Interior contractors in Dubai
We take an agreed interior design and build it: ceilings, walls, floors, joinery, kitchens and bathrooms, with our own team on site and one project manager answering for all of it.
Free site visit · One contract, one project manager · Designed in 3D
What an interior contractor is responsible for
An interior contractor is the party that turns drawings into finished rooms. A designer decides what the space should look like; the contractor works out how to build it, buys the materials, organises the trades, keeps the site safe and tidy, and hands the space back finished. On a typical villa or office job that means a sequence of a dozen or more trades working in the right order: demolition, services, partitions and ceilings, wet-area preparation, tiling and flooring, joinery, painting, fixtures and the final clean. Most problems in an interior job come from the gaps between those trades. A tiler arrives before the plumbing is tested, a ceiling closes before the AC duct is moved, a wardrobe is made to a wall that later moves by two centimetres. The contractor's real job is to close those gaps. At OutMazed the design and the build sit with the same team, so the person who drew the detail is reachable by the person building it.
Trades we carry out in-house
Interior contracting covers many trades. These are the packages most interior jobs are built from, and all of them are run by our own team.
Strip-out and preparation
Removing old finishes, fittings and partitions, protecting what stays, and getting the shell ready for new work.
Ceilings and partitions
Gypsum false ceilings, bulkheads for AC and lighting, cove details and new stud walls to change a layout.
Floors and walls
Tiling, wood and wood-look flooring, wall cladding, wallpaper and painting, each prepared on a flat, sound base.
Joinery
Wardrobes, kitchen cabinets, TV walls, vanities and doors, made in-house to measurements taken on site.
Kitchens and bathrooms
The wet and services-heavy rooms, where plumbing, waterproofing, electrics and finishes all have to meet.
Lighting and smart features
Lighting layouts, cove and feature lights, and smart home controls wired in before the ceilings close.
Why one contractor for the whole interior
Fewer handovers, clearer responsibility
Some owners hire a joinery shop, a tiling crew and an electrician separately to save money. It can work on a small job. On anything bigger, the owner becomes the coordinator: deciding who goes first, settling arguments about who damaged what, and chasing three companies about one snag. When a single contractor holds the whole interior, the sequence, the protection of finished work and the snag list belong to one party. For a space that starts bare or stripped back and has to be taken all the way to a finished interior, that model is our turnkey route from drawings to handover.
It also helps with the building or community. Most villa communities and towers in Dubai require approval before interior work starts, and the requirements depend on the community and the scope. We apply for those approvals ourselves and keep the work inside what was approved.
What to check before you appoint an interior contractor
General points worth asking any contractor, us included.
- Who actually does the workAsk which trades are in-house and which are subcontracted, and who supervises the site day to day.
- What the quotation includesA line-by-line scope with finishes named avoids arguments later. Watch for items listed as provisional or excluded.
- Who applies for approvalsCommunity and building permissions should be in someone's scope. If nobody owns them, the job can be stopped.
- How changes are handledChanges happen on every job. Agree how a change is priced and approved before it is built.
- Completed work you can look atPhotographs of finished projects, ideally with the scope that was carried out, say more than a list of services.
Interior work we have delivered
Project Miracle
The Villa, Dubai · 1500 sqm · December 2022 - May 2023Joinery, a new kitchen, tiling, wall cladding, bathroom improvements and gypsum ceilings with cove lights in a villa in The Villa.
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Project Mudon
Arabella, Mudon · 250 sqm · May 2024 - June 2024Kitchen works, tiling, gypsum ceilings, lighting and extensive customised joinery in a villa in Arabella, Mudon.
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Project Beyond
Dubai Land, Dubai · Approx. 430 sqm · Q1 FY24 to Q2 FY24Bespoke joinery in all bedrooms, custom wardrobes, gypsum ceilings with ambient lighting and renewed bathroom flooring in Dubai Land.
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Project Design
Silicon Oasis, Dubai · 112 sqm · February 2020 - July 2020An office with an open ceiling, frosted glass partitions, carpeting, flooring and design painting in Silicon Oasis.
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How an interior contract runs with us
Project Study
A free site visit to measure, check the existing services and understand what you want to change and what must stay.
Plan
The scope, the sequence of trades and the approvals the building or community needs, set out before anything is ordered.
Visualization
The interior in 3D, so finishes, joinery and lighting are agreed on screen rather than discovered on site.
Execution
Our in-house team builds it, with one project manager as your contact from the first day on site to handover.
We work 8:00 to 17:00, Monday to Saturday. The programme depends on the work and is given after the site visit.
What moves the cost of interior contracting
How much is removed
Working over existing finishes costs less than stripping back to the shell, but only if what is underneath is sound.
Services
Moving plumbing, drainage, AC or power points adds work behind the finishes that never shows but always costs.
Finishes
Tile, stone, wood and paint vary widely, and so does the labour to lay them well.
Joinery content
Full-height wardrobes, kitchens and panelling are often the largest single part of an interior quotation. These are made in-house, as part of our fit-out and joinery service.
Questions and answers
What is the difference between an interior designer and an interior contractor?
Can you build from my own designer's drawings?
Do you handle approvals for interior work?
Is the joinery made by you or bought in?
Can you work while we live in the villa?
How long does an interior job take?
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