Most people in Dubai wake up with a stuffy nose and blame the air conditioning. We assume the “desert dust” is just part of life here. However, the truth is often much closer to your face. Specifically, it is inside your mattress. You spend nearly 3,000 hours a year on this single piece of furniture. In Dubai, your mattress acts

You just walked through your front door after a long shift at the office. The AC is humming, but as the afternoon sun hits your living room windows, you see it. A fine, shimmering layer of “Shamal” dust covers your marble countertops and your velvet sofa. You paid a maid service for a quick tidy-up yesterday, yet the air feels

You wake up at 6:30 AM in your Marina apartment. The sun is already hitting the Burj Al Arab. You have a major presentation at the DIFC in two hours. You pull your favorite white linen shirt from the closet. It looks like a crumpled map of the world. You reach for your home iron. It spits out a brownish

Last Tuesday, I stood on a rooftop in Arabian Ranches looking at a solar array that was barely six months old. The owner was frustrated. His DEWA bill had spiked despite the blistering Dubai sun. When I ran my finger across one of the panels, a thick, gritty layer of gray silt coated my skin. This wasn’t just dust. It

Three months ago, a friend of mine living in a studio apartment in Dubai Marina tried to save 50 Dirhams. She hired a “freelance” cleaner she found on a Facebook group for 20 AED an hour. By noon, the cleaner had used bleach on a marble countertop, ruining the finish, and then left early because she didn’t have a proper

Moving house in Dubai is often a high-stakes race against time. One moment you are coordinating with movers in the heat of Al Barari. The next, you are refreshing the Dubai REST app to check your Ejari status. At the center of this chaos is the cleaning. For tenants, a spotless exit is the only way to recover a 5%

Purpose: This isn’t just a list of cleaning companies. This is the “unfiltered” survival guide for maintaining a home in Dubai. Whether you are a newly arrived expat confused by Tadbeer or a long-time resident tired of unreliable help, this guide covers the legal pitfalls, the real costs of 2026, and how to finally get your weekends back. The “Sand

Scenario: It’s 6:30 PM on a Tuesday. You’ve just dragged yourself through the door of your apartment in JBR. You’re expecting that “fresh hotel smell” because you paid for a 4-hour deep clean while you were at the office. Instead, you’re greeted by the smell of damp rags, a streak-filled glass balcony, and—the cherry on top—your expensive Dyson vacuum has

The UAE is one of the best places in the world to benefit from solar energy. With sunshine nearly every day of the year, more and more families and businesses are choosing to install solar panels to save on electricity bills and support a greener lifestyle. But to enjoy the full benefits of this investment, solar panels need a little