Custom Outdoor Living Design and Fit-Out in Dubai

We do not publish a headline figure, because an outdoor structure is priced by span, material grade and structural specification, and two pergolas of the same size can differ by multiples on wind-load engineering and finish alone. What we do instead is quote line by line — structure, kitchen, seating, decking and lighting each named separately — which is what makes an outdoor living quotation comparable to anyone else's. Send us the space dimensions and what you actually want built on WhatsApp and we will tell you the shape of it before arranging a site visit.

Just the structure around them. We build the deck framing, the fall and fixing detail, the pergola or shade over the pool area, and any built-in seating or kitchen nearby — the pool shell itself, its tanking, plant, filtration and water treatment are a genuinely different trade, handled by our landscaping and pools team. If you need both, we coordinate the two scopes so the deck structure and the pool build sequence correctly, but they are quoted and specified separately.

Planting, turf, irrigation and garden design sit with our landscaping and pools team rather than this page — this page covers the structures: pergolas, outdoor kitchens, seating, decking and cabinetry. On a combined project we coordinate both scopes so the structure and the planting around it are designed together, but they're priced and built as separate trades.

Post depth, beam span and every fixing junction are checked against a real wind-load calculation for your specific location and roof height, not read off a catalogue span table sized for an average villa. Where the roof is a motorised louvre, the pivot mechanism and the extra load it puts on the frame are specified together as part of the same calculation, not retrofitted onto a frame that was designed for a static roof.

"Weatherproof" is sometimes a label rather than a specification. What actually matters is a genuine exterior-grade material — powder-coated aluminium, HPL or marine-grade timber — with a real drainage gap under every door, and stainless fixings and hardware that resist outdoor corrosion, rather than a domestic interior pull that corrodes within months. Ask any supplier what material and fixing they are actually using and whether there is a drainage gap, and the answer tells you more than the word "weatherproof" on its own.

Around seven to twelve weeks from first site visit to a finished space for a full scheme — one to three weeks for design, structural engineering and any community NOC, three to six weeks in the workshop depending on how many structures are involved, then one to two weeks to install and commission. A single pergola or a single outdoor kitchen counter without the rest of the scheme is faster, closer to five to seven weeks. The phase most people don't expect is the community NOC for a new external structure, which can add real time if it isn't submitted early.

Usually yes. Most gated villa communities in Dubai require a master-developer NOC for any new external structure — a pergola, a cabana, built-in seating attached to the building — before Dubai Municipality is even involved, and this can take real time if it is not submitted early. Electrical work for lighting or kitchen circuits is separately DEWA-regulated. We identify what your specific community needs at the site visit and handle the submissions rather than starting work and being asked to stop.

Yes — this is one of the more common briefs. Cabinetry is planned around the actual appliances you're installing, so a grill, a side burner or an outdoor fridge each get the clearance and ventilation their manufacturer requires, rather than a generic cut-out sized for an average unit. Tell us the appliances — owned or planned — at the site visit and we design the counter around them.

Both work, and the right choice depends on maintenance appetite and budget more than performance. Aluminium, usually powder-coated, needs almost no maintenance and holds its finish well through Dubai's UV exposure and heat. A genuinely marine-grade sealed timber gives a warmer look and can perform just as well, but needs periodic resealing to keep performing — an untreated or indoor-grade timber will not. We will tell you honestly which suits your site and how it will actually age.

Yes, within the footprint and structural limits a balcony or rooftop actually has. Shade structures, built-in seating and lighting are all achievable; a full pergola or a heavy stone-clad kitchen counter depends on the building's structural allowance and, in most towers, a booked service-lift slot for delivery. We confirm what's structurally realistic for your specific unit at the site visit rather than assuming from the space alone.

The deck's structure — its framing, drainage fall and fixing detail — decides this more than the board species alone. Boards are laid with a consistent gap and a genuine fall away from the pool edge, on a frame that allows for thermal movement, rather than laid flat and tight in a way that traps water and causes boards to cup or rot within a couple of seasons. This is deck and hard-structure work; the pool shell and water itself sit with our landscaping and pools team.

Lighting circuits for steps, posts and feature lighting, power points for a BBQ or outdoor kitchen appliance, and sometimes a pump or pool-plant interface — all DEWA-regulated work carried out by our own certified electricians rather than an extension lead run under a rug. Every fixture is specified with a real IP rating for its exposure and a weather-rated junction, checked and tested before we leave.

We make it. Pergola frames, outdoor kitchen cabinetry, seating structures and weatherproof storage are cut, welded, assembled and finished in our own 15,000 sq ft joinery facility in Al Quoz, on our own machinery, by our own staff. That matters more outdoors than indoors, because so much of the durability is a genuine engineering or material calculation rather than a look — a pergola built to your exact wind-load requirement, cabinetry with a real drainage gap, decking with a checked fixing detail. A reseller working from a catalogue cannot make those calls; we can, because it is our workshop.

A landscaping company designs and builds the garden, the planting, the irrigation and, usually, the pool — living, growing elements that need ongoing maintenance. We build the structures: pergolas, outdoor kitchens, seating, decking and weatherproof cabinetry — joinery and engineered structure, made in our own workshop the same way we build a kitchen or a wardrobe indoors. On a combined project the two scopes are coordinated so they read as one finished space, but they are genuinely different trades, priced and specified separately.