The short answer
How much does it cost to renovate a villa in Dubai?
From about AED 150,000 for a full renovation of a basic three-bedroom villa, with published rates of AED 100 to 1,200 per sq ft by finish. Where yours lands depends on its size, its community and how much of it changes. Here are the numbers, with who publishes each.
The numbers
How much does it cost to renovate a villa in Dubai, by size and community?
How much does it cost to renovate a villa in Dubai? Enough that the answer needs three numbers rather than one: a rate per square foot, the size of the villa, and where its community sits in the market. The figures here are the ones UAE companies publish, the same set our price tables use, arranged to answer the question owners ask first.
How much does it cost to renovate a villa in Dubai?
A full renovation starts at about AED 150,000 for a basic three-bedroom villa, the floor four sources publish: First Unicorn Interiors, Yalla Renovation, Design Divine's basic tier and Google's AI Overview. A light refresh with nothing moved starts near AED 65,000, per Revive Hub. Published rates run from AED 100 to 1,200 per sq ft across finish levels, and mid-range work clusters at AED 350 to 600. A townhouse refresh is published at AED 90,000 to 180,000 by Vision Three.
What does each size of villa cost to renovate?
| Villa | Scope or finish | Published total | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compact 3-bedroom | Light refresh | AED 65,000 to 135,000 | Revive Hub |
| 3-bedroom | Basic finish | AED 150,000 to 280,000 | Design Divine |
| 3 to 4-bedroom | Standard | AED 95,000 to 200,000 | Revive Hub |
| 3-bedroom | Mid-range | AED 300,000 to 700,000 | Vision Three |
| 4 to 5-bedroom | Full renovation | AED 600,000 to 1,500,000 | Vision Three |
| 5-bedroom and larger | Palm Jumeirah or Emirates Hills | AED 300,000 to 600,000 and above | Revive Hub |
| Townhouse | Cosmetic refresh | AED 90,000 to 180,000 | Vision Three |
Two three-bedroom rows start AED 150,000 apart, because one is a basic finish and the other mid-range. Bedrooms alone do not set the price, and a quote that names only the bedroom count has left out the finish.
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What does a villa cost to renovate per square foot?
Google's AI Overview for the query shows three tiers, each with the total it implies, and they sit close to what the companies publish on their own rate cards.
| Tier | Rate per sq ft | Implied total, as shown |
|---|---|---|
| Cosmetic or basic refresh | AED 100 to 200 | AED 120,000 to 350,000 |
| Mid-range | AED 280 to 600 | AED 350,000 to 900,000 |
| Luxury overhaul | AED 600 to 1,200 and above | AED 900,000 to 2,500,000 and above |
The companies' own figures agree in the middle: Vision Three and Projeco both publish AED 350 to 600 per sq ft for mid-range work, and Design Divine AED 400 to 700. At the bottom, Driven Properties puts surface work near AED 80 per sq ft, below the AED 100 at which First Unicorn Interiors' budget tier starts. The rate only becomes a price once you know which area it multiplies, the whole villa or the rooms being worked on.
Villa renovation prices by Dubai community
| Community | Revive Hub, whole villa | Dar Al Naseeb, AED per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| JVC, Mirdif | AED 75,000 to 160,000 | Not published |
| The Springs, The Meadows, The Lakes | AED 110,000 to 220,000 | Not published |
| Al Furjan, Damac Hills | AED 130,000 to 260,000 | Al Furjan 227 to 370; Damac Hills 251 to 412 |
| Arabian Ranches, Dubai Hills | AED 150,000 to 280,000 | Arabian Ranches 267 to 435 |
| Jumeirah, Umm Suqeim | AED 220,000 to 450,000 | 195 to 325 |
| Palm Jumeirah, Emirates Hills | AED 300,000 to 700,000 and above | Palm 595 to 1,020; Emirates Hills 495 to 820 |
The two publishers agree on the order and disagree on the level, widely at the top: at Dar Al Naseeb's Palm rate a large villa runs into millions, while Revive Hub's Palm band stops near AED 700,000. We use both to place a community, then price the villa itself from quotes on one brief.
Six communities have pages of their own, with the rules that move a price there: Palm Jumeirah, Al Furjan, Dubai Hills Estate, Nad Al Sheba, Town Square and Tilal Al Ghaf.
And a townhouse: what does renovating one in Dubai cost?
For a townhouse, Vision Three's cosmetic refresh runs AED 90,000 to 180,000, and Google's AI Overview for interior design costs puts townhouses at AED 250 to 450 per sq ft. The rules narrow the scope as much as the price does. Emaar allows no extension or balcony enclosure on a townhouse. In Town Square, removing an interior wall, swapping a bath for a shower and replacing wet-area tiles are allowed in townhouses and refused in apartments. In Tilal Al Ghaf, connected townhouses count as jointly owned property, which puts an Owners Association into the approval chain beside the master developer.
Four lines a villa budget needs beyond the contractor's figure
- Approvals and deposits. An Emaar NOC costs AED 1,000 or 2,000 in total, including an AED 500 review fee paid first; Town Square charges AED 2,000 and holds AED 5,000 on major works; Tilal Al Ghaf charges AED 5,000 plus AED 250 VAT.
- Design, where it is bought separately. Three publishers, AI Designs, Euphoria Interiors and Google's AI Overview, give 10 to 20 percent of the project as the fee; Spazio publishes design and build for part of a villa from AED 80,000.
- The consultant for permit work. No published band exists for the drawings and submission, so ask for it as its own line.
- Utilities. Extra electrical load goes to DEWA through an enrolled consultant or contractor; DEWA charges nothing to file and sends the connection cost as an estimate that holds for twelve months.
Nakheel communities are the gap in that list. Nakheel's withdrawn 2023 codes charged AED 1,000 plus VAT per application and held an AED 10,000 contractor deposit; Dubai Holding's 2026 rulebook, which now governs those communities, repeats neither figure, so we confirm both when we apply.
Every one of these figures, with its source and date, is laid out in our villa price tables. For a number on your own villa, send the size, the community and the scope, and we return villa renovation pricing from contractors quoting one brief. If your question is renovation in general rather than a villa, the answer lives on our hub's renovation cost page.
Questions
Villa renovation costs: related questions
- What is the typical cost of renovating a villa in Dubai?
- For a standard three to four-bedroom villa, Revive Hub publishes AED 95,000 to 200,000 with an average of AED 150,000, and Design Divine's basic three-bedroom tier starts at the same AED 150,000. Mid-range work is published at AED 350 to 600 per sq ft. The community moves it most: Revive Hub's bands run from AED 75,000 in JVC and Mirdif to AED 700,000 and above on the Palm and in Emirates Hills.
- Why do published villa renovation prices disagree so much?
- Each company describes its own jobs, and totals depend on an area and a finish that are rarely stated. Rates per square foot agree far better than totals, which is why we compare quotes on the rate and the area first.
- Is it cheaper to renovate a villa in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah or Ajman?
- Every band on our cost page is a Dubai figure, so prices in the other emirates are confirmed per emirate, from quotes on the same brief. What each does publish is its approval layer: on Tasareeh plots in Abu Dhabi about AED 5,900 in fees for a villa modification, in Ajman AED 200 for a modification request.
- How much does a 4-bedroom villa renovation cost?
- Revive Hub publishes AED 140,000 to 300,000 and above for a premium four to five-bedroom villa, with an average of AED 220,000; Vision Three publishes AED 600,000 to 1,500,000 for a full renovation of a four to five-bedroom villa. The gap is the scope each firm has in mind, so ask both for the rate and the area.
- Does the price include design?
- Only if the firm designs and builds. Spazio publishes villa design and build for part of a villa at AED 80,000 to 150,000, and a full villa design and fit-out from AED 250,000. Where design is bought separately, three published sources put it at 10 to 20 percent of the project.
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