Apartment renovation
We renovate the apartment as the main contractor. You get one written price, the building approval is part of the job, and we reply on WhatsApp within 5 minutes. Tell us what you want done.
By Stefan Dahl, Corvana research · Updated
Corvana is the apartment renovation company Dubai residents call when they want one team from quote to handover. Most jobs go wrong at the handoff between people. One firm quotes, another handles the building approval, and a third is chased for the painting. We are the company that does the job. You deal with one team from the first message to the day we hand you the keys, and the permit, the building management paperwork and the trades are ours to run.
Send us the apartment, its size and the rooms you want changed. We reply within 5 minutes on WhatsApp with the few questions that decide the price: the layout, the finish you want and when you need it done. A written price follows, line by line, for the work we will do. The quote is free, and nothing starts until you say yes.
Our apartment renovation service starts from AED 15,000. That covers a basic refresh of a one or two-bedroom unit, such as painting, flooring and minor fixes. Work that changes a kitchen, a bathroom or a wall is priced after we have seen the space, with one written figure for each room. If you want to see the wider picture first, read renovation costs.
The building approval for work inside your apartment, the NOC from building management, the deliveries and the final clean are part of our job, not extras you chase. If the building needs a chiller or a wall change approved, that step sits in the written price before any work begins, so the schedule does not stall halfway through.
Our team runs every job and manages the carpenters, tilers, painters, electricians and plumbers on site. Each trade is booked against your schedule, so one trade finishing does not leave the next one waiting on a delivery. You have one team to message from the first visit to the last. If your project is a kitchen, our kitchen renovation work follows the same single-team process.
Every job follows the same order, so you always know what happens next. First, we agree the scope on WhatsApp and, where the work needs it, visit the apartment to measure and check the existing finishes. Second, you receive the written price with the approval steps and the start date. Third, once you say yes, we book the trades and submit the paperwork that the building needs before anything is opened up.
During the work, the site has one point of contact on our side. Changes you ask for during the job are priced in writing before they are carried out, so the final bill matches the agreed price plus anything you chose to add. At handover we walk through the finished apartment with you, clean the site and hand over the keys. Snags raised at handover are fixed by the same team that did the work.
Apartment renovation in Dubai involves more people than most homeowners expect: designers, carpenters, tilers, painters, electricians, plumbers, building management and the delivery of materials into a high-rise. When each of those is hired separately, the gaps between them become the delay. We take those gaps on ourselves. You hire one team, and that team is accountable for the outcome from the first measurement to the last cleaning visit.
That is also why we ask about the apartment before we quote. The community, the floor, the age of the building and the rooms you want changed all affect the approval route and the trades needed. A price given without those details is a guess. A written price given after we know them is one you can plan around.
Timing depends on the scope and on how quickly approvals come back from the building. Your written price includes a start date and an end date, and if the building approval moves the schedule we tell you early and say what changes. The full picture is in renovation timing.
Tell us which apartment you have and what you want renovated. We reply on WhatsApp within 5 minutes with the next step and a written price for the work.
Unit size, community, how many bathrooms and the rooms you want changed. We come back on WhatsApp with a written price.