Private project advisors for luxury builds that protect your capital, timeline, and standard.
The private project management firm that represents owners and investors on luxury residential and bespoke development projects across the UAE and internationally, from concept through to handover.
Luxury project delivery led entirely by your side
A luxury build is one of the largest investments you will ever make, and delivering it well takes more than a good contractor and a talented architect. It takes someone whose only job is to protect your interests from concept through to completion.
Tarraco is a private client-side project management firm based in the UAE, representing owners on luxury residential and bespoke projects across the region and internationally.
We coordinate every consultant, contractor, and supplier, manage budget, programme, procurement, and quality, and keep your vision at the centre of every decision.
Just as importantly, we give you back your time. By taking care of the day-to-day demands of the project, you’re free to focus your time and attention where it matters most to you.
The result is a build delivered with clarity, control, and confidence, where you always know where your project stands & always have someone accountable to you alone.
The only party on your project acting in your interest
We are paid only by you
No hidden fees or payments from any contractor, consultant, or supplier on your project. Your fee is our only source of income, and that is what keeps our advice independent.
We answer to you, and only you
We lead your project independently, coordinating every consultant, contractor, and supplier from concept to completion. On your project, we hold no building contract and take no margin on the construction.
Your vision drives every decision
Every consultant, contractor, and supplier has a role to perform. Ours is to represent yours, keeping each recommendation and outcome aligned with your vision.
The operating system we use behind every successful project
Pre-Tender Discipline
Scope and finishes are locked in detail before contractors price the work. Variations are reviewed before they reach you. Your full cost position is visible at every stage of the build.
Build-Quality Guardrail
Trades are vetted against a defined finish standard before appointment. Joinery, stone, and bespoke detail are sampled and signed off before installation. Workmanship is inspected throughout the build, so defects are caught early.
Program Control
The build runs against a realistic program, with critical activities and approval lead times tracked weekly. Slippage is identified early and recovered through coordination. The program is held to the same discipline as the budget.
Direct Principal Access
The principal running your project is the principal you speak to. You receive a structured update covering cost, program, risks, and decisions on a defined schedule. Issues are flagged early, while you can still act on them.
Approvals Pathway
Permits, community approvals, contractor licensing, and consultant submissions are organised from the planning stage. Approval risk is managed alongside the program. Your project moves through compliance in step with the build.
One team across the full project lifecycle so nothing falls through the cracks
Project Representation
Acting as the owner's representative throughout the build, holding every consultant, contractor, and supplier accountable to your vision, budget, and standard.
Complete Project Advisory
Strategic guidance across feasibility, planning, budgeting, risk management, consultant coordination, and delivery strategy before the first drawing is committed.
Design and Finish Direction
Working alongside selected architects, designers, and specialists to shape a refined project, with premium finishes, bespoke materials, and custom detailing curated to the level of the build.
Procurement & Tender Management
Running procurement strategy, contractor selection, tender evaluation, and supplier negotiation to assemble the right team at the right price for your project.
Construction Oversight
Monitoring progress, workmanship, scheduling, and compliance throughout the build, with the controls of our defined operating standard applied at every stage.
Post Construction and Handover
Quality inspections, defect management, snagging, and final handover coordination to deliver a completion experience that matches the standard of the build.
The steps we walk through with every client before the work begins
Initial Consultation
A private conversation with a principal to understand the project, your priorities, and the position you are starting from. No pitch, no commitment. You leave with a clear sense of how Tarraco would approach the project and whether the fit is right.
Project Review
If the fit is right, we move to a deeper review. We examine the brief, the documentation, the team already involved, and the position of the project today. You receive a written summary of the project as we see it, the key risks, and our proposed scope of engagement.
Engagement Proposal
A written proposal setting out the scope of work, the controls applied, the fee structure, and the engagement terms. The proposal is built for the project, with the time and discretion to consider it before committing.
Commencement
On agreement, the project begins. The principal who led your consultation is the principal who runs your project. The same controls across budget, finish, program, communication, and approvals are applied from day one.
The calibre of luxury residences behind the firm representing you
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Your project is run by an expert who has delivered luxury developments at the highest level
Tarraco is founded and led by Elie Tarraf. Elie brings over 20 years of construction experience, including more than 14 years leading his own building company and delivering luxury homes in Sydney.
Operating between the UAE and Australia, Elie travels personally for select projects, managing luxury builds for clients across the UAE, Australia, Europe and internationally.
Every Tarraco engagement is run by Elie personally, from the first call through to handover. Your enquiry does not go to an account manager. Your project is not handed to junior staff once the contract is signed.
This is the model the firm is built around. It is also the reason Tarraco only takes on a small number of projects each year. The work is too important to pass off, and the relationship is too important to manage from a distance.
Questions answered before you start a conversation
Tarraco operates internationally, representing clients across the UAE, Australia, Europe and beyond. We personally manage luxury residences, holiday homes and select developments wherever our clients choose to build.
Yes, in most cases. Your architect is engaged to deliver the design. Tarraco is engaged to act on your behalf across cost, program, finish quality, communication, and approvals — work that sits outside the architect's contracted scope. The two roles are complementary, and on luxury projects they typically work alongside each other.
The builder is engaged to deliver the build and is paid by you to do so. They are commercially exposed to the program and the cost of construction, which means their interests and yours are not always aligned on variations, allowances, and finish decisions. Tarraco represents you in those moments, with no commercial interest in any other party on the project.
A project manager hired by the builder works for the builder. They are paid by the builder, report to the builder, and are accountable to the builder. Tarraco is engaged only by the owner, paid only by the owner, and accountable only to the owner. The roles look similar from the outside. The loyalty is structurally different.
Yes. Tarraco engages at any stage of the project lifecycle, from feasibility through to handover. The earlier the engagement begins, the more value the firm can add. However, mid-project engagements are common, particularly when an owner has lost confidence in the existing oversight.
Yes. A significant portion of Tarraco's work is delivered for overseas owners. Communication is structured around the owner's location and time zone, with regular reports, photographic site progress, and direct access to Elie on every decision that matters.
Fees are set against the scope and complexity of the project and are presented in a written proposal after the initial review. There are no commissions, kickbacks, or referral payments from contractors, consultants, or suppliers. The owner is Tarraco's only source of payment.
A small number. Each engagement is run personally by Elie. Capacity is reviewed before every new engagement is accepted.
Yes. All enquiries, project details, and engagement specifics are treated in strict confidence. Tarraco does not publish client work or use client projects as marketing material unless otherwise approved by the owner.
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