SPECIALISTS IN RAK REAL ESTATE
FEES
Our fees, who pays and when
Every fee we charge, in one table: what it is, who pays it, when, and what you get for it.
Whoever we act for pays us, and the fee is in the agreement you sign with us. We never hold your money: purchase payments go to the developer, and rent and deposits go to the landlord.
Giles Dean, Co-Founder · Updated 4 October 2026
THE FEE TABLE
Four services, four fees
SERVICE
FEE
WHO PAYS
WHEN
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Buying off-plan
For buyers
5% of the purchase price, plus 5% VAT
The developer. You pay us nothing.
By the developer, 30 days after you sign the sale and purchase agreement (SPA)
A shortlist comparing price per sq ft, payment plan, handover date and likely rent for each option, a note if a developer hasn't finished a project before, and our help from first brief to handover and letting set-up.
Finding a tenant
For landlords
5% of a year's rent, plus 5% VAT
The landlord
When the tenancy contract is signed
Photos of your home, the Property Finder listing and Karolina's own network, enquiries and viewings, the tenant's written offer, the tenancy contract and its registration on RAK Digital, and the move-in inspection.
Finding a home
For tenants
5% of a year's rent, plus 5% VAT
The tenant
When the tenancy contract is signed
Homes that fit your budget, viewings, your written offer, the tenancy contract and its registration on RAK Digital, and the move-in inspection.
Managing your home
For landlords
First year: 5% of a year's rent for finding the tenant, plus 7% of the rent, minimum AED 500 a month.
Each year after: 7% of the rent, minimum AED 500 a month.
Plus 5% VAT
The landlord
Finding the tenant: when the tenancy contract is signed.
Management: monthly, invoiced to you.
Everything in finding a tenant, then renewals, starting about 90 days before the lease ends; checking each rent payment reaches you, and chasing if it doesn’t; repairs through licensed contractors, paid by you; inspections at move-in, move-out and once a year, with a short note each time.
All our fees are shown before 5% VAT, which is added to each.
For off-plan, we’re registered with several RAK developers, and happy to share our commission agreement if you’d like to see it.
A WORKED EXAMPLE
What a fee looks like on a real rent
AED 3,500
our fee on a rent of AED 70,000 a year: 5% of a year’s rent
Letting or finding a home
AED 175
VAT at 5% on that fee
5% of AED 3,500
AED 3,675
in all
AED 3,500 plus AED 175
Management on the same home. 7% of AED 70,000 is AED 4,900 a year, about AED 408 a month, so the AED 500 minimum applies: AED 500 a month (AED 6,000 a year), plus AED 25 VAT a month. First year: AED 3,500 for finding the tenant, plus AED 6,000 for management, so AED 9,500 plus AED 475 VAT. Each year after: AED 6,000 plus AED 300 VAT.
WHO PAYS
Whoever we act for pays us
Buying off-plan
The developer pays us. You pay us nothing.
Letting
If we find a tenant for a landlord, the landlord pays us. If we find a home for a tenant, the tenant pays us.
Both sides
If we act for both the landlord and the tenant on the same home, both pay us, and both are told in writing.
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