Villa renovation in Dubai Hills Estate
Many Dubai Hills Estate homes are recent, so renovation here is often about making a developer-finished house your own rather than repairing an old one. Some villas start as a shell. We handle both, with our own joinery.
Free site visit · Designed in 3D · In-house joinery · Emaar NOC handled
Personalising a recent home
Dubai Hills Estate is a relatively recent master community, and much of its housing still has the finishes it was handed over with. Developer finishes are chosen to suit any buyer, which is why owners often change them: standard kitchens, plain bathrooms, wardrobes that do not fit how a family stores things, and lighting that is functional rather than considered. A renovation in a recent home is less about structure and more about layout, joinery, lighting and finishes. It can be done room by room, but it is easier to plan the whole house once, even if it is built in phases.
Fitting out a shell-and-core villa
A different kind of project
Emaar Community Management describes the homes in Hills Grove, at the edge of Dubai Hills Golf Club, as shell-and-core units. A shell-and-core villa is handed over with its structure and envelope but without the interior fit-out, so the owner decides layouts, finishes, joinery and lighting from the start.
That makes the design stage the whole project. We plan the interior in 3D room by room, coordinate ceilings, lighting, flooring and joinery as one package, and build it with our in-house team and workshop. The same approach works for any villa being stripped back to its structure.
Typical renovation scope
Kitchens
New layouts and cabinetry made in our joinery workshop, with worktops, appliances and lighting planned together.
Bathrooms
Tiling, sanitaryware, glass, niches and lighting renewed, with waterproofing redone wherever the floor is opened.
Wardrobes and storage
Fitted wardrobes, walk-in closets and TV walls built to the room, replacing standard units.
Ceilings and lighting
Gypsum ceilings with cove and feature lighting, one of the most visible changes in a recent house.
Smart home
Automation for lighting and climate, added while ceilings and walls are open.
Outside
Garden, pool and terrace works can run alongside, so the house and garden are finished together.
Renovations from our projects in other Dubai communities
Project Celine
Mudon, Dubai · Approx. 340 sqm · Q3 FY24 to Q4 FY24A standard unfurnished villa in Mudon transformed, with bathrooms redesigned with wall niches, an upgraded kitchen and a custom TV frame wall.
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Project Beyond
Dubai Land, Dubai · Approx. 430 sqm · Q1 FY24 to Q2 FY24Bespoke joinery across all bedrooms, custom wardrobes, gypsum ceilings with ambient lighting and smart home automation in Dubailand.
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Project Murano
Al Furjan, Jebel Ali · 210 sqm · April 2024 - May 2024Indoor and outdoor works in Al Furjan, including flooring, joinery and the refurbishment of bathrooms, kitchen, doors and cupboards.
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Approvals in Dubai Hills Estate
Emaar Community Management states in its Dubai Hills Estate FAQs that any alteration to the villa has to be approved by Emaar, with the NOC applied for through the community portal; it gives a carport extension as an example. It also states that changes to the exterior of the villa are not permitted in the context of adding exterior lighting. We confirm what your scope involves at the Plan stage and apply for the approvals ourselves.
How the renovation runs
Project Study
A free site visit to walk the house with you and list what you want to change and what you want to keep.
Plan
Scope, phasing and approvals; which rooms stay in use and in what order the work happens.
Visualization
Each renovated room designed in 3D, including joinery and lighting.
Execution
Site work by our own team, joinery from our workshop, and one project manager coordinating both.
Timing depends on scope and phasing; we provide a programme after the visit.
Questions and answers
Do I need Emaar's approval to renovate in Dubai Hills Estate?
Can you fit out a shell-and-core villa?
Our home is only a few years old. Is renovation worth it?
Have you renovated homes in Dubai Hills Estate?
Can we live in the house during the work?
How long will it take?
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