{"id":37850,"date":"2026-08-07T16:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T12:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/service-charges-dubai\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T09:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T05:19:45","slug":"service-charges-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/ar\/service-charges-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Charges in Dubai: What Owners Pay and How It Hits Net Yield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ============================================================\n  TRUHAUZ.COM \u2014 BUYER GUIDE \/ OWNERSHIP COSTS\n  Title:    Service Charges in Dubai: What Owners Pay and How It Hits Net Yield\n  Slug:     service-charges-dubai\n  Keywords: service charges dubai, dubai service charge per sqft, net rental yield dubai\n  ============================================================ -->\n\n<style>\n@import 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.sc-area-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr}\n  .sc-forecast{grid-template-columns:1fr}\n  .sc-strip-in{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr)}\n  .sc-si{padding:15px 8px}\n  .sc-title{font-size:clamp(1.4rem,6vw,1.9rem)}\n  .sc-contact{padding:48px 0}\n}\n@media(max-width:480px){.scc{padding:0 14px}}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"sc\">\n\n<!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550 HERO \u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n<section class=\"sc-hero\">\n  <div class=\"sc-hero-bg\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"sc-hero-pat\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"sc-hero-ov\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"sc-hero-content\">\n    <span class=\"sc-eyebrow\">Ownership Costs \u00b7 Buyer Guide \u00b7 Updated August 2026<\/span>\n    <h1>Service Charges in Dubai<br><span>What Owners Pay, Who Approves It, and How It Hits Net Yield<\/span><\/h1>\n    <p class=\"sc-hero-sub\">The service charge is the one recurring cost of owning property in Dubai \u2014 and the number most often left out of a yield calculation. Here is what it covers, who sets and approves it, how to check a building&#8217;s rate before you buy, and precisely what it does to your real return.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"sc-hero-meta\">\n      <div class=\"sc-hm\">\ud83e\uddfe <strong>AED 10\u201325 \/ sqft<\/strong><\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-hm\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f <strong>RERA &amp; DLD Regulated<\/strong><\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-hm\">\ud83d\udcc9 <strong>Net Yield Impact Explained<\/strong><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550 DATA STRIP \u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n<div class=\"sc-strip\">\n  <div class=\"scc\">\n    <div class=\"sc-strip-in\">\n      <div class=\"sc-si\"><span class=\"sc-sv\">AED 10\u201325<\/span><span class=\"sc-sl\">Typical Service Charge Per Sqft<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-si\"><span class=\"sc-sv\">0%<\/span><span class=\"sc-sl\">Annual Property Tax in Dubai<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-si\"><span class=\"sc-sv\">5\u201310%<\/span><span class=\"sc-sl\">Property Management Fee of Rent<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-si\"><span class=\"sc-sv\">3 Years<\/span><span class=\"sc-sl\">Service Charge History to Request<\/span><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550 OVERVIEW \u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n<section class=\"scs\">\n  <div class=\"scc\">\n    <div class=\"sc-2col\">\n      <div class=\"sc-body\">\n        <span class=\"sct\">The Basics<\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"sc-title\">What a Service Charge in Dubai Actually Is<\/h2>\n        <p>A service charge is the annual amount an owner pays towards running, maintaining and renewing the shared parts of a building or master community \u2014 lobbies, lifts, corridors, pools, gyms, landscaping, security, cleaning, common-area utilities and the building&#8217;s insurance. It is billed by the owners&#8217; association or the developer&#8217;s appointed management company, and it is paid by the <strong>owner<\/strong>, not the tenant.<\/p>\n        <p>Dubai levies no annual property tax, no capital gains tax and no income tax on rental income. That makes the service charge effectively the <strong>only<\/strong> recurring cost of holding a Dubai property \u2014 which is exactly why it deserves far more scrutiny than most buyers give it. Across the Dubai stock TruHauz covers, the working range set out in our <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/buyer-guide\/\">buyer guide<\/a> is <strong>AED 10 to AED 25 per square foot per year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n        <p>The critical thing to understand is that a service charge is levied on <em>area<\/em>, not on <em>value<\/em>. A 1,000 sqft apartment charged at AED 18 per sqft costs AED 18,000 a year whether the unit was bought for AED 1 million or AED 2 million. Two units at the same price in two different towers can therefore carry annual costs that differ by AED 15,000 \u2014 a gap that compounds every year you hold the asset.<\/p>\n        <p>Where a building sits inside the AED 10\u201325 band is driven by a handful of structural factors: whether cooling is supplied by a district-cooling provider or by the building&#8217;s own plant, how much serviced amenity the development carries, the age and build quality of the tower, whether the scheme is branded or hotel-serviced, and how competently the owners&#8217; association is run. High-amenity waterfront towers in <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/dubai-marina\/\">Dubai Marina<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/palm-jumeirah\/\">Palm Jumeirah<\/a> sit towards the upper end; villa communities such as <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/dubai-hills-estate\/\">Dubai Hills Estate<\/a> generally sit lower, because there is less shared plant to maintain.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"sc-hbox\"><strong>TruHauz perspective:<\/strong> Always calculate net yield <em>after<\/em> service charges, never on the gross figure a listing quotes. In mid-market stock such as <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/jumeirah-village-circle\/\">Jumeirah Village Circle<\/a> the service charge is routinely the difference between a headline 7% and a real 6%. Over a ten-year hold that gap is worth more than most buyers&#8217; negotiated discount on the purchase price. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/dubai-property-prices\/\">Dubai property price breakdown<\/a> sets out the gross yields by community that this cost has to come out of. If you are letting the unit rather than living in it, the tenancy also has to be registered &mdash; our <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/ejari-registration-dubai\/\">Ejari registration guide<\/a> sets out the official DLD fees. Service charges apply just as much to a fractional stake as to a whole unit &mdash; something worth checking before you look at <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/dubai-property-tokenisation\/\">tokenised Dubai property<\/a>.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div>\n        <div class=\"sc-ov\">\n          <div class=\"sc-ov-head\">\n            <h3>Service Charges at a Glance<\/h3>\n            <p>The essentials in one place<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-ov-row\"><span class=\"sc-ov-l\">Who pays it<\/span><span class=\"sc-ov-r burg\">The owner<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-ov-row\"><span class=\"sc-ov-l\">Typical range<\/span><span class=\"sc-ov-r\">AED 10\u201325 \/ sqft \/ yr<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-ov-row\"><span class=\"sc-ov-l\">Charged on<\/span><span class=\"sc-ov-r\">Area, not value<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-ov-row\"><span class=\"sc-ov-l\">Billing<\/span><span class=\"sc-ov-r\">Annual, often in instalments<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-ov-row\"><span class=\"sc-ov-l\">Regulator<\/span><span class=\"sc-ov-r\">RERA \/ DLD<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-ov-row\"><span class=\"sc-ov-l\">Annual property tax<\/span><span class=\"sc-ov-r up\">0%<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-ov-row\"><span class=\"sc-ov-l\">Capital gains tax<\/span><span class=\"sc-ov-r up\">0%<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-ov-row\"><span class=\"sc-ov-l\">Tax on rental income<\/span><span class=\"sc-ov-r up\">0%<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550 TABLE \u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n<section class=\"scs scg\">\n  <div class=\"scc scct\">\n    <span class=\"sct\">Where the Money Goes<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"sc-title\">What Your Dubai Service Charge Pays For<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"sc-sub\">A service charge is not a single fee \u2014 it is a budget made up of separate line items, each of which should be itemised on the statement you receive.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"scc\">\n    <div class=\"sc-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"sc-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Component<\/th>\n            <th>What It Covers<\/th>\n            <th>Why It Varies<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Cooling \/ chiller<\/td>\n            <td>Air-conditioning supplied to the unit and common areas, whether via a district-cooling provider or the building&#8217;s own plant.<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"sc-badge top\">Largest single item<\/span><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>General maintenance<\/td>\n            <td>Routine repair and upkeep of the structure, common areas, car parks and external fabric.<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"sc-badge high\">Age-driven<\/span><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Mechanical, electrical &amp; plumbing<\/td>\n            <td>Lifts, pumps, fire systems, generators, water tanks and their servicing contracts.<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"sc-badge high\">Tower height<\/span><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Security &amp; access control<\/td>\n            <td>Concierge, guarding, CCTV and access systems for the building or community.<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"sc-badge mid\">Amenity-driven<\/span><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Cleaning<\/td>\n            <td>Common-area cleaning, waste management and facade cleaning.<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"sc-badge mid\">Amenity-driven<\/span><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Landscaping &amp; pools<\/td>\n            <td>Gardens, water features, swimming pools and irrigation across the scheme.<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"sc-badge mid\">Amenity-driven<\/span><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Common-area utilities<\/td>\n            <td>Electricity and water consumed by shared areas and plant, billed to the association rather than to individual units.<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"sc-badge mid\">Consumption<\/span><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Building insurance<\/td>\n            <td>Insurance of the structure and common parts, required of the management entity by law. Contents and your unit&#8217;s interior remain the owner&#8217;s responsibility &#8212; see our <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/home-insurance-dubai\/\">Dubai home insurance guide<\/a>.<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"sc-badge low\">Small share<\/span><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Management fee<\/td>\n            <td>The fee paid to the appointed owners&#8217; association manager for running the budget, collections and contractors.<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"sc-badge low\">Small share<\/span><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Reserve fund<\/td>\n            <td>A ring-fenced sinking fund for major future replacements \u2014 lifts, chillers, facades, roofs \u2014 so owners are not hit with a one-off levy later.<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"sc-badge top\">Do not skip this<\/span><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n    <p style=\"font-size:.78rem;color:#999;margin-top:10px;text-align:center\">Component list reflects the line items typically itemised on a Dubai owners&#8217; association service-charge statement. Rates vary by building \u2014 always request the current approved budget for the specific property.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550 CARDS \u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n<section class=\"scs\">\n  <div class=\"scc scct\">\n    <span class=\"sct\">Due Diligence<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"sc-title\">How to Check a Building&#8217;s Service Charge Before You Buy<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"sc-sub\">Six checks that take a few days and will tell you more about a building&#8217;s true cost of ownership than any brochure.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"scc\">\n    <div class=\"sc-area-grid\">\n\n      <div class=\"sc-area-card\">\n        <div class=\"sc-area-head\">\n          <div class=\"sc-area-name\">Ask for the Approved Budget<\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-type\">Check 01 \u00b7 Documents<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-area-body\">\n          <span class=\"sc-area-price\">Step 1<\/span>\n          <span class=\"sc-area-unit\">the single most useful document<\/span>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Request from<\/span><span>Seller or agent<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>What to ask for<\/span><span>Current approved budget<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Look for<\/span><span>Rate per sqft, itemised<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Red flag<\/span><span>Only a total, no breakdown<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"sc-area-card\">\n        <div class=\"sc-area-head\">\n          <div class=\"sc-area-name\">Pull Three Years of History<\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-type\">Check 02 \u00b7 Trend<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-area-body\">\n          <span class=\"sc-area-price\">3 Years<\/span>\n          <span class=\"sc-area-unit\">of service charge records<\/span>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Why<\/span><span>Shows the trajectory<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Red flag<\/span><span>Steep year-on-year rises<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Red flag<\/span><span>Special levies raised<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Good sign<\/span><span>Flat or inflation-tracking<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"sc-area-card\">\n        <div class=\"sc-area-head\">\n          <div class=\"sc-area-name\">Check the DLD Records<\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-type\">Check 03 \u00b7 Regulator<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-area-body\">\n          <span class=\"sc-area-price\">DLD<\/span>\n          <span class=\"sc-area-unit\">service charge index<\/span>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Where<\/span><span>Dubai Land Department<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>What it shows<\/span><span>Approved rates by building<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Use it to<\/span><span>Verify what you are told<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Note<\/span><span>Confirm the current year<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"sc-area-card\">\n        <div class=\"sc-area-head\">\n          <div class=\"sc-area-name\">Read the Reserve Fund Position<\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-type\">Check 04 \u00b7 Future Cost<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-area-body\">\n          <span class=\"sc-area-price\">Reserve<\/span>\n          <span class=\"sc-area-unit\">fund adequacy<\/span>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Why it matters<\/span><span>Avoids future levies<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Red flag<\/span><span>Underfunded reserve<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Red flag<\/span><span>Reserve line absent<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Applies most to<\/span><span>Older towers<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"sc-area-card\">\n        <div class=\"sc-area-head\">\n          <div class=\"sc-area-name\">Confirm the Cooling Arrangement<\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-type\">Check 05 \u00b7 Biggest Line<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-area-body\">\n          <span class=\"sc-area-price\">Chiller<\/span>\n          <span class=\"sc-area-unit\">included or billed separately<\/span>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Ask<\/span><span>District cooling or in-house<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Ask<\/span><span>Inside the charge or extra<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Why<\/span><span>It moves the total most<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Red flag<\/span><span>Nobody can answer clearly<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"sc-area-card\">\n        <div class=\"sc-area-head\">\n          <div class=\"sc-area-name\">Verify Arrears via the <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/how-to-sell-property-in-dubai\/\" style=\"color:#660033\">NOC<\/a><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-type\">Check 06 \u00b7 At Transfer<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-area-body\">\n          <span class=\"sc-area-price\">NOC<\/span>\n          <span class=\"sc-area-unit\">no objection certificate<\/span>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Confirms<\/span><span>No outstanding charges<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Issued by<\/span><span>Developer or association<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Timeline<\/span><span>5\u201310 working days<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sc-area-row\"><span>Typical fee<\/span><span>AED 500\u20135,000<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550 CTA STRIP \u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n<div class=\"sc-cta-strip\">\n  <div class=\"scc\">\n    <div class=\"sc-cta-in\">\n      <div>\n        <h3>Want the service charge on a specific building?<\/h3>\n        <p>Tell us the tower or community you are considering and TruHauz will pull the current rate and history before you commit.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/contact\/\" class=\"scbtn\">Ask TruHauz \u2192<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550 ANALYSIS \u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n<section class=\"scs scdk\">\n  <div class=\"scc scct\">\n    <span style=\"display:inline-block;background:rgba(255,255,255,.15);color:#fff!important;font-size:.68rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:5px 15px;border-radius:100px;margin-bottom:16px;\">The Maths<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"sc-title white\">What Service Charges Actually Do to Your Net Yield<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"sc-sub white\" style=\"margin:0 auto 48px;\">The drag a service charge puts on your return has a simple formula: divide the service charge per sqft by the price per sqft. That is the percentage taken straight off your gross yield.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"scc\">\n    <div class=\"sc-forecast\">\n      <div class=\"sc-fc\">\n        <span class=\"sc-fc-val\">\u22120.7 pt<\/span>\n        <h4>At AED 10 \/ sqft<\/h4>\n        <p>On a mid-market unit bought at around AED 1,473 per sqft, a AED 10 service charge removes roughly 0.7 percentage points from gross yield. A 7% gross becomes about 6.3% net before any other cost.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-fc\">\n        <span class=\"sc-fc-val\">\u22121.0 pt<\/span>\n        <h4>At AED 15 \/ sqft<\/h4>\n        <p>The same unit at AED 15 per sqft loses about 1.0 percentage point. A 7% gross yield becomes roughly 6.0% net. This is the most common outcome in well-run mid-market towers.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-fc\">\n        <span class=\"sc-fc-val\">\u22121.7 pt<\/span>\n        <h4>At AED 25 \/ sqft<\/h4>\n        <p>At the top of the range the drag reaches about 1.7 percentage points. A 7% gross yield falls to roughly 5.3% net \u2014 before management fees, vacancy or maintenance.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,.07);border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.15);border-radius:12px;padding:22px 24px;margin-top:32px;font-size:.93rem;color:rgba(255,255,255,.78)!important;line-height:1.75;\">\n      <strong style=\"color:#fff!important;\">Worked example:<\/strong> Take a 1,000 sqft apartment in Jumeirah Village Circle, where TruHauz&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/dubai-property-prices\/\" style=\"color:#fff!important;text-decoration:underline!important;\">2026 price analysis<\/a> puts the average at AED 1,473 per sqft and gross yields at 6\u20138%. At AED 1,473,000 and a 7% gross yield the property produces about AED 103,000 a year. A AED 15 per sqft service charge takes AED 15,000 of that, leaving roughly AED 88,000 \u2014 a net yield of about 6.0%. Add property management at 5\u201310% of rent and the figure falls again. Notice that the drag depends only on the service charge relative to the <em>price<\/em> per sqft: the same AED 15 charge costs a Palm Jumeirah buyer at AED 3,500\u20134,000 per sqft far less in yield terms than it costs a mid-market buyer. Figures are an illustration using TruHauz&#8217;s own published per-sqft and yield data, not a quote for a specific unit.\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550 FAQ \u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n<section class=\"scs scg\">\n  <div class=\"scc scct\">\n    <span class=\"sct\">FAQ<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"sc-title\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"sc-sub\">The questions buyers and investors ask most often about service charges in Dubai.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"scc\">\n    <div class=\"sc-faq-list\">\n      <div class=\"sc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-q\" onclick=\"scFaq(this)\">What is a typical service charge in Dubai?<span class=\"sc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-a\">Service charges in Dubai typically run between AED 10 and AED 25 per square foot per year. Where a building falls in that range depends mainly on how it is cooled, how much serviced amenity it carries, its age and build quality, whether it is branded or hotel-serviced, and how well the owners\u2019 association is managed. Villa communities generally sit lower than high-amenity towers because there is less shared plant to maintain. Because the charge is levied on area rather than value, a 1,000 sqft apartment at AED 18 per sqft costs AED 18,000 a year regardless of what was paid for it.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-q\" onclick=\"scFaq(this)\">Who pays service charges in Dubai \u2014 the owner or the tenant?<span class=\"sc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-a\">The owner pays the service charge. It is a cost of ownership, not of occupation, and it is not passed to the tenant in a standard Dubai long-term lease. The tenant is responsible for their own DEWA electricity and water consumption. This is why the service charge has to be deducted before you can describe a rental return as a real yield.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-q\" onclick=\"scFaq(this)\">Do service charges cover chiller and air-conditioning costs?<span class=\"sc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-a\">Sometimes, and it is one of the most important things to establish before buying. Cooling is usually the single largest line item in a Dubai service-charge budget. In some buildings the cooling supply is bundled into the service charge; in others it is billed separately by a district-cooling provider on top of it. Two towers quoting a similar service charge per sqft can therefore have very different true running costs. Always ask explicitly whether cooling is inside the charge or billed separately.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-q\" onclick=\"scFaq(this)\">What is a reserve fund and why does it matter?<span class=\"sc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-a\">The reserve fund is a ring-fenced sinking fund inside the service-charge budget, set aside for major future replacements such as lifts, chillers, facades and roofs. A building with a properly funded reserve spreads those costs smoothly across the years. A building with an underfunded or missing reserve line tends to hit owners with one-off special levies when major plant reaches end of life. When you review a budget, check that a reserve fund line exists and looks credible \u2014 this matters most in older towers.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-q\" onclick=\"scFaq(this)\">How do I check the service charge on a specific Dubai building?<span class=\"sc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-a\">Start by asking the seller or agent for the current approved service-charge budget, itemised by component and expressed as a rate per square foot. Then request three years of history so you can see the trend and whether any special levies have been raised. Cross-check what you are told against the Dubai Land Department\u2019s published service-charge records for the building. Confirm the cooling arrangement separately. Finally, the No Objection Certificate issued at transfer confirms there are no outstanding service charges on the unit \u2014 it typically takes 5 to 10 working days and costs between AED 500 and AED 5,000.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"sc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-q\" onclick=\"scFaq(this)\">How much do service charges reduce rental yield in Dubai?<span class=\"sc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"sc-faq-a\">The reduction is the service charge per square foot divided by the price per square foot. On a mid-market unit bought at around AED 1,473 per sqft, a AED 10 charge removes roughly 0.7 percentage points of gross yield, AED 15 removes about 1.0 point, and AED 25 removes about 1.7 points. So a 7% gross yield lands somewhere between roughly 6.3% and 5.3% net depending on the building \u2014 before property management, which typically costs 5\u201310% of annual rent. Because the drag is measured against price per sqft, the same charge costs proportionally less in prime areas than in mid-market ones.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div style=\"max-width:1140px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 20px 44px;\"><div style=\"background:#fdf0f5;border-left:4px solid #660033;padding:16px 20px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-family:'Inter',sans-serif;font-size:.92rem;line-height:1.75;color:#333;\"><strong>Related reading:<\/strong> Service charges are only one side of the gap between gross and net yield. The other is how quickly rent can legally rise \u2014 see <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/dubai-rental-index-rent-increase-calculator\/\" style=\"color:#660033;font-weight:600;\">the Dubai rental index and the five legal rent-increase bands<\/a>. The body that sets, approves and audits that service charge is explained in our <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/owners-association-dubai\/\" style=\"color:#660033;font-weight:600;\">owners&#8217; association and Mollak guide<\/a>. Service charges fall on the owner whether a unit is let on an annual tenancy or run as a short-stay property \u2014 the licensing side of the latter is set out in our <a href=\"https:\/\/truhauz.com\/dubai-holiday-home-licence\/\" style=\"color:#660033;font-weight:600;\">Dubai holiday home licence guide<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>\n\n<!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550 CONTACT \u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n<section class=\"sc-contact\" id=\"sc-contact\">\n  <div class=\"scc\">\n    <div class=\"sc-contact-inner\">\n      <div>\n        <span style=\"display:inline-block;background:rgba(255,255,255,.15);color:#fff!important;font-size:.68rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:5px 15px;border-radius:100px;margin-bottom:18px;\">Talk to TruHauz<\/span>\n        <h2 style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:clamp(1.5rem,4vw,2.1rem);color:#fff!important;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.2;\">Know the Real Cost Before You Buy<\/h2>\n        <p style=\"color:rgba(255,255,255,.72)!important;font-size:.93rem;line-height:1.75;margin-bottom:24px;\">TruHauz reviews the service-charge budget, history and reserve position on every property we advise on \u2014 so the yield you are quoted is the yield you actually get. 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