Dubai · Private residences
Apartment fit-out in Dubai.
White box to finished home, inside a building with rules and a lift booking sheet.
A Dubai apartment handed over as a white box needs flooring, a kitchen, wardrobes and joinery, bathroom finishes and sanitaryware, lighting and electrical alterations, decoration, window treatments and furniture before it can be lived in or let. That is a construction project, and it happens inside an occupied tower.
Método delivers it as a defined package: survey against the handover documentation, an agreed specification tuned to how the apartment will be used, building approvals and NOC, manufacture, installation within the building's permitted hours, then furnishing and a snag-free handover.
Because the joinery is made in our own workshops and delivered as finished components, time on site is short — which is what building management, neighbours and your own programme all need.
What the scope includes
- Survey and developer handover snagging
- Building NOC, drawings and contractor registration
- Flooring, wall finishes and decoration
- Kitchen design, manufacture and installation
- Wardrobes, storage and media joinery
- Bathroom finishes, sanitaryware and brassware
- Lighting, electrical alterations and controls
- Curtains, blinds, furniture and final styling
Local detail
What matters on these projects in Dubai.
White box: what is actually missing
Usually the kitchen, wardrobes, floor finishes, feature and task lighting, window treatments and often the final electrical distribution. Some developers also leave water heaters, air-conditioning grilles and bathroom fittings incomplete. We check the handover schedule rather than assume.
Working inside an occupied tower
Approved drawings, registered contractor, insurance, permitted hours, booked service lifts, protected corridors and controlled waste removal. Handled by us as part of the scope.
Specification by intent
An apartment for personal use, one for long-term rental, and one being prepared for resale should not be specified the same way. Durability, cost and lead time are balanced against the outcome you actually want.
Owners who are not in Dubai
Selections approved by drawing, finish board and sample photography; weekly progress reporting; handover attended on your behalf; the apartment photographed on completion.
How the work is controlled
01
Define
Understand the property, the requirements, the budget and how the home will actually be used.
02
Freeze
Resolve design, materials, engineering, specification and cost before anything is manufactured.
03
Make
Procure and manufacture the approved elements, with samples and benchmarks approved first.
04
Deliver
Coordinate logistics, site works and installation as one sequenced programme.
05
Close
Inspect, resolve and hand over a completed home, with documentation and aftercare.
Questions
Apartment fit-out in Dubai — questions
- What is the difference between shell and core, white box and fitted?
- Shell and core is a bare envelope with capped services. White box adds partitions, plastered walls and basic services distribution but no kitchen, joinery, floor finishes or lighting. Fitted means the developer has installed the kitchen, floors and bathrooms to their own standard.
- How long does an apartment fit-out take in Dubai?
- Eight to sixteen weeks on site for a typical two- to three-bedroom apartment, plus specification and approvals beforehand. Joinery and stone lead times usually set the critical path.
- Can you fit out several apartments in the same building?
- Yes, and it is the most efficient way to work — one specification, one mobilisation, one approval process across the units.
Start
Discuss your Dubai project.
Tell us where the property is, what condition it is in and how you want to use it. We will tell you honestly what it needs.