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Dubai property service charge estimator

Enter your chargeable area, rate per square foot and any fixed charges, and see what you'll actually pay each year — and each month.

Your inputs

Enter the applicable square-foot area from the property record.

Enter the current verified AED rate for the project and year.

Additional inputsAdd only the costs that apply to your case.

Balcony or other area only where the verified basis includes it.

Any separate annual AED amount shown in the disclosure.

Your figures are calculated in this browser and are not submitted.

Estimate

Ready for your figures

Enter your own values and calculate. No field is prefilled with a live statutory, lender, developer, or market rate.

How the estimate is calculated

  1. Total chargeable area equals internal area plus any additional chargeable area entered.
  2. Area-based charge equals total chargeable area multiplied by the annual AED rate per square foot.
  3. Annual service charge adds the area-based amount and any fixed annual charges entered.

Assumptions

  • Both areas use the same annual rate entered.
  • Fixed charges are annual AED amounts and are added once.
  • The monthly figure is the annual estimate divided by 12, not a billing schedule.

Limitations

  • The tool does not retrieve or verify current project rates, chargeable areas or invoice categories.
  • Actual charges can vary by project, unit, year, budget, usage category and approved adjustments.
  • Confirm the official result and property documents before calculating net yield or completion cash.

Official checks

Questions about this calculator

Is the rate in this calculator an official DLD rate?

Only if you enter a current rate obtained from the official DLD service-charge source for the correct project, unit basis and year. The tool supplies no rate itself.

Is the monthly result a payment schedule?

No. It is the annual estimate divided by 12 for comparison. The management company invoice controls actual amounts and due dates.

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