the time of purchase, wholly owned by the applicant, with a bank no-objection letter if mortgaged. The asks for single studios or one-bedrooms here are below AED 2 million, so the test would need several units or other property.
The developer’s project page now shows “No payment plan” because the building is complete. The terms on which the project was sold, per Property Finder, were 10% on booking, 39% during construction, 1% on handover and 50% after handover. Those terms applied to the original purchasers. A resale buyer pays the seller under the sale agreement or uses a bank loan.
The developer’s page says “Completed” without a date. The launch coverage of March 2020 gave the first quarter of 2022 as the scheduled completion, a February 2023 release said Olivz was scheduled for delivery in 2023, and Property Finder shows 11 July 2023 as the expected completion. The sources read give no confirmed handover date, so the seller’s handover paperwork is the document to ask for.
The Dubai Land Department sale registration page lists a registration fee of 2% of the sale value for the buyer and 2% for the seller, a title deed certificate fee of AED 250, other small fees, and a trustee fee of AED 4,000 plus VAT for sales of AED 500,000 or more. On an AED 500,000 studio the buyer’s 2% is AED 10,000 ($2,723). Who pays which fee is set in the sale agreement.
Under Law No. 6 of 2019, a management entity cannot collect service charges without RERA approval, and RERA approves the budget only after a recognised audit firm has. The approved rate per building and year is shown in the DLD Service Charge Index, and invoices are issued through Mollak. This guide quotes no Olivz rate; multiply the approved rate per square foot by the unit’s area to get the yearly charge.
The building is in Al Warsan First, near International City and Dragon Mart, with access to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road according to the developer. The developer lists 7 minutes to Dragon Mart, 10 to Dubai Safari Park, 13 to Dubai International Airport, 18 to Downtown Dubai and 35 to Al Maktoum International Airport. OSRM free-flow routing from the listing-card pin gives 2.8 km to Dragon Mart and 18.4 km to the airport’s Terminal 1; from the Property Finder pin it gives 4.1 km and 14.7 km.
Last checked: 5 November 2026. Sources:
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