Every kind of property, and what to check in each

Nexora is a full-service brokerage: residential, commercial, industrial and land, to buy, sell, rent or manage. Each sector has its own running costs, rules and ways to go wrong. Here is what we check first.

Who each one suits, and the questions that matter

Apartments

Suits: First homes, rental investment, buyers from abroad.
Check before you commit: The service charge per square foot and its last three years, the management company, the reserve fund, chiller billing, parking and the building's rules on letting.

With Nexora: Buying, selling, leasing and managing apartments, ready and off-plan.

Villas and townhouses

Suits: Families who want space, owner-occupiers, longer-term investors.
Check before you commit: Community and maintenance fees, the plot boundary, what the developer still owes the community, extensions allowed and the real commute.

With Nexora: Buying, selling, leasing and managing villas and townhouses.

Off-plan

Suits: Buyers who can wait and want to spread payments.
Check before you commit: The developer's delivery record, the escrow arrangement, the payment plan against construction milestones, the handover clause and what happens if it slips.

With Nexora: Reading the sale agreement before you sign and giving an honest view on the handover date.

Offices

Suits: Growing companies, owner-occupiers, investors seeking longer leases.
Check before you commit: Whether the unit can carry your trade licence, the fit-out cost and condition, parking ratio, service charge, and the building's other tenants.

With Nexora: Finding, buying and leasing offices, with the permitted use checked first.

Shops and showrooms

Suits: Retailers, restaurants, service businesses, income investors.
Check before you commit: Footfall at the hours you trade, frontage and signage rules, permitted activity, fit-out and licensing costs, and what the last tenant's exit tells you.

With Nexora: Buying and leasing retail space, and saying so when a location is wrong for the business.

Warehouses and industrial

Suits: Logistics, trading and light-manufacturing businesses; investors wanting commercial income.
Check before you commit: Power supply, clear height, loading access, civil-defence approval, the zoning of the industrial area and truck access at peak hours.

With Nexora: Finding, buying and leasing warehouses and industrial units.

Land and plots

Suits: Builders, developers, long-term investors, owner-builders.
Check before you commit: Zoning, permitted height and use, plot coverage, service connections, freehold eligibility, and the master developer's record on infrastructure.

With Nexora: Buying and selling residential, commercial and mixed-use plots, with the zoning in writing before a deposit.

Holiday homes and short stays

Suits: Owners who want to let by the night or the week.
Check before you commit: Whether the emirate and the building allow short-term letting, the permit it needs from the tourism authority, the management fee and furnishing cost, and how seasonal the demand really is.

Whole buildings and portfolios

Suits: Owners, developers and investors trading at scale.
Check before you commit: The rent roll against the leases, arrears, the building's condition and reserve, and the cost of the next major repair.

With Nexora: Owner and developer representation: an asset presented properly to fewer, qualified buyers.

Property management

Suits: Owners who live abroad or don't want to run a tenancy themselves.
Check before you commit: What is included, how inspections are reported, who approves repairs and up to what amount, and how rent reaches you.

With Nexora: Inspections, tenant handling, service charge and maintenance tracking, and reports that say what they should.

Start with what the property has to do

Tell us what you need it for, where you are and what you can put down. We will tell you which sector fits, and which doesn’t, before we show you anything.

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