Developing secure, luxury residential compounds and gated communities complete with world-class amenities and advanced infrastructure.
Expatriates and discerning locals in Riyadh increasingly seek the security, community, and integrated lifestyle offered by premium residential compounds. Dar Anan possesses the scale, expertise, and logistical capacity to deliver these complex master-planned developments from the ground up.
We manage the entire construction lifecycle, from site grading and subterranean infrastructure to the erection of diverse housing units (villas, townhouses, and apartments) and the crucial integration of luxury communal facilities like clubhouses, pools, and high-tech security perimeters.
Constructing a cohesive mix of standalone villas, townhouses, and low-rise apartments within a master-planned community layout.
Integrating robust perimeter walls, secure gatehouses, biometric access controls, and comprehensive CCTV networks.
Developing outdoor amenities including tennis courts, swimming pools, children's playgrounds, and extensive landscaped walking trails.
Building central leisure hubs featuring restaurants, cafes, fully-equipped gymnasiums, spas, and multi-purpose event spaces.
Complete home renovations, additions, and structural upgrades that transform existing properties while maintaining integrity.
Energy-efficient residential designs incorporating solar systems, insulation technology, and sustainable building materials.
Master-planned secure communities are vital to Riyadh's expat and executive infrastructure. We have the heavy scaling capabilities to deliver massive compound acreage simultaneously.
The manpower and machinery required to pour foundations for dozens of units concurrently, compressing your time-to-market.
Expertise in building centralized recreation centers, commercial plazas, and complex communal pool systems.
Deep integration of secure gatehouses, strategic walls, and invisible surveillance routing.
A personalized approach to building your dream home, from concept to keys.
We begin by understanding your vision for your home — your lifestyle needs, aesthetic preferences, and budget. Our team conducts site assessments and develops a tailored project plan.
Our architects create detailed designs that bring your vision to life, ensuring structural integrity, energy efficiency, and compliance with local building codes.
With meticulous project management, we execute the build with precision — coordinating skilled craftsmen, sourcing quality materials, and maintaining the highest standards at every stage.
We deliver your completed home with a thorough walkthrough, comprehensive documentation, and warranty support to ensure your complete satisfaction.
Browse our portfolio of completed residential construction projects.
Standalone extension and addition for a private palace — comprising a gazebo, full A-Z plumbing and sanitation, superstructure, glass curtain walls, hidden HVAC, marble-slab flooring with waterjet carvings, industrial kitchen, royal bathroom vanities, pocket doors, and Moroccan gypsum ceilings.
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Full turnkey design-and-build of a luxury private villa in Riyadh — 3 floors, 3,000 sqft, featuring herringbone and marble flooring, wood-clad ceilings, solarium, private elevator, in-home gym, full landscaping, and complete MEP.
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Custom-built kidney-shaped poolside toilet and wash facilities for a private palace — featuring fresco-painted walls and ceilings, full MEP and HVAC, royal-grade finishes throughout.
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VIP royal-finish fit-out of a bespoke round villa — featuring gilded ceilings, high-end Moroccan gypsum designs, fresco-painted ceilings, marble flooring, custom furniture, royal bathrooms, and full MEP installation.
View Project →We build exceptional homes across Riyadh's most desirable communities. Our team is highly experienced with the specific building codes, logistical requirements, and architectural character of these premium districts.
A compound is a small piece of city rather than a set of houses. These are the conditions that decide how it is built here.
Roads, drainage, water, power distribution and irrigation have to be in before units can complete, and the electricity and water connections are frequently the longest lead item on the whole development. They are applied for at the start.
Trenching for services and any basement levels on Riyadh's limestone plateau usually means breaking rather than digging. On a compound this multiplies across the whole site, so it is established by ground investigation before pricing.
Rationalising unit types and standardising details across the compound does more for cost per unit than any single procurement decision. It is worth resolving before design freeze, because after that every variant carries its own drawings, formwork and snag list.
Clubhouses, gyms, mosques and assembly spaces have Civil Defence and accessibility requirements the villas do not, and they often gate the compound's completion certificate. They belong early in the programme, not at the end.
Perimeter walls, inter-unit screening, separate guest and family circulation and gatehouse arrangement all have to satisfy both the residents' expectations and the municipality's rules on elevation and boundary.
A compound is mostly external work. The 12:00 to 15:00 outdoor ban from 15 June to 15 September and the six-hour Ramadan working day both bite harder here than on an enclosed building, and are planned into the programme.
Dar Anan builds compounds in Riyadh with civil, MEP and finishes in-house. Send us the site and the unit mix and we will come back with a phasing plan and a programme.
Guides on developing a residential compound in Saudi Arabia — cost, programme and design requirements.
Everything you need to know about residential compounds in Riyadh — from types and locations to construction costs, design standards, and regulations.
Read the guide →How much does it cost to build a residential compound in Saudi Arabia? 2025 cost benchmarks per unit, per sqm, and by compound size and specification.
Read the guide →Building a residential compound in Saudi Arabia takes 18 to 48 months depending on size. Phase-by-phase timeline with realistic durations for Riyadh projects.
Read the guide →Saudi Arabia's residential compound design requirements cover plot coverage, setbacks, parking, amenities and infrastructure. Full 2025 standards guide.
Read the guide →What developers and investors ask us before awarding a compound contract.
Usually more than the units themselves: site infrastructure — roads, drainage, water, power distribution and irrigation — plus amenity buildings, a clubhouse or gym, pools, landscaping, perimeter walls, gatehouses and access control. On most compounds the infrastructure and external works are a larger share of the cost than developers expect at feasibility stage.
It depends far more on phasing than on unit count. Infrastructure has to lead, and a compound built in phases so early units can be handed over and occupied while later phases continue runs very differently from one delivered in a single push. We plan the phasing against your sales or leasing model rather than the other way round.
Site infrastructure, ground conditions and unit repetition. Riyadh's limestone means excavation for services and basements is often rock breaking. Against that, high repetition across unit types is the main lever available to bring the cost per unit down, so unit-type rationalisation is worth doing before design freeze.
Yes. Municipal permits through Amanat Ar-Riyadh, Saudi Civil Defence review for the amenity buildings and the compound as a whole, and coordination of electricity, water and telecom connections. On a compound the utility connections routinely sit on the critical path and are applied for early.
Yes, and it is usually the right approach commercially. It requires segregating construction traffic from occupied areas, completing infrastructure and life safety for the occupied phase, and managing noise and access around residents. It needs to be designed into the programme from the start, not retrofitted.
Yes — clubhouses, gyms, pools, majlis buildings, mosques and maintenance facilities. These carry different code and Civil Defence requirements from the residential units and are frequently the item that holds up the compound's overall completion certificate if they are left to last.
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