Open folder with blank contents cards and binder clips ready before handover — Sign the item list before anyone takes the keys

How to Keep a Furnished Contents Inventory Schedule for a Dubai Tenancy

List each included item with quantity and condition before keys change. Both sign, each keeps a copy, and reopen the same schedule at move-out.

15 October 2026•3 min read•Article•IziRento Editorial

Rental operations notes from the IziRento team. Not legal advice.

Key takeaways

A furnished contents inventory schedule is a party-made list of every included item for a Dubai furnished or partly furnished tenancy: description, quantity, and visible condition, with both signatures and a copy for each side. Dubai Land Department publishes no official furniture form. Walk the same list at move-out and mark present, missing, or worse than the baseline. Keep appliance remotes here; keep building keys and access cards on their own file.

The unit is labelled furnished, yet the sofa, fridge, and microwave remote live as listing photos and a chat note that everything is included. That is not an inventory. Before keys change, write one schedule that names each included item with quantity and visible condition, get both parties to sign and date it, and give each side a copy. Open that same list at move-out. This is the contents inventory — not the room-fabric walkthrough, not meter readings, and not the keys and access-cards file.

Disclaimer: IziRento is operations software, not legal advice. Local tenancy rules vary; check a qualified adviser for binding decisions.

When “furnished” is only a label

A word on the listing does not answer which objects stay with the tenancy. The Properties’ handover guide (updated 13 October 2026) says a description such as furnished does not list the objects that will remain; you still record quantity, a recognizable description, and visible condition, and you confirm loose accessories such as remote controls, shelves, and cables instead of assuming they travel with the main appliance.

This contents schedule is not the signed room-by-room fabric inspection. Walls, floors, grout, and balcony drainage belong on the rental handover inspection checklist. Meter faces and cooling readings belong on the DEWA meter reading handover file. Apartment keys, building fobs or cards, parking remotes, and mailbox keys sit on a separate keys and access inventory. A contents line can note a stain on a sofa arm without turning into a paint-and-grout tour.

If the unit is unfurnished, stop. This schedule is not the job. If it is partly furnished, list only what is included — do not invent a full furniture set from the word “semi-furnished.” Soft goods, cookware, and linens often need a clear written inclusion or exclusion so nobody invents them at exit.

Blank clipped cards for naming each included item with empty quantity and condition lines — Name the item before counting quantity or condition

The schedule row, not a price grid

Most handover guides use the same short set of columns. PalmObserver’s 2026 handover checklist prefers a simple inventory with quantity, condition, and photos of anything expensive or already worn: “grey sofa, visible stain on left arm” beats “living room furniture.” The row below is that schedule line — not a deposit tariff and not a fabric snagging grid.

Fields on one contents schedule row

Description	Quantity	Visible condition / existing defect	Brand or serial (optional)	Photo reference (optional)
Recognizable item name (sofa, fridge, microwave + remote)	How many of that item are included	What you can already see: stain, chip, scratch, missing part	Only when the label is readable — do not guess	Folder or file name tied to that line

Furniture, soft furnishings, kitchen and laundry appliances, electronics, and the loose accessories that belong with those items all sit on this list. Brand, model, or serial numbers help only when you can read them on the day. Leave the field blank rather than invent a serial from memory.

List before keys change, compare at move-out

Walk the unit together before anyone takes the keys. Room by room, write each included item on the schedule. Photograph expensive or already imperfect pieces the same day and note a photo reference next to the line. Both parties sign and date the schedule; each keeps a copy; keep it with the tenancy papers or with the furnished addendum if that is how inclusions are documented.

Do put appliance remotes, TV remotes, and similar equipment accessories on this contents schedule. Don’t put apartment keys, building fobs or cards, parking remotes, or mailbox keys here — those belong on the keys and access file. Many handover checklists lump “keys, cards and remote controls” into one row; split them so each dispute has the right baseline.

Two blank card stacks and folders kept apart with binder clips — Keep small-item lines off the access file

Order for this furnished tenancy

Confirm furnished or partly furnished
If the unit is unfurnished, stop. If it is partly furnished, list only the inclusions that are meant to return with the tenancy.
List each included item before keys change
For every item write description, quantity, and visible condition. Add brand or serial only when the label is readable.
Split appliance remotes from access devices
Appliance and TV remotes stay on this schedule. Building keys, fobs, parking cards, and mailbox keys go on the separate keys file.
Photograph imperfect or expensive pieces
Note a photo reference on the line and file the photos with the schedule the same day.
Both parties sign and each keeps a copy
Sign and date the schedule. Keep it with the tenancy papers or the furnished addendum used for inclusions.
At move-out, open the same schedule
Mark present, missing, or worse than the baseline. Do not invent a second furniture list on the doorstep.
Store the signed schedule and photos
Keep them with the tenancy file. Room condition, meters, and keys stay in their own files.

Folder of blank cards for signed copies reused at move-out compare — Reopen the same signed list at exit

No official furniture form

Dubai Land Department’s Ejari templates page offers the Unified Ejari Tenancy Contract and bulk New/Renew/Terminate sheets; it does not publish a furnished-contents inventory form. The unified contract notes that parties may add an addendum of additional terms signed by all parties — permission for extra terms, not a government furniture template. Law No. 26 of 2007 Articles 20 and 21 explain why a condition baseline matters (deposit for maintenance; return the property as received except ordinary wear), but they do not name a furniture checklist. This file is not the room-condition walkthrough, not the meter file, and not the keys inventory. Do not invent a deposit figure as law; use the amount written on the signed registered contract.

On the DLD Ejari templates page the Unified Ejari Tenancy Contract is dated 07 September 2022; the attachment note on the unified contract PDF lists the original contract and the applicant’s Emirates ID for registration, and allows a signed addendum. Habi’s 2026 field guide puts the furnished inventory list among the usual addendum topics and often attaches that list separately. Articles 20 and 21 of Law No. 26 of 2007 (English DLP text; Arabic prevails) speak to the security deposit and the duty to return the property as received except ordinary wear — they do not prescribe a furniture form.

Stop when this furnished tenancy has one signed contents schedule: each included item with quantity and visible condition, both signatures, a copy for each side, and the same list ready to mark present, missing, or worse-than-baseline at move-out. Do not invent a deposit figure as statute, and do not claim DLD publishes a mandatory furniture form. IziRento can store the signed schedule and related photos beside the tenancy; it does not walk the unit, invent the list, or make anyone compliant. Leave the room-condition walkthrough, meter readings, and keys inventory for their own files.

FAQ

What if the unit is unfurnished?

This schedule is not required. Stop after confirming the unit has no included furniture or appliances to return; do not invent a furniture list.

Do remotes belong on this list or on the keys inventory?

Appliance and TV remotes that belong to included equipment go on the contents schedule. Building fobs, parking remotes, and door keys go on the keys and access file.

Does this schedule replace the condition photos?

No. Item lines and photos of those items support the contents baseline. Room fabric, walls, and floors remain the handover inspection checklist — a different file.