Low-rise Mediterranean-style apartments, duplexes and penthouses around the marina at La Mer, often owned from abroad or let to holiday guests. We plan curtains for the sea glare, AC control, keyless locks and Wi-Fi that gets through thick walls.
Dubai Smart Home designs home automation in Port de La Mer, the Meraas apartment community on the La Mer peninsula in Jumeirah 1. Typical plans cover motorised curtains for sea-facing glass, AC control matched to the building, smart locks with guest codes, leak sensors and Wi-Fi for every room. Single upgrades start from AED 1,500.
What moves the price in Port de La Mer: how many sea-facing windows you motorise, whether the home is a holiday let, and whether it is a standard flat or a duplex penthouse spread over two floors.
Port de La Mer sits at the tip of the northern La Mer peninsula in Jumeirah 1, looking across the water to Pearl Jumeirah. It is not on Jumeirah Bay Island, which lies about 3 km to the south-west. Meraas launched it in October 2018 as the first freehold community in the area, so buyers of any nationality can own here. Six groups of low-rise buildings ring a private marina. La Cote was finished in 2021, La Voile, Le Pont and La Rive in 2022, La Sirene in 2024 and Le Ciel last.
Those buildings shape smart home installation in Port de La Mer. Most homes are one to four bedroom apartments on four to eight floors, with duplexes and penthouses on the top levels of several blocks. The wiring is recent, so smart switches, curtain motors and AC controllers normally use the boxes already in the wall. Sea-facing glass brings hard afternoon glare, and salt air reaches every terrace. Some owners live abroad or let to holiday guests, so remote AC, guest codes and leak alerts matter. Listings say “smart home” without detail, so we test your unit first.
Port de La Mer was designed around views of the sea and the marina, with big windows and terraces. That also lets in hard afternoon glare and heat. Motorised curtains and blinds on a sun schedule close before the worst of it and open again at sunset.
The blocks stand on a peninsula with water on most sides, so sea air reaches balconies and terrace doors. Indoor devices are fine. Anything outdoors, such as terrace lights, speakers or a sensor on a sliding door, should be sealed, outdoor-rated and held with stainless screws.
Port de La Mer shows up in searches for holiday homes and Airbnb stays, and some owners let their apartment to visitors. A lock that gives each booking its own code, a cleaner code for set hours and an entry log make every changeover simpler.
Low-rise blocks here have solid concrete walls and long apartment layouts, and duplexes add a stair and a second floor. One router in the living room rarely reaches the bedrooms, the terrace and the front door. Mesh points or ceiling access points carry the signal to every device.
Listings describe central AC but rarely say who supplies the cooling or how it reaches your unit. A chilled-water fan coil needs a different thermostat from an apartment with its own AC units. We check your building’s system and your bill at the survey before choosing a controller.
Freehold status drew overseas buyers to Port de La Mer, and some are not in Dubai all year. Leak sensors with a shut-off valve, AC schedules and lights on a timer keep a closed-up flat dry, cool and looking lived in while you are away.
Plug-in and battery devices need no approval. Fixed work in a Port de La Mer apartment normally needs the building management’s sign-off. We check the current rules and prepare the request.
Every service we offer, and what each one looks like in a Port de La Mer home.
The same hardware we specify for homes here, with UAE prices. Buy it yourself, or ask us to arrange professional fitting and configure it for you.
