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The range mostly reflects how many cheques your landlord will accept rather than how expensive the flat is. A landlord willing to take four cheques spreads the same annual rent over four smaller payments, while one insisting on a single cheque wants effectively a year's rent in your account before you move in — the difference changes how much of the AED 30,000–60,000 you need on day one versus month three.
Ejari and the DEWA deposit are the two costs newcomers most often forget to add on top of rent and furniture, because neither shows up on the listing price. Get a written quote for both before you commit to a flat, and treat the agent fee as a fixed cost rather than something to negotiate down — landlords rarely move on it, and budgeting as if you might is how the first month runs short.
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