Private Villa Whole-House Customization, Dubai, UAE

Project Snapshot

The Brief

A couple based in London, a villa designed by a local studio, and a drawing set that was almost too complete: handleless, floor-to-ceiling, flush with the wall. That brief demands machining precision and site scribing that two local suppliers had already failed at sample stage.

Three Real Problems

1. Handleless and full-height means gaps under 3 mm. A slightly bowed or mis-sized door throws the whole elevation out of line.
2. Curved walls and raked ceilings. The master suite has two R1200 curved walls. A standard cabinet cannot follow them.
3. Appliance dimensions were already fixed. Gaggenau ovens, a Sub-Zero fridge, a built-in wine unit — internal clearances to the millimetre.

Our Solution

• Kitchen — U-shape with a 3.2 m sintered-stone island. A 300 mm cantilevered bar overhang faces the living area; the back is a full veneer slat panel concealing sockets. Tall units were drilled to the appliance schedule, with the drilling drawing shipped alongside.
• Master walk-in closet — U-shaped. The carcass follows the curved wall as a faceted run (600 mm segments, 2°–6° progressive angle), wrapped in full-height curved doors so the curve still reads as continuous.
• Vanities — Four, all wall-hung, worktop and carcass in the same finish, sintered stone with a 40 mm downstand for a thin edge. Lit mirror cabinets with power taken from inside the cabinet.
• Study — Full-wall library to ceiling; 25 mm shelves to resist sag, concealed supports on any span over 900 mm.
• Wine cabinet — Built into the media room, double-glazed doors with a separately zoned temperature section.

Build Notes

Handleless detail is a 45° mitred finger pull, edge-banded in the same finish and hand-finished. All doors are cut from one blank size and lacquered in a single pass so two-tone elevations show no step between colours. Curved doors are 3 mm bendy ply hot-pressed to shape — not kerf-bent, which cracks within two years in Dubai’s dry air.

Installation

Two of our fitters were on site for 12 days alongside the local contractor. Every wall junction carries a 15 mm adjustable scribe filler, measured and cut on site rather than hidden behind sealant.

Results

Studio sign-off at first inspection; only two drawer dampers needed adjusting. Eight months after handover the owner added an outdoor kitchen and a guest wardrobe.

Client Feedback

“The curved wall was the reason we rejected two suppliers. Sinleade sent us a section drawing within three days showing how they would segment it. That is when we stopped looking.”