How it was built
What the brief asked for, what the building demanded, and what was handed over.
The brief
A 190 m² three-bedroom apartment in Shams 4, Jumeirah Beach Residence — the flat taken back and re-made rather than redecorated.
The constraint
JBR is dense, occupied and served by lifts that residents also use. Strip-out waste leaves through a booked route, and noisy trades live inside the hours the association allows.
Twelve weeks including a full strip-out means the demolition and the procurement had to overlap: joinery was ordered against approved setting-out while the flat was still being emptied.
What was delivered
Strip-out and making good, new partitions and ceilings, bespoke joinery, bathrooms, lighting and full finishes.
The rest of the room
Photographs from handover. Click any frame to open it full size.
What the work included
An apartment fit-out is a neighbours problem before it is a construction problem. Waste leaves through a booked route, noisy trades live inside the hours the association allows, and the programme is written around both.
Full replacement where the building allows it: pipework, wiring, HVAC, so the finishes sit on something new.
Waterproofing turned up correctly at every penetration, falls that run to the drain, substrates that carry the slab weight.
Selection at the slab, dry-lay before fixing, book-matching where it shows.
Wardrobes, kitchens, dressing rooms and panelling made to the room rather than to a catalogue.
Plaster, paint, flooring and a lighting scheme designed before the ceiling closes.
Building management, community NOCs, service-lift bookings and permitted working hours.
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