Property management in Dubai from 5% + VAT
Managing a Dubai property takes time, local knowledge, and a fair amount of paperwork. Whether your property is vacant now, a tenancy is ending, or you want better management of what you already have — we handle all of it. Finding and vetting the tenant, drafting the agreement and registering Ejari, move-in inspections, maintenance, renewal notices, and a monthly statement. Long-term management from 5% + VAT. Short-term and holiday-home management at 20% + VAT. RERA-licensed.
RERA-licensed property management · DLD broker register · In-house home services (Prokeep) · Dubai Municipality pest-control permit · TDRA-licensed AC
A full-service team across Dubai
All 9 services delivered in-house across every Dubai community — from Marina and JBR to JVC, Silicon Oasis, Damac Hills and Arabian Ranches. Pick a service for the full scope, pricing, and Dubai-specific notes.
Long-Term Property Management
We handle everything — finding the tenant, drafting the agreement, Ejari registration, move-in inspection and inventory, cheque administration, maintenance, renewal notices, and a monthly owner statement.
Tenant Sourcing & Screening
We advertise across the major portals, conduct viewings, carry out full KYC and reference checks, and present you with a shortlist. You make the final call.
Ejari & Tenancy Contracts
Tenancy agreement drafted and Ejari registered — or Tawtheeq in Abu Dhabi, Tasdeeq in Sharjah, Municipality registration in the Northern Emirates. The official tenancy record that makes everything else possible.
Rent Cheque Collection
Post-dated cheques collected in the landlord's name, banked, and deposited to your account on the due date. You're notified if a cheque is returned and we handle the follow-up.
In-House Maintenance
AC, plumbing, electrical, handyman, painting — done by our Prokeep in-house team. No third-party referrals, no markups. You approve any meaningful spend before we go ahead.
AC Servicing
Scheduled maintenance, coil cleaning, gas refill, and repairs — before the summer heat means an emergency. TDRA-licensed technicians.
Deep Cleaning
Move-in, move-out, and tenant-changeover cleans. Eco-safe products. Priced by bedroom.
Pest Control
Municipality-approved treatments for cockroaches, bed bugs, termites, rodents, mosquitoes, and ants. Child- and pet-safe. Certificate provided after each visit.
Inspections & Snagging
Move-in inspection with signed inventory, periodic condition visits, move-out check, and engineer-led snagging for new-build or recently refurbished properties. Photographic report included.
Get a personalised rent forecast for your Dubai property
Tell us about your property — our team prepares an individual forecast backed by current market data. Free, no obligation.
Why owners in Dubai choose us
Vacant property or upcoming changeover? We find you the right tenant
Whether your Dubai property is currently empty or a tenancy is ending soon, we move quickly — advertising across all major portals, fielding enquiries, accompanying viewings, running KYC and reference checks, and presenting you with a properly vetted shortlist. A few extra days finding the right person saves months of trouble later.
Tenancy agreement and Ejari handled
We draft the tenancy contract, make sure the right clauses are in place for your property and community, and register it on Ejari — the Dubai Land Department's official tenancy registry. Without Ejari registration the tenant can't connect DEWA, and the tenancy has no legal standing.
Move-in inspection with a signed inventory
Before the tenant takes the keys, we walk the property room by room, photograph every surface, fitting, and appliance, and produce an inventory that both parties sign. At move-out, we compare against that same record — this is what determines what comes out of the deposit, and it's the document most self-managing landlords don't have.
DEWA coordination for incoming and outgoing tenants
We help the incoming tenant connect DEWA in their own name before they move in, and confirm the outgoing tenant's account is closed before handover. You don't inherit someone else's utility debt, and there's no gap in the supply.
Rent cheques collected and administered in your name
The tenant issues post-dated cheques in the landlord's name — not ours. We receive, bank, and deposit each cheque to your account on the due date. If a cheque is returned, we notify you and follow the process set out under UAE tenancy law.
Property visits and condition monitoring
We visit the property periodically throughout the tenancy — not just at move-in and move-out. Small maintenance issues caught early cost a fraction of the same problem left to grow. You get a brief condition note and photos each time.
Renewals, notices, and rent reviews
We prepare renewal offers, calculate any permitted rent increase under the RERA rent index, issue the required formal notices within the correct timeframes under UAE tenancy law, and handle the negotiation. You make the final call; we do the paperwork.
In-house maintenance via Prokeep
AC servicing, plumbing, electrical, cleaning, pest control — handled by our in-house Prokeep trade team rather than referred out to third parties. You approve anything above a minor spend before we go ahead. No referral fees, no markup beyond the actual job cost.
Homes we manage in Dubai
A snapshot of the kind of apartments and villas we look after — furnished, maintained and rent-ready.
Property management across Dubai communities
The paperwork is the same in every part of Dubai — Ejari, DEWA, cheques. The day-to-day work is not: apartment management in a tower and looking after a villa in a gated community are different jobs.
Dubai Marina
High-rise apartment towers on the water. Much of the work here runs through the building — owners' association rules, service charges and chiller accounts sit alongside the tenancy itself.
JBR
Beachfront apartment blocks next to the Marina. Sea air is hard on AC units and balcony fittings, so regular servicing and condition visits count for more this close to the shore.
JVC
A mix of apartment buildings, townhouses and villas, many of them recently handed over. Snagging before the first tenant and a careful move-in inventory are common first steps for owners.
Dubai Silicon Oasis
Mostly apartment buildings, with a villa neighbourhood alongside. Day to day it comes down to keeping renewals, rent reviews and cheque dates on schedule for each unit.
Damac Hills
Villas, townhouses and apartments around a golf course. A villa has more to maintain than a flat — more AC units, more plumbing, a bigger area to keep pest-free — and our Prokeep team covers it.
Arabian Ranches
An established community of villas and townhouses. Homes this size call for a thorough room-by-room inventory at move-in and a proper look around during the tenancy, not only at the end.
The Dubai rental market — what landlords need to know
Dubai is the most regulated rental market in the UAE. Every tenancy must be registered on Ejari via the Dubai Land Department before DEWA will connect electricity or water. Every renewal increase is bounded by the RERA rent index at rentindex.rera.gov.ae. Every eviction requires a 12-month notarised notice filed through the Rental Dispute Center.
We handle all of it in-house. Ejari filed via the DLD Dubai REST app shortly after contract signing. The RERA rent-cap calculated for your specific community before the renewal notice goes out — so disputes get pre-empted, not litigated. RDC filings, eviction notices and rent-cap escalations all handled by our paralegal team at no extra charge to management clients.
We're also fluent in the rest of the Dubai property ecosystem: service-charge billing via owner-associations (Emaar Community Management, Damac, Nakheel), chiller-fee handling with Empower, Tabreed and Emicool, DEWA premise-number transitions between tenants, and Trakheesi advertising permits for portal listings.
Onboard in four simple steps
Talk to us
Share your Dubai property and your situation, by phone or through the form on this page.
Free assessment
We visit the property (or do a video walk-through if you're abroad). You get a rent valuation and our recommendations in writing.
Onboarding
Tenancy agreement drafted, Ejari filed, move-in inspection done, listing live — all handled in-house.
Ongoing management
Cheques administered, monthly statement sent, maintenance handled via Prokeep, notices tracked and sent on time.
What's included in our property management service
- Tenant finding — advertising, viewings and reference checks
- Tenancy contract drafted and Ejari registered
- DEWA coordinated for incoming and outgoing tenants
- Move-in inspection, signed photo inventory and key handover
- Rent cheques administered in the landlord's name
- Follow-up on returned cheques under UAE tenancy law
- Renewal offers and rent reviews against the RERA rent index
- Rental Dispute Center filings when a case has to go there
- Periodic property visits with a condition note and photos
- Maintenance coordinated through our in-house Prokeep team
- A monthly owner statement
Property management fees in Dubai
from 5% + VAT of the contracted annual rent, taken out of the rent collected. Most single-property owners choose this model. The full scope is on the long-term property management page.
from AED 3,999 a year for a studio and from AED 9,999 a year for a 4-bedroom villa. Owners of several properties, or of a high-rent home, often find the flat fee simpler.
you pay nothing to start. Finding the tenant is typically one month's rent, paid by the incoming tenant, not by you.
Prokeep jobs such as snagging at handover, a deep clean between tenants, pest control and larger repairs. You get a quote before any of it is done.
20% + VAT of revenue, covering DTCM licensing, guest sourcing, check-in and check-out, housekeeping between stays and maintenance.
Management options
Long-term vs short-term — what’s the difference?
| Criteria | Long-term rental5%+ VAT per year | Short-term / holiday20%+ VAT of revenue |
|---|---|---|
| Management fee | 5%+ VAT / year | 20%+ VAT of revenue |
| Contract type | Annual tenancy | Nightly / monthly bookings |
| Tenant / guest sourcing | ✓ | ✓ + OTA listings (Airbnb, Booking.com) |
| Ejari / tenancy filing | ✓ | — (not applicable) |
| Rent cheque collection | ✓ post-dated | — (automated payouts) |
| In-house maintenance | ✓ via Prokeep | ✓ via Prokeep |
| Guest support 24 / 7 | — | ✓ included |
| Best for | Stable income, long-stay tenants, RERA compliance | Higher yield, furnished units, flexible vacancy |
Everything you'd want to ask
Our long-term management starts at 5% + VAT of the contracted annual rent, or a flat fee from AED 3,999 a year for a studio. Short-term and holiday-home management is 20% + VAT of revenue. If you only need tenant sourcing, that's typically one month's rent — paid by the incoming tenant, not by you. No setup fee.
Yes. Short-term and holiday-home management is available at 20% + VAT of revenue. It covers DTCM licensing, guest sourcing, check-in and check-out coordination, housekeeping between stays, and maintenance via our Prokeep team. If you're not sure whether long-term or short-term makes more sense for your property, we're happy to talk through the numbers.
The tenant issues post-dated cheques in the landlord's name, not ours. We receive and bank those cheques, then deposit each to the landlord's account on the due date. If a cheque bounces, we let you know and handle the follow-up process under UAE tenancy law. Your rent goes to your account — we manage the administration around it.
When a tenant moves out, the deposit is returned based on the condition of the property compared to how it was at move-in. If you don't have a photographic record of the starting condition, disputes are very hard to resolve in the landlord's favour. A signed move-in inspection is what protects your deposit.
We notify you as soon as a cheque is returned and follow the process under UAE tenancy law — which includes specific notice requirements and timeframes. If needed, we can advise on escalation through the Rental Dispute Center. The key is that the process is followed correctly from the start.
If you live outside Dubai, own more than one property, or have had problems with tenants or maintenance in the past — usually yes. If you live nearby, have one property, and are comfortable managing it yourself — you may not need it. We'll tell you honestly on the first call.
Yes. We take over the existing tenancy, arrange a baseline condition inspection, take over the cheque administration, and handle Ejari at the next renewal. The tenant doesn't need to sign anything new mid-tenancy.
Yes. Start with your current agreement — it sets the notice you have to give and what the outgoing manager must hand back: keys, cheques, the tenancy contract and the deposit record. Once you have given notice we do a baseline inspection of the property, take over the cheques and the tenant relationship, and pick up Ejari at the next renewal. Your tenant stays in place throughout.
Yes. If you live abroad we can assess the property by video walk-through, and we accept a Power of Attorney notarised at a UAE embassy or legalised in your home country. With that on file we can sign the tenancy contract and register Ejari for you. You get a monthly statement, and condition notes with photos after each property visit.
Call us or fill in the form on this page with your property address. We'll come back with a rent valuation based on current market comparables and talk through your management options.
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