Areas · Jumeirah Bay Island

Jumeirah Bay Island. A private island, by bridge.

Jumeirah Bay Island is a Meraas master development off the Jumeirah coast. It is a private island, joined to the city by a bridge. Modifications there need a Meraas NOC. A plot there usually means a home designed from the ground up.

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01 · The homes

An island. Homes built to a brief.

Meraas is the real estate arm of Dubai Holding. Jumeirah Bay is one of its master developments. The island is shaped like a seahorse. A bridge joins it to the city.

Dubai Holding describes private beaches, landscaped open space, exclusive homes and a marina. The Meraas masterplan marks a zone of land plots.

Master developer

Meraas, the real estate arm of Dubai Holding.

The homes

Land plots for private villas, alongside developer-built homes and residences.

First approval

A Meraas NOC, checked against the community guidelines.

Access

A private island, reached by a bridge.

02 · Where we would start

What a brief here usually needs first.

The plot first.

Orientation, shade, privacy and the sea. The brief follows what the plot allows.

Arrival and privacy.

On a private island, how you arrive matters. We design it early.

One team from the ground.

Architecture, interiors and the build under one contract, from an empty plot.

03 · Approvals

The developer first. Then the authority.

These are Meraas rules for its communities. We confirm the island’s detail with Meraas before drawings are issued.

  1. 01The Meraas NOC. Meraas says a modification needs its NOC, so it aligns with community guidelines.
  2. 02The documents. For a major change, Meraas asks for the scope, plans and title deed.
  3. 03The appointments. It also asks for the appointment letter of the consultant or contractor, and undertakings.
  4. 04No NOC, no work. Meraas says unapproved work draws a violation notice, then fines.

04 · On site

The rules that shape the programme.

One way in.

The island is reached by a bridge. Deliveries and trades are planned around it.

Community guidelines.

Meraas checks every modification against its guidelines. We read them before the concept.

What we confirm first.

The permit authority and site hours. We confirm both with Meraas before we programme.

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05 · How we would work here

Design, price, build. One contract.

Nick Jeffries founded NU Projects in London in 2010. Sixteen years of prime London design and build. The same order, applied in Jumeirah Bay Island.

  1. 01The brief and the site. We walk the home with you. Light, structure, services and the community rules.
  2. 02A budget estimate. A first price from the brief and the site, before any drawing is frozen.
  3. 03A cost plan, open book. Our own quantity surveyor prices the drawings, line by line. Provisional sums named, not buried.
  4. 04One contract. Design and build under one agreement. One team, one programme, one number to call.
The full approach

07 · Next

A home in Jumeirah Bay Island? Start with a conversation.

Send the address or the plan. We will tell you, honestly, what it could become and what it would take.

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