Maldives real estate, reported from the ground: developments, developers, prices, rules, and the homes behind them.
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Everything the desk has published under “expat life”.
Developments
A new development on Fithuroanu Magu, Hulhumalé's waterfront road, with twelve photographs on file and no published brief yet. What a tenant can take from the address, and what the desk is still waiting to see.
Developments
A desk by the balcony door, water in the corner of the screen, a closed kitchen for lunch, a store downstairs and the gym at five. What a working day at home looks like in the waterfront tower on the channel.
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A view that never stands still: water, passing boats and a skyline still being built across the channel. Why the outlook, the breeze and a few careful plan decisions make Creek Residences a building worth coming home to.
Developments
Three en-suites on a school morning, a laundry room that keeps the washing out of sight, a lobby that knows who comes and goes, and a generator for the evening the power drops. How a household runs a week in Apollo's Hulhumalé building.
Developments
Air that moves through the flat, glass that runs from floor to ceiling on the corners, porcelain underfoot and walnut in the kitchen. The materials and decisions that make Apollo's Hulhumalé building a pleasure to live in.
Developments
A gym on the roof at dawn, a garden between the towers for the children after school, shops in the building, and an infinity pool over the lagoons to end the day. How a household lives at Fitron.
Developments
Two ten-storey towers named after the beefwood tree, joined by a garden, with an infinity pool on the roof that looks out over the lagoons. The idea behind Fitron, and how it shows in the building.
Developments
A new residential building in Machangoalhi, Malé, scheduled to hand over from late 2027: balconies over Buruzu Magu at the front, quieter rooms at the back, and a penthouse with views across the skyline. What the design promises tenants.
Developments
Cooking behind a closed door, laundry that stays in its own room, a wall that keeps the neighbours' evening to themselves. How an ordinary day runs in a flat at Aira, Hulhumalé, and who it suits.
Developments
Aira's beauty is in the details most buildings forget: closed kitchens, separate laundries, insulated party walls, a private threshold at the front door. A look at the design of the two-block Hulhumalé development.
Developments
Lengths in a 22-metre pool before work, a kitchen built for cooking, a balcony that faces the ocean at dusk. What an ordinary day looks like in Aqua Vita, and who it suits.
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A single fourteen-floor tower on the ocean edge of Hulhumalé, planned so every room faces the water. What the design sets out to do, and what the homes let through Binga have shown.
Developments
A swim in your own pool before school, a kids' club and a garden on the first floor, the beach beyond the back garden. How the developer has planned a family's week at Aséria in Hulhumalé Phase 2, due for completion in 2027.
Developments
Seventy-three houses, not flats, with private lifts and pools, gathered around a garden on the first floor and a clubhouse, at the ocean edge of Hulhumalé Phase 2. The design of Aséria, ahead of its targeted 2027 completion.
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Open-plan rooms that stay bright, a balcony that is a room, a garage bay for the car and a generator that keeps the lights on. A week in Apollo's newer towers.
Developments
A quiet street, a private pool, a garden for the dog, and the beach at the end of the walk. What daily life looks like in Hulhumalé's enclave.
Developments
Groceries downstairs, Central Park up the road, a terrace on the fourteenth floor for the evening. A week at RainCoral Residence.
Developments
Two gyms, a private pool, a cinema, a kids' club, a co-working floor and a café at the door. A week at Solitaire, and why residents say arriving home feels like an exhale.
