Insights · Guides
Insights: villa and office guides, in the right order.
These guides answer the questions villa owners and office tenants ask us before a project starts in Dubai: what a villa costs per sqft, which approvals come first, how long each stage takes, what drives a bathroom's cost, what design costs, what fitout construction includes and what Cat A and Cat B mean. Each one is written from Fajr's own programmes and published figures.
Written by the Fajr Interiors team — design and build in Dubai since 2011, 50+ projects delivered.
Featured guide
Start with the number, and what moves it.
Guide · Villas
Villa renovation cost in Dubai
The Estimate band of AED 420–1,400 per sqft of built-up area, the five decisions that move a villa within it, an illustrative budget allocation, a worked example as plain arithmetic, and how to read a quote.
- Estimate band
- AED 420–1,400 / sqft
- Villa budgets
- From AED 1M
- Lead times
- Around 8 weeks
- Programme
- Around 12 months
Villas
Guides for villa owners.
6 guides
Guide · Villas
Villa renovation cost in Dubai
The AED 420–1,400 per sqft Estimate band, what moves a villa within it, and how to read a quote.
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Guide · Villas
Villa NOCs and approvals in Dubai
Developer NOC, authority permit (DDA, Trakhees or Dubai Municipality, depending on the community), Civil Defence and completion, in order, and what each scope triggers.
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Guide · Villas
Villa renovation timeline in Dubai
4 weeks planning, 8 weeks design with approvals in parallel, 6–8 months build, 2 weeks handover: around 12 months.
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Guide · Villas
Bathroom renovation cost in Dubai
Waterproofing, drainage, stone, fittings and lighting: the five decisions that drive a bathroom's cost.
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Guide · Apartments
Apartment renovation in Dubai
Layout, kitchen and bathroom ideas that work inside a tower’s rules, and the NOC and permit route.
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Guide · Villas and offices
Interior design cost in Dubai
How design fees are charged, what the fee covers, and how it sits inside a build budget.
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Ready to talk about your own villa? See villa renovation in Dubai, or Villa 47 Fairways in Dubai Hills.
Offices
Guides for office tenants.
3 guides · 2 projects
Guide · Offices
Cat A vs Cat B fitout
What each category covers in a Dubai office, and where one stops and the other starts.
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Guide · Offices
Fitout construction in Dubai
What the works include, trade by trade, and what a fitout contractor does on site.
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Guide · Offices
Gypsum vs wood partitions
Build, speed, fire rating and sound side by side, and where glass comes in.
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Service · Offices
Office fitout in Dubai
Space planning, approvals, build and furnishing, for offices of 2,000–20,000 sqft.
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Project · Offices
IMI at One Za'abeel
A 5,000 sqft office fitout, delivered over 28 weeks. "Great feeling walking into this beautiful office." — Fabian Munz, IMI.
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Reception — render Project · Offices
Opus by Omniyat
A 6,200 sqft office fitout in Opus Tower, in its final weeks before handover.
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Insights · Dubai
Read it, then start in the right order.
Tell us whether it is a villa or an office, where it is and what you want changed. We come back with a scope, a sequence and a straight number. Villas from AED 1M; offices of 2,000–20,000 sqft. Renovating an apartment instead? See apartment and penthouse renovation in Dubai →
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