Same year of handover, same corner of Dubai, same two-bedroom product. The register puts 36% between them per square foot, and the difference is which side of the Expo City boundary you land on.
Windsor House II is the better-evidenced buy and Terra Gardens is the better address, and the register cannot tell you which of those is worth more to you. Windsor House II costs 36% less per square foot with more than twice the recorded sales behind its price. Terra Gardens buys you a masterplanned, government-backed district with committed amenities. Both hold escrow accounts and both hand over in 2029, so the decision is genuinely about location premium rather than risk.
| Field | Windsor House II Ellington Properties | Terra Gardens Expo City Dubai |
|---|---|---|
| What buyers actually paid Recorded Dubai Land Department sales, register read 2026-08-31. | ||
| Median price paid The middle price of every recorded sale this year. | AED 1,653,828 | AED 2,287,888 |
| Price per sqft The only figure that compares fairly across different unit sizes. | AED 1,543 | AED 2,097 |
| Recorded sales How many purchases the register holds. | 396 | 185 |
| Most sold unit What the per-foot rate above is actually pricing. | 2 B/R | 2 B/R |
| Asking price and payment | ||
| Starting price Advertised entry price, not a recorded sale. | AED 1,653,828 | AED 1,550,000 |
| Payment plan | ||
| Delivery | ||
| Handover | 31 July 2029 (DLD registered) | 2029 |
| Escrow account The legal gate before units may lawfully be sold. Checked across every registration year from 2013. | Open registered 2026 | Open registered 2026 |
| Units in scheme From the project register. More units means more competition at handover. | 424 | 561 |
| Location | ||
| Area | Madinat Al Mataar, Dubai South | Expo City Dubai, Dubai |
| View Windsor House II | View Terra Gardens | |
Windsor House II transacts at a median AED 1,543 per square foot across 396 recorded purchases. Terra Gardens transacts at AED 2,097 across 185. Both are two-bedroom-led — 328 of Windsor House II's sales and 91 of Terra Gardens' — and both are registered in the Madinat Al Mataar district.
The headline gap runs the same way: AED 1,653,828 against AED 2,287,888. Unlike most comparisons on this site, the per-foot gap and the ticket gap point in the same direction, which means this is a genuine price difference rather than a unit-size effect.
What you are paying the premium for is Expo City itself: a masterplanned district with committed infrastructure, retained Expo 2020 assets, and a government developer behind it. Windsor House II sits in the broader Dubai South area, which is larger, less curated and absorbing considerably more supply.
AED 1,543 against AED 2,097 per square foot. Same handover year, same district, same unit type.
396 recorded sales stand behind Windsor House II's median. 185 stand behind Terra Gardens'. Both are sound samples — well past the point where a median becomes meaningful — but the Windsor House II figure is the more settled of the two, and it also tells you something about demand.
Terra Gardens is the larger scheme on the register at 561 units against Windsor House II's 424, yet it has recorded fewer than half as many sales. That could mean slower absorption, a later or more staged release, or simply a developer holding stock back. The register does not distinguish between those, and the difference is worth asking about directly, because a scheme selling slowly at a premium is a different proposition from one selling quickly at one.
Both projects hold open escrow accounts, so on the legal protection that matters most to an off-plan buyer they are equal.
Terra Gardens: 561 units registered, 185 sales recorded. Windsor House II: 424 units, 396 sales.
Windsor House II is registered for 31 July 2029. Terra Gardens is filed for 2029. So neither offers a timing advantage, and both land in the same competitive window.
That window is crowded. Dubai South and the surrounding Al Maktoum corridor took roughly a quarter of all off-plan purchases in Dubai this year, and the great majority of that stock completes across 2028 and 2029. Whichever you buy, you will be letting or reselling alongside a very large number of units arriving at the same time.
Expo City's smaller, more controlled scale is a real advantage in that context — there is simply less competing supply inside its boundary. Whether that advantage is worth 36% a foot is the question, and it is a judgement rather than a calculation. What you should not do is treat the premium as automatically justified by the name.
Windsor House II, by a wide margin — a median AED 1,543 per square foot against AED 2,097, about 36% less. The headline medians run the same way, AED 1,653,828 against AED 2,287,888, so this is a genuine price gap rather than a unit-size effect. Figures are recorded Land Department sales read 24 August 2026.
It sits inside Expo City Dubai — a masterplanned district with committed infrastructure, retained Expo 2020 assets and a government developer behind it. Windsor House II is in the broader Dubai South area, which is larger, less curated and absorbing considerably more supply. You are paying for the boundary.
Both in 2029. Windsor House II is registered for 31 July 2029 and Terra Gardens is filed for 2029, so neither offers a timing advantage and both complete into the same crowded window.
Yes, both appear in the 2026 project register with open escrow accounts — Terra Gardens with 561 units and Windsor House II with 424. On the main legal protection available to an off-plan buyer they are equal.
The register shows 185 recorded sales against 561 units, where Windsor House II shows 396 against 424. That could reflect slower absorption, a staged release, or stock deliberately held back — the register does not distinguish. Ask the developer directly, because a scheme selling slowly at a premium is a different proposition from one selling quickly at one.
Transaction figures come from the Dubai Land Department’s open register for 2026, read 2026-08-31, recomputed rather than taken from marketing material. Prices are those paid, not asked. Figures quoted in the written sections are fixed at the date of writing. How we read the register.