Fixed-price hotel renovation for Dubai Studio City businesses — from AED 294,000. Building-management & authority approvals handled in-house. Free consultation. 3-year warranty across 800+ Dubai projects.
Quick Answer · Dubai Studio City
A hotel renovation in Dubai Studio City costs AED 300,000–900,000 for a guest-room refurbishment programme, AED 900,000–3,000,000 for a full hotel renovation, and AED 3M+ for a premium/resort refurbishment — driven by key count, FF&E and MEP. Work is phased floor-by-floor around live operation. Dubai Studio City hotels need municipality, Civil Defence and authority approvals, handled in-house. Brand-standard FF&E, fixed price, 3-year warranty.
After 800+ Dubai projects we see the same problems in Dubai Studio City again and again. Here's what goes wrong — and how we fix every one.
You can't close a Dubai Studio City hotel. We phase floor-by-floor and zone-by-zone so guests stay and revenue continues.
Tired rooms drop rates and ratings. We refurbish to brand standard and lift the guest experience.
Operators demand exact brand standards. We deliver to spec, coordinating FF&E and OS&E.
Upgrading MEP and fire in a live hotel is complex. We sequence it safely to code.
Same project, two very different outcomes. Here's exactly how our service compares to the industry standard.
| What You Get | First Unicorn Interiors | Typical Dubai Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing Model | ✓ Fixed price quoted upfront | ✗ Hourly billing or % of build cost |
| First-Time Quality | ✓ 98% pass first review/inspection | ✗ 40-60% industry average |
| Turnaround Time | ✓ Industry-leading delivery time | ✗ 2-3x slower typical |
| Authority Approvals | ✓ All handled in-house | ✗ Charged extra, often outsourced |
| Community NOCs | ✓ All included in package | ✗ Charged AED 5K-15K per NOC extra |
| Same Team End-to-End | ✓ Yes — single point of accountability | ✗ Hand-off to multiple teams |
| Warranty | ✓ 3-year warranty on all work | ✗ 1 year industry standard |
| Response Time | ✓ 60 minutes during business hours | ✗ 1-3 business days typical |
| Free Consultation + Site Visit | ✓ Yes, free anywhere in Dubai | ✗ AED 2,500-5,000 typical fee |
| Revisions & Resubmissions | ✓ Unlimited revisions included | ✗ Usually 2 rounds, then charged extra |
| Quality of hotel renovation | ✓ Premium materials + expert craftsmanship | ✗ Standard materials, generic execution |
| Construction Coordination | ✓ 70% fewer site issues vs industry | ✗ Frequent change orders + RFIs |
Hotel Renovation done right in Dubai Studio City is about community know-how, the right materials, and one accountable team. Here's how we deliver.
Rooms, suites, lobby, F&B and spa refurbishment across Dubai Studio City hotels and resorts.
Floor-by-floor and zone-by-zone so the hotel keeps trading through renovation.
Municipality, Civil Defence and authority NOCs secured in-house, in parallel.
Delivered to operator brand standards, FF&E and OS&E coordinated.
AC, electrical, fire and plumbing upgraded to code by our own trades.
Workmanship and MEP warrantied — 800+ projects.
Transparent Dubai Studio City pricing across three tiers. All include free 3D design, community NOC handling and a 3-year warranty.
A proven process refined across 800+ Dubai projects, tuned to Dubai Studio City's community and approval requirements.
We assess your Dubai Studio City hotel, brand standard and phasing needs. Free.
Concept, 3D, FF&E and a fixed itemised quote.
Municipality, Civil Defence and authority approvals in parallel.
Rooms, corridors, lobby, F&B and MEP — phased around live operation.
Testing, snag, sign-off and 3-year warranty per handed-over zone.
Dubai Studio City is a TECOM Group community in Dubai, governed by TECOM + Dubai Municipality + Civil Defence. Here's exactly what your project needs.
TECOM Group — Dubai Studio City, Dubai.
TECOM + Dubai Municipality + Civil Defence.
AED TECOM + DM schedule — paid to the authority, never marked up by us.
Mid-rise residential building, Mixed-use building.
BUA 40,000–160,000 · villas around emerging community years old
Emerging TECOM community with new mid-rise residential plots; low competition for specialist G+ building contractors.
We handle all of it in-house — NOC processing, building permits and municipality approvals for Dubai Studio City.
Dubai Studio City is governed by TECOM + Dubai Municipality + Civil Defence. We secure every approval for you, in parallel, before work starts.
All standard residential + commercial permits
JVT, JVC, Sports City, IMPZ + extensions
Palm Jumeirah, Waterfront, freehold zones
Fire safety NOCs for commercial + residential
Electrical + plumbing approvals + connections
Palm, Jumeirah Park, Garden Homes
Arabian Ranches, Emirates Hills, Dubai Hills
Community design committee approvals
City Walk, Bluewaters, Madinat Jumeirah Living
DAMAC Hills, AKOYA, Trump Estates
F&B + restaurant approvals
JAFZA, DIFC, DMCC, ADGM, DSO, DIC
Real hotel renovation work delivered in and around Dubai Studio City — fixed price, community-approved, warrantied.
Hotel Renovation delivered in Dubai Studio City — fixed price, TECOM Group community approvals handled, 3-year warranty.
Hotel Renovation delivered in Dubai Studio City — fixed price, TECOM Group community approvals handled, 3-year warranty.
Hotel Renovation delivered in Dubai Studio City — fixed price, TECOM Group community approvals handled, 3-year warranty.
Hotel Renovation delivered in Dubai Studio City — fixed price, TECOM Group community approvals handled, 3-year warranty.
Hotel Renovation delivered in Dubai Studio City — fixed price, TECOM Group community approvals handled, 3-year warranty.
Hotel Renovation delivered in Dubai Studio City — fixed price, TECOM Group community approvals handled, 3-year warranty.
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Indicative for Dubai Studio City · fixed quote after free visit
Real stages and finishes from hotel renovation work delivered in and around Dubai Studio City.
4.9/5 from 127 verified Google reviews. A few from recent projects in this community.
"They fitted out our Dubai Studio City office start to finish — design, the building & authority NOCs, the MEP, all of it. Fixed price held exactly. Best decision we made."
"Got three quotes for our hotel renovation in Dubai Studio City. First Unicorn were the only ones who understood the local rules and gave a real fixed price. Delivered on the promised date."
"The 3D design sold the whole board. What they showed us is exactly what we got. The finish in our Dubai Studio City office is genuinely premium."
Transparent track record. Updated quarterly. No marketing fluff — just numbers.
The questions Dubai Studio City owners ask most. Don't see yours? WhatsApp us — answered within 60 minutes.
In Dubai Studio City, a guest-room refurbishment programme runs AED 300,000–900,000, a full hotel renovation AED 900,000–3,000,000, and a premium/resort refurbishment AED 3M+ — driven by key count, FF&E and MEP. We quote fixed after a survey.
Yes — we phase floor-by-floor and zone-by-zone with hoarding, dust and noise control so guests stay and revenue continues.
Yes — we deliver to the operator's exact brand standard, coordinating FF&E and OS&E specification and procurement.
Municipality, Civil Defence (fire/life-safety in an occupied asset) and authority approvals; Dubai Municipality permits for structural change. We handle all of it.
A room programme runs per-floor over months; a full renovation is multi-month phased. We give a written phasing programme protecting occupancy and revenue.
Yes — a fixed itemised quote after survey, with FF&E and MEP itemised. Changes priced transparently before any work.
Dubai Studio City is governed by TECOM + Dubai Municipality + Civil Defence. An approval/NOC (typically AED TECOM + DM schedule) is required before work starts. As TECOM Group's projects have specific rules, we prepare the submission to match — and handle the full approval in-house.
We renovate hotels and resorts across Dubai Studio City — Mid-rise residential building, Mixed-use building — rooms, suites, lobbies, F&B and spa — phased around live operation, handling municipality, Civil Defence and authority approvals.
Before you build — the approvals you'll need:
Free design visit anywhere in Dubai Studio City. Fixed price from AED 294,000. TECOM Group community NOC handled. 3-year warranty. 60-minute response.
