Avenew 888 – Loom

Loom is one phase of Avenew 888, a community of five mid-rise buildings arranged around a retail and leisure boulevard in the Residential District of Madinat Al Mataar. This phase holds 217 apartments and duplexes running from 1 to 3 bedrooms, between roughly 625 and 2,313 sq ft, with entry pricing near 900,000 dirhams. The buildings rise to 11 floors, which keeps the scale domestic rather than towering.

5 buildings, 217 homes

Homes carry floor-to-ceiling glazing, open-plan layouts and integrated smart home systems, with duplexes occupying the upper end of the size range. Spreading 217 units across 5 separate buildings rather than stacking them in one produces a different living pattern: fewer households share each lobby and lift core, the walk from a front door to open air is shorter, and the space between buildings becomes usable rather than residual. It also means amenities are distributed across the community rather than concentrated in a single podium, so establish which facilities sit in which building before choosing a unit.

The 4% nobody budgets for

The payment schedule here is set out unusually plainly: 10% at booking, 4 further installments of 10% through construction, and 50% at handover, with the Land Department fee of 4% and an administrative charge listed separately. That separation deserves attention, because it is the part international buyers most often miss. The 4% transfer fee is calculated on the purchase price, it is payable to the Dubai Land Department rather than to the developer, and it sits outside every headline figure. On a 900,000 dirham apartment that is 36,000 dirhams, due at registration. Add trustee office charges, title deed issuance and, where relevant, mortgage registration, and the true acquisition cost runs meaningfully above the advertised price. Budget for it at the start rather than discovering it at signing.

Madinat Al Mataar is several districts, not one place

Madinat Al Mataar covers around 145 square kilometres and is divided into functional districts: residential, business park, aviation, logistics, golf, commercial and the Expo site. People say Madinat Al Mataar as though it names a neighbourhood, but the district a building sits in determines almost everything about living there. This project is in the Residential District, the part planned for housing with schools, retail and parks rather than for warehousing or aviation support. That distinction matters when comparing prices across the wider area, because a lower figure elsewhere in Madinat Al Mataar may reflect a plot beside a logistics corridor rather than a genuine discount. Al Maktoum International sits under 8 kilometres away and Expo City around 9. Gorilla Real Estate can confirm which district a comparable listing actually occupies and compare like with like.