Elemental 78

The overview.

Elemental 78 is a relatively small apartment proposition in Jumeirah Garden City. The developer’s brochure describes 45 homes: one- and two-bedroom residences and a single three-bedroom home. That scale is useful context, but it does not tell you which apartments remain for sale. The buying decision still rests on the particular home, its position and the costs of owning it.

Start with the city setting, not the founder’s other address

This is a Jumeirah Garden City project. The developer’s corporate material also discusses founder Hazza Zaal and Al Barari, but that background does not relocate Elemental 78 to Al Barari or give it the same landscape, plot size or day-to-day routine. Compare the address actually being purchased.

For a central-city home, test your own destinations: work, school, groceries and the route home at the times you would use them. A district-level location map helps orient a search; it cannot establish a reliable door-to-door travel time, the noise inside a selected apartment or the view from its balcony.

Read the existing Jumeirah Garden City location study alongside the building material. One describes the neighbourhood; the other describes a particular development. Keep the two scales separate when deciding whether the address suits living, letting or occasional use.

The same bedroom count can describe a different home

The brochure separates first-floor and typical-floor one- and two-bedroom interiors. Its three-bedroom section concerns a single home within the advertised 45-apartment collection. These are distinct home types, not evidence that any particular unit is available today.

The interior images are useful for understanding the developer’s intended material palette and relationship between living, dining and outdoor space. They are not dimensioned floor plans. Ask for the exact unit drawing, its floor and orientation, internal and balcony areas, parking allocation and the specification attached to the sale.

A larger bedroom count is not automatically a better fit. For a couple working from home, room separation and storage may matter more than a decorative dining arrangement. For a family, check where the children sleep relative to the main living space and whether the everyday furniture actually fits the measured plan.

Forty-five homes is a scale, not a service-charge calculation

The project material describes a rooftop pool, podium courtyards, fitness and yoga spaces, and children’s play facilities. These give substance to the shared-space proposition. Work through which facilities you would use and the actual route from your apartment rather than counting amenities as if every item had equal value.

A smaller home count does not by itself prove quieter facilities, lower running costs or a higher rental return. Operating costs depend on the managed building, its services and the approved charge basis. Obtain the charge for the relevant property and period and separate any seller arrears from the recurring budget.

For a rental comparison, use an evidenced rent for a genuinely comparable home and deduct the actual running costs. For personal use, start with the cost and convenience of keeping the apartment available to you. Neither decision needs an invented yield to make the trade-offs clear.

Bring the unit terms back to the shortlist

The material reviewed here does not provide a current unit-specific price, payable instalment schedule, service-charge quotation or independently verified handover status. Online references do not agree on every commercial and readiness detail. A buyer should resolve those points against the current unit documents rather than combine attractive numbers from different listings.

Request a dated quotation naming the unit, a matching plan and specification, the payment dates and the documents establishing its present sale and delivery status. If an offer is described as ready, verify what is ready and which records and inspection establish that for the home concerned.

Then compare the total cash required, timing and intended use with an alternative apartment. The purchase-cost and payment-plan readings linked below help separate the property price from transfer cash, and an advertised percentage from the date on which money is due.

Your questions about Elemental 78.

Project details and sources.

The project pages and brochures below describe the proposed homes and facilities. The comparisons in this guide explain what those differences mean for a buyer; they are not a live availability list.

• Elemental Developments: Elemental 78 project page ↗
• Elemental 78 developer brochure · 48-page PDF · approximately 81 MB ↗