A four-bedroom Type 4M, taken back to slab and reborn around a Calacatta Viola kitchen island, travertine staircase and a quiet courtyard with one mature olive tree. Thirty-two weeks, one fixed price, every snag closed in writing.
A young family of five, eleven years in The Springs. Light loved, ceilings tired, kitchen original. They didn’t want to flip — they wanted to stay. The brief in three lines: brighter, calmer, ours.
"Tell me about the family before we talk finishes." — that’s how the first walkthrough opened. The design followed.
A whole-villa renovation with selective structural moves. Approvals submitted on day one; build sequenced to keep the family in temporary accommodation for the shortest possible window.
Three internal walls removed for open plan, one steel beam introduced, slab levelled across ground floor.
Aluminium replaced with thermally-broken systems; new sliding doors to garden.
Kitchen, walk-in wardrobe, hidden under-stair drawers, TV wall, study built-in.
HVAC redesigned, new electrical risers, KNX smart bus, AV pre-wiring.
Travertine staircase; Calacatta Viola kitchen island; book-matched splashback.
Lawn restored, mature olive tree introduced, slat gate, ambient garden lighting.
| HALL | Travertine staircase, oak panel feature wall, brass-detail recessed lighting, herringbone oak floor. |
| LIVING / DINING | Layered lighting, magnetic ceiling track, full-height glazing to garden, custom media wall. |
| KITCHEN | German-spec joinery, Calacatta Viola island and splashback, integrated Siemens appliances, hidden cooking pantry. |
| PRIMARY SUITE | Walk-in dressing room (lavender shaker + marble island), pink-onyx vanity, ensuite with brass fittings. |
| GUEST + KIDS | Refurbished, soft-close joinery, refreshed lighting, herringbone floor, Roman blinds. |
| BATHROOMS | Vein-matched marble, brushed brass fittings, hidden cisterns, niche LED lighting. |
| OUTDOOR | Pergola loggia, lounge zone, mature olive tree, slat gate, ambient lighting. |
Living + Dining
Hall
Kitchen
Primary Dressing
Primary Bath
CourtyardFriday photographs every week. The family received them all — handover wasn’t a surprise; it was the last frame of a film they’d been watching.
Every material chosen for UAE light, climate and the way this family actually uses the home.
| FLOOR · Ground | European oak engineered herringbone, smoked, acoustic underlay. |
| FLOOR · Wet Areas | Marble effect porcelain, large-format, anti-slip rated. |
| STAIR | Travertine treads + risers, oak panelled wall, recessed glass guard. |
| KITCHEN ISLAND | Calacatta Viola, vein-matched, mitred edge, oak base joinery. |
| SPLASHBACK | Calacatta Viola, book-matched with hood centred on the seam. |
| JOINERY | German-spec carcass, Blum hardware, soft-close throughout. |
| PAINT | Dulux Diamond, low-VOC, custom mixed; lime-wash on feature walls. |
| LIGHTING | Magnetic ceiling track + tunable-white spots, KNX scenes. |
| HARDWARE | Brushed brass PVD, custom pulls, rounded-bar style. |
| SANITARYWARE | Vola brass mixers, Geberit concealed cisterns, Lecico WC. |
| APPLIANCES | Siemens iQ700, integrated; Liebherr column fridge. |
| SOFT FURNISHINGS | Linen sheers + blackout drape, custom sofas, herringbone runner. |
| OUTDOOR | Anti-slip natural stone deck, mature Olea Europaea, drip irrigation. |
Completion is a sign-off, not a date. Below is the actual snag tracker we used on this villa, simplified for this report.
| Item | Room | Trade | Logged | Closed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown moulding mitre — re-cut + repaint | Hall | Joinery / Paint | W30 Tue | W30 Fri | CLOSED |
| Travertine tread #4 — replace, vein match | Stair | Stone | W30 Tue | W31 Mon | CLOSED |
| Calacatta hood seam — re-grout | Kitchen | Stone | W30 Wed | W30 Fri | CLOSED |
| Magnetic track — replace 2 segments | Living | Smart Home | W30 Wed | W31 Tue | CLOSED |
| Sliding-door soft-close — recalibrate | Garden | Glazing | W30 Thu | W31 Mon | CLOSED |
| Brass mixer #2 — replace, micro-leak | Primary Bath | Plumbing | W30 Thu | W31 Tue | CLOSED |
| Wardrobe drawer — alignment | Primary Suite | Joinery | W30 Fri | W31 Mon | CLOSED |
| Garden lighting — scene 03 timing | Outdoor | Smart Home | W30 Fri | W31 Tue | CLOSED |
| Olive tree — anchor stake re-tension | Garden | Landscape | W31 Mon | W31 Wed | CLOSED |
| Brass pull #14 — depth match to row | Kitchen | Joinery | W31 Tue | W31 Thu | CLOSED |
| Sheer drape hem — re-bind 1 panel | Living | Soft Fur. | W31 Tue | W31 Thu | CLOSED |
| Smart-pad screen — pixel scrub fix | Hall | Smart Home | W31 Wed | W31 Fri | CLOSED |
Two signatures, one date. The day we hand back your keys is the day every snag is closed in writing — not in trust. Warranty starts the same day; manuals are indexed digitally and printed.
Workmanship warranty for 12 months. Pass-through warranties on appliances, smart systems and finishes. And the founder’s direct line for the warranty year — for things that don’t belong in a phone tree.
Any defect in execution — joinery alignment, paint, tile, finish — within 12 months is on us.
All appliance, smart-home, sanitaryware and lighting warranties registered in the family’s name and indexed.
Abid’s WhatsApp for the warranty year — for anything that needs a quick yes / no, no ticket required.
Within the warranty year we’ll quote any minor change at cost — most are absorbed. Larger changes are scoped, drawn and priced like a new mini-project, with the same single-PM rule.
"Fixed price after design — and they held it. The DEWA disconnection / reconnection was managed without me lifting a finger. Most importantly: site was clean every Friday."
— J.K., HOMEOWNER · THE SPRINGS"They re-listened to the villa. The light is calmer, the rooms breathe. It doesn’t feel like a project — it feels like a home that always wanted to be this."
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