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Inside Dubai's Emirates Hills, the playground for super rich, celebs and world billionaires like Lakshmi Mittal
Gulf News
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5/21/2025
Dubai: “You can’t replicate what you get here—privacy, greenery, ultra-luxury, and scale,” says Dubai-based businessman Mahesh Tourani, seated beneath a banyan tree inside his 50,000-square-foot Emirates Hills mansion.
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00:00
المرات السلسة هي مختلفة الحياة في الدبا.
00:05
لماذا تتركها؟
00:06
لن تتركها، لن يجب أن تكون مختلفة.
00:10
لن تتركها في المرات السلسة؟
00:13
أعلم أن يحدث أن أجلتك بالكامل.
00:15
ويجب أن أصبر أمامك وانتبه في كامل قبل.
00:20
ومن ثم قام بسرطة المرات السلسة بشكل wirد.
00:24
أبداً، اما أنه قام بسرطة المرات السلسة بشكل شخص.
00:27
ومن ثم قام بصدق الأمر.
00:28
وكان للتعب في مرحلة ويقول لأنت مخططة.
00:31
وأنت مجدداً لأنني أتفادر بشكل ويأت من لا تريد أن يتجب.
00:36
وبعض التعب في الوقت تدريد أنني أتفادر.
00:40
ومن ثم الأن ، لن تقتل أنني أتفادر.
00:44
ولكن لأنت تعرف بذلك.
00:46
لأنها تكون المعرفة.
00:49
لأنها محاولة مفتن من التعبير في 2008
00:55
لن تكون الإمار أسفلات حيث شبكك أسفلات تجعب علم أماما
01:02
ميقضان مع الأشياء
01:05
إنه ترى جدوبي الحيلي
01:07
يوجد السبب عن الحيلي
01:09
أممان أجلح القطرة
01:11
ولم تكن منطقين هنا
01:13
هذه الأشياء الأamyان
01:14
لدينا جديدة
01:17
إمار
01:19
إنه تماما
01:20
لا تقلع لحظة
01:21
إنه مفرد جداً.
01:24
إذا كنت يكون من الثانية من المجتمع في ويقال في لازن تشتريك.
01:28
إنه تصبح مفرد.
01:29
إن لم يكن مفرد جداً.
01:31
إنه أعتقد أنه سيكون مفرد جداً من المعرفة
01:35
عندما يظهرون وضباية الشراء السابق.
01:38
لذا سيكون مفرد الى مفرد.
01:41
فنين تشتريكي الأشياء للمرضة للشميع.
01:46
يتحدثون عن تشتريكي.
01:49
40 odd percent, 45 percent of Emirates is Indian
01:53
including our wonderful Lakshmi Mittal
01:55
who has just come in now.
01:57
Why? Why not palm?
02:00
Have you thought about it?
02:02
I mean you could do a beautiful house.
02:04
Hardly anyone is there. I'll tell you why.
02:07
Because of the Indian worry about getting dark in the sun on the beach.
02:13
We are not beach people at all.
02:17
So you may have the most stunning beach in the world.
02:20
You have the most pragmatic solution to why do Indians love Emirates?
02:26
I like to think.
02:27
It's because we don't want to get dark.
02:28
Yes.
02:29
So because…
02:29
I think isn't that a bit too simplistic?
02:31
No. So what happens is we are not very beach people.
02:36
I don't know any out of 100, I don't know one guy who says,
02:40
Hey, I'm going to chill on the beach.
02:43
Not one. I'm not saying they're not there.
02:45
Yeah.
02:45
I'm not saying they're not there.
02:46
But in your circle.
02:47
What does it mean?
02:48
Out of 100, not one.
02:50
I don't know.
02:51
Out of 100 Europeans, one will say, I'm not going to chill on the beach.
02:56
Got it. I got it.
02:57
Yes.
02:57
So what does it say?
02:58
It's also a cultural construct.
03:00
So for me, what do I want?
03:00
Yeah.
03:01
I want greenery.
03:03
I want flowers.
03:05
You know, we long for that.
03:07
Because we come from Bombay and all, we see no greenery.
03:11
We see a lot of sea.
03:12
I see a lot of sea all the time.
03:13
I was living on a sea fritz.
03:15
Yeah.
03:15
You know, and I want, I want kind of lakes.
03:19
And where else do I go?
03:20
I mean, I wouldn't change my plot for Jumeirah Bay, even if they gave me at half the price.
03:26
Okay.
03:26
Okay.
03:27
I am a hardcore greenery, lakes, bridges, lighting kind of person.
03:32
Do you see the sea?
03:33
Yes.
03:33
That's it.
03:34
It's flat.
03:34
It's boring.
03:35
Okay.
03:36
Give me a break.
03:36
I get why.
03:38
He has said it very simply, why Emirates Hills is so popular.
03:41
Can you also, I mean, I hate to speak numbers, but how much would such a mansion for now?
03:46
You must be getting offers.
03:49
All the time.
03:49
People throw something.
03:51
Exhibitant amounts.
03:53
Yes.
03:53
So, if you're talking about commercial aspects, I'm pretty au fait with it.
04:00
Generally, a house fully finished from zero to scratch.
04:03
Yes.
04:04
A high quality house costs anything between 2000 to 2500 a square foot.
04:09
Okay.
04:10
You know, that's the built-up.
04:11
Okay.
04:11
So, no.
04:11
So, that's really me.
04:13
You should not go by that because you have to go by the land.
04:16
The real value is in the land.
04:18
So, the house value in Emirates Hills is there as long as it is below five, seven years old.
04:23
Okay.
04:24
So, if it goes about 10 years, then the house value is zero.
04:27
Houses are selling mostly at the land prices.
04:30
Okay.
04:30
And land is one.
04:31
So, how much would this, like…
04:32
A land here would be…
04:34
This particular land is probably the number one in Emirates Hills.
04:37
Yes.
04:37
It's probably the best plot here.
04:39
I would say about 4500 would be the going price.
04:42
Right.
04:43
Even for…
04:43
I mean, it's not available.
04:44
So, if I…
04:45
That's what I want to say.
04:46
With Emirates Hills, the thing is scarcity.
04:49
You may want it, but you can't get it.
04:50
That's the whole point of it.
04:51
And there's the other thing.
04:53
Very ordinarily done houses, even if they have done five years,
04:57
they will not have any value when you sell it.
05:00
But any good house, which you may like, say for instance, if you really like this one,
05:04
I think a lot of people may like this one. It has full value.
05:09
Oh, I love it. I love it.
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