Dubai property management

List your Dubai apartment. Earn more, do less.

DTCM-licensed short-let management for serviced apartments in Downtown, Marina, Palm Jumeirah, Business Bay and DIFC. Six-day onboarding, AED payouts by the 7th, and a single dedicated team for housekeeping, guests and compliance. Your unit stays yours — block dates from the dashboard any time.

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Licensed

DET holiday-home

9–15%

Avg gross yield

6 days

Onboarding

20%

Operator commission

Apply · No fee, no tie-in

On all channels in 6 days

Booking.com · Airbnb · Expedia · Rovostays
DET permit, NOC, DEWA — we file the paperwork
AED payout to your IBAN by the 7th

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Why short-let

Dubai short-let outperforms long-let by 60–120% gross.

A typical 1 BR in Downtown rents long-let at AED 110,000–140,000 annually (5–7% gross yield against a AED 1.7–2.2M purchase price). The same unit short-let, properly managed, lands AED 240,000–340,000 gross — 9–15% on the same asset. The difference funds the operator commission, the cleaning team and the marketing spend, and still hands the owner a 30–60% net uplift over a long-let tenant.

Demand is structurally non-seasonal. Corporate Monday-to-Thursday stays cover the shoulder months; tourism fills December through April and the September event window; Eid and the long weekends run at premium ADRs. The peaks are predictable, and our pricing engine retunes nightly so you capture them without leaving rate on the table the rest of the year.

No personal income tax on the rental side. Tourism Dirham (AED 10–20/night depending on grade) is collected from the guest, not from you. The operational drag that historically made short-let unattractive to individual owners — the permit, the NOC, the guest mess, the cleaning logistics — is exactly what we absorb.

Earnings

What owners actually take home in Dubai.

Realistic monthly net to the owner, after operator commission, channel fees, Tourism Dirham and cleaning. Pulled from our active portfolio, not a marketing brochure. Your specific number depends on the building, view, floor and furnishing — happy to give you a tighter estimate on a 10-minute call.

Unit type	Typical area	Monthly net to owner	Avg occupancy
Studio	Dubai Marina · Business Bay · JLT	AED 12,000 – 18,000	78–85%
1 BR	Downtown · Marina · DIFC	AED 18,000 – 30,000	82–88%
2 BR	Downtown · Palm Jumeirah · JBR	AED 30,000 – 50,000	80–86%
3 BR / penthouse	Palm Jumeirah · Downtown premium · Bluewaters	AED 50,000 – 90,000	75–82%

Figures are post-commission, post-fees net to the owner. Excludes DEWA, Etisalat, OA service charge and one-off building NOC fees (owner-side). Includes hotel-grade housekeeping, photography, listing and 24/7 guest support.

Try your own numbers

What could your specific unit net per month?

Slide the inputs to match what your apartment realistically charges per night and the occupancy you'd expect. The calculator applies the same deductions as the table above (channel commission, Tourism Dirham, cleaning, our 20% operator fee).

Owner Earnings Calculator

How much could your apartment earn?

We blend long-term rent comparables with 3-star hotel pricing in your city to estimate your serviced-apartment income — net of all operating costs.

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Current monthly rent (AED)

AED/ month

≈ AED 26,667 / year

What we manage

End-to-end. You hand us the keys.

Photography & listing

Hotel-grade photoshoot, copy, and listing on Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, and Rovostays. Re-shot annually so the listing never goes stale.

Dynamic pricing

Daily revenue-management. ADR retunes against event calendars (Expo, GITEX, Art Dubai, F1), length-of-stay rules and channel mix. Targeting top-quartile RevPAR for your building.

24/7 guest concierge

Multilingual front-of-house, airport pickups, in-stay support. Guests get a building-specific welcome packet so the doormen and security teams aren't surprised.

Housekeeping & linen

Pre-arrival deep clean and per-stay turnovers by a single dedicated team. Hotel-grade linen and toiletries replaced on a fixed schedule, not on demand.

Maintenance & inventory

Quarterly audits, on-call handyman, snagging escalation with the developer if needed. Inventory replacements approved against a per-line spending threshold so you're not paged for every kettle.

Compliance & payouts

DTCM holiday-home permit held by Rovostays. Tourism Dirham collected and remitted, VAT handled, monthly statement and AED bank payout to your IBAN by the 7th.

Where we work

Building-deep coverage across Dubai's prime addresses.

We focus on tower-cluster expertise — established relationships with security teams, OAs, and developer maintenance lines. Bias is toward freehold buildings with proven short-let regulatory clearance and a guest experience that defends the nightly rate.

Downtown DubaiDubai MarinaPalm JumeirahBusiness BayJumeirah Beach Residence (JBR)DIFCBluewaters IslandCity WalkDubai Hills EstateEmirates HillsJumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)Al Wasl

Onboarding

Six days from first call to first booking.

Day 0–1
Site visit, inventory & NOC kickoff
We walk the unit, list inventory, and start the developer / OA NOC. Permit unit-registration filed with DET the same week.
Day 2–4
Snagging, photoshoot & listing copy
Any snagging issues escalated to the developer warranty desk. Hotel-grade photoshoot. Listing copy and house rules drafted in English and Arabic.
Day 5–6
Channels live, first bookings
Listing live on Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia and Rovostays. First bookings typically land 24–72 hours after going live.

DET holiday-home licensed

Operator permit issued by Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism. Your unit is added under our permit — Tourism Dirham collection and reporting handled.

30-day exit, no tie-in

12-month rolling agreement with 30 days' notice from either side after month six. No penalty, no setup fee, no listing fee.

Your apartment, still yours

Block dates for family stays, snagging, or your own visits from the owner dashboard. One-tap calendar control across all channels.

Frequently asked

Owner FAQ

Do I need a DTCM holiday home permit before listing with you?: No. Rovostays holds an operator permit from Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET, formerly DTCM). Your unit gets added under our permit — we file the unit registration, secure the NOC from your developer / OA if required, and handle Tourism Dirham collection and DET reporting.
What's the contract length and exit?: 12 months rolling, with 30 days' notice from either side after the first six months. No tie-in penalty. You can block dates for your own use at any time from the owner dashboard.
How are payouts handled — AED, GBP, EUR?: Default payout is AED to a UAE IBAN by the 7th of the following month, with the full guest-night breakdown, occupancy and channel mix. International payouts (GBP, EUR, USD, INR) available on request at interbank FX with no markup.
What's the operator commission?: 20% of net booking revenue (after channel commissions and Tourism Dirham). No setup fee, no listing fee, no markup on cleaning. The earnings table above is your net after our commission and platform fees.
Is rental income in Dubai taxable?: There is no personal income tax in the UAE on rental income for individual owners. Corporate Tax (9%) applies only to UAE-incorporated entities above the AED 375,000 profit threshold, and even then short-let yields typically sit comfortably below the threshold per unit. We pass through your annual statement in the format your home-country accountant needs.
How does the building NOC work?: Most Dubai buildings allow short-let with a No-Objection Certificate from the developer or Owners Association. We chase that on your behalf — typically 5–10 working days. A handful of buildings (Emaar Marina Residences, some Address branded units) currently prohibit short-let; we'll flag this on day one if your address falls there.
What if I want to sell the apartment?: You can end the management agreement with 30 days' notice; we hand back keys, transfer the DEWA and Etisalat accounts, and provide a clean unit photoshoot for the listing brokers. Several of our owner-partners have used the short-let occupancy history as leverage for premium sale pricing — the income statement is in the data room.
What's the actual handover process?: Day 0: site visit and inventory list. Day 1–3: snagging, NOC paperwork. Day 4–5: photoshoot, listing copy, channel onboarding. Day 6: live on all channels. First bookings typically land in 24–72 hours of going live, depending on the building.