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Dubai service charges are billed per square foot, per year. The Dubai median is about AED 17 per sq ft. Enter your size to see the annual and monthly cost.
These are indicative market ranges, not official per-building figures. Mollak is the RERA system that holds the approved charge for your building. We show you how to check yours, free.
Pick an area band, or enter the rate printed on your invoice. The result is compared against the Dubai median so you can see where your building sits.
The built-up area on your sale contract or title deed.
Area-level indicative ranges. Your building has its own approved figure in Mollak.
Service charge, per year
AED 15,300
AED 1,275 per month, at AED 17 per sq ft.
At the Dubai median
Same as a median building of this size.
A median Dubai building at AED 17 per sq ft would cost AED 15,300 a year at this size.
Indicative estimate, not an official figure. Mollak holds the approved service charge for your building.
The market runs from about AED 3 to over AED 70 per sq ft per year. Facilities drive the number, not unit size. Chilled pools, valet and podium gardens all sit in the charge.
| Area band | AED per sq ft, per year |
|---|---|
| Dubai median, all areas | AED 17 |
| JVC and Dubai Sports City | AED 11 to 15 |
| Mid-market apartment communities | AED 12 to 20 |
| Downtown Dubai and Palm Jumeirah | AED 25 to 35 |
| Full market range | AED 3 to over AED 70 |
Area-level ranges only. We do not publish a figure for any single building. Two towers on the same street can sit at opposite ends of a band.
Source: Mollak and RERA data as reported by engelvoelkers.com, drivenproperties.com and uaeexperthub.com.
On a 900 sq ft apartment, an AED 12 building and an AED 30 building differ by about AED 16,200 per year. That is the same flat, in two different towers. The calculator above runs the arithmetic for your own size.
A service charge is an annual cost for as long as you own. It comes off net yield every year, so it belongs in the purchase decision.
Mollak is the RERA system for jointly owned property in Dubai. Your building has one approved service charge there, set line by line. The ranges on this page are market context, not your bill.
The median is about AED 17 per square foot per year. The full market runs from about AED 3 to over AED 70 per square foot per year. Where a building sits depends on the shared facilities it runs, not on the size of your unit. These are indicative market ranges from Mollak and RERA data as reported by engelvoelkers.com, drivenproperties.com and uaeexperthub.com.
Indicative area ranges run about AED 11 to 15 per square foot per year in JVC and Dubai Sports City, and about AED 25 to 35 in Downtown Dubai and Palm Jumeirah. Mid-market apartment communities sit around AED 12 to 20. These are area-level ranges, not the approved figure for any single building, and buildings inside the same area differ.
In Mollak, the RERA system that holds approved service charges for jointly owned property in Dubai. Every building has one official figure there, set line by line. The ranges on this page are market context and do not replace it. Oliva will walk you through finding yours free of charge.
Yes. Objections are filed line by line inside Mollak, and filing is free. The owners association manager must respond in-system within 30 days. An unresolved objection escalates to RERA, typically within 45 days.
It depends entirely on the building rate, which is why the gap matters more than the average. On a 900 square foot apartment, an AED 12 per square foot building and an AED 30 per square foot building differ by about AED 16,200 per year. Use the calculator above with your own size and the rate on your invoice.
Send your area, your size in sq ft, and the rate on your invoice. We reply with the objection route and a line-by-line checklist. No fee, and we ask for nothing in return.
We never argue a service-charge case for a fee. That is legal work a brokerage licence does not cover. If it needs a lawyer, we say so.
Get the Mollak objection routeEvery fee, in writing. This tool is free and carries no Oliva charge.