Renting, notices & disputes · Rental Disputes Settlement Centre
Dubai landlord and tenant maintenance responsibility
Responsibility for maintenance depends on the tenancy law, the actual defect and the contract or addendum. Essential repairs affecting use of the property are different from minor consumables or damage caused by an occupant.
Apply the framework to the real facts.
Record the defect, urgency, access requests, quotations and communications. Do not deduct repair costs or refuse payment without understanding the official remedy and obtaining advice where disputed.
What to check
- Nature and urgency of the defect
- Contract and addendum allocation
- Cause of the damage
- Written notices and access offered
- Qualified quotation or technical report
Common mistakes
- Using an arbitrary monetary threshold as the whole rule
- Repairing first and documenting later
- Withholding rent without formal advice
Explanation is not document preparation.
No legal form is created by Rapid. Rapid can organise the timeline, list the evidence and connect the visitor to Rapid expert, technical provider or RDC.
Apply the explanation to your facts.
Choose the question closest to your situation; Rapid will ask for what is missing.
What does this mean for your situation?
Ask Rapid using the actual dates, figures, documents and facts you know. Where official verification or professional action is required, the answer must say so clearly.