Interior Design and Fit-Out in Dubai Hills Estate

What we do for homeowners in Dubai Hills Estate

We design and build interiors for villas and townhouses, from a couple of rooms to the entire house. If you prefer to appoint your own contractor, design-only consultancy equips them with our concept, 3D renders, specifications and drawings. Alternatively, one team can run the whole thing from first sketch to handover.

Owners typically pick one of the three levels listed here. Our villa interior design page lays out the turnkey scope behind them, including architecture, space planning, MEP, lighting and smart home integration.

Whichever level you choose, the work moves through four stages in order: programming, planning and predesign, then construction documents, then furniture, fixtures and equipment, then coordination to handover. Your style leads, the architect's intent is respected, and the contractor is given proper drawings and specifications.

• Renovation, where only selected rooms change: finishes, joinery and lighting.
• Full Turnkey, where the whole house is designed and delivered, from MEP and joinery to fit-out and FF&E.
• Bespoke, where the work is structural or ultra-luxury, with custom fabrication and imported pieces.

The homes in Dubai Hills Estate and what they mean for your design

Dubai Hills Estate is one of Emaar's master communities, planned around a championship golf course and parkland, with apartments, villas and townhouses across its neighbourhoods. The houses are where we can do most, since there is room to change how a home works, not only how it looks.

A developer-built house arrives with a sound shell and a plan drawn for a typical buyer, and our job is to fit it to you. In a townhouse that usually means careful space planning: finding storage, a study or a better kitchen inside a fixed footprint. In a bigger villa it leans towards bespoke joinery, a considered lighting scheme and a closer tie between the living rooms and the garden.

Layouts, materials and finishes are tested in 3D before anything is ordered, starting from how each room is actually used. Changing a render costs nothing; changing a wall on site does.

How approvals work for a villa fit-out in Dubai Hills Estate

Alterations to a villa in a master community like this one usually need sign-off, in the form of a no objection certificate, from the master developer or the body managing the community, before work starts. Pools, pergolas and other outdoor structures may fall within that process too, and changes to the outward look of a house can draw closer review.

Depending on the scope, a relevant Dubai authority may be involved as well, particularly for structural or MEP works. Our team prepares the drawings and compliance sign-off and makes the authority submissions and NOCs as part of the programme, so the paperwork stays off your desk.

A purely interior project generally involves less paperwork than structural or exterior works. We confirm what your scope needs before pricing it, so approvals are planned from the outset rather than discovered on site.

Villa projects that show how we work

There is no published Xena project in Dubai Hills Estate yet, so the fairest guide is our work elsewhere. Our Emirates Hills Villa is a family home of 6,700 sq ft that we designed and built, completed in 2024. It followed a brief for a strict neutral palette, minimal visual elements and as much daylight as possible.

MK Villa on Palm Jumeirah, 6,350 sq ft and completed in 2023, went the other way, with glossy finishes and golden accents. For something softer, see the villa in Jumeirah we visualised in 3D, with mood boards: nude tones, natural wood, and a pool and garden treated as part of the house. Together they show the owner's taste leading and every detail drawn to be built as designed.

Can you stay in the house while the work is done?

Yes, if you would rather not move out. The house can be tackled in stages, behind dust screens and within agreed working hours, with the rooms you need kept in use for as long as possible. Phasing stretches the programme, but it spares you a move.

Handover comes after our own inspections and snagging. Once the house is yours again, anything we have built stays covered for the 12-month defects liability period set out in your contract, and appliances, fixtures and equipment keep their manufacturers' warranties, which pass to you.

What affects the cost of a project in Dubai Hills Estate

From AED 150,000 upwards, the figure depends on what you are doing rather than where you live. The main drivers are these.

If you have an approved budget, we can shape the design and material selection to it. The earlier we know the number, the less redesign there is later.

• Size: a townhouse and a large villa sit at very different points
• Joinery: how many kitchens, wardrobes, vanities and panelled walls are made to measure
• Materials: the grade of finishes throughout
• Services and structure: any MEP or structural works
• Furniture: the specification you choose

Other villa communities we work across

If you are comparing communities, or own more than one home, we also cover MBR City, Emirates Hills, Arabian Ranches and Al Barari. Our design approach does not change between them; the master developer, the house types and the approvals route do, and we plan for those from the first meeting.