Sobha Hartland: homes, school fees and daily costs (2026)
Sobha Hartland suits households comparing apartments and garden homes around an English-curriculum school in Mohammed Bin Rashid City. Hartland International's new-family Year 7 tuition is AED 83,285 for 2026-27 (school fee schedule, checked 12 October 2026). The useful comparison is the exact home layout, school-fee eligibility and entrance-to-gate journey.
Source: withlida.com, 12 October 2026, compiled from Sobha Realty, Hartland International, RTA, DEWA and DLD.
Where is Sobha Hartland?
Sobha Hartland is a residential community within Mohammed Bin Rashid City, rather than another name for the entire district. Sobha Realty describes original Hartland as an 8 million sq ft community containing apartments, villas and townhouses (developer community page, retrieved 12 October 2026).
For district boundaries and the relationship between different communities, the Mohammed Bin Rashid City guide provides the wider orientation. Here, the focus is the home, school and household budget inside Hartland.
Hartland International gives its address as Sobha Hartland, Nad Al Sheba, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City (school website, retrieved 12 October 2026). These address layers help identify the campus, but a community name still needs the building entrance or villa location added before it can describe a daily journey.
Is Sobha Hartland the same as Hartland II?
Sobha Hartland II is a separately presented community near original Hartland. Sobha Realty gives it its own community page, distinct from the original Hartland page, both retrieved 12 October 2026.
The practical distinction is the address on the home documents. An original-Hartland floor plan cannot establish the layout, school access or running costs of a home in Hartland II. The inventory below follows developer links under original Sobha Hartland. For company background, the Sobha Realty profile covers the developer separately.
What home formats are documented in Sobha Hartland?
The developer documents mid-rise apartments, tower apartments, garden houses and villas in original Hartland. The table pairs each housing setting with its own specification source and keeps the evidence for status separate from the existence of a floor plan.
Source: withlida.com, 12 October 2026, compiled from the linked Sobha Realty project pages and its Hartland apartment catalogue, all retrieved on that date.
The status column reports the developer's wording. A stated handover date, including one already passed, does not establish the actual handover or occupancy status of every home. Published plans document design; a ready-home comparison also needs the particular home's current documents and condition.
Room labels deserve the same attention. In Creek Vistas, the developer's 1-bedroom Type B plan separately labels a study and balcony (plan source, retrieved 12 October 2026). A household needing a work room can compare that explicit layout. The decimal-bedroom labels elsewhere remain the developer's labels, and require the actual plan to establish what the additional space is.
What does Hartland International School cost?
For Year 7 in 2026-27, Hartland International publishes AED 83,285 for new families and AED 75,713 under its eligible existing-family schedule. The annual difference is AED 7,572, calculated from the same year group (published schedules, checked 12 October 2026).
Hartland International follows the National Curriculum for England, with provision from Foundation Stage, the early-years stage, through primary, secondary and Sixth Form, the final school years through Year 13 (school website, retrieved 12 October 2026). KHDA, Dubai's private-school regulator, records an overall rating of Very good for 2023-2024. That is the inspection period, distinct from the current fee year (KHDA school record, retrieved 12 October 2026).
The same-year-group tuition comparison
Source: withlida.com, 12 October 2026, using Hartland International's 2026-27 schedules. Differences are publication calculations: new-family amount minus existing-family amount.
The term totals reproduce each annual tuition. The term differences also add to the annual difference. This is a cash-flow comparison between published schedules; it does not assume that a new household qualifies for the existing-family rate.
The existing-family heading says enrolled before 2024-2025; its eligibility text includes students enrolled in or before 2024-25 and their siblings. The school needs to confirm which schedule applies. Third-party activities and GCSE or A Level examination charges are excluded from the tuition schedule (school terms, as of October 2026).
Registration cash is partly tuition paid early
The school publishes an application fee of AED 525 including VAT. Its registration deposit is 10% of annual tuition, due within seven days of an offer and credited against first-term tuition (fee terms and admissions process, as of October 2026).
For the new-family Year 7 example, AED 83,285 × 10% = AED 8,328.50 paid towards tuition. The remaining first-term tuition is AED 33,314 − AED 8,328.50 = AED 24,985.50. Annual tuition plus the application fee is AED 83,285 + AED 525 = AED 83,810, before other charges. Adding the registration deposit again would count the same tuition twice.
Uniform, meals, transport and selected activities need their own household budget and confirmation of what is included. A published fee schedule does not establish an available place. The school-fee comparison worksheet helps keep the year group, required supplies and optional services consistent across schools.
How do daily routes vary between homes?
A school inside the wider community does not establish a walking route from every tower or villa. The actual home entrance and the school gate used by the child are the endpoints needed for a meaningful comparison.
The school's published secondary day starts at 7:50 and finishes at 15:30 Monday to Thursday, with an 11:30 Friday finish (school-day page, retrieved 12 October 2026). Those times are useful inputs when comparing a school run with an adult's working day; confirm the current timetable and arrival arrangements with the school.
Identify the home entrance and school gate
Record the named tower entrance or villa access point, then obtain the school's gate and arrival arrangements for the child's year group. A pin at the centre of Hartland or the middle of the campus is not the full journey.
Set the day and time in RTA's planner
The RTA Journey Planner accepts a starting point, destination and departing or arriving time, with transport options. For a work journey, use the actual DIFC office entrance or Downtown destination rather than the district name alone. These are the portal's inputs as of October 2026.
Confirm the ground-level connection
Confirm pedestrian exits, crossings, shade, campus entry and the return journey. A transit result still needs the connection between the stop and each entrance checked. A household considering school transport needs its actual pickup point and current route confirmed with the school.
Hartland International documents school-bus provision on its transport page, retrieved 12 October 2026. Confirm current fees, pickup arrangements and seats directly. No entrance-to-gate itinerary is established here, so there is no universal walking distance, Metro connection or commute time attached to the community name.
How do home costs vary within Sobha Hartland?
Home costs vary by housing format and the actual contract: the sale ask or rent is only one layer, followed by utility setup and recurring bills. The current public sale panel provides context, while each household still needs comparables matching its chosen building and layout.
Sale asking analytics and the scope of the sample
Source: withlida.com, 12 October 2026, transcribing the displayed Property Finder Sobha Hartland sale analytics. Format: current asking-price panel; filters: Buy, All property types, All bedrooms; sample: 1,672 listings. The panel does not state a completed-sales reporting period.
The median includes different home formats, bedroom counts and project statuses. It cannot become a price for every apartment, a villa benchmark or an AED-per-sq-ft figure. A matched comparison keeps the building, bedrooms, internal and external areas, condition and occupancy basis aligned.
A tenant needs a current annual rent and payment schedule for the actual home. No matched bedroom-level rent series is reproduced here. The rental contract also needs to identify deposits, charges and maintenance responsibilities; the Ejari guide explains Dubai's registered tenancy record.
A small-meter DEWA setup example
For a residential flat with confirmed small meters, the published components total AED 2,155 in initial DEWA cash: AED 2,000 refundable security deposit plus AED 155 activation charges (DEWA move-in service, as of October 2026).
Source: withlida.com, 12 October 2026, using DEWA's published components, as of October 2026. Subtotals are publication calculations.
This example assumes the actual premise qualifies for small-meter charges; the home format alone does not establish meter class. DEWA publishes a residential villa deposit of AED 4,000. Its owner-deposit terms provide for refund upon sale (DEWA, as of October 2026).
The setup total excludes rent, tenancy deposits, registration outside DEWA, moving services, school payments and recurring utility bills. Cooling, internet and private-home maintenance need the home's own billing and contract arrangements. DEWA receives tenant details after Ejari issuance; owners use its digital application route (official move-in procedure, as of October 2026).
Service charges need the project, use and budget year
Service charges, the fees for managing shared property, belong to the exact project and approved budget year. DLD's Service Charge Index provides RERA-approved fees for jointly owned properties and requires a project name, use and year (DLD service, as of October 2026).
Open the service, match the registered project name to the home's documents, select its use and budget year, and retain the result with those identifiers. The management statement can then establish the applicable chargeable area and billed components. No approved rate matched to a Hartland project, use and budget year is reproduced here, so no community-wide service-charge figure or net yield follows from the sale median.
Which housing setting fits your household's daily needs?
An apartment layout with an explicit study is the closer match for a household needing a separate work space; a garden house or villa is the closer match for one prioritising private outdoor space. A school-led choice also needs fee eligibility, a place offer and a verified journey from that particular home.
Source: withlida.com, 12 October 2026, household comparisons based on the linked developer specifications above and Hartland International's published school records. These are matches by daily use, not investment recommendations.
Where is Sobha Hartland in Dubai?
It is within Mohammed Bin Rashid City. The developer's community page and Hartland International's campus address establish that location, checked 12 October 2026; the exact building or villa identifies the household's address.
Is Sobha Hartland the same as Sobha Hartland II?
They have separate developer community pages. Original Hartland's housing specifications and school presence do not establish access or home costs in Hartland II, checked 12 October 2026.
How big is Sobha Hartland?
Sobha Realty describes original Hartland as 8 million sq ft on its community page, retrieved 12 October 2026. This is the developer's community-scale specification.
What does Hartland International School cost?
For Year 7 in 2026-27, the published new-family and eligible existing-family annual tuition amounts differ by AED 7,572. The table above shows the term payments; eligibility and other charges need school confirmation, checked 12 October 2026.
Can every Sobha Hartland household walk to school?
School presence within the wider community does not establish a route from every home. The home entrance, child's school gate, crossings and arrival arrangements need to be identified before describing the journey, checked 12 October 2026.
Last verified: 12 October 2026. Checked by the publication's independent check, 12 October 2026.
Change log: 12 October 2026, first published; developer specifications, school schedules, displayed sale analytics and official setup components checked.
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