What to Verify Before You Sign a Dubai Lease
9 min readUpdated 18 September 2026Article 3 of 6
Every Dubai listing must carry a Trakheesi permit, checkable free via the Dubai REST app in under a minute, and it's your first defence against a scam that undercuts a real listing by 20%. What to physically test at a viewing, why "chiller-free" doesn't always mean what it says, and why page two's eight Additional Terms fields are the contract that actually matters.
What this article covers
- 01Search Bayut and Property Finder in Parallel, Then Check Dubizzle for Owner-Direct
- 02Verify the Listing and the Agent Before You Book a Viewing
- 03What to Actually Test at the Viewing, Not Just Look At
- 04Verify the Landlord Before You Believe Anything Else
- 05Negotiate With the Market, Not Against It
- 06The Contract's Page Two Is Where the Real Terms Live
- 07Budget for a Search That Outlasts a Weekend
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