We will not publish a price list of imaginary job rates, because a leak behind a wall and a leaking tap valve are not the same job despite similar symptoms. Instead, this page explains our quoting model in full, including the 200 dirham inspection fee and exactly when it is refunded.
How European Technical prices Dubai maintenance work: fixed quotes after inspection, a refundable AED 200 inspection fee, and no hourly billing.
Diagnosis costs money, and contractors who pretend otherwise bury it in inflated repair prices. We charge 200 dirhams for an inspection visit, which covers a technician's time, instruments and a written diagnosis. If you instruct any repair based on that diagnosis, the 200 dirhams is refunded in full against the job. If you take the diagnosis and go elsewhere, you keep the report and we keep the fee. That is the entire arrangement. For annual maintenance contract clients, inspections under the contract schedule carry no fee at all, and faults found during scheduled visits are quoted without a separate inspection charge because the diagnosis already happened.
Once diagnosed, work is priced as a fixed quote covering labour, materials and reinstatement of finishes we open. You approve it in writing before work starts, and the price does not move if the job takes longer than estimated. Hourly billing transfers the risk of slow work to the client, which is why we avoid it. The quote itemises what is included and what is excluded, so a facilities manager can present it to a board without ambiguity. If concealed conditions genuinely change the scope, such as extensive corrosion found behind a wall, work stops, the variation is quoted and nothing proceeds without your written approval.
A table saying an AC repair costs a fixed figure is a marketing device, not information. A failed capacitor, a refrigerant leak at a flare joint and a failed compressor are all AC repairs with costs differing by a factor of ten. What we can publish are the components of price: the inspection fee, the fixed-quote model, and the refund rule. Materials are billed at cost plus a stated margin, disclosed on request. For AMC clients, the annual fee is built from a survey of counted assets, so the calculation, not just the total, is visible. Every figure we give you survives being written down.
One-off jobs are invoiced on completion with payment terms stated on the quote. Annual maintenance contracts are priced from the asset survey and fixed for the twelve month term, with renewal terms agreed in advance rather than left to notice. Contract clients receive itemised monthly invoicing aligned to the visits actually delivered, which maps cleanly onto service charge accounting and RERA-aligned budget reporting. Emergency attendance follows the same pricing as scheduled work; there is no out-of-hours premium for callouts, only the standard inspection fee and the same refund rule. Nothing on your invoice will be a category called miscellaneous.
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The fee is refunded in full against any work you instruct following the inspection, deducted from the job invoice. If you decide not to proceed, the fee stands and you keep the written diagnosis report. AMC clients pay no inspection fee for faults found during scheduled visits.
No. Labour rates are the same whenever we attend. The only standard upfront cost is the inspection fee, which follows the same refund rule regardless of whether the visit was an emergency or a scheduled inspection.
For described, straightforward jobs we can give an indicative range over the phone, clearly labelled as indicative. A fixed quote requires inspection, because pricing unseen work is how clients end up with variations later.
How European Technical prices Dubai maintenance work: fixed quotes after inspection, a refundable AED 200 inspection fee, and no hourly billing.