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Residential design & build

Residential Design & Build for Villas and Homes

One team designs your home, prices it line by line and builds it: architecture, interiors, finishing, MEP, joinery and landscape under a single point of responsibility.

  • ISO 9001:2015Certified quality management
  • LLA 2022Luxury Lifestyle Awards winner
  • 2Offices: Cairo and Riyadh
  • 3Markets: Egypt, KSA, UAE
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Residential interior design and build puts one team in charge of your home, from the first sketch to the day you move in. It closes the gap where most home projects go wrong: a designer who never visits site and a contractor who reinterprets the drawings. At NoVi Designs & Finishing, the people who draw your home stay responsible for it.

We design and deliver villas, townhouses, apartments, penthouses and compound units from our offices in Cairo and Riyadh, and serve homeowners in the UAE from both. Our Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2022 win was for exactly this kind of work: Best Luxury Villa Interior Design in Egypt.

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Named projects behind the work

Figures, roles and status from NoVi's 2026 corporate portfolio. Images are original visualisations inspired by each project, not site photographs.

  • Visualisation: La Vista VillaVisualisation

    850 m²

    La Vista Villa

    Cairo

    Design & finishing: modern and neo-classic villa — pool, staircase, living and bedrooms

  • Visualisation: Villette ResidenceVisualisation

    300 m²

    Villette Residence

    New Cairo

    Design & finishing: interior and exterior, joinery, lighting, kitchen and bathrooms

Villa master suite with a walnut and linen headboard wall
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Home design and finishing under one contract

Commission the full scope or only the stages you need; every stage is drawn to the same standard.

  1. Programming and space planning

    A survey and a briefing on how your family lives: guest and private zones, storage, staff areas and how the kitchen is really used.

  2. Architecture and façades

    Extensions, layout changes and façade redesign, drawn with the interiors so openings, levels and services line up.

  3. Interior design and 3D

    Mood boards, material selections at three budget levels and realistic 3D views, revised with you until sign-off.

  4. Finishing works

    Plastering, flooring, ceilings, paint, doors and sanitary works executed to the shop drawings and inspected stage by stage.

  5. MEP, lighting and smart systems

    Power, lighting scenes, air conditioning, plumbing and low-current systems coordinated with the layout, with smart home controls where wanted.

  6. Joinery, kitchens and furnishing

    Custom joinery, kitchens, loose furniture and styling, built and supplied with our manufacturing partners.

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Villas, apartments and compound homes

Villas and townhouses usually combine architecture, interiors and landscape: a majlis or formal living room, a family wing, outdoor living and a pool. Apartments and penthouses are about making every square metre work, often inside developer rules on what can be changed. Each type has its own page with the details.

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How a residential design & build project runs

Six integrated stages from the first sketch to the day you move in.

  1. Concept, design and visualisation

    Survey, brief, layout options, mood boards and 3D views of the key spaces.

  2. Technical development and FF&E coordination

    Shop drawings, bill of quantities, value engineering and the furniture, fixtures and lighting schedule.

  3. Procurement and approvals

    Materials ordered against the approved samples; developer or municipal approvals coordinated before work starts.

  4. Construction and execution

    Our site team builds to the drawings, with regular progress updates you can follow from anywhere.

  5. Quality and project control

    Inspections at every stage under our ISO 9001 quality system, health and safety on site, and snagging.

  6. Handover

    Furniture installation, styling, testing of every system and the documentation for your home.

Kitchen with a travertine waterfall island and fluted walnut cabinetry
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Luxury home interiors in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE

In Egypt most of our residential work is in compounds in New Cairo, Sheikh Zayed, the New Administrative Capital and the North Coast, where developer finishing rules and approvals shape the programme; read finishing in Egypt. Our largest residential project is concrete and architectural finishing for Mivida Gardens — 200 villas in New Cairo.

In Saudi Arabia our Riyadh office designs and finishes villas and majlis spaces; see villa finishing in Riyadh. Homeowners in the UAE are served from both offices, as explained on our UAE page.

Contemporary travertine villa with an infinity pool at dusk
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What shapes the cost of home design and finishing

  • The unit's condition: core and shell, semi-finished, or a finished home being upgraded
  • Built-up area and how many spaces need full design and custom joinery
  • The finishing tier chosen at mood-board stage, from super lux to high-end
  • Architectural, façade or MEP changes, and outdoor scope such as pools and landscape
  • Furniture, lighting and smart systems supplied as part of the contract

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers to what clients ask us before a site survey. Not covered here? Ask the team directly.

Ask the team

Can you take a villa from core and shell to move-in?

Yes, on a turnkey basis. We design the interiors and any architectural changes, then execute finishing, MEP, joinery and landscape, and hand over with furniture installed if you choose. One team is accountable for the whole programme.

Do you work inside compounds with developer rules?

Yes. Most of our homes in Egypt are in compounds. We prepare the drawings the developer asks for and plan the works around its rules on façades, working hours and deposits.

Can I follow the project while living abroad?

Yes. Selections are approved on 3D views and samples, and you receive regular progress updates from site, so you can follow your home from wherever you live.

Do you make the furniture and kitchens yourselves?

We design them in-house and deliver them with experienced manufacturing partners, coordinated and installed by our team, so you still deal with one contractor.

How long does a villa project take?

It depends on the area, the starting condition and the scope. Execution of interior projects typically takes four to eight months; we set out the full programme in the proposal after the site survey.

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Tell us about your home

Share the location, area and condition of your villa or apartment. We will propose a scope, a programme and a site-survey date.