Furniture and leather
Wear, cracks, rubbed-off pigment, pet scratches. Colour and protective coat are restored; on upholstery, seams and filling too.
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Apartment restoration in Dubai
No. 1 for apartment restoration in Dubai for English-speaking owners and investors: furniture, leather, worktops, doors and stone are repaired on site, between tenants or before a sale. On a flat let at AED 120,000 a year, each vacant day costs about AED 330, so restoring usually beats waiting for replacements.
Apartment restoration
Name and number. Send photos of the damage on WhatsApp and we will estimate from them.
A rental flat wears faster than your own home: several moves in a couple of years, dented doors, worn leather on the sofa, white rings on the worktop. Replacing everything after each tenant costs money and weeks of vacancy; restoration usually fits the gap between move-out and move-in.
The work is carried out by an invited master restorer — an independent practitioner, not a member of our staff. We match the specialist to your material, introduce you and stay in touch until handover. Before a sale the logic is the same: restored finishes remove the questions a buyer would otherwise turn into negotiation.
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It is the local repair of furniture and finishes with no demolition: scratches, chips, wear and lost gloss are dealt with inside the flat. You need it in two situations — between tenants, when there are 2–3 weeks to prepare, and before selling a furnished flat.
In Dubai damage is a scheduled event: air conditioning dries timber, temperature swings produce condensation and sand acts as an abrasive.
What is usually restored in a flat
Almost everything a tenant touches every day can be restored: cabinet and upholstered furniture, leather, worktops, doors, and stone in bathrooms and the kitchen.
Worktops and stone
Scratches, rings from crockery, heat marks, dull patches left by acid, wine or lemon on pale marble. Chipped corners are rebuilt, colour-matched and polished.
Doors and wardrobes
Chipped edges, water swelling, dents from moves, scuffs from appliances, loose joints. Touch-up and a fresh coat of lacquer.
Small finishes
Architraves, panels, hardware, darkened sealant and open joints — everything that spoils the listing photos.
Why is restoration better value than replacing furniture and finishes?
Because three figures decide: the price of a new equivalent, of repair and of time. A sofa set bought for AED 35,000 costs the same again two years later, plus delivery and assembly, whereas leather is restored locally and partly on site.
In letting, time decides. At AED 120,000 a year, two weeks of waiting for new furniture means roughly AED 4,600 in lost income on top of the purchase. Stone ordered for a project takes 3–4 months.
When is replacement the honest answer?
Once the estimate reaches 60–70% of the price of a new equivalent, the economic case disappears. Replacement is also right for a broken frame, chipboard swollen after a leak, a crack through the whole slab or a leak that has not been fixed.
Stone follows the same rule: if a slab of the same reference and batch is available in the UAE and delivery takes days, replace it. With a book-matched layout or a discontinued collection, a new piece differs by 2–3 tones, and restoration is the only workable option.
How long does restoration take between tenants?
Most jobs take from one to a few days and fit the pause between tenants. A chipped edge is repaired on site in anything from an hour to half a day; a local area of stone takes 1–2 days.
Complex veneer and factory lacquer need longer: at an unhurried pace, 3 to 7 days allowing for tone matching and drying.
How the work is organised
The work runs in 5 steps, from photos of the damage to acceptance under raking light. The estimate is ready before anything starts, so you can compare it with the price of a new item.
- 1
Photos or inspection
You send pictures of the damage by messenger. The restorer identifies the material and the type of defect: a scratch, a chip or a structural crack.
- 2
Estimate
The cost comes from tables that give every operation its own allowance of time and materials. The stages are listed in writing: grinding, filling, polishing, protective sealing.
- 3
Sheen and test patch
The final sheen — gloss, satin or matt — is agreed before work begins. The restorer makes a test patch in a hidden spot.
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Access and work
Access is arranged with the building management. Some operations are done in the flat; others require taking the part to a workshop.
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Acceptance
The surface is checked at an angle and under different lighting. A before-and-after photo report arrives in your messenger.
Who carries out the work?
An invited master restorer — an independent practitioner, not one of our employees. We select the person for the specific material, put you in touch and stay on hand until the result is accepted.
Only a handful of people in Dubai work with Italian veneer and factory lacquer, and one attempt to rub out a scratch with polish turns an AED 3,500 job into replacing a set for forty thousand or more.
How does the condition of the interior affect letting and sale?
Directly: a tenant reads a scuffed wardrobe corner and a ring on the worktop within a minute, and bargaining follows. A discount of AED 5,000 a year is exactly the sum that would have put the interior in order without touching the rent.
At the premium end there may be no bargaining at all. A tenant paying AED 250–350 thousand a year simply picks another flat because of a mark on the TV unit.
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Apartment restoration
Name and number. Send photos of the damage on WhatsApp and we will estimate from them.
Apartment restoration
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to be in the flat?
No. Access is arranged with the building management, and a before-and-after photo report arrives in your messenger.
Will the repaired spot be visible?
Not if tone and sheen are matched correctly. A visible halo is left when the restorer works to the size of the scratch rather than the whole surface from joint to joint. At acceptance, look under raking light and from several sides. Raise any difference before payment.
How much should I budget for upkeep?
The benchmark for furnished flats at the premium end is 3 to 7% of annual rental income. With short lets the figure moves towards the upper limit; with a single family renting for a year or two it is lower.
How does restoration help in a deposit dispute?
An estimate for repairing a specific item, with photos and rates, settles the argument quickly, while a demand to pay for a new set drags on. The main evidence is footage of the flat at move-in and move-out; one continuous unboxing video of new furniture resolves 90% of disputes about chips.
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