Property management in Dubai, for owners who live abroad, is the year of a home carried on their behalf: the tenant and the lease registered in Ejari, the building's service charges, the upkeep and inspections, the rent and the statements, and in time the sale. Each of these rests on a Dubai Land Department service. This guide sets them out, and describes how Augusta Properties manages a home from the day its owner receives the keys.
The Managed Route, from the First Choice Onwards
Our team in Dubai presents the options, across every leading developer and the resale market, and the client chooses the home. From then on we manage everything: the handover and the snagging, the first tenant and every tenancy after, the building, the upkeep and the account. Owners who already hold a property in Dubai may hand its management to us on the same terms.
The arrangement is one relationship, with a dedicated adviser, for as long as the home is owned.
The Tenancy, Registered in Ejari
Every lease in Dubai is registered with RERA through Ejari, the Land Department's tenancy register. Registration is what gives the contract its standing before the courts and government departments, and the Land Department's Tenancy Guide sets that out in terms. We register each tenancy and each renewal on the owner's behalf, and hold the registration with the owner's records.
Where a tenant asks to sublet, the landlord's no-objection is required, and we handle such requests with the owner's instruction.
Letting Without a Developer's Consent
An owner may let a home in Dubai without a no-objection certificate from its developer. The developer's certificate belongs to a sale, where the Land Department requires it before a transfer is registered, and plays no part in a tenancy. Letting therefore begins with the home itself: its presentation, its terms and the tenant.
Service Charges, Approved Building by Building
The service charge of every Dubai project is approved by RERA for each budget year, and the Land Department publishes the approved figures in its Mollak Service Charge Index, a public page searched by master community, project, usage and budget year. The figure that concerns an owner is the one for their own building, for the current year.
We settle the charge from the owner's account when it falls due and keep the approved budget with the year's records, so the charge paid can be read against the charge approved.
Upkeep, Inspections and the Account
Between tenancies and during them, the home is kept in the condition in which it was handed over: inspections recorded, maintenance arranged through our contractors, utilities transferred from one tenant to the next. Rent is collected on the owner's behalf, and the owner receives one account of the year: rent received, charges paid, work carried out.
The statements can be read beside the public registrations in Ejari and Mollak that stand behind them.
When the Time Comes to Sell
A sale draws on the same records. The developer issues an electronic no-objection certificate through the Dubai REST app, which the Land Department requires before it registers the transfer, and the sale is then registered at a trustee office in an appointment the Land Department sets at 25 minutes. The transfer fee at that appointment is 2% of the sale value from the seller and 2% from the buyer (Dubai Land Department, "Property Sale Registration", September 2026). Our team in Dubai arranges the sale on the owner's instruction, from the valuation to the transfer.
Sources Dubai Land Department: Register / Renew Tenancy Contract (Ejari) and the Tenancy Guide; Electronic No Objection Certification (eNOC); Property Sale Registration (pages updated 8 September 2026, read September 2026) · Dubai Land Department and RERA, Mollak Service Charge Index (read September 2026).