Villa renovation, Al Furjan
Al Furjan villa renovation, where the rules follow the bedroom count
Al Furjan's design code gives a five-bedroom villa twice the shade of a townhouse, freezes the back fence and protects the garden villas' shared walls. We brief contractors against the rule for your house type.
House by house
Al Furjan villa renovation: what does your house type allow?
An Al Furjan villa renovation follows the villa code Nakheel published for the community in February 2023, and its limits are unusual in one way: they change with the size of the home. Al Furjan has more than 4,600 homes across 560 hectares, four-bedroom villas and three-bedroom townhouses among them, managed today by Dubai Holding Community Management.
How much shade can an Al Furjan villa add?
The code bands it by home: 30 m² of shade structures for a five-bedroom villa, 20 m² for three and four-bedroom villas, and 15 m² for a three-bedroom townhouse. Al Furjan is the only community in Nakheel's villa codes that splits the allowance this way; Jumeirah Park gives a villa 30 m² and JVT 20 m² whatever its size. A pool fence, where there is one, is encouraged at 1.10 to 1.30 m at most.
Al Furjan rules next to other Nakheel communities
| Rule | Al Furjan | Elsewhere in Nakheel's codes |
|---|---|---|
| Shade structures | 30, 20 or 15 m², by house type | Jumeirah Park 30 m²; JVT 20 m²; Palm 20 m² on a standard plot |
| Back fence | No changes permitted | Jumeirah Park allows a lake-side rebuild at 1.4 m in steel grille |
| Shared wall and fence | Garden villas may not paint or alter them | Every code bars changes to the common boundary wall |
| Pool fence | 1.10 to 1.30 m at most, encouraged | JVT sets the same range |
The townhouse figure is the one to check before a pergola is designed. A three-bedroom townhouse gets half the shade of a five-bedroom villa, so a structure copied from a neighbour's larger house can be refused on area alone.
Ask what your house type allows
Al Furjan villa renovation on a garden villa or townhouse
Attached homes carry the tightest rules. On the garden villas, painting or modifying the shared common wall and fence is not permitted at all, and every Nakheel code bars changes to a common boundary wall, screens and extra height included. Garden work has limits of its own: trees stay at least 1.5 m from villa boundary walls under Dubai Holding's rules, Ficus and Damas trees are banned, with the owner liable for damage they cause next door, and raising the garden level is not permitted. Refitting a kitchen or bathroom without moving walls needs only a gate pass, which makes the inside of an attached home the easier half of a renovation.
How does the approval work in Al Furjan?
The chain is Nakheel's: an NOC through Nakheel's online services or the My Nakheel app, a Trakhees Modification Permit on the consultant's drawings, then the contractor's site access and gate pass. Dubai Holding's 2026 rules set the working day, with major works from 7 AM to 5 PM on weekdays, minor works from 8 AM to 6 PM Monday to Saturday, noisy work inside 9 AM to 1 PM and 3 to 5 PM, and a Minor Modifications Permit for anything longer than a day. The fees are the unsettled part: Nakheel's 2023 codes, taken down when Dubai Holding Community Management took over, set AED 1,000 plus VAT per application and an AED 10,000 contractor deposit, and DHCM's 2026 rulebook publishes neither, so both are confirmed at application.
Contractor access is priced and scheduled separately. Nakheel's contact page on nakheel.com, read in September 2026, recommends requesting long-term access permits 3 to 4 working days ahead, says approvals typically take 1 to 2 days, charges AED 52.50 a person for NOC-grade work and issues daily permits free. Dubai Holding's engagement centre for Al Furjan is at Nakheel Mall on Palm Jumeirah, and the full application set is in our Nakheel approval guide.
What does an Al Furjan villa renovation cost?
Revive Hub Renovations publishes AED 130,000 to 260,000 for a whole villa in Al Furjan and Damac Hills, and Dar Al Naseeb Engineering Consultants AED 227 to 370 per sq ft for Jumeirah Park and Al Furjan together. The first is a total and the second a rate, so a quote is tested against both: the rate first, then the total it produces on your villa's area. For scale, AED 150,000 is where First Unicorn Interiors puts the floor for renovating a basic three-bedroom villa in full. All three figures sit on our published community rates page, and the Trakhees and Municipality split for Dubai's communities is mapped under Nakheel and Trakhees.
Questions
Al Furjan: related questions
- Can I change my back fence in Al Furjan?
- No. The Al Furjan code permits no changes to the back fence, unlike Jumeirah Park, where lake-side fences may be rebuilt to a set design.
- Can I repaint the wall I share with my neighbour?
- Not on a garden villa: the code does not permit painting or modifying the shared common wall and fence. Every Nakheel code also bars screens on a common boundary wall or raising its height.
- Do I need an NOC for a new kitchen?
- Not if the walls stay where they are. Nakheel's 2023 codes exempted kitchen and bathroom refurbishment without wall changes, and new cabinets and wardrobes; Dubai Holding's FAQ still needs no permit for like-for-like fixture replacement, and the contractor needs a gate pass.
- Which authority issues the permit in Al Furjan?
- Trakhees. Nakheel's code for Al Furjan puts the Trakhees Modification Permit in the chain after its own NOC, and the Modification Completion Certificate comes before the altered space is used again.
- How far ahead should contractor access be booked?
- Three to four working days for a long-term access permit, which usually takes one to two days to approve. Daily permits are free and quick, and suit short visits such as a survey or a delivery.
Who you are dealing with
- OperatorWebsiteOS LLC
- Licence2646567.01
- Cost to homeownerNone
- Figures datedSeptember 2026
Tell us about your Al Furjan home
Villa or townhouse, bedrooms and what you want changed. We check it against the Al Furjan code and come back with contractors who work in Nakheel communities.