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

Skai, Raha Island: Cleaning, Laundry and Home Services

From AED 45.00/hr

Skai is RAK Properties’ active-lifestyle community on Raha Island: 272 residences, from studios and one and two bedroom apartments to three bedroom penthouses, built around a gym, a paddle tennis court, a yoga area, a Zen garden, the Skai pool and children’s playgrounds. It hands over in the second quarter of 2028, alongside Mirasol and a year after Edge, so its owners will collect keys into a corner of the island that is still being finished around them.

This page is for the people who have bought at Skai and are planning ahead, and for the residents and investors who will follow. It covers what to expect at handover, the cleaning a new tower needs in its first year, how laundry collection and regular cleaning work in a building where everyone comes home from the court or the pool, 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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Skai at a Glance

Skai sits on Raha Island with Mirasol and Edge for neighbours, Bermuda Villas and Gateway Residences I already lived in nearby, the Downtown Mina district rising beyond and the Hayat Island resorts a few minutes away across the water. A building with a paddle court, a pool and a gym on site lives in sports kit and towels, and brings court sand, chlorine and sweat back into the laundry. The facts below are the ones that will shape how a Skai apartment gets cleaned and looked after.

A RAK Properties community of 272 residences on Raha Island, due for handover in the second quarter of 2028
Studios, one and two bedroom apartments and three bedroom penthouses, with balconies and full-height glass over the island's waterways
A gym, a paddle tennis court, a yoga area, a Zen garden, the Skai pool and children's playgrounds on site
The second wave of the new Raha Island towers, alongside Mirasol and after Edge, inside the gated Mina Al Arab master community with 24 hour security

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: Mirasol, Edge, Raha Island.

What to Expect at Handover in Skai

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 plots still working next door. 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 tower 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 Mirasol and Downtown Mina rising nearby the balconies stay gritty until they finish. After that, Skai settles into the routine of an active waterfront building: salt on the glass, humidity at the seals and in the bathroom, court sand and pool chlorine on the hallway floor, and a laundry basket that fills faster than anywhere else in Mina Al Arab. 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: full-height windows cleaned inside and, where the balcony gives safe access, outside, tracks and seals cleared of grit, salt and sand, 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 waterside humidity and wet kit encourage
Bedrooms, living area and the hallway: dusting from skirting to ceiling, mirrors and internal glass, wardrobe fronts, floors vacuumed and mopped so court sand 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 Skai 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 tower 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 sports kit, towels and bedding leave with the crew

A handover clean of a studio or one bedroom Skai apartment is usually half a day for a two-cleaner crew; a two bedroom home is most of a day, and a penthouse is 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 Skai

A building with a paddle court, a pool and a gym downstairs makes more laundry than any other kind: kit after every session, pool towels every day, and the kandooras, abayas and work shirts that still need a proper press. 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 Skai

Many Skai apartments were bought to be let, and an active-lifestyle building a few minutes from the Hayat Island resorts is what younger guests and professional tenants 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 Skai 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 sand, towels restocked, 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 Skai: Access, the Island and Practicalities

Until handover, Skai is a construction site behind hoardings, and for a while after it, its neighbours will be. Security registers visitors and contractors at the Mina Al Arab entrance, the building will have its own entrance, lifts and arrangements for contractor access and waste, 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 for Bermuda Villas and Gateway Residences, and will be in Edge from 2027, so they will know Skai’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: 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, an active waterfront apartment asks for different things. Summer humidity is the bathroom, window-seal and AC season, and the season when wet kit and towels grow mould fastest; winter is the court, pool and beach season, when sand and outdoor living put the load on floors, balconies and laundry; 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 tower, a deep clean after the first summer, once the building has dried out, is worth more than any other.

Every Service Your Skai Apartment Will Need

Post-Construction Cleaning

The handover clean for a new Skai 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 Skai 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 active-lifestyle 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 full-height drapes that catch the sun and the salt, and pest control for the ants and mosquitoes that come with waterside living.

Booking From Skai

Set your Skai 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 Skai

From the handover clean of a brand-new studio to the weekly upkeep of a penthouse above the Zen garden, Halo Clean will look after Skai 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 Skai hand over, and when should I book the handover clean?

RAK Properties has scheduled handover for the second quarter of 2028. 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 tower’s handover are the busiest of the year for us on the island.

What does a Skai 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 Skai?

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. Handover cleans, deep cleans and move-out cleans are quoted by the size and condition of the apartment, from half a day for a studio to a full day for a penthouse. There are no extra charges for tower access or parking.

Why will dust keep coming back in a new tower?

A new tower sheds dust for about a year: plaster and cement dust works out from behind skirting and inside the AC returns as the building dries, snagging visits bring more in, and with Mirasol and Downtown Mina under construction around Skai, 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 neighbours finish.

Do you collect laundry from Skai?

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 Skai 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 tower 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 Skai’s entrance, lifts and contractor rules from the first week. Add the 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: Bermuda Villas and Gateway Residences I today, Edge from 2027, Mirasol and the Downtown Mina towers as they hand over, 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 Skai?

Line up the handover clean, deep cleaning, laundry collection and keyholding for your Skai 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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