One Contractor, One Contract, One Programme
Benstead is a Dubai renovation and fit-out contractor. We take a property from survey through design, approvals, construction and snagging, with every trade under a single contract and a single point of accountability.
Most of what goes wrong on a Dubai renovation is decided before anyone picks up a tool. A price that was estimated rather than measured. Services that were never surveyed. An approval nobody started until week six. A joinery order placed after demolition instead of before it. None of those are craftsmanship problems — they are planning problems, and they are the reason projects overrun on both time and cost.
We are led by a quantity surveyor, which changes how a job is set up. Every project begins with a measured bill of quantities: a line-by-line schedule of every square metre of tiling, every metre of skirting, every socket, every door. You see what you are buying before committing, and when something changes you can see exactly what that change costs rather than being handed a revised total at the end.
What We Renovate
The majority of our work is renovating homes across Dubai's villa and townhouse communities.
Villa Renovation
Whole-house refurbishment: strip-out, structural alterations, full MEP replacement, kitchens, bathrooms, joinery, extensions, pools and landscaping. Sixteen to thirty weeks on site for a full villa.
Kitchen Renovation
Bespoke and imported kitchens, islands, stone worktops, knock-throughs and services relocation. Three to nine weeks depending on whether walls and services move.
Bathroom Renovation
Strip-out, waterproof tanking with a twenty-four hour flood test, screed to correct falls, large-format tiling, bespoke vanities and frameless glass. Three to five weeks per bathroom.
Also delivered as part of a renovation
Extensions and new floor area. Swimming pools and plant rooms. Hard and soft landscaping, pergolas, outdoor kitchens and majlis. Full rewires and distribution board upgrades. AC replacement and ducting. Smart home integration with Crestron, Control4 and Lutron. Fitted wardrobes and dressing rooms. Feature staircases and balustrades. Decorative plaster, specialist paint and natural stone throughout.
Where We Work
Luxury Residential
Benstead has delivered some of Dubai's most exceptional private residences. We work closely with interior designers, architects and property owners to translate ambitious visions into flawlessly executed spaces.
Our residential expertise spans full fit-out packages from shell-and-core, through to partial refurbishments and bespoke joinery programmes.
- Villas & Mansions
- Penthouses
- Luxury Apartments
- Home Cinemas & Spas
- Bespoke Joinery
- Smart Home Integration
- Marble & Stone Finishing
- Landscaping & Terraces
High-End Commercial
We partner with leading developers, occupiers and investment firms to create commercial environments that inspire productivity, reflect brand identity and stand the test of time.
Our commercial portfolio spans corporate headquarters, luxury retail flagships, hospitality venues and mixed-use developments across the UAE.
- Corporate Offices
- Flagship Retail
- Hotels & Hospitality
- Restaurants & F&B
- Medical Facilities
- Showrooms
- Building Receptions
- Tenant Fit-Out
Industrial Warehousing
Functional excellence underpins everything we do in the industrial sector. Benstead delivers large-scale warehouse fit-outs engineered for operational performance, safety compliance and long-term durability.
Working across Dubai Industrial City, Jebel Ali Free Zone and beyond, we understand the technical complexity and commercial urgency of industrial delivery.
- Mezzanine Structures
- Racking & Storage Systems
- Fire Suppression
- Loading Dock Solutions
- Office & Welfare Fit-Out
- Electrical & Lighting
- Flooring & Coatings
- Mechanical Ventilation
Everything We Do
Whole projects or single trades. Each links through to detail on scope, programme and cost.
Whole property
Villa Renovation
Full refurbishment from strip-out to handover, with approvals handled.
Home Renovation
Whole-house refurbishment across every Dubai property type.
Townhouse Renovation
Party walls, shared services and community consent planned for.
Apartment Renovation
Slab, drainage and extract constraints that decide what is possible.
Villa Extension
New floor area with structural design and full authority approval.
Luxury Residential
High-specification private residences, penthouses and estates.
Rooms & interiors
Kitchen Renovation
Bespoke and imported kitchens, islands, stone and services relocation.
Bathroom Renovation
Tanked, water-tested and photographed before a single tile goes on.
Bespoke Joinery
Wardrobes, dressing rooms, media walls and staircases made to measure.
Majlis Design & Build
Separate access, servery and acoustics designed in from the start.
Flooring
Screeds, levelling and large-format stone on a base that will hold.
Painting & Decorating
Preparation and systems that survive Dubai humidity and UV.
Conversions
Maid's Room Conversion
Reclaiming the least-used room as utility, gym, office or guest suite.
Garage Conversion
Insulation, cooling, damp and permits — the four things that decide it.
Home Office
Acoustics, cooling, power and daylight for a room you work in daily.
Building services
Rewiring & MEP
The single most under-priced item in Dubai renovation. Surveyed first.
AC Replacement
Systems sized against your villa's real heat load, room by room.
Smart Home
Infrastructure first — cabling that still works in fifteen years.
External & structural
Swimming Pools
Shell, plant room, surrounds and shade planned as one package.
Landscaping
Shade first, irrigation second, planting third — built for the climate.
Roof & Waterproofing
Membranes, falls and detailing that stop water before it starts.
Facade & Cladding
External finishes engineered for fifty-degree surface temperatures.
Commercial Fit-Out
Cat A and Cat B offices, retail and hospitality across Dubai.
Industrial & Warehouse
Resin floors, mezzanines and MEP across the UAE free zones.
The Same Process, Every Project
Whether it is one bathroom or a whole villa, the sequence does not change.
Survey & Brief
We visit, measure the property, and survey the existing services. We talk through what you want and what you are willing to spend. Free, and no obligation. If the brief and the budget do not meet, we say so now rather than in month three.
Design & Bill of Quantities
Layouts, specification, and a fully measured bill of quantities. You receive a fixed lump-sum price with every line itemised, and a programme showing each trade and the critical path.
Approvals & Procurement
Drawings prepared and submitted to Dubai Municipality, Trakhees, DDA or Nakheel as applicable. Community NOC obtained, contractor passes arranged. Long-lead joinery and stone ordered before demolition starts, not after.
Construction
A dedicated site manager runs the works, with a written weekly progress report, photographs and an updated programme. Variations are priced and signed before the work is carried out.
Snagging & Handover
We snag the property ourselves and clear the list before you ever walk it. You receive O&M documentation, warranties and as-built drawings at handover.
Defects Period
Twelve months' defects liability from handover. If something moves, cracks or fails in that window, we come back and put it right.
Common Questions
Do you take on single rooms, or only whole properties?
Both. A single kitchen or bathroom is a perfectly normal project for us and follows exactly the same process — measured, priced, permitted where required, and programmed.
Whole-house work simply has more trades running in sequence. The discipline is identical.
Do you work with my own architect or interior designer?
Frequently, yes. Where you already have a designer we act as the delivery contractor, taking their drawings and specification and building to them. We will flag anything in a design that is going to be difficult or expensive to build before it becomes a problem on site.
Where you do not have a designer, we can handle layouts and specification in-house.
Do you handle permits and approvals?
Yes. We prepare and submit the drawings and manage the process through Dubai Municipality, Trakhees, DDA or Nakheel depending on where the property sits, and obtain the community NOC from your developer or owners association.
Renovating without the correct permit risks a stop-work order, fines, and complications when you come to sell.
What is a bill of quantities, and why does it matter?
It is a measured schedule of every item of work in the project, with quantities and rates against each line. It is standard practice on large commercial projects and almost unheard of on residential renovations in this market.
It matters because it makes the price legible. You can see what each element costs, compare quotations on a like-for-like basis, and price a variation accurately instead of accepting a round number.
Which areas of Dubai do you cover?
All of it. Most of our residential work is in the villa and townhouse communities — Arabian Ranches, The Springs, The Meadows, The Lakes, Dubai Hills Estate, DAMAC Lagoons, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Palm Jumeirah, Emirates Hills, Al Barari, Jumeirah Park, Victory Heights, Mudon and Tilal Al Ghaf among others.
Commercial and industrial work runs across Dubai and the wider UAE, including the free zones.