The Gaia Living team
About Gaia Living

We're not luxury salespeople. We're people who know the city.

Gaia Living was built to do real estate differently — around relationships and honesty, not pressure and spin.

Our story

Born from consulting, built for people.

Gaia Living started in 2022, out of years spent consulting for the UAE's biggest developers on customer experience. We saw the same thing again and again: buyers treated as transactions, brokers chasing commissions, and a market that rewarded noise over knowledge.

So we built the opposite. A brokerage where the people who represent a neighbourhood actually belong to it — who know the buildings, the service charges, the coffee shops, and the difference between a good deal and a great one.

Today we've placed over $100M in homes across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah — and we still measure success the same way: would this client introduce us to a friend?

Neighbourhood-first

Our brokers don't just sell in an area — they live it. They know the buildings, the service charges, and the coffee shops.

Honesty over hype

We'll tell you when a deal isn't right. Straight answers, real numbers, and advice we'd give our own family.

Relationships, not transactions

We measure success one way: would this client introduce us to a friend? Everything else follows from that.

$100M+
Property placed
120+
Developer partners
2022
Founded
10+
Languages spoken
The team

People you'll actually work with

Yana Petrova
Yana Petrova
Founder & Managing Director
Hassan Al Rashid
Hassan Al Rashid
Head of Investment
Maryam Khan
Maryam Khan
Director of Sales
Vedat Demir
Vedat Demir
Head of Off-Plan

Let's find your place.

Talk to a broker who knows the neighbourhood like an old friend.

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