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Short-term rentals · Dubai

We rent out your apartment in Dubai. You receive net profit

Guests, cleaning, repairs, licences, pricing and reporting — on us. You receive Net Profit: money in hand after all expenses, including annual ones.

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Holiday Homes operator licence No. 1551644 Pricing from 4 independent sources 95% forecast accuracy
P&L · 12 months
1BR · Dubai Marina Net Profit per year 93 907 AED Gross 156 106 · after all expenses
Fee 17% + VAT 5%−27 865
Service charge−14 304
DEWA · Municipality Fee−10 020
Air conditioning−4 058
Internet · gas · maintenance−5 952
MoGrossCostsNet
Jan15 238−5 3859 853
Feb14 569−5 2719 298
Mar13 788−5 1658 623
Apr12 488−5 0957 393
May11 707−5 0066 701
Jun11 447−5 0456 402
Jul9 626−4 7914 835
Aug9 496−4 6974 799
Sep11 707−5 0896 618
Oct14 699−5 5379 162
Nov15 341−5 5679 774
Dec16 000−5 55110 449
Sample report · AED
Self-management

Self-managing is not passive income

Short-term rates are higher, but every chore stays with the owner: cleaning between stays, guest questions at any hour, repairs, licences, and prices that need revising every season.

An owner who takes this on becomes the manager of a small hotel — except a hotel has staff, and they don’t.

03:00 Guest: “The AC is leaking — what should I do?”
What self-management puts on you:
01
Guest replies around the clock
response speed directly affects your rating
02
Cleaning and linen change between stays
03
Breakdowns
an AC leak at 2 a.m. is your problem to solve
04
DTCM licence and annual renewal
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Pricing that changes with the season, not twice a year
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Tracking expenses you didn’t expect
Gross vs Net

You’ve most likely been shown the wrong math

The market habit is to quote income at the gross rate. It’s a beautiful number — you plan around it and spend against it. Then year-end bills arrive that were never in the calculation.

What usually gets left out of the forecast:
ItemWhen it hits
Service chargeonce a year, per property
Property insurance — 4,000 AEDonce a year
DTCM Holiday Homes licence — from 380 AEDonce a year
Photo and video production — 360 AEDone-off

Formally, nobody lied to you. In practice, you received someone else’s money and are now paying out your own.

Gross Income → Net Profit
The main rule

Comparing management companies and rental formats by Gross Income is pointless. Compare Net Profit — what actually reaches your account.

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Seasonality

July is 59% of December. The model knows this in advance

Demand, % of the December peakSeasonSummer dip
95%
91%
86%
78%
73%
72%
60%
59%
73%
92%
96%
100%
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Dubai demand is seasonal, and the swing is wide. A property listed in July at December’s rate will sit empty for a month and earn nothing: the loss from vacancy outweighs the gain from an inflated price.

The model is built on data from 200+ properties under management, not expert guesses from three apartments. The July–August dip never catches us off guard: prices step down by the calendar, not after a vacancy has already happened.

Rental Income Smart Calculator

You see the number before signing, not after

Rental Income Smart Calculator is a private web app built by our in-house IT team in three months and integrated with the Space8 analytics platform.

—A full month-by-month P&L, not a “yield percentage”
—Every expense line without exception — inconvenient rows don’t get removed
—Forecast accuracy 95% proven by actual management results
—Pricing verified across 4 independent sources — we take the median, not the averageDXB InteractPropMonitorBayutPropertyFinder
—A branded PDF report in English or Russian
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Calculation preview
Sample
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Gross Income per year165 984 AED
Fee 17% + VAT 5% on the fee−29 628 AED
Service charge−18 000 AED
Insurance · DTCM · photography−1 740 AED
Net Profit116 616 AED
Illustration based on the seasonal model. Utilities and Municipality Fee not shown — they are in the full Smart Calculator report.
What management includes

What we take on

01Legal setup
  • Property inventory against 100+ DTCM requirements
  • Obtaining the Tourism Department licence and renewing it annually
  • Guest contracts, payment and tax accounting
  • Tourism Dirham: collected from every guest, reported monthly
  • Property insurance
  • House-rule enforcement and dispute resolution
02Property preparation
  • Snagging and developer handover — remotely by power of attorney if needed
  • Furnishing and home staging to the Space8 standard
  • Professional interior photography
03Pricing and promotion
  • Dynamic pricing: the rate moves within an agreed corridor following demand forecasts, not twice a year
  • City events and concerts, holidays (Eid, New Year, Indian festivals) and competitor pricing all feed in
  • Channel Manager: calendars synced across 10+ platforms — Airbnb, Booking, Property Finder, Bayut
  • Promotion to our own tenant base plus targeted advertising
04Guests and service
  • 24/7 support: check-in, check-out, questions, breakdowns, city guidance
  • Guest verification — reviews and documents checked
  • Hotel-standard housekeeping after every stay
  • Deposit management: damage inspection within 2 hours of check-out, before the deposit is released
  • Photo inventory: the apartment’s condition recorded before every check-in
05Maintenance
  • A technician on call 24/7 — at 2 a.m. it’s not the owner who goes
  • Regular checklist walkthroughs: furniture, appliances, finishes
  • Quarterly deep-cleaning of AC filters and upholstery dry-cleaning
06Reporting
  • An income and expense sheet, available in real time
  • Weekly reports with photos and video
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Management fee
17% of Gross Income

One fee for full management

There is no fixed charge just for managing the property: our remuneration is a percentage of income. A dip in occupancy reduces both sides’ income.
Long-term rentals

If a long-term lease works better for your property — we’ll tell you

Short-term is not right for every property. Outside tourist areas, for larger layouts and in buildings restricting Holiday Homes, an annual lease often delivers higher Net Profit at lower risk.

We run both scenarios and compare them by Net Profit. If a long-term lease wins — we will find a tenant, vet their solvency and handle the contract. For 5% of the annual contract value you can add full-term support: tenant issues, repair coordination, payment control, renewal and rate negotiations.

More about long-term rentals
Case studies

What changes in practice

54 m² apartment, Downtown Dubai
“Before Space8 the apartment sat empty for two or three weeks at a time. After furnishing and promotion, bookings come in steadily. I receive reports and transfers — the rest no longer concerns me.”
+38%
profit growth in year one
89%
average occupancy
78 m² apartment, Dubai Marina
“When I started hosting myself, I realised I’d become a hotel manager: cleaning, calls, keys. Eventually I handed the apartment to Space8. Now it runs on its own, I have Superhost status, and the income is higher than I expected.”
3% → 10%
yield increase
92%
occupancy

Results for specific properties. Returns depend on the property, location and season, and are not guaranteed.

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Svetlana Malaga
Svetlana Malaga
Head of Property Management
About us

Family to Family

We manage your property the way we would manage our own family’s assets. A long-term relationship matters more than a one-off deal.

2021
in Dubai since
200+
properties handled by the company

Space8 has operated in Dubai since 2021. The management company is part of the Space8 real estate agency cycle. We support clients at every stage: selection and strategy, purchase, renovation, management and exit — all with one team.

Purchase
Management
Renovation
Exit

Svetlana Malaga — Head of Property Management. Oversees every property: from handover and furnishing to rentals and financial reporting.

Licence No. 1551644 An officially licensed Holiday Homes operator: trade licence No. 1551644 issued by Dubai’s Department of Economic Development to SPACE EIGHT HOLIDAY HOMES L.L.C.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Compare Net Profit, not the size of the fee. After our 17%, more ends up in your hands than with self-management and its hidden costs, pricing mistakes and vacancy losses.

Net Profit calculation

Start with the number, not the contract

Send us your property details — we will return a Net Profit calculation with a monthly P&L. The decision stays with you.

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