
Where we work
North Coast — Sahel
Sahel is not a normal building market. You have a short season, a long empty winter, salt in the air, compound access rules and a client who is usually four hours away. We plan around all five, which is why our coastal projects finish before the season instead of during it.
The market
North Coast (Sahel), specifically.
We work the entire coastal strip from Sidi Krir through to Marsa Matrouh, with the heaviest concentration between Sidi Abdel Rahman and New Alamein. Chalets, standalone villas, twin houses, townhouses and penthouse units in the newer towers — the same divisions that build in Alexandria and Cairo, mobilised to the coast in batches.
Everything is fabricated in our own workshops and delivered complete, then installed by our own crew. That matters here more than anywhere: local availability collapses in season, and a project that depends on finding a carpenter in Marassi in July is a project that does not finish.
What changes here
Local conditions we build for.
- 01
Built for salt air
Seaside-class powder coating, 316 stainless fixings, hot-dip galvanised steel, marine-grade hardware and moisture-hardened carcasses. Standard Cairo specification fails within a few seasons this close to the water.
- 02
The terrace is the house
Waterproofed decks, cool-underfoot bush-hammered stone, engineered pergolas and bioclimatic louvred roofs, outdoor kitchens in sintered stone, and lighting that makes the space work after dark.
- 03
Sun and privacy control
Motorised roller shutters, sliding louvred screens and solar-control glazing — the difference between a west-facing room you can use in August and one you cannot.
- 04
Empty-house protection
Surge protection, leak detection with automatic shut-off, away-mode automation and remote monitoring for a unit that sits closed eight months a year.
- 05
Off-season programming
Design in autumn, build through winter, hand over in spring. Access is easier, crews are available and you are not competing for the same six weeks as everyone else.
- 06
Compound compliance
We handle gate permits, working-hour restrictions, noise windows, waste removal rules and contractor registration with the compound management.
Most requested in Sahel
What we are usually called in for.

Full Home Renovation
This is the contract most of our clients actually want: one company, one programme, one written quotation.
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Outdoor & Terraces
In a North Coast chalet the terrace is the house.
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Shutters & Sun Control
In Sahel the sun is the main structural load on a room.
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Marble
We buy marble at the block, not off a photograph.
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Bedrooms & Furniture
Fitted furniture is measured in millimetres and judged in reveals.
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A roof becomes either the best place in the house or the source of problems for everyone below it. The difference is the order…
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Compounds and districts we work in
- Marassi
- Hacienda Bay
- Hacienda White
- Almaza Bay
- Sidi Abdel Rahman
- New Alamein
- Telal
- Marina 1–7
- Amwaj
- Ghazala Bay
- Diplo
- Stella
- Sidi Krir
- Fouka Bay
- Silver Sands
Not on the list? We travel — ask us.




Local work
Projects in Sahel.

Sea-view Villa — Marble & Brass
Turnkey finishing · Villa · In progress
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Pool Villa — Oak & Rattan
Exterior, pergola & interiors · Villa · In progress
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Swimming Pool
Pool construction & finish · Private pool · Completed
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