Re-foaming a three-seater sofa in Dubai starts from AED 500 to AED 900, while fully reupholstering the same sofa starts from AED 1,400. Frame repair starts from AED 300 and a single seat cushion from AED 150. Fabric is billed separately per metre, and a three-seater needs 12 to 16 metres.
Which is why the quote you were given makes no sense. You asked what it costs to fix a sagging sofa and got a number somewhere between AED 150 and AED 9,000, because "fix" covers three entirely different jobs. One replaces the foam inside the cushions. One strips the sofa to its frame and re-covers it. One repairs the timber and springs underneath.
Get the wrong one and you pay twice. New foam on a sofa with a cracked frame sinks again inside a year. New fabric over tired foam looks right for a month and then shows every dent. The money is saved by diagnosing the sofa before anyone quotes it.
How much does it cost to replace sofa foam in Dubai?
Foam replacement in Dubai is priced per cushion or per sofa, and it is the cheapest of the three repair routes. The table lists the published rates from one company's full foam rate card.
That company publishes its inclusions in words worth holding a quote against: prices include foam material, cutting and fitting at your home, with travel within Dubai included. A foam quote that excludes the fitting is not the same product.
How much does sofa reupholstery cost in Dubai?
Full reupholstery in Dubai is priced per sofa by seat count, and published ranges differ widely because they bundle different fabric grades. The table shows three independent companies side by side so the spread is visible.
Read across the row rather than down the column. A three-seater is published anywhere from AED 800 to AED 5,000 depending on whose fabric grade you are buying, which means a reupholstery quote is almost entirely a fabric decision wearing a labour number. Sources: Karnak Home, Best Sofa Upholstery Dubai and Dubai Sofa Upholstery.
How much fabric does a sofa need, and what does it cost per metre in Dubai?
Upholstery fabric in Dubai is sold by the metre, and a three-seater needs 12 to 16 metres. Multiply the metre rate by the yardage and the reupholstery spread above stops looking arbitrary.
Yardage is published too: a 2-seater needs 9 to 12 metres and a 3-seater 12 to 16 metres on Pine Tree Lane's figures. At AED 400 per metre for velvet, the fabric alone on a three-seater is AED 4,800 before a single staple goes in — the honest explanation for a AED 5,000 premium quote.
How much do sofa frame and spring repairs cost in Dubai?
Frame and spring work is the structural repair underneath, and it is published separately from both foam and fabric. The rates below are the ones that decide whether a sofa is worth saving at all.
How long does sofa repair take in Dubai?
Published turnaround in Dubai clusters between three days and one week, and the differences are small enough that turnaround should not decide the job. Four companies state it:
- Repairs Sofa Dubai: 3 to 5 working days from collection, with headboard reupholstery sometimes in 2 days
- Karnak Home: three to seven working days, and five to seven for a large sectional reupholstery
- Dubai Sofa Upholstery: 3 to 5 days
- Reupholstery.ae: most jobs finished within a week
Pickup and delivery is where companies differ more than on time. Three publish it as free or included within Dubai; one publishes AED 200 to AED 400, free above AED 1,000; another lists AED 50 to AED 150 while saying it offers the service free. Confirm it in writing.
Is it worth repairing a sofa in Dubai or replacing it?
Repair wins when the frame is sound and the fabric is the problem, because a frame is the expensive part of a sofa and the one a factory cannot sell you cheaply. Replacement wins when frame repair at AED 300 to AED 900 and spring replacement at AED 400 to AED 1,200 are both needed on a sofa whose reupholstery would then cost AED 1,400 or more.
Dubai adds one factor that changes the sum: a bespoke or imported sofa that fits a specific room is not replaceable at any sensible price, which is why reupholstery at AED 3,000 can still be the cheap option. If the sofa was an off-the-shelf purchase, price the repair against a new one before you commit.
✓ Diagnose first — foam, fabric or frame — and get each priced separately
✓ Ask for the fabric metre rate and the metres required, not a lump sum
✓ Confirm whether foam prices include cutting and fitting at your home
✓ Ask whether pickup and delivery is charged, and at what rate
✓ Ask whether the figure includes VAT — no Dubai upholsterer we read states it
✓ Get the turnaround in working days, in writing, before the sofa leaves
✓ Check the trade licence covers upholstery, not general furniture trading
Get the three prices before you hand over the sofa
A sofa leaves your flat and comes back weeks later, which makes this one of the few home services where you cannot inspect the work in progress. The companies worth using will tell you which of the three jobs your sofa actually needs, and will price the fabric where you can see it.
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Sofa repair in Dubai: your questions answered
How much does it cost to replace sofa foam in Dubai?
Replacing the foam in a three-seater sofa in Dubai starts from AED 500 to AED 900, and a single seat cushion from AED 150 to AED 250. A memory foam upgrade on a three-seater is published at AED 700 to AED 1,200 and an L-shape or sectional at AED 900 to AED 1,800, with fitting at home included.
How much does sofa reupholstery cost in Dubai?
Reupholstering a three-seater sofa in Dubai starts from AED 800 and runs to AED 5,000 at premium fabric grades, with L-shape sectionals published from AED 1,500 to AED 9,000. The spread is driven by fabric, because a three-seater needs 12 to 16 metres and rates run from AED 25 to AED 450 per metre.
How much fabric does a three-seater sofa need in Dubai?
A three-seater sofa needs 12 to 16 metres of upholstery fabric and a two-seater 9 to 12 metres, on published Dubai yardage figures. At AED 400 per metre for velvet the fabric alone on a three-seater is AED 4,800, which is why fabric choice decides a reupholstery quote more than labour does.
How much does it cost to repair a sofa frame in Dubai?
Sofa frame repair in Dubai is published from AED 300 to AED 500 at budget grade and AED 700 to AED 900 at premium. Spring replacement runs AED 400 to AED 600 up to AED 900 to AED 1,200, or AED 50 to AED 100 per spring. Frame joint reinforcement is published at AED 150 to AED 300.
How long does sofa repair take in Dubai?
Sofa repair in Dubai takes three to seven working days on published turnaround times, with foam work quoted at 3 to 5 working days from collection and large sectional reupholstery at five to seven working days. Pickup and delivery is free at some Dubai companies and AED 200 to AED 400 at others.
Is it cheaper to repair or replace a sofa in Dubai?
Repairing a sofa in Dubai is usually cheaper when the frame is sound, because foam replacement starts from AED 500 on a three-seater. Replacement tends to win when frame repair at AED 300 to AED 900 and spring replacement at AED 400 to AED 1,200 are both needed before reupholstery is even priced.
Last updated: October 2026
