Apartment Renovation in Dubai Marina

  • High-Rise Renovation Specialists
  • Building NOCs Managed
  • Tower Logistics Planned
  • In-House Joinery & Engineering

We renovate apartments across Dubai Marina towers — kitchens, bathrooms, flooring and full upgrades. One team handles the building NOCs, the service-lift bookings and the permitted working hours.

Full Apartment Renovation in Dubai MarinaLicensed Contractor · In-House Approvals TeamFree Design Support on Confirmed ProjectsBest Price Guarantee on Major MaterialsPay by Milestone, Not Up Front

Apartments We Have Finished

One Halo apartment, room by room — what we changed, what it is made of, and who made it. Every photograph is our own work, not a showroom or a supplier’s catalogue.

Living room with herringbone oak floor and full-height glazing over Dubai Marina

Full apartment renovation

Paloma Tower, Dubai Marina

A whole apartment taken back and rebuilt: herringbone oak through the living space, a stone island lit from the plinth, and book-matched marble in the principal bathroom. Photographed furnished and styled at handover, with the Marina on three sides.

  • Herringbone oak
  • Book-matched marble
  • Microcement
  • Stone
Building
Paloma Tower
Scope
Full apartment renovation
Joinery
Made in-house

6 rooms

  • Stone kitchen island lit from the plinth with integrated appliances behind
    KitchenStone island lit from the plinth, appliances built in.
  • Round dining table and sculptural pendant against Marina glazing
    Dining roomRound table under a sculptural pendant, glazing behind.
  • Principal bedroom with an upholstered bed and herringbone oak floor
    Principal bedroomUpholstered bed on herringbone oak, curtains wall to wall.
  • Bathroom lined in book-matched marble with a lit niche
    Principal bathroomBook-matched marble, veining run across the joint.
  • Microcement vanity wall with an arc-shaped backlit mirror
    Guest bathroomMicrocement walls, arc mirror backlit into the finish.
  • Guest bedroom with an olive green feature wall and timber bedsides
    Guest bedroomOlive feature wall against timber bedsides.

Our Track Record

30+
Years renovating Dubai homes, since 1996
1,200+
Projects delivered across the UAE
200+
In-house designers, engineers and joiners
10 Years
Warranty on kitchens and wardrobes

Renovation in Dubai Marina

The earliest Dubai Marina towers are nearly twenty years old, and the apartments show it: original developer kitchens, dated bathrooms, worn flooring and layouts drawn before open-plan living became normal.

Whether you live in your Marina apartment or rent it out, a renovation closes the gap between an ageing unit and what the market — or you — now expect.

Renovating in a tower is as much about logistics as construction. Every Marina building has its own NOC process, service-lift booking rules, permitted working hours and protection requirements.

We plan around all of that from day one, which is why our tower projects finish on the dates we promise.

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We work across every generation of Marina tower, and the job differs with the building’s age and position.

Original Emaar six towers

The Marina’s first buildings. Full renovations are now standard.

Marina Walk & Promenade towers

Waterfront units, upgraded for the people living in them.

Marina Gate & newer towers

Better finishes and joinery-led improvements.

JBR residences

Beachfront apartments, renovated for living in or for short-let income.

Popular Renovation Projects in Dubai Marina

Marina jobs fall into four scopes. Most full renovations combine all of them.

Full Apartment Renovation

A complete unit renewal — kitchen, bathrooms, flooring, ceilings, lighting and joinery — usually in 6–10 weeks, worked around the tower’s rules.

Apartment renovation service

Kitchen & Bathroom Upgrades

Open-kitchen conversions where the building allows them, new sanitaryware, tiling and fitted storage. This is the single change that makes the most difference in older towers.

Kitchens & wardrobes

Rental & Yield Upgrades

Investor packages that raise rent and cut empty months: hard-wearing finishes, refreshed kitchens and bathrooms, done fast between tenancies.

Fit-out service

Joinery & Storage Solutions

Full-height wardrobes, media walls and space-saving storage, designed for apartment dimensions and made in our own factory.

Bespoke joinery

Why Dubai Marina Owners Choose Halo

We know tower rules

NOC forms, deposits, lift bookings, working hours, protection rules — we manage them building by building, so your project never stalls at the concierge desk.

Fast, clean, scheduled

Apartment renovations succeed on discipline: materials staged, trades in the right order, neighbours respected, and a finish date that holds.

Design plus delivery

We design the layout, finishes and joinery in-house and build them with our own teams. One contract, from drawings to handover.

Approvals in Dubai Marina

Marina apartment work is approved by the building management or owners association: an NOC with drawings, contractor documents, insurance and deposits. Dubai Municipality permits are added for structural, wiring or plumbing changes.

Every tower’s process is different. We prepare the submission for your specific building as part of the job.

Our Renovation Process in Dubai Marina

Free Site Visit

We visit your apartment in Dubai Marina, walk the property with you and understand the brief, the budget and the timeline.

Survey & Scope

We measure the property and record the structure, wiring, plumbing and any past changes, so the design fits it as it really is.

Design & Itemised Quote

You get layouts, finishes and joinery, plus a line-by-line quote you can compare and question. No lump-sum guesses.

Approvals

Our in-house team prepares and files the NOCs, the Dubai Municipality permit and any DEWA paperwork before work starts.

Build & Quality Checks

One project manager runs the trades, the materials and our joinery factory, with quality checks at every milestone.

Snagging & Handover

We find and fix the defects ourselves, clean the property, and walk you through the finished work before you sign off.

Dubai Marina Renovation FAQs

The questions Dubai Marina owners ask before starting a renovation.

As a rough guide: a kitchen or bathroom package runs AED 40,000–90,000. A full renovation of a one or two-bed falls between AED 120,000 and AED 250,000. Larger and higher-specification units cost more. The building’s rules and the unit’s condition both affect the price, so we quote from a site visit, itemised line by line.

Yes. Every tower requires a building-management or owners-association NOC before work starts, usually covering drawings, the contractor’s trade licence, insurance and a refundable deposit. Structural, wiring or plumbing changes also need Dubai Municipality permits. We prepare and manage the whole submission for your building.

Often yes, but it depends on the building: whether the wall is structural, how it affects ventilation and fire safety, and what the owners association allows. We check at the site visit and, where it can be done, handle the engineering and the approvals.

We schedule noisy work inside the building’s permitted hours, protect the corridors and lifts, move materials by booked service lift, and seal and clean the site every day. Renovating in a tower is as much about being a good neighbour as building well.

Most one and two-bed full renovations take 6–10 weeks on site once the NOC is issued. The NOC itself adds 1–3 weeks, depending on the building. An investor refresh between tenancies can be done in 3–5 weeks.

Renovation Insights

Guides on renovating in Dubai — costs, approvals and what to expect.

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Tell Us About Your Apartment

Tell us about your apartment in Dubai Marina and what you want to change. We’ll reply on WhatsApp and book a free site visit to talk through scope, budget and timing.

01
We know tower rules

NOC forms, deposits, lift bookings, working hours, protection rules — we manage them building by building, so your project never stalls at the concierge desk.

02
Fast, clean, scheduled

Apartment renovations succeed on discipline: materials staged, trades in the right order, neighbours respected, and a finish date that holds.

03
Design plus delivery

We design the layout, finishes and joinery in-house and build them with our own teams. One contract, from drawings to handover.

Book a Free Site Visit in Dubai Marina

We’ll only use your details to talk about your renovation in Dubai Marina.

Planning an apartment renovation in Dubai Marina?

Book a free site visit and get a line-by-line quote — clear scope, a dated schedule, and payments by milestone.