Holiday Homes in The Edge, Business Bay

The building

The Edge is a residential development by Select Group in Business Bay, on the edge of Downtown Dubai, made up of two towers, A and B. The homes are one and two-bedroom apartments, each with a balcony, and both towers were handed over in October 2026.

Residents share a large podium leisure deck with an infinity pool, a gym, a pool deck, a courtyard, a lounge area, hot tubs and a barbecue area. For sport there is a padel court, a pickleball and basketball court, an outdoor gym, a yoga deck and a sprint track. Indoors there is a co-working space, a games room and a social lounge.

The towers sit between Downtown Dubai and the Dubai Canal. Dubai Opera, The Dubai Mall and the Burj Khalifa are a few minutes away by car, Sheikh Zayed Road is close, and there are supermarkets and restaurants nearby.

Who stays in Business Bay

Two kinds of guest keep a Business Bay apartment busy. The first books by the night: couples and small families on holiday who want to be near Downtown Dubai without paying hotel prices, and who value a kitchen, a balcony and a pool. They come mostly in the cooler months and around the city's big events.

The second books by the month: people relocating to Dubai while they find a permanent home, consultants and project staff, and companies housing employees for a few weeks at a time. Business Bay is one of the city's main office districts, so these guests come all year, including the summer.

The facilities at The Edge suit longer stays well. A guest staying a month cares more about a gym, a padel court and a pool than about a hotel lobby, and a listing that shows them answers questions before they are asked. A one-bedroom suits a single professional or a couple. A two-bedroom suits a small family or two colleagues sharing.

Short stays or a yearly tenant

A yearly tenant is the simplest choice. One contract, a predictable income and very little to manage. The trade-off is that the rent is fixed for the year whatever the market does, the apartment is lived in hard or gently depending on the tenant, and you cannot use it yourself.

A holiday home asks more of whoever runs it. The price can move with demand, the apartment is cleaned and checked after every stay, and you can block dates for your own use. Income varies by season, and the owner usually carries running costs that a yearly tenant would pay, such as utilities, internet and cleaning.

Many owners use a mix: nightly guests in the busy winter months and monthly guests in the quieter ones. A monthly guest in a licensed holiday home is a booking, not a tenancy, so the apartment comes back to you when the stay ends. We will tell you honestly if a yearly tenant looks like the better fit for your unit.

Getting a new unit ready

Before anything else, have the apartment snagged. A snagging inspection is a room-by-room check for the small faults common in new buildings, such as doors that stick, gaps in sealant, scratches, or fittings that do not work. The developer should put these right, and that is much easier before furniture goes in and guests start arriving.

Next come the utilities and internet, the furnishing and a full inventory. One and two-bedroom apartments need a good bed in every bedroom, blackout curtains, enough seating for everyone the home sleeps, a kitchen that works for real cooking, and a desk or table for guests who work. Furnishing is part of what we do, and we tell you what we would buy, and why, before anything is ordered.

Can I put my The Edge apartment on Airbnb?

Yes, as a licensed holiday home. Every home let by the night in Dubai needs a holiday home permit from the Department of Economy and Tourism, and the building's management has to allow short stays. We confirm where the building stands first, and if short stays are allowed, we register your apartment under fäm Living's operator licence as part of onboarding.

Once it is live, we list it on Airbnb, Booking.com and our own site, set the price night by night, check every guest in, clean between stays and pay you out each month. You keep the ownership and the income, and you can block dates whenever you want to stay yourself.

What fäm Living does for an owner

fäm Living already runs holiday homes in many Business Bay towers, including Elite Business Bay Residence, Upside Living, MAG 318 and Bayz by Danube. We do not run homes in The Edge yet, so we would get to know the building alongside you: how guest access works, how the management office likes to be contacted and what its rules say about short stays.

The rest is the same as everywhere we operate. We handle the permit, the furnishing and inventory, the photographs and the listings. Prices move with the season, Dubai's event calendar and the length of each stay. Every guest is checked before arrival and looked after during the stay, the home is cleaned and the linen changed after every booking, and maintenance is handled before it becomes your problem.

You see every booking, statement and payout in the owner portal.

Before you decide

What your apartment could earn depends on its size, floor, view and condition, and on the season. We quote from what comparable homes in Business Bay have actually booked rather than from a rule of thumb.

Our terms are agreed per property and set out in writing after a free consultation, before you sign anything. If you are still working through snagging or furniture, talk to us now, because the permit and setup can run alongside.