Handover cleaning, laundry collection and home care for Solera buyers and future residents

Solera, Downtown Mina: Cleaning, Laundry and Home Services

From AED 45.00/hr

Solera is the first address of Downtown Mina, the new district RAK Properties is building on Raha Island: 451 homes across three architecturally distinct buildings on a shared podium, from compact apartments of under 400 sq ft to family homes of more than 3,000, with construction starting in 2026 and handover anticipated by the end of April 2028. Downtown Mina is designed as the urban heart of the island, with street life, retail and the boulevards below the homes, which is a different way to live from the villa streets and beach towers of the rest of Mina Al Arab.

This page is for the people who have bought at Solera and are planning ahead, and for the residents and investors who will follow. It covers what to expect at handover, the cleaning a new building needs in its first year, how laundry collection and regular cleaning work in a downtown apartment, what owners need to let an apartment from the day the keys arrive, and how to line up cleaning and keyholding before handover so the apartment is ready the week you get it. Everything is booked in the Halo Clean app with the price shown before you confirm.

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Solera at a Glance

Solera stands in Downtown Mina on Raha Island, with Nura following beside it, the Edge, Mirasol and Skai towers along the island’s shore, Bermuda Villas and Gateway Residences I already lived in, and the Hayat Island resorts a few minutes away across the water. A podium building in a downtown district lives with more footfall, more deliveries and more dust from the street than a villa, and its shared gardens and pools bring towels and sand home like any other Mina address. The facts below are the ones that will shape how a Solera apartment gets cleaned and looked after.

451 homes by RAK Properties across three architecturally distinct buildings on a shared podium, the first launch of the Downtown Mina district on Raha Island
Homes from roughly 386 to 3,104 sq ft, from compact apartments to large family homes, with balconies over the podium gardens and the district
Construction from 2026 and handover anticipated by the end of April 2028, with Nura following beside it in 2029
Inside the gated Mina Al Arab master community with 24 hour security, on an island with more than two and a half kilometres of public beach and a members-only yacht club and marina to come

Lagoon Walk's cafés and restaurants across the bridge, Choithrams about five minutes, Bloom and Al Mondial within seven, the Hayat Island resorts a few minutes away
Chubby Cheeks, Little Treasure and Red Bus nurseries nearby, Al Jazeera Al Hamra Boys School about six minutes
Al Jazeera Medical Clinic about seven minutes, RAK Hospital about twenty, Al Rifaa Mosque within ten
E11 in about seven minutes, RAK International Airport about 25, Al Hamra Mall about twelve, and limited public transport, so most households run a car

Raha Island is on our daily Mina Al Arab round. See all cleaning services in Mina Al Arab, the dedicated guides to home cleaning in Mina Al Arab and deep cleaning in Mina Al Arab, our post-construction cleaning service for new apartments, and holiday home management in Mina Al Arab if your apartment will be let to guests.

Neighbouring communities: Nura, Raha Island.

What to Expect at Handover in Solera

A newly handed-over apartment is clean by construction standards and dirty by living standards: fine cement and plaster dust inside every cupboard, drawer and vent, grout haze and sealant smears on the tiles, protective film and stickers on the glass, appliances and sanitaryware, packaging glue on the frames, and grit on the balcony from the district still being built around it. A handover clean removes all of it, and it should happen after key collection and snagging and before a single piece of furniture arrives, because the dust that goes under a sofa on day one stays there for years.

The first year in a new building has its own pattern: dust keeps surfacing from behind skirting and inside the AC returns as the building dries out, snagging visits bring contractors and more dust back in, and with Nura and the rest of Downtown Mina rising next door, the balconies and window sills stay gritty until the district finishes. After that, Solera settles into the routine of a downtown apartment on an island: salt on the glass, humidity at the seals and in the bathroom, street dust and delivery traffic in the hallway, and an open-plan kitchen that shares its air with the living room. Our crews are on Raha Island most days, and every booking sends a team of at least two cleaners with Diversey professional products and their own equipment.

Room by room

Handover: protective film, stickers and packaging residue removed from glass, frames, appliances and sanitaryware, grout haze and cement splashes lifted from tiles and stone
Inside every cupboard, drawer, wardrobe and kitchen unit, where the construction dust actually lives, wiped out before anything is unpacked into them
Glass and balcony: windows cleaned inside and, where the balcony gives safe access, outside, tracks and seals cleared of grit, salt and street dust, balcony floor and rail washed
Kitchen: hob, splashback, sink and worktops degreased, appliance interiors wiped after handover, cooking film removed from nearby surfaces on regular visits
Bathrooms: tiles, grout and glass descaled and sanitised, extractor covers checked, sealant lines treated for the mould that island humidity encourages
Bedrooms, living area and the hallway: dusting from skirting to ceiling, mirrors and internal glass, wardrobe fronts, floors vacuumed and mopped so street grit does not scratch them
AC vents and returns, the tops of tall furniture and the laundry space, where a drying-out building sheds its dust for a year

Which service fits

Handover and post-construction cleaning for a newly completed Solera apartment before the furniture arrives
Deep cleaning after the first summer, after snagging works, before guests or between tenants
House cleaning for the weekly or fortnightly upkeep of an occupied apartment, priced by the hour
Move-in cleaning for a resale or a first tenancy, to the standard a new building deserves
Sofa, mattress and carpet cleaning for the new soft furnishings that collect a building's first-year dust
Laundry collection and an ironing add-on so the washing leaves with the crew

A handover clean of a compact Solera apartment is usually half a day for a two-cleaner crew; a two or three bedroom home is most of a day, and the largest family homes are a full day for a larger crew. Regular cleaning after that is two to three hours for the smaller apartments. You choose the hours in the app and the price is shown before you confirm: house cleaning starts at From AED 45.00/hr, with the total for your apartment calculated from the hours you book, and handover and deep cleans are quoted by the size and condition of the home.

Laundry Collection in Solera

A downtown apartment has a washing machine and nowhere to dry a duvet cover, and a podium pool adds towels to the basket every day. Our laundry collection service takes the bag from your door, has each item washed and pressed, dry cleaned or steam pressed by a specialist laundry partner and returns it in around three days, labelled and scanned at every step, with one collection charge for the whole order. New owners use it for the first wash of everything that came out of a box; after that, hand the bag to the cleaning crew on their regular visit or to the driver at the door, and if you would rather have the ironing done at home, add the ironing option to a house cleaning booking.

Holiday Homes and Rentals in Solera

Many Solera apartments were bought to be let, and a downtown address with shops and cafés below is what long-term tenants and city-break guests both look for; for those owners the first guest or tenant arrives within weeks of the keys. The practical questions are the same whether the next arrival is a guest or a tenant: who furnishes and photographs the apartment after the handover clean, who turns it around between arrivals, who holds the keys and meets the check-ins, and who is accountable when something is not right. Our holiday home management in Mina Al Arab covers listing, pricing, guest care, RAKTDA permits and hotel-standard turnover cleaning for a published share of rental income, with building and community approvals confirmed per unit before anything is listed. Owners who let long term use our landlord support for move-in and move-out cleaning and inspections, and our keyholder service holds keys and smart-lock codes for cleaners, contractors and check-ins while you are away.

Turnover cleaning in Solera will run to the same standard whether the next arrival is a guest or a tenant: beds made with fresh linen, bathroom sanitised, kitchen reset, glass and balcony cleared of salt, grit and street dust, and a photo record sent when the crew leaves. One accountable team means one phone number when the guest calls about the AC.

Living in Solera: Access, the District and Practicalities

Until handover, Solera is a construction site behind hoardings, and Downtown Mina will keep building around it for a year or two after. Security registers visitors and contractors at the Mina Al Arab entrance, each of the three buildings will have its own entrance, lifts and arrangements for contractor access and waste, the podium will have its own rules, and the handover process, with its snagging inspection, defects list and key collection, has its own sequence. All of it sits within the rules that RAK Properties, which manages the master community, publishes through its community management team and eServices portal. Our crews are on Raha Island most days, so they will know Solera’s routes from the first week. Our property snagging inspection fits that sequence: a numbered, photographed defects list at a fixed price, booked online before you sign the acceptance.

What we need from you is simple: which building, the apartment number, any instruction the building or the handover team has given you, and how the crew gets in if you are not on site, whether that is a key with our keyholder service, a smart-lock code or a key left with building security where the building allows it. For a handover clean, tell us the key collection date and whether the snagging works are finished, so the crew comes once rather than twice. Crews park where the building directs contractors and take waste, packaging and protective film out with them.

Seasonally, a downtown apartment on an island asks for different things. Summer humidity is the bathroom, window-seal and AC season; winter is the podium, beach and terrace season; the weeks before Eid, the end of the school year and the start of the winter letting season are when deep cleans, laundry collections and guest resets all land at once; and in a new building, a deep clean after the first summer, once it has dried out, is worth more than any other.

Every Service Your Solera Apartment Will Need

Post-Construction Cleaning

The handover clean for a new Solera apartment: builders' dust, grout haze, protective film and packaging residue removed before you move in.

Deep Cleaning

The first-summer reset and every move-in, move-out and pre-guest clean after it, inside cupboards, appliances and AC grilles.

House Cleaning

Weekly or fortnightly upkeep for an occupied apartment, same crew where possible, priced by the hour in the app.

Laundry Collection

Collected from your door, washed and pressed, dry cleaned or steam pressed, and returned in around three days.

Holiday Home Management

Listing, guests, permits and turnover cleaning for owners who let a Solera apartment, approvals confirmed per unit.

Keyholder Service

Secure key and smart-lock access for cleaners, contractors, deliveries, snagging visits and check-ins while you are away.

The extras a new downtown apartment needs are booked the same way: sofa and upholstery cleaning and mattress cleaning for new furnishings that collect a building’s first-year dust, AC duct cleaning once the building has dried out and before the heat, curtain cleaning for the drapes that catch the sun and the street, and pest control for the ants and mosquitoes that come with island living.

Booking From Solera

Set your Solera building and apartment in the Halo Clean app once and every booking after that takes a minute. Choose the service and the hours, pick a day and time, add any building, handover or access note, and the price is confirmed before you pay. Recurring visits are booked once and run on their own.

Book Cleaning in Solera

From the handover clean of a compact first apartment to the weekly upkeep of a large family home above the podium, Halo Clean will look after Solera properly, on time and by people who already know Raha Island. Book in the app, online, or call or WhatsApp 054 175 4256 between 8am and 8pm, seven days a week.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does Solera hand over, and when should I book the handover clean?

RAK Properties anticipates completion and handover by the end of April 2028, with construction starting in 2026. Book the handover clean for the days after key collection and, ideally, after the snagging works are finished, and always before the furniture is delivered. Tell us your key collection date as soon as it is confirmed and we will hold the slot; the weeks around a building’s handover are the busiest of the year for us on the island.

What does a Solera handover clean include?

Everything that stands between a construction-finished apartment and a home you can furnish: builders’ dust removed from every cupboard, drawer, wardrobe and vent, protective film and stickers taken off glass, appliances and sanitaryware, grout haze, cement splashes and sealant smears lifted from tiles and stone, packaging residue cleaned from frames, and the bathrooms, kitchen and balcony cleaned to living standard. We photograph the apartment before and after, and if we find snags for your defects list, we tell you.

Can I arrange cleaning and keyholding before I have the keys?

Yes. Set up your account and address in the app now, tell us your expected handover quarter, and we will book the handover clean, a furnishing-day visit and a keyholding plan against the date once it is confirmed. Overseas owners often have us collect the keys, photograph the snagging and hold the keys for the furniture delivery and the first tenant or guest.

How much does cleaning cost in Solera?

House cleaning is priced by the hour, with the rate shown in the Halo Clean app and the total for your apartment calculated from the hours you book before you confirm; a regular clean of a compact apartment is usually two to three hours. Handover cleans, deep cleans and move-out cleans are quoted by the size and condition of the apartment, from half a day for the smallest homes to a full day for the largest. There are no extra charges for building access or parking.

Why will dust keep coming back in a new downtown building?

A new building sheds dust for about a year: plaster and cement dust works out from behind skirting and inside the AC returns as it dries, snagging visits bring more in, and with Nura and the rest of Downtown Mina under construction around Solera, fine grit will blow onto balconies and sills for longer than usual. A regular clean keeps it in check, a deep clean after the first summer resets vents, sills and tracks, and it stops when the district finishes.

Do you collect laundry from Solera?

Yes. A Halo Clean driver collects from your apartment door, each bag is labelled and scanned, your items are washed and pressed, dry cleaned or steam pressed by our specialist laundry partner and delivered back in around three days. You can hand the bag to the cleaning crew on a regular visit or book a collection on its own, and prices are per item and per treatment, confirmed before collection.

Can I let my Solera apartment as a holiday home?

Short lets in Mina Al Arab need a RAKTDA holiday home permit plus the building’s and the community’s own approval, which are confirmed per unit. Our holiday home management service in Mina Al Arab handles the permit, the listing, guests and turnover cleaning for a published share of rental income, and we confirm the approvals position for your apartment before anything is listed.

How do your cleaners get into a building that has just handed over?

Security registers service providers at the Mina Al Arab gate, and our crews are on Raha Island most days, so they will know Solera’s entrances, lifts and contractor rules from the first week. Add the building and apartment number and any instruction the building or the handover team has given you to the booking, and we coordinate arrival with you or with security. If you are not on site, leave a key with our keyholder service, share a smart-lock code, or leave a key with building security where the building allows it.

Which nearby communities do you also serve?

All of Raha Island and Mina Al Arab: Nura beside Solera as it hands over, Edge, Mirasol and Skai along the island’s shore, Bermuda Villas and Gateway Residences I today, the Lagoon Views apartments and Lagoon Walk across the bridge, and the Hayat Island communities including Marbella Villas, Bay Residences and Cape Hayat. Our crews cover Al Hamra Village and Al Marjan Island on the same coastal round.

Ready for a Clean Start in Solera?

Line up the handover clean, deep cleaning, laundry collection and keyholding for your Solera apartment in the Halo Clean app, or ask about holiday home management before the keys arrive. Call or WhatsApp 054 175 4256, 8am to 8pm, seven days a week.

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