Ultra-prime construction & design · Dubai & the UAE
Drawn, built, answered for —
under one roof.
Ultra-prime homes across Dubai and the UAE, by one accountable group. No house appears here without its owner’s permission.
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The manifesto
When the builder is also the designer, maker and developer, nothing is value-engineered away.
The group
Five companies — Design & Architecture, Contracting, Woodworks, Estates and Project Management — operating as one integrated team across Dubai and the UAE.
The standard
Design, build and joinery under one roof, authority approvals handled in-house — one accountable team from first sketch to final handover.
Our own capital
We buy and build our own houses.
Most contractors are paid and leave. DMDC Estates commissions the group on its own account — four houses, bought or built with our own capital, two of which we still own and keep as show villas. When we recommend a specification, we have already paid for it ourselves.
Sanctuary Falls · Jumeirah Golf Estates
AED 30m
Acquired at AED 12.75m and rebuilt by the group — more than double, and the most honest measure of what our work is worth, because we paid for both ends of it. Still owned and kept as a show villa. Design & Build Project of the Year, 2026.
Aseel Villa 54 · Arabian Ranches
AED 25m
The founder’s own home, still owned and kept as a show villa — a different style and finish from Sanctuary Falls, so a client can compare. Two Luxury Lifestyle Awards in 2026: Best Luxury Residential Renovation Project and Best Luxury Villa Development.
Plot 54 · Emerald Hills
AED 80m
On site now: 14,000 sq ft of built-up area in Dubai Hills’ most prestigious address. Designed, built and financed inside the group.
Aseel 27 · Arabian Ranches
AED 32m
Just acquired and about to start. Anticipated value on completion — and the answer to whether the last three were a phase.
Four houses, AED 167 million on completion — and two we still own, kept as show villas in deliberately different styles so a client can stand in both. It is the least deniable statement of intent a builder can make.
DMDC Estates →The group, on the record
1,200+
In-house professionals
30,000
Sq ft manufacturing
AED 220m+
Contracts signed in ten months
Reported by PropertyStellar ↗
AED 167m
Our own portfolio
four houses we built and hold

Founder-led · Dubai & the UAE
The people who draw your home
are the people who build it.
Five companies, one home
Each company a specialist.
Together, a complete partner.
Engage one company for a single scope, or the full group for total delivery — under one contract, with one point of accountability. Together they close the handover gap between designer and contractor — where luxury projects lose time, budget and intent.
One programme. One team. One handover — with no gap to fall through.

What does your project require?
A single scope, or your whole home — engaged at the level you need.
Full villa build
Ground-up homes, designed and delivered end-to-end by one accountable team.
Villa construction ↗Luxury renovation
Full villa transformations — structural, interior and finish, to an exacting standard.
Villa renovation ↗Design & architecture
Concept, detailed design and authority approvals — drawn in-house.
Design & architecture ↗Commercial & fit-out
Offices, showrooms, hospitality and retail — the same model, the same discipline.
Commercial fit-out ↗Development & advisory
Development management for owners, investors and institutional partners.
Estates ↗The integrated model
One programme. One team. One handover.
Every home runs as one continuous programme — design, engineering, construction and joinery sequenced by a single team.
01
Brief & concept
A private conversation about your vision, your site and how you live — and the design direction set.
02
Technical development
Detailed drawings, engineering, joinery specs and approvals — before a single material is ordered.
03
Build & manufacture
Construction on site while Woodworks runs parallel production of all bespoke joinery in-house.
04
Completion & care
Snagging, a structured handover with full warranties — and looked after long after the keys.
No handover between companies means no gap for time, budget or intent to fall through.
DMDC OS
Built on our own operating system.
Most contractors run projects across spreadsheets, email threads and messages. We built DMDC OS instead — one governed platform where design, procurement, planning, site delivery and finance work from the same record. Nothing moves without the right approval, and superseded drawings cannot reach site.
Your own portal shows the same truth we work from — approvals waiting on you, progress, and answers to your questions.
See how it works ↗
The standard
Where precision
becomes a place.
The craft
Down to the grain of the timber and the vein of the stone.
Every kitchen, every wardrobe, every panel is drawn and made in our own 30,000 sq ft Woodworks facility — not outsourced, not value-engineered. Stone is selected by the slab. Light is planned room by room. The details you can’t quite name are the ones we obsess over.
Insights & guides
Read before you begin.
In the press · recognised
Honoured among the region’s leading luxury builders — Design & Build Project of the Year at the Architecture Leaders Awards 2026, one of three awards the group won across that year.
The people
You work with the senior team. Directly.
From the first sketch to the final handover, the senior people you meet are the people who deliver. No account managers, no hand-offs, no diluted accountability.
— Raji DaouFounder & Group CEO
Answers before you ask
Everything clients ask us first.
If yours isn’t here, ask us directly.
What is DMDC Group?
Five companies under one structure — DMDC Design & Architecture, DMDC Contracting, DMDC Woodworks, DMDC Estates and DMDC Project Management. The first four are specialists in their fields, and together they close the handover gap between designer and contractor — where luxury projects lose time, budget and intent. The fifth exists to check the other four, and reports to the founder rather than to them.
Do I have to hire the whole group, or can I work with one company?
Either works. Start with design, joinery, or a full build — whichever scope fits your project. Many clients begin with one company and bring in the others as the relationship develops. The group scales up or down without changing contractor.
What does it cost to renovate a villa in Dubai in 2026?
At this level, cost follows ambition, so we begin with a private conversation rather than a price list. Each project is fully scoped and priced before work begins — the figure we agree is the figure we deliver, with nothing value-engineered away.
How long does a luxury villa renovation take?
Typically 8 to 16 months, depending on scope, structural complexity and municipality approvals. That window is not affected by handover delays between designer and contractor — because design and construction are governed within the same group, that particular bottleneck does not exist here.
Do you work with developers and institutional clients?
Yes. DMDC Contracting handles full-building fit-outs for developers, and DMDC Estates takes on development management and advisory for institutional clients and high-net-worth investors. Speak to us directly about your brief.
The next step
Your next home, built by one group.
Share a few details and a senior member of the team — not a call centre — will respond to you personally, within one business day. In confidence.








