{"id":3942,"date":"2019-09-02T11:32:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T11:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/?p=3942"},"modified":"2021-06-04T14:37:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T07:37:18","slug":"new-villa-construction-rules-to-boost-abu-dhabi-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/en\/new-villa-construction-rules-to-boost-abu-dhabi-market\/","title":{"rendered":"New villa construction rules to boost Abu Dhabi market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Loosened regulations to lower building costs, among other benefits to landowners<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3943\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/shutterstock_565808593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/shutterstock_565808593.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/shutterstock_565808593-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/shutterstock_565808593-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The skyline of Abu Dhabi. The emirate attracts 10 million people annually. GagliardiPhotography\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Newly issued regulations governing the construction of private villas in Abu Dhabi are expected to reduce costs for landowners and expedite turnover of housing developments, The National reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities (DPM) has reduced the minimum required sizes for villa bedrooms, kitchens, dining areas, and <em>majlis<\/em> or seating spaces. The new regulations have also scrapped a requirement for builders to construct a hallway in new villa structures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legislation will lower building costs for landowners, providing practical and modern solutions that can be easily applied, speeding up the delivery of housing projects and improving quality of life for residents,\u201d said Mohamed Al Ahmed, executive director of the strategic affairs sector at the DPM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/now-you-can-buy-land-in-abu-dhabi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>More:\u00a0Now you can buy land in Abu Dhabi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompliance with the legislation will help stimulate business, investment, community development and enhance lifestyle, while increasing the emirate&#8217;s competitiveness,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the foregoing rules, the DPM has reduced the maximum height requirement for side fences between villas from six metres to four metres. The rules have also been loosened insofar as to permit landowners to build extensions to properties overlooking a street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is in response to feedback from landowners requesting for more flexible spatial requirements,\u201d DPM explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loosened villa regulations to lower building costs, among other benefits to landowners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[139,185,140],"class_list":["post-3942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-abu-dhabi","tag-uae","tag-united-arab-emirates","news_country-uae","news_author-property-report"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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