Listed and shown the week of handover
After Before Al Barsha villa, cloakroom
Cloakroom · 18 m² · Marble feature wall · 6 working weeks
Al Barsha · 2025
4 recent reno's Recent renovations inside 10 yrs UAE 10 years in UAE fit-out Sell-ready 12 wks Sell-ready in 12 weeks
Renovate your Dubai home
to sell , with one team.
Yazan and his team taking your apartment or villa from tired to listing-ready, fixed timeline, fixed scope, so you stop bleeding mortgage on a stale listing.
Fixed scope
agreed in 48 hours
12 weeks
sell-ready handover
From AED 80k
apartment start
Personal scheme
End to end
25k+ per room
Design first
Before the contractor starts
End to end
Until handover day
Pre-sale walkthrough
Book my pre-sale walkthrough
Tell us about your apartment or villa. We come back with a fixed-price scope within forty-eight hours.
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Real customer reviews
10+
years renovating in the UAE
12 wks
typical sell-ready timeline
From AED 80k
apartment-scope start
10+
years renovating in the UAE
12 wks
typical sell-ready timeline
From AED 80k
apartment-scope start
Fixed-price scope Sell-ready in 12 weeks Staged on handover Dubai team
Recent listings, renovated to sell
Drag any photo to see what the buyer used to walk away from.
Four recent projects, renovated before listing.
- After Before
- Hosted full open house the day after handover
After Before Dubai Hills apartment, main living
Open-plan living · 65 m² · Full reno · 10 working weeks
Dubai Hills · 2024
- Returned to market with a fresh listing pack
After Before Berkeley Place, entertainment room
Single room · 28 m² · Custom joinery · 8 working weeks
Dubai · 2025
- Sold within four months of completion
After Before Turk Villa, master bathroom
Master bathroom · 22 m² · Twin vanity · 9 working weeks
Dubai · 2025
The everyday reality
Does your listing sound like this?
The calls have gone quiet.
You listed at a price you believed in. Months later, the messages have stopped and every week is another month of mortgage.
Every viewing ends in "it needs work."
Half ghost after one walkthrough. The rest come back ten or fifteen percent under asking, citing the kitchen and the bathrooms.
Your agent suggests another price drop.
Every drop sets a new ceiling. Once you start chasing the market down, the listing loses its anchor and buyers smell it.
The "just stage it" advice keeps coming.
Furniture rental and fresh paint over a dated kitchen still reads as a dated kitchen. Staging a stale unit is still a stale unit.
The change
What changes when you renovate before you list
01
From "it needs work" to "this one is move-in ready."
Buyers stop running the renovation cost in their head. The objection that killed the last twelve viewings is resolved before the door opens. Time on market drops sharply because the unit competes on lifestyle, not on what the next owner still has to fix.
Every viewing ends in "what about the kitchen?"
Buyers ask about move-in dates instead
02
From below-asking offers to multiple offers at asking.
When the apartment shows like a finished home rather than a project, buyers compete on price instead of negotiating it down. The renovation pays back not just in final sale price, but in how few weeks the listing sits open.
Offers ten to fifteen percent below asking
Asking, or above, with backup offers in hand
03
From juggling four trades to one team that owns the timeline.
You do not chase the joiner, plumber, painter, and electrician yourself. We hold a fixed-price scope agreed before the first day on site, manage every supplier, and meet the timeline we committed to. You hear from us weekly, not at every roadblock.
Four trades, four schedules, all your problem
One team, one timeline, one weekly update
04
From a finished unit to a listing-ready package on handover day.
On handover we do not just give you the keys. The apartment is staged with rental furniture, professionally photographed, and the photo set is sent straight to your agent. The day Alwan hands it back is the day the new listing goes live.
Renovation done, now arrange photos and stagers
Photographed and staged the day we hand it back
How it works
We take your unit from walkthrough to listing-ready, in three phases.
Pre-sale walkthrough
Yazan visits your apartment or villa, listens to where you want to list, and sends back a fixed-price scope, timeline, and visual direction within forty-eight hours.
first 48 hours
Renovation, fixed timeline
Joinery, finishes, kitchen, bathrooms, paint, floors. Yazan and the Alwan team coordinate every trade. You hear from us weekly with photos and milestones, not at every roadblock.
weeks 2 to 11
Staged, photographed, handover
On handover day the unit is professionally staged with rental furniture and photographed for your agent. You get the keys, the staging, and the listing pack the same morning.
week 12
The real cost of waiting
Why listing as-is keeps costing you more than the renovation would
List as-is
What most owners do
- Buyers walk in and run the renovation cost in their head
- Offers come in ten to fifteen percent below asking
- Each month sitting open is another month of mortgage you absorb
- Every agent eventually recommends a price drop
- The listing loses its anchor and chases the market down
List, then stage it
The partial fix
- Furniture rental and fresh paint over the same tired finishes
- Photos look better, viewings end the same way
- Buyers still see the dated kitchen behind the styled sofa
- Staging cost added to a property that still needs work
- Time on market barely moves
Recommended
Renovate, then list
How the Alwan team works
- Twelve weeks of work, fixed-price scope agreed up front
- A unit that competes on lifestyle, not on what is left to fix
- Asking-or-above offers, often with backup
- Staging and listing photography included on handover
- A buyer who pictures themselves moving in this weekend
Book my walkthrough
A scoped proposal in writing, within five working days.
Quietly trusted across the UAE
0+ years renovating
apartments and villas across the UAE
From Al Barsha to Dubai Hills, single rooms to full villa fit-outs, always to the standard the next buyer expects.
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Recent renovation, Dubai Hills
About Alwan
A Dubai fit-out team led by Yazan.
Alwan is Alwan, a Dubai fit-out team that works with property owners who view the renovation as an investment in how fast the unit sells, not a cost to absorb. We renovate apartments and villas before they hit the market, on a fixed price and a fixed timeline, and we hand them back ready for the listing photographer.
Yazan has spent ten years building the Alwan supplier network. The same joiners, plumbers, electricians, finishers, and stagers we work with every week. That continuity is why we can commit to twelve weeks instead of guessing at it, and why every Alwan handover looks like it came out of the same team. Because it did.
Credentials
- 10+ years in UAE fit-out
- Apartment, villa, single-room
- Fixed-price from AED 80k
- In-house supplier network
- Staged + photographed on handover
- One team end to end
You get a free pre-sale walkthrough, a fixed-price scope in writing within forty-eight hours, and one team that owns the timeline from first day to listing day.
Common questions
Common questions before your walkthrough
Will my agent recommend renovating before we list?
Most good Dubai agents recommend it for any unit that has been on the market longer than ninety days, or any unit with original developer finishes. The math is simple. Twelve weeks of renovation cost less than four to six months of mortgage plus the price drops the listing will collect along the way. We are happy to talk directly to your agent during the walkthrough and align on what the comparable listings in your area are achieving post-renovation.
How do I price the unit post-renovation?
Your agent owns the pricing, but the data they need does not exist in the listing as-is. We send your agent the post-renovation photos, the comparable post-renovation listings in your building or community, and the time-on-market data. They typically adjust upward by ten to twenty percent depending on the scope. The walkthrough we run includes a scope conversation tuned to the price band you and your agent want to reach.
What if it does not sell after the renovation?
It will sell faster than it was selling before. We have not had a post-Alwan listing sit on the market longer than the comparable un-renovated unit in the same building. If your unit is the exception, the renovation still functions as an investment in the unit itself. Rental yield rises along the same logic. Most clients who hesitate on price drop early end up grateful they renovated first.
How much does a typical renovation cost?
An apartment refresh covering paint, lighting, one bathroom, and floor refinishing typically starts from AED 80,000. A full apartment with a kitchen and two bathrooms is in the AED 180,000 to 300,000 band. A full villa scope is AED 500,000 upwards depending on size and finishes. We send a fixed-price scope within forty-eight hours of the walkthrough, no estimates that drift.
How long does the renovation take?
Twelve weeks is our standard timeline for an apartment-scale renovation. Single-room scope is six to eight weeks. Full villa is sixteen to twenty weeks. The timeline is fixed in writing before any work starts, with weekly milestones and a penalty clause if we miss it. We almost never do.
Do you handle the staging and photography on handover?
Yes. The renovation scope includes a one-month staging rental and one professional photography session on handover day. The staging matches the post-renovation aesthetic, not a generic warehouse set. Your agent gets the photo pack the same morning we hand you the keys.
What if I already moved out and the unit is empty?
That is the simplest scope for us. We start the day after the walkthrough scope is signed. If you are still living in the unit, we sequence the work so you can stay until week eight or nine, then move out for the last three weeks while the staging goes in.
Can you renovate just one room instead of the whole unit?
Yes. Single-room scope is common when the rest of the unit is in decent shape but the kitchen or master bathroom is dragging the listing down. The walkthrough tells us which room is the actual bottleneck on viewings, and the scope can be narrowed to just that.
What does the walkthrough cost?
The walkthrough is free. Yazan visits the unit, listens to the listing situation, and sends back a written scope and fixed-price proposal within forty-eight hours. No high-pressure pitch, no surprise call.
What happens after I submit the form?
You receive a confirmation within 24 hours and Yazan reaches out to schedule the walkthrough at your unit. The walkthrough takes about an hour. The written scope and quote land in your inbox within forty-eight hours of that visit.
Ready to list a property buyers compete for?
Free pre-sale walkthrough with Yazan. We visit your unit, listen to your listing situation, and send back a fixed-price scope and a twelve-week timeline within forty-eight hours.
Free walkthrough Fixed-price scope in 48 hours Apartment from AED 80,000 Staged and photographed on handover