Your Damac Hills villa handover happened three months ago, and the renovation is now six weeks behind the schedule your contractor originally gave you. The kitchen tiles you specified are still on a ship somewhere between Italy and Jebel Ali port. The painter who was supposed to start last Monday has not appeared. And the building management just informed you that the fit-out NOC your contractor was supposed to file three weeks ago has still not been submitted. You are not alone. These are not unusual experiences in Dubai’s renovation market. They are predictable ones, and most of them are entirely avoidable with the right information before the project begins.
Karnak Home has served more than 70,000 UAE families since 1988, delivering furniture and fit-out solutions across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, and Fujairah. In 36 years, we have arrived at renovated properties to install furniture and flooring, and we have seen the full spectrum of what good and poor renovation execution looks like at the point of completion. We have fitted wardrobes in rooms where the walls are not plumb because the plastering was rushed. We have installed flooring over substrates that were not properly prepared because a cheaper contractor cut that stage. We have delivered sofas to apartments where the renovation ran so far over budget that the homeowner had to defer the furniture order for months. Every one of these situations was preventable.
This guide documents the seven most costly renovation mistakes we see Dubai homeowners make in 2026, explains exactly why each one happens, and provides a concrete, actionable fix for each one. Whether you are planning your first renovation in a newly purchased Dubai apartment & Villas, managing a partial renovation in a Nakheel villa in Palm Jumeirah, or recovering from a renovation that has already gone wrong in Business Bay or Emaar Beachfront, this guide will save you money, time, and stress.
Why Renovation Mistakes Are So Common in Dubai in 2026
1.1: The Speed Pressure of UAE Property Handovers
The Dubai property market creates a specific and intense renovation pressure that most other residential markets do not. The handover-to-move-in window, the period between receiving keys from a developer and the date you must be living in the property, is typically compressed by mortgage commencement dates, school enrolment deadlines, lease expiry on the rental you are leaving, and the emotional pressure of finally owning a home after years of renting. This compressed timeline is the single most consistent driver of renovation mistakes Dubai homeowners make. Decisions that need careful thought are made in an afternoon. Contractors who should be vetted thoroughly are engaged on a WhatsApp recommendation. Materials that need to be specified precisely are described in general terms to save time. Every one of these shortcuts carries a cost that lands later in the project.
1.2: The Information Asymmetry Problem
Dubai’s renovation market is characterised by significant information asymmetry. Renovation contractors understand the Dubai Municipality permit system, the building management NOC process, material lead times from Jebel Ali port, and the specific challenges of the UAE climate construction. Most first-time renovators do not. This gap is routinely exploited, not always maliciously but often carelessly, by contractors who omit information that would lead a client to ask more difficult questions or seek additional quotes. The most powerful protection against renovation mistakes Dubai homeowners experience is the information on what questions to ask before signing anything.
1.3: The 78 Percent Renter Effect
Approximately 78 percent of Dubai residents are renters. The cohort now buying and renovating for the first time is overwhelmingly composed of people who have never owned a property anywhere, not just in Dubai. First-time homeownership and first-time renovation management happening simultaneously, in an unfamiliar regulatory environment, in a second language for most, creates the conditions for the mistakes this guide documents. Understanding this context does not excuse the mistakes. It explains why the same ones recur so consistently across the market.
Mistake 1: Choosing a Contractor Based on Price Alone
Of all the renovation mistakes Dubai property owners make, this is the one with the highest financial consequence. It is also, by a significant margin, the most common.
2.1: Why the Cheapest Quote Is Rarely the Best Value in Dubai
The renovation services market in Dubai includes legitimate, licenced, well-resourced contractors, and it includes operators who are none of those things. The mechanism by which underqualified contractors win business is price. A quote that is 30 to 40 percent below the median of comparable quotes does not reflect superior efficiency. It reflects removed stages, substituted materials, and deferred problems. The preparatory stages of a quality renovation, substrate levelling, alkali-resistant priming, moisture membrane application in wet areas, and proper adhesive curing time, are invisible in the finished product. They are also the stages that a low-price contractor cuts first.
The fix: Obtain a minimum of three written quotes for any renovation above AED 15,000. Verify that each quote is from a contractor holding a current Dubai Municipality trade licence (check via the Dubai REST app). Evaluate quotes on a line-by-line material specification basis, not total cost. A quote that names the brand and grade of every specified material is from a contractor with nothing to hide. A quote that uses terms like “quality tiles” or “premium flooring” without specification is an invitation to receive the cheapest available product after signature.
AED impact: The average cost of rectifying a full-apartment renovation carried out by an underqualified contractor in Dubai is AED 35,000 to AED 80,000, based on the scope of remediation work we have witnessed preceding furniture delivery across our 36 years of UAE operations. The cheapest quote saved AED 8,000 to AED 15,000 upfront and cost three to five times that amount to fix.
Mistake 2: Ignoring the Fit-Out NOC and Dubai Municipality Permit Requirements
This is the renovation mistake that stops projects entirely, sometimes after significant money has already been spent. It is also the most preventable.
3.1: What the NOC Process Actually Requires in Dubai
Every apartment building in Dubai has a building management entity, whether a developer-managed operation or a jointly owned property management company. Before any renovation work begins in any apartment, including purely cosmetic work such as repainting or retiling, a fit-out NOC from the building management is required. This is not optional, and it is not waivable. Buildings in Emaar communities, including Dubai Hills Estate, The Springs, and Arabian Ranches, DAMAC communities including Damac Hills and Akoya, and Nakheel communities including Palm Jumeirah and Jumeirah Village Circle, all have specific fit-out guidelines that govern working hours, approved trade access, lift protection, waste disposal, noise restrictions, and material delivery procedures.
In addition to the building management NOC, any renovation involving structural changes, plumbing modification, electrical distribution changes, or HVAC alterations requires a formal Dubai Municipality permit and must be carried out by a DM-licensed contractor. Renovation work that proceeds without these approvals can be stopped by building management, reversed at the owner’s cost, and, in repeated cases, can result in fines recorded against the property.
The fix: On the day you receive your property keys, request the fit-out guidelines from your building management. Read them in full before engaging any contractor. Confirm with any contractor you are considering whether they have previously worked in your specific building and have an existing relationship with your building management. Add two weeks to your renovation timeline for NOC approval processing. For any work involving structural, plumbing or electrical modification, verify your contractor’s DM trade licence independently before signing.
Mistake 3: Selecting Flooring Without UAE Climate Specifications
Flooring is the highest-cost and highest-visibility element of most UAE apartment renovations. It is also the category where the consequences of the wrong choice are most expensive and most disruptive to fix.
4.1: What the UAE Conditions Do to the Wrong Flooring Choice
Dubai’s climate creates a demanding set of conditions for flooring materials. Summer temperatures reach 45 degrees Celsius outdoors, with interior temperatures in un-air-conditioned spaces routinely exceeding 35 degrees Celsius during peak summer. Coastal properties in Dubai Marina, JBR, Palm Jumeirah, and Abu Dhabi’s Al Raha Beach experience relative humidity above 80 percent for four to five months each year. The temperature differential between a hot UAE summer day and a heavily air-conditioned interior can exceed 15 degrees Celsius within a single room, creating thermal expansion and contraction cycles that cheap laminate and improperly specified timber flooring cannot sustain.
Solid hardwood installed in a coastal Dubai apartment will show gapping, cupping, and joint movement within 18 months. Standard laminate with a moisture-susceptible HDF core will swell and delaminate at the edges within one to two UAE summer humidity seasons. These are not warranty failures. They are the predictable results of using materials not rated for UAE conditions.
The fix: For UAE apartments, particularly any property within 5 kilometres of the coast or in a building with variable air-conditioning availability, specify SPC-core LVT (Stone Plastic Composite Luxury Vinyl Tile) as the primary flooring material. Minimum specification: 6mm total thickness, 0.5mm wear layer, SPC rigid core. This material is 100 percent waterproof, dimensionally stable across the full UAE temperature and humidity range, and available in excellent timber and stone effect aesthetics at mid-market price points. Karnak Home’s LVT flooring range is selected specifically for the UAE climate performance. For inland properties with consistent air-conditioning and low humidity, engineered parquet is suitable with an appropriate specification. Always insist on a minimum 15 percent material over-order to account for UAE building dimensional irregularities and cutting waste.
Mistake 4: Under-Budgeting for the Complete Project
Renovation budget overrun is the most emotionally distressing of the renovation mistakes Dubai homeowners encounter because it leaves families living in a partially finished space, unable to complete the project or furnish the home properly.
5.1: Where the Hidden Costs Actually Come From
The renovation budget overruns we have witnessed in 36 years of UAE deliveries come from three consistent sources. The first is substrate preparation, the work of levelling, priming, and preparing surfaces before tiles, flooring, or paint are applied. This stage is frequently omitted from cheaper quotes and frequently under-specified in all quotes. In older UAE buildings, particularly properties in Deira, Al Qusais, Sharjah city, and older Ajman residential stock, substrate preparation can add AED 8,000 to AED 25,000 to a renovation budget that did not account for it.
The second source is material delays and substitutions. Italian tiles, European cabinetry hardware, and specified paint colours that are not held in UAE stock can take four to eight weeks to arrive through Jebel Ali port. When a contractor substitutes a locally available alternative without client approval to maintain the timeline, the substituted material is rarely the equivalent of what was specified. When the client insists on waiting for the specified material, the timeline extends, and the contractor’s daily rate continues.
The third and most common source is the furniture and final fit-out phase. In our experience, the average UAE renovation client allocates 15 to 20 percent of their project budget to custom furniture, curtains, and wardrobes. The actual cost of furnishing a renovated space to the standard the renovation itself implies is typically 25 to 35 percent of the total project cost.
The fix: Build your renovation budget from the top down, not the bottom up. Start with your total available project budget, allocate 30 percent to furniture and final fit-out immediately, and work with the remaining 70 percent for the construction renovation. This discipline prevents the most common outcome: a beautifully renovated space that sits unfurnished for months while its owners save for sofas. Karnak Home’s complete home furniture packages start from AED 15,000 for a one-bedroom fit-out and can be booked with a fixed delivery date at the time of renovation contract signing.
Indicative cost table: what gets missed in UAE renovation budgets:
| Hidden Cost Category | Typical AED Range | Most Common In |
|---|---|---|
| Substrate levelling and preparation | 8,000 to 25,000 | Older buildings in Deira, Sharjah, and Ajman |
| Material import delays (extra accommodation) | 3,000 to 12,000 per week | Italian tile, European joinery hardware |
| Fit-out NOC rectification fines | 500 to 5,000 | Apartment buildings in Emaar, DAMAC, Nakheel |
| Snagging and defect rectification | 3,000 to 15,000 | All renovation scopes |
| Furniture and final fit-out shortfall | 15,000 to 60,000 | All first-time UAE renovators |
| Scope creep variation invoices | 5,000 to 30,000 | Projects with verbal-only scope agreements |
Mistake 5: Planning the Renovation Without the Furniture
This is the renovation mistake that produces the most regret, because by the time it is discovered, the walls are painted, the floor is laid, and the built-in joinery is installed. The furniture that the homeowner finally selects does not fit. Or does it not match the renovation they have created? Or cannot be delivered through the building corridor.
6.1: The Furniture-First Principle for UAE Renovations
In 36 years of delivering to UAE homes from Fujairah to Ras Al Khaimah, from Al Ain to Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island, and the full length of the Dubai coastline from Jebel Ali to Deira, the happiest renovation outcomes we have witnessed are consistently those where the furniture was selected before the renovation began. Not delivered before, but selected. The dimensions of the main sofa determine the available floor plan for the living room, which determines where the built-in storage wall can be placed, which determines the width of the television wall, which determines the electrical point positions. A renovation plan designed around specific furniture pieces always produces a more functional and more beautiful result than a renovation plan created in isolation.
The fix: Before signing any renovation contract, select your key furniture pieces from Karnak Home: the sofa and configuration, the dining table dimensions, the bed frame size and headboard style, and the wardrobe or fitted storage specification. Bring those dimensions to your renovation contractor and ask them to design the room layout around them. Karnak Home’s living room furniture range allows you to reserve pieces at current pricing for delivery once your renovation is complete, protecting both your budget and your design intent. For bedroom planning specifically, our upholstered bed and chest of drawers range provides the exact dimensions you need to plan joinery around.
Mistake 6: Overlooking Window Treatments Until the Very End
Window treatments are among the most consistently underplanned elements in UAE apartment and villa renovations. They are also among the most consequential for daily comfort in a climate where solar heat gain is not a seasonal annoyance but a structural quality-of-life issue.
7.1: What Happens When Window Treatments Are an Afterthought in UAE Homes
A west-facing apartment in JLT, Marina, or Business Bay without adequate window treatments is a genuinely uncomfortable living space from early afternoon onwards for eight months of the year. The combination of direct sun angle, glass heat retention, and the UAE’s ambient outdoor temperature means that inadequate window treatments in these exposures can raise indoor temperatures by 5 to 8 degrees Celsius above the air-conditioned baseline. An east-facing apartment in Silicon Oasis, Al Qusais, or older Deira residential stock experiences the same problem from sunrise to mid-morning, an issue particularly acute for families where early morning bedroom darkness is essential for children’s sleep quality.
When window treatments are left to the final week of a renovation, the choices available are determined by what is in stock locally rather than what is most appropriate for the window orientation, family needs, and interior design. Custom curtains require four to six weeks from measurement to installation. Motorised blind systems require wiring that should ideally be run during the renovation phase rather than surface-mounted afterward. Both of these realities make window treatments a day-one renovation conversation rather than a day-last one.
The fix: Book a Karnak Home curtains and blinds consultation at the same time you sign your renovation contract. Our curtains and blinds service provides in-home measurement, fabric and system selection, and installation coordinated with your renovation completion date, ensuring your window treatments are ready to be installed the week your renovation finishes rather than six weeks afterward. For west and south-facing windows in Dubai, we recommend a combination solar-control roller blind plus lined curtain panel as the standard specification for both UAE climate performance and interior design quality.
Mistake 7: Treating the Post-Renovation Wardrobe and Storage Fit-Out as Optional
The final and most pervasive of the renovation mistakes Dubai homeowners make is allowing the renovation to be declared complete without adequate fitted storage in place. UAE apartments are almost universally under-stored relative to the needs of the families who live in them, and a renovation that does not address storage comprehensively simply moves the clutter problem from an old apartment to a newly renovated one.
Why UAE Families Consistently Need More Storage Than Developer Apartments Provide
The storage shortfall in Dubai developer apartments has two structural causes. The first is that developer wardrobe specifications are designed to a price point rather than to a family’s actual storage volume. A standard two-door wardrobe in a Dubai developer apartment holds approximately one person’s clothing if that person is moderately organised. It holds approximately half of one person’s clothing in a UAE family context where clothing spans multiple climate needs (formal, casual, outdoor UAE summer, outdoor UAE winter, traditional, and Western dress across multiple family members).
The second is that UAE family life involves a specific accumulation of stored items that does not exist in other residential cultures: prayer mats and Quran copies, Eid clothing that is stored separately, formal entertaining tableware for guest occasions, children’s school material storage across the UAE’s extended academic year, and the baggage and souvenirs of a family that travels internationally two to four times per year.
The fix: Commission your wardrobe and fitted storage fit-out from Karnak Home as part of the renovation project, not after it. Our custom wardrobes and closets service provides a full design consultation, manufacturing, and installation service with dimensions calibrated to your actual room measurements and storage needs. For bedroom storage beyond wardrobes, our chest of drawers and ottoman range provides supplementary storage in formats that work aesthetically within a renovated bedroom. And for the specific UAE context of shoe storage, a category that is dramatically under-provided for in UAE developer properties where shoe removal at the door is a daily ritual across almost all cultural groups, Karnak Home’s dedicated shoe rack and entry storage solutions address a genuinely practical and cultural need.
The Right Way to Complete a Dubai Renovation in 2026 A Summary Checklist
Before renovation begins:
Verify the contractor’s DM trade licence on the Dubai REST app. Obtain building management fit-out guidelines and the NOC application form. Measure and select key furniture pieces before confirming the room layout. Book a Karnak Home curtains and wardrobes consultation to align with the renovation completion date. Build your total project budget with 30 percent allocated to furniture and final fit-out from day one. Get three itemised written quotes with the material brand and grade specified for every line.
During renovation:
Visit the site a minimum of three times per week during active work. Confirm material deliveries against the specification in the signed contract before installation. Keep a photographic record of all stages, including substrate preparation, electrical and plumbing rough-in, and tiling adhesive application. Document any scope changes in writing with written approval before additional costs are incurred.
After renovation but before sign-off:
Conduct a formal snagging inspection with your contractor before releasing any final payment. Retain a minimum of 10 percent of the contract value until every snagging item is resolved. Confirm furniture delivery date with Karnak Home one week after practical completion. Book the final curtain and blind installation to coincide with the furniture delivery week.
Frequently Asked Questions
Based on 36 years of UAE experience, the most financially costly renovation mistake is engaging an unlicensed or under-resourced contractor at the lowest quote. The remediation cost for a poorly executed full apartment renovation in Dubai, covering re-tiling, re-plastering, re-painting, and flooring replacement, typically ranges from AED 35,000 to AED 80,000, significantly more than the difference in price between the cheap quote and a quality mid-market contractor. The second most costly mistake is failing to budget for the furniture and final fit-out phase from day one, which leaves families in a beautifully renovated but unfurnished home for months. Browse Karnak Home’s home furniture range to begin planning your renovation completion budget early.
Technically, minimal cosmetic work, such as repainting walls within an existing colour scheme, may not trigger a building management complaint. In practice, any work that involves tradespeople entering and leaving the building with materials and equipment will be noticed by building management and security. If you are carrying out tile work, flooring installation or joinery, the noise, debris, and contractor access will be visible. Operating without an NOC exposes you to work stoppage orders, rectification requirements, and fines that can exceed the cost of obtaining the NOC in the first place. The NOC process typically takes one to two weeks in Dubai apartment buildings. It is not the obstacle it feels like. It is a process worth respecting. Contact your building management on the day of your key handover and start the application immediately.
Solid hardwood flooring is not suitable for most Dubai apartments, particularly coastal properties in Dubai Marina, JBR, Palm Jumeirah, and Abu Dhabi waterfront locations, due to the humidity cycling that causes warping, gapping, and surface checking within one to two years. Standard laminate with a moisture-susceptible HDF core is similarly inappropriate for UAE coastal conditions and for any property where the air-conditioning system cannot maintain humidity below 65 percent continuously. Low-grade LVT with a thin wear layer below 0.3mm wears quickly under the daily foot traffic of a UAE household where shoes are removed at the door, and the floor surface is frequently contact-cleaned. Karnak Home’s LVT flooring and parquet range are both selected with UAE climate performance as the primary specification criterion.
If your renovation is incomplete, defective, or has been abandoned by a contractor, your first step is to document the current state of the property photographically and in writing before allowing any further work. If the contractor is unresponsive, send a formal written demand by registered mail to the address on their trade licence. For disputes involving property damage or financial loss above AED 50,000, the Dubai Courts Small Claims Tribunal and the Dubai Municipality contractor complaint process are both available routes. For RERA-registered properties, the RERA complaint process can also apply where the dispute involves a registered contractor. After resolving the contractor dispute, Karnak Home’s flooring and fit-out team can assess remediation requirements and provide an itemised quotation for completion work. Call us on +971 58 908 8107 to arrange a site visit.
If the renovation problem originates from a developer construction defect rather than from contractor workmanship, your rights are governed by UAE Law No. 9 of 2009, which provides a 10-year structural defect warranty and a one-year non-structural defect liability period from the date of handover. Document the defect photographically, report it in writing to the developer’s customer service team, and retain copies of all communications. Do not allow any contractor to cover or modify the defect area before the developer has acknowledged it in writing, as this can affect your ability to make a warranty claim. For furniture and fit-out elements that are unaffected by the defect, Karnak Home’s furniture packages allow you to proceed with furnishing the unaffected rooms while the defect is being resolved.
The three most effective budget protection measures for UAE renovations are: a fully itemised contract with material specification (eliminating substitution as a variable cost), a written variation order process requiring your written approval before any additional cost is incurred, and a 15 percent contingency reserve that you hold back from your committed renovation spend and release only if genuine unforeseen conditions arise. Do not present your contingency reserve to your contractor. If they know it exists, it will be spent. Additionally, allocate your furniture and fit-out budget separately and in advance, booking delivery dates with Karnak Home at the project start so that the furniture phase does not create a second budget shock at the end of the renovation. Explore our current deals for renovation-stage furniture pricing.
The most reliable signs of a bad renovation contractor in Dubai are: inability or reluctance to provide a current DM trade licence number for independent verification, a quote that does not name materials by brand and grade, a request for more than 30 percent deposit before any work begins, no physical office address or showroom you can visit, no references from projects in Dubai in the past 12 months that you can contact directly, and pressure to sign quickly or urgency around pricing that is only available today. Any single one of these signals warrants additional scrutiny. Two or more is a clear reason to look elsewhere. A quality renovation partnership begins with a contractor who is transparent, unhurried, and confident in the quality of what they have delivered to previous clients. For the furniture phase of your renovation, Karnak Home’s wardrobe and closet service and our full furnishing range represent exactly that standard of professional transparency.
Book your furniture delivery with Karnak Home at the same time you sign your renovation contract, scheduling it for one week after your renovation’s projected practical completion date. This timing ensures the renovation surfaces are fully cured (paint, adhesive, and grout require a minimum of 48 to 72 hours after the last wet trade before furniture placement), the snagging process is underway, and your move-in is planned around a fully furnished space rather than a staged arrival of different elements over weeks. Karnak Home offers free delivery and free installation across all UAE emirates, and our team will call ahead to confirm building access, lift availability, and delivery route before arrival. WhatsApp us at +971 58 908 8107 to plan your delivery date at project start.
Three renovation mistakes cause the most financial damage to UAE homeowners in 2026, and they are all front-loaded: choosing a contractor without verifying their licence and checking their references in person, failing to specify materials precisely in the signed contract, and not budgeting for furniture and final fit-out from day one. Avoiding these three mistakes alone saves the average Dubai renovator between AED 30,000 and AED 80,000 in rectification costs and delays.
For UAE families navigating the renovation market, whether you are a first-time buyer in a Damac Hills villa, a long-term expat finally owning in Dubai Marina, or an Emirati family in Jumeirah upgrading a property that needs a complete overhaul, the emotional and financial investment in a home renovation deserves the protection that informed decision-making provides. The heat will test your materials. The dust will test your surfaces. The building management will test your patience. Every one of those tests is more manageable when the renovation was done the first time correctly.
Karnak Home is ready to help you plan the furniture, flooring, curtains, and wardrobe phase of your renovation from day one. Visit our showroom in the Industrial Area, Sharjah, Saturday to Thursday from 9 AM to 9 PM. Browse our complete range at karnakhome.com, WhatsApp our team at +971 58 908 8107 for measurements, samples, and delivery planning, or call us on +971 58 908 8107. Free delivery and free installation across all UAE emirates.
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أخطاء التجديد الشائعة في دبي 2026: كيف تتجنبها وتحمي استثمارك
كثير من أصحاب المنازل في دبي والإمارات يمرون بتجربة التجديد للمرة الأولى، فيقعون في أخطاء مكلفة كان يمكن تجنبها ببساطة لو توفرت لديهم المعلومات الصحيحة في الوقت المناسب. في كارنك هوم، ومن خلال 36 عاماً من تسليم الأثاث وتركيبه في منازل الإمارات من الفجيرة إلى رأس الخيمة ومن أبوظبي إلى دبي، رأينا كل أنواع مشاكل التجديد وخيبات الأمل التي تنتج عنها.
إن أبرز أخطاء تجديد المنازل دبي التي نشهدها اليوم تتمحور حول ثلاثة محاور رئيسية: اختيار مقاول بناءً على السعر وحده دون التحقق من رخصته وسجل أعماله السابقة، وإغفال متطلبات الحصول على شهادة عدم الممانعة من إدارة المبنى قبل بدء الأعمال، وعدم تخصيص ميزانية كافية لمرحلة التأثيث والتشطيب النهائي منذ بداية التخطيط.
وفيما يخص تكاليف التجديد الخفية في الإمارات، فكثيراً ما تُفاجئ أصحاب المنازل في مجتمعات داماك وإعمار ونخيل، وهي الفئة الأكثر تضرراً من هذه الأخطاء. إعداد الأسطح قبل التبليط، ورسوم تجاوزات مواعيد المقاولين، واستبدال المواد أثناء التنفيذ دون إشعار مسبق: كل هذه عوامل تؤدي إلى تجاوز الميزانية المحددة.
ومن أكثر مشاكل المقاولين في دبي شيوعاً أن يبدأ المقاول العمل ثم يتوقف في منتصف المشروع بعد استلام الدفعة الأولى. للوقاية من ذلك، لا تدفع أكثر من 20 في المئة مقدماً، واحرص على ربط كل دفعة بإنجاز مرحلة محددة ومحددة بوضوح في العقد المكتوب.
أما في مرحلة اختيار الأرضيات، فتذكر أن المناخ الإماراتي يستوجب موادً ذات مواصفات خاصة. الرطوبة العالية على الساحل في دبي مارينا ونخيلة وجميرا، والحرارة الشديدة في الصيف، تجعل بعض أنواع الأرضيات غير مناسبة تماماً. اختر دائماً مواد معتمدة للاستخدام في البيئة الخليجية.
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