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Home renovation · Dubai

Home renovation in Dubai, the whole house in one go.

Home renovation in Dubai with Fajr Interiors starts with the household: what changes, what stays, and when the family moves out for the works. We are a home renovation company in Dubai for villas and townhouses: whole-house remodeling under one contract, from design to handover, with the house empty while the works run. With civil works under way, a home is not safe to live in.

Estimate project How the work runs →
Villas & townhouses · Dubai · Since 2011Villa budgets from AED 1M
Delivered villa living room by Fajr Interiors, Dubai
Delivered villa living room, Dubai
Villas & townhousesThe homes we renovate
Empty, in one goThe house is vacated for the build
Around 12 monthsBrief to handover, whole villa
From AED 1MVilla budgets, one contract

Is it a fit?

Five questions on the first call.

We take on villas and townhouses where the work is whole-house or several rooms, with villa budgets from AED 1M, planned and built under one contract. The first call covers five questions, and the fifth, when the family can move out for the build, sets the start date as much as the budget sets the scope.

Homes we take on

A two-storey villa with a pool terrace and a pergola
  • Villas and townhouses in Dubai’s master communities
  • Whole-house or several-room scopes, services included
  • Villa budgets from AED 1M
  • Design, approvals, build and furnishing on one contract

What we ask first

Concept visualisation: villa floor plans, elevations and stone, walnut and fabric samples laid out on a table
  1. 01Which community is the house in, and who is the master developer?
  2. 02Villa or townhouse, and what is the built-up area?
  3. 03Which rooms change, and do walls or services move?
  4. 04What budget do you have in mind?
  5. 05When can the family move out for the build?
The founder of Fajr Interiors on what to settle before a renovation starts, Dubai
FilmBefore you start: what to settle before the first wall opens

A single-room job is not our work, and we say so on the first call rather than after a survey.

The scope

Five layers, in the order the house takes them.

A home renovation opens the house in five layers: layout and structure, services, wet areas, joinery, then finishes and handover. We run them in that order because each one closes before the next is disturbed, and because each layer takes something different away from the family while it is open.

A two-storey house in section, with the five layers marked where they sit. Point at a number, or tap it, to find its layer.

  1. 01Layer

    A villa opened up for the works on a Fajr site: walls and ceilings stripped back, services exposed
    Opened up, floor protected

    Layout and structure

    Walls, openings and the stair replanned around how the house is lived in. Anything structural is checked and approved before it is drawn.

    On siteThe loudest, dustiest stretch, and one reason the house is empty for the works.

  2. 02Layer

    An opened ceiling on a Fajr site: ducts, pipework and cable trays exposed, with the new ceiling framing going in
    Ceilings open for services

    Services

    Cooling, power, water and drainage re-routed to the new plan, through the ceilings and under the floors.

    On siteDecides how much of the house is opened at once.

  3. 03Layer

    A rebuilt bathroom by Fajr: marble walls, a walnut panel, an oval lit mirror and a floating vanity
    A wet area, rebuilt

    Wet areas

    Kitchens and bathrooms stripped back, waterproofed, flood-tested and rebuilt. A full kitchen remodel starts from AED 100,000: cabinets, a kitchen island with a porcelain top from Spain and provision for appliances, appliances excluded. A fully renovated kitchen with all appliances and accessories typically runs AED 200,000–350,000.

    On siteNothing is tiled until the flood test passes.

  4. 04Layer

    Fajr joinery in a finished bedroom: timber wall panelling, a media wall and built-in wardrobes
    Walnut, shadow gap, brass

    Joinery

    Wardrobes, panelling, kitchens and the stair made to our drawings, about eight weeks in the workshop, so they are ordered while the services are still open.

    On siteLittle on site: the wait happens in the workshop, then a short install per room.

  5. 05Layer

    A finished Fajr kitchen at Villa 47 Fairways: walnut tall units, a marble waterfall island and bar stools
    Finishes and lighting

    Finishes and handover

    Floors, paint, lighting and furniture, then the snag list walked with you room by room.

    On siteEach room is signed off before handover.

    • Concept visualisation: white marble with grey veining, cut from the stone sample visualisationMarble
    • Concept visualisation: travertine, cut from the stone sample visualisationTravertine
    • Walnut veneer sampleWalnut

Each layer closes before the next is disturbed. What a single bathroom costs on its own →

How the work runs

Whole house, in one go.

We renovate a home empty, in one mobilisation. With civil works under way a house is not safe to live in, so Fajr does not take on renovations with the family in residence. Taking the house whole also costs less than room by room: set-up, protection and site management are paid once, and the services are opened once.

The shape of the work, not to scale

Taken wholeOne mobilisation

Set-upStrip-out · services · wet areas · joinery · finishesOne snag list

What one mobilisation changes

  • Set-up, protection and site management paid once
  • Services opened once, not floor by floor
  • Finishes and joinery bought together, so they match
  • One snag list, one team answering

Planning the move

  • Survey and design run while you are still at home
  • Move out for the build: 6–8 months on a whole villa
  • Move back into a finished house, snagged and handed over
Concept visualisation: two book-matched walnut veneer samples and a brushed brass pull on linen
Walnut veneer and a brass pull

Cost

Four decisions that move the number.

Four decisions carry most of a home renovation’s cost: how much made joinery the house carries, how many wet areas move, how much of the shell is altered, and running the build with the house empty, in one go. The first three shape the number; the fourth means protection, set-up and services are paid for once.

  1. 01

    Joinery content

    Wardrobes, panelling, the stair and the kitchen, made to drawings. The largest single lever on where the number lands.

    Pull on cost
    Highest
    Pull on time
    Workshop lead of about eight weeks

  2. 02

    Wet areas that move

    A kitchen or bathroom that moves drags drainage, waterproofing and services with it, the quiet decision with the longest reach.

    Pull on cost
    High
    Pull on time
    High, and it drags the programme

  3. 03

    Shell and structure

    Opening or moving walls brings structural checks, the developer NOC and the permit. Keeping the shell keeps both lighter.

    Pull on cost
    Moderate
    Pull on time
    Adds approvals

  4. 04

    Empty, in one go

    Fajr renovates a home empty, in one mobilisation, so protection, set-up and the services are paid for once and the scope runs at its fastest.

    Pull on cost
    Lower
    Pull on time
    Sets the shortest programme

Renovating each room: living room, kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms.

  • Living room: layout, ceiling and lighting first, then joinery and finishes.
  • Kitchen: services and appliance positions first, then joinery, stone and finishes.
  • Bedrooms: wardrobes and joinery drawn with the layout, then lighting and finishes.
  • Bathrooms: drainage and waterproofing first, then stone, fittings and lighting.

Villa budgets start from AED 1M. Every home is priced line by line after the survey, against the drawings, never against a rate.

How a villa budget divides between the trades →
  1. Fajr Interiors team reviewing drawings at a table, planning stage
  2. Fajr Interiors team at a table with samples and drawings, design stage
  3. Fajr Interiors founder on site in a hard hat and hi-vis vest, build stage
  4. Delivered villa living room by Fajr Interiors, handover stage

The programme

The programme, and when the house is empty.

A whole villa runs around 12 months from brief to handover: 4 weeks planning, 8 weeks design with approvals in parallel, 6–8 months build and 2 weeks handover. The family moves out for the build, 6–8 months on a whole villa. Survey and design run while you are still at home.

4 weeks planning · 8 weeks design, with approvals in parallel · 6–8 months build · 2 weeks handover

  1. Planning4 weeks
  2. Design, approvals in parallel8 weeks
  3. Build6–8 months
  4. Handover2 weeks

Around 12 monthsfrom brief to handover, on a whole villa taken empty

The house is empty for the build: with civil works under way, Fajr does not work around a family in residence.

Wyll at home, Villa 47 Fairways, Dubai Hills, from the client filmVilla 47 Fairways took 12 months, in line with the programme. How the programme is built, stage by stage →

Proof

A whole home, handed back to its owner.

Villa 47 Fairways in Dubai Hills is a whole home taken from brief to handover on one contract: 10,000 sqft, AED 7M and 12 months, in line with the programme. Wyll, the owner, put the result in one sentence, and the project page covers the rooms, the approvals and the build.

Wyll at home by the pool window, Villa 47 Fairways, Dubai Hills, from the client film
Wyll at home, Villa 47 Fairways · a still from the client film

Residence · Dubai Hills

Villa 47 Fairways

“Best decision I made was to hire Fajr Interiors.”

Wyll, Fairways, Dubai Hills
Area
10,000 sqft
Value
AED 7M
Programme
12 months
Client
Wyll
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Finished villa living room with a leaf chandelier, from a Fajr Interiors walkthrough film, Dubai
FilmA finished villa, room by room
Render: villa living room with a curved sofa, a marble coffee table and the stair and dining beyond
Living room, with the stair and dining beyond

Villa-scale projects

Planning the villa project itself?

This page covers the household side of a renovation. If you are planning the villa project itself, the villa renovation page covers the three renovation types, the approvals and the sequence, and each community page sets out its developer’s route. Villa interior design covers the rooms, decided one by one.

The project

Villa renovation in DubaiTypes, approvals and the sequence Villa interior designEvery room, decided before demolition Estimate a villa projectThe villa form, with your community

Communities

Guides

Concept visualisation: a stair hall with floating stone treads, a glass balustrade and an olive tree in an indoor garden
Stair hall with an indoor garden

Home renovation FAQ

What families ask before the survey.

Home renovation FAQ — Dubai.

The questions a household asks before a renovation: what the work covers, when to move out, room by room or whole, how long, which approvals, and whether a townhouse fits. Each answer is the short version of the first call.

01What does a home renovation include?

Design and approvals, strip-out, any structural work, the re-routed services, waterproofed wet areas, made joinery, finishes, lighting and furniture, then snagging and handover. With Fajr Interiors it is one scope on one contract with one programme, so nobody in the family is coordinating five trades.

02Should we move out during the renovation?

Yes. While civil works are under way, a home is not safe to live in, so Fajr Interiors does not take on a renovation with the family in residence. You move out for the build, which runs 6–8 months on a whole villa; the survey and design stages run while you are still at home.

03Is it cheaper to renovate room by room?

Cheaper per instalment, dearer overall. Every phase pays again for set-up, protection and site management, the services are opened more than once, and finishes bought a year apart rarely match. Taking the house whole gives the lower total, and it is how Fajr works: the house is empty while the works run.

04How long does a home renovation take?

A whole villa takes around 12 months from brief to handover: 4 weeks planning, 8 weeks design with approvals in parallel, 6–8 months build and 2 weeks handover. A 12-month defects liability period then runs from handover.

05Do we need approvals to renovate our home?

Almost always. The master developer’s no-objection certificate comes first, and the permit route follows the community: DDA for Emaar communities such as Dubai Hills and The Springs, Trakhees for Nakheel communities such as Palm Jumeirah. We prepare and file the submissions from the design drawings, in parallel with design.

06Do you take on townhouses and smaller homes?

We renovate villas and townhouses where the scope is whole-house or several rooms, with villa budgets from AED 1M, planned and built under one contract. A single-room job is not our work, and we say so on the first call rather than after a survey, so nobody waits on a proposal that will not fit. Apartments and penthouses in towers follow the tower’s rules; see apartment and penthouse renovation in Dubai →

07How do I choose a home renovation contractor in Dubai?

Ask for one contract that covers design, approvals, build and handover, a programme stage by stage, the trade licence, the developer NOC and the authority permit (DDA, Trakhees or Dubai Municipality, depending on the community) filed in the contractor’s name, and finished villas you can walk through. Fajr Interiors works under Dubai trade licence 648890.

Home renovation · Dubai

Tell us about the house.

Send the community, what changes and when the family could move out. We come back with the scope, the programme and a date for the site survey. Villa budgets start from AED 1M.

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Since 2011 · 50+ projects · Trade licence 648890 · G+1 approved contractor (DM)