For RentAED 1,400,000/yr
Mohammed Bin Rashid City - District One Villas - 5BR - Villa
District One Villas, Mohammed Bin Rashid City
5 Bed7 Bath7,911 sq.ft
Renting is one of five things we do.
Tell us the budget, the area and when you need to move, and we will arrange the viewings and run the paperwork. Ejari, the move-in inspection and everything after are handled by the same team.
What you get back
Available now on annual lease. We arrange viewings within 24 hours and manage Ejari registration, move-in inspection and everything after.
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AED 695,000/yr
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How renting here actually works, from the documents you will be asked for to what a landlord can and cannot do at renewal. The rules are clearer than most people expect once someone sets them out.
Shortlist and view, agree the rent and the number of cheques, then sign the tenancy contract. On signing you hand over the security deposit, the agency commission and the first cheque. After that come three steps people rarely plan for: registering the tenancy on Ejari, opening a DEWA account for water and electricity, and obtaining a move-in permit from the building management, which most towers require before they will release the service lift. Allow a few days between signing and having keys that work.
Yes. Unlike buying, renting carries no restriction by nationality or by area: anyone can rent anywhere in the city. The practical constraint is documentation rather than eligibility. Ejari registration and most landlords will want a UAE residence visa and an Emirates ID, and post-dated cheques need a UAE bank account. If your residency is still being processed, say so when you make the offer. Some landlords will hold a property for a few weeks and others will not, and it is much better to know which you are dealing with early.
A passport copy, your UAE residence visa copy, and your Emirates ID front and back. Post-dated cheques drawn on a UAE account for the rent. Many landlords also ask for a salary certificate or employment letter and recent bank statements, particularly for a first tenancy in the country. If a company is taking the lease, add the trade licence and an authorisation letter or board resolution for whoever signs.
By post-dated cheques covering the year, most commonly split into one to four payments. The number is negotiable, and it moves the price: fewer cheques generally secures a lower rent, because the landlord has the money sooner. If you are able to pay in one or two, use that in the negotiation rather than treating the advertised rent as fixed.
A refundable security deposit, commonly 5% of the annual rent for an unfurnished property and 10% for a furnished one, returned at the end of the tenancy less any damage beyond fair wear. Then agency commission, a DEWA deposit and connection charge, Ejari registration, and in many buildings a separate chiller or district cooling account which can carry a deposit of its own. Where the tenancy is on a single cheque, the full year is also due at signing. We set the whole figure out before you commit: the deposit is the number people plan for, and the rest is the number that catches them.
Ejari is the Dubai Land Department's tenancy registration system, and every residential lease in Dubai has to be registered on it. You will need the certificate to open a DEWA account, to sponsor family visas, and for most school applications. It is done at the start of the tenancy, and we handle it for tenants in properties we manage.
Not freely. Permitted increases are governed by Dubai's rent index, which measures your rent against the market rate for comparable properties in the same area, and the landlord must give at least 90 days' written notice before the renewal date to change any term of the tenancy, including the rent. The Dubai Land Department publishes a rental increase calculator that shows what, if anything, is allowed on a given property. Where you are already paying at or above the market rate, the answer is frequently nothing.
Twelve months, served through a notary public or by registered post, and only for the specific reasons set out in Dubai's tenancy law, such as the owner selling the property or moving into it themselves. A landlord cannot end a tenancy early simply in order to rent it out again at a higher rent. Notice given informally, in a message or a conversation, does not start the clock.
The commute decides it more than anything else, because Dubai is long and its traffic runs in one direction at a time. If you work in DIFC or Downtown, Business Bay and Downtown put you minutes away. Families tend towards Dubai Hills Estate, Arabian Ranches and Town Square, where the schools and parks sit inside the community. For beach access it is Dubai Marina, Jumeirah Beach Residence and Palm Jumeirah. The newer inland communities generally cost less per square foot than the waterfront for a comparable specification. Tell us where you work and where the children go to school and we will narrow it faster than a filter will.
Rents vary more by community and by building here than in most cities, so a citywide average tells you very little. Two things move the figure as much as the address does: the number of cheques, and the age of the building. What surprises people is rarely the rent itself but the amount due on day one, once the deposit, commission, DEWA and cooling accounts are added to the first cheque. We would rather show you that total on a specific property than quote you an average.
Leasing and management are in-house rather than handed to a third party, so the person who shows you the property is the one you deal with afterwards. For an owner that means a single point of contact through tenant vetting, Ejari, renewals and maintenance. For a tenant it means a managing agent who answers, which is not a given in this market. We are licensed in Dubai under ORN 1484735 and RERA 49865.
