Cleaning, laundry collection and home care for Bay Residences, Bayviews and Beach House residents

Bay Residences, Hayat Island: Cleaning, Laundry and Home Services

From AED 45.00/hr

Bay Residences is the beachfront apartment district of Hayat Island: a family of low-rise and mid-rise buildings by RAK Properties along the Gulf side of the island, from Bay Residences Central and South Bay through North Bay and the two Bayviews towers to the Beach House apartments on the sand. Between them they offer studios, one, two and three bedroom apartments and three bedroom duplexes of roughly 538 to 3,638 sq ft, most of them looking straight at the sea, with the InterContinental next door and the Anantara and Nikki Beach resorts along the shore. The first phase was completed in 2025 and the second hands over in 2026, so the district is a mix of settled households, brand-new owners collecting keys and investors preparing apartments for guests.

This page is for the people who live, own or let in any Bay Residences building. It covers what cleaning a beachfront apartment actually involves, the handover clean a new Bay apartment needs before the furniture arrives, how laundry collection works from an apartment door, what owners need for a holiday let or a tenancy, and the practical side of building access. Everything is booked in the Halo Clean app with the price shown before you confirm.

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Bay Residences at a Glance

Hayat Island is the resort island of Mina Al Arab, with more than three and a half kilometres of coastline, the InterContinental, the Anantara and Nikki Beach, a marina with waterfront cafés, parks, cycling paths and preserved mangroves. Bay Residences takes the beach side of it, with Marbella Villas and Gateway Residences II inland, Cape Hayat and Quattro Del Mar rising nearby and Lagoon Walk across the water. The facts below are the ones that shape how a Bay apartment gets cleaned and looked after.

A RAK Properties beachfront district of around 648 apartments across Bay Residences Central, South Bay, North Bay, the two Bayviews towers and Beach House, with Nasim Lofts as its boutique addition
Studios, one, two and three bedroom apartments and three bedroom duplexes of roughly 538 to 3,638 sq ft; Central runs 818 to 2,852 sq ft and Beach House's two and three bedroom homes reach about 4,473 sq ft
Phase one completed in 2025, with Bayviews and Beach House handing over in the second half of the year, and phase two due in 2026, so some buildings are lived in while others are still collecting keys
Direct beach access, pools, gyms and landscaped parks, 24 hour security, allocated parking and the island's marina, cafés and resorts within walking distance

The InterContinental next door, Anantara and Nikki Beach along the shore, the marina cafés on the island and Lagoon Walk's restaurants across the water
Choithrams about six minutes, Bloom and Al Mondial within eight, Chubby Cheeks, Little Treasure and Red Bus nurseries nearby, Al Jazeera Al Hamra Boys School about seven
Al Jazeera Medical Clinic about eight minutes, RAK Hospital about twenty, Al Rifaa Mosque within ten
E11 in about eight minutes, RAK International Airport 20 to 25, Al Hamra Mall about twelve, and limited public transport, so most households run a car

Bay Residences 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 is let to guests.

Neighbouring communities: Marbella Villas, Cape Hayat, Quattro Del Mar, Hayat Island.

What Cleaning a Bay Residences Apartment Involves

A beachfront apartment lives with salt and sand. Sea air leaves a haze on the outside of the glass within days, the balcony rail and floor collect a film of salt and fine sand, and every sliding-door track and window seal on the sea side carries the humidity that turns to mould in the corners nobody looks at. Inside, the open-plan kitchens of a Bay apartment share their air with the living room, so cooking film travels, the bathrooms and AC vents hold moisture, and a duplex adds a staircase, a second bathroom and a lot more glass. Sand from the beach arrives on feet, towels and dogs and works its way into grout and under the units.

The newer Bay buildings add the needs of a new home. In the first year after handover, builders’ dust keeps surfacing from cupboards and vents, tiles and stone need their protective residue removed, and construction on the neighbouring plots keeps a fine grit blowing onto balconies. Our crews clean in Bay Residences most weeks, and every booking sends a team of at least two cleaners with Diversey professional products and their own equipment, with the same crew returning on a recurring schedule wherever possible.

Room by room

Sea-facing glass and balcony: windows cleaned inside and, where the balcony gives safe access, outside, tracks and seals cleared of salt and sand, balcony floor, rail and furniture washed
Open-plan kitchen: hob, splashback, sink and worktops degreased, cupboard and appliance fronts wiped, cooking film removed from nearby surfaces, bins emptied and sanitised
Bathrooms: tiles, grout and glass descaled and sanitised, extractor covers checked, sealant lines and shaded corners treated for the mould that sea air encourages
Bedrooms and living area: dusting from skirting to ceiling, mirrors and internal glass, wardrobe fronts, floors vacuumed and mopped so the beach sand does not scratch them
Duplex stairs, landings and the second bathroom, so the upper floor is not the forgotten one
AC vents and returns, the tops of tall furniture and the laundry cupboard, where an apartment that runs the AC all year collects its dust
Deep clean and handover extras when booked: inside cupboards and appliances, protective film and grout haze in a new apartment, high-level dusting and the balcony store

Which service fits

House cleaning for the weekly or fortnightly upkeep of an occupied apartment, priced by the hour
Deep cleaning for a move in, a move out, a post-summer reset or an apartment that has been let
Handover and post-construction cleaning for a new Bay apartment before the furniture arrives
Move-out cleaning to the landlord's or RAK Properties' handover checklist, with photos for the deposit
Sofa, mattress and carpet cleaning for the soft furnishings that hold sea humidity
Laundry collection and an ironing add-on so the beach towels and bedding leave with the crew

A regular clean of a studio or one bedroom Bay apartment is usually two to three hours; a two or three bedroom home or a duplex with a sea-facing balcony takes longer, and a move-out or handover deep clean is most of a day for a two-cleaner crew. 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. Building access is arranged in advance with you or with building security, so the crew arrives at the time you chose rather than waiting in the lobby.

Laundry Collection in Bay Residences

Beach living makes laundry: towels every day, bedding for guests, and the kandooras and abayas that need a proper press before an evening at the resorts. 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. Many Bay households hand the bag to the cleaning crew on their regular visit or to the driver at the door; if you would rather have the ironing done at home, add the ironing option to a house cleaning booking and the cleaner presses your clean laundry while the rest of the apartment is done.

Holiday Homes and Rentals in Bay Residences

Beachfront apartments beside the InterContinental and a short walk from Nikki Beach are the most lettable homes in Mina Al Arab, and many Bay apartments were bought to be let from the day the keys were collected. If you own here and let, the practical questions are the same whether the next arrival is a guest or a tenant: who turns the apartment 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 Bay Residences runs 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 haze and sand, 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 Bay Residences: Access, Buildings and Practicalities

An apartment building has its own access rules on top of the community gate. Security registers visitors and contractors at the Mina Al Arab entrance, each Bay building has its own entrance, lifts and arrangements for contractor parking and waste, and everything sits within the rules that RAK Properties, which manages the master community, publishes through its community management team and eServices portal. While the second phase is still handing over, parts of the district are working sites, so contractor routes, hoardings and parking change; our crews clean in Bay Residences most weeks, so they know the current entrances and where the bags go, and the booking calendar only offers times that fit the community’s daytime contractor hours.

What we need from you is simple: which Bay building, the apartment number, any instruction the building has given you, and how the crew gets in if you are out, 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. Crews park where the building directs contractors, never in residents’ bays, and take waste out with them rather than leaving it in the corridor bins.

Seasonally, a beachfront apartment asks for different things. Summer humidity is the bathroom, window-seal and AC season, when a fortnightly clean earns its keep; winter is the beach season, when sand, towels and outdoor living put the load on floors, balconies and laundry; and 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, so those dates are worth booking early. New owners add a season of their own: the handover clean, then a deep clean after the first summer once the building has settled.

Every Service Your Bay Residences Apartment Needs

House Cleaning

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

Deep Cleaning

Move-in, move-out and post-summer resets that reach inside cupboards, appliances and AC grilles.

Post-Construction Cleaning

Handover cleaning for a new Bay apartment: builders' dust, grout haze and protective film removed before you move in.

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 Bay apartment, approvals confirmed per unit.

Keyholder Service

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

The seasonal extras a beachfront apartment needs are booked the same way: sofa and upholstery cleaning and mattress cleaning for the soft furnishings that hold sea humidity, AC duct cleaning before the heat, curtain cleaning for the sea-facing drapes that catch the sun and the salt, and pest control for the ants and mosquitoes that come with beach and mangrove living.

Booking From Bay Residences

Set your Bay 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 or access note, and the price is confirmed before you pay. Recurring visits are booked once and run on their own.

Book Cleaning in Bay Residences

From a weekly clean of a studio to the handover clean of a brand-new duplex on the beach, Halo Clean looks after Bay Residences properly, on time and by people who know the buildings. Book in the app, online, or call or WhatsApp 054 175 4256 between 8am and 8pm, seven days a week.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does cleaning cost in Bay Residences?

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 studio or one bedroom is usually two to three hours, a larger apartment or a duplex with a sea-facing balcony longer, and deep cleans, handover cleans and move-out cleans are quoted by the size and condition of the apartment. There are no extra charges for building access or parking.

Which Bay Residences buildings do you cover?

All of them: Bay Residences Central, South Bay, North Bay, the Bayviews towers, Beach House and Nasim Lofts, whether the building is lived in or still handing over. Tell us which building you are in when you set your address in the app, because the entrances, lifts and contractor parking differ, and some change while the second phase completes.

How do your cleaners get into the building and the apartment?

Security registers service providers at the Mina Al Arab gate, and our crews know the Bay buildings’ entrances and lifts. Add the building and apartment number and any instruction the building has given you to the booking, and we coordinate arrival with you or with security. If you are out, leave a key with our keyholder service, share a smart-lock code, or leave a key with building security where the building allows it.

I am collecting the keys to a new Bay apartment. What does a handover clean involve?

A handover clean brings a newly completed apartment to the point where you can furnish it: builders’ dust removed from every cupboard, drawer and vent, protective film and stickers taken off glass and appliances, grout haze and cement splashes lifted from tiles and stone, and the bathrooms, kitchen and balcony cleaned to living standard. We photograph the apartment before and after, and if we find snags for your developer’s defects list, we tell you. Book it for the days between key collection and furniture delivery.

Why does salt keep coming back on my windows and balcony?

Because the sea is a few metres away. Sea air carries salt and fine sand that settle on the outside of the glass, the balcony rail and the floor within days, and the sun shows it. The inside of the glass is cleaned on every visit, the outside wherever the balcony gives safe access, and rinsing the rail and floor rather than dry-wiping them keeps the film away for longer. Glass that can only be reached from outside the building is the building management’s façade contractor, not a cleaning crew.

Do you collect laundry from Bay Residences?

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 Bay Residences 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.

Can you clean while I am at work or overseas?

Yes, and most Bay bookings happen that way. Leave a key with our keyholder service, share a smart-lock code, or arrange access with building security. The crew photographs the apartment when they finish and you receive a message, and keys are logged out and back in for every visit.

Which nearby communities do you also serve?

All of Hayat Island and Mina Al Arab: Marbella Villas and Gateway Residences II inland, Cape Hayat and Quattro Del Mar as they hand over, the Lagoon Views apartments and Lagoon Walk across the water, and Bermuda Villas and Gateway Residences I on Raha Island. Our crews cover Al Hamra Village and Al Marjan Island on the same coastal round.

Ready for a Cleaner Bay Residences Apartment?

Book house, deep or handover cleaning for your Bay Residences apartment in the Halo Clean app, add a laundry collection to the visit, or ask about holiday home management and keyholding. Call or WhatsApp 054 175 4256, 8am to 8pm, seven days a week.

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