Before & after
Same viewpoint, photographed at shell and at handover. Drag the handle — this is the distance covered, and the programme it took.
How it was built
What the brief asked for, what the building demanded, and what was handed over.
The brief
A 700 m² five-bedroom Signature Villa on Frond D: interiors, facade, landscaping and a backyard extension, delivered as one programme.
The constraint
An extension changes the built-up area, which puts it in front of the authority as well as the developer. Plot coverage, setbacks, drainage and how the new structure ties into the existing one were resolved on paper before anyone dug.
On The Palm the approval route runs through the developer alongside the authority, and access is shared with residents who did not sign up to a building site next door.
The result
Handed over in February 2025, twenty-four weeks, with the extension approved and built rather than left as a drawing.
The rest of the room
Photographs from handover. Click any frame to open it full size.
What the work included
A villa is the longest programme we run — twenty-four to twenty-six weeks on a full scope — and the one where the neighbours have the most say. The date holds because the approval queue and the trades are ours, not because we work faster.
Strip-out where needed, partitions, ceilings, joinery, marble and finishes — room by room to a single material story.
External finishes, cladding, glazing and the detailing that decides how the villa reads from the street.
Hard and soft landscaping, pool surrounds, irrigation and external lighting, sequenced so the garden is not a building site at handover.
Backyard and villa extensions where the plot and the community rules allow — designed, approved and built.
Pipework, wiring and HVAC renewed where the building allows it, so new finishes sit on new services.
Community and developer NOCs, service shutdowns, delivery and working-hour windows.
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