Dubai, the nine-month city

October to June, Dubai is arguably the most comfortable major city on earth. The owners who love it most treat the remaining months as their Mediterranean season — and increasingly, they own the second address too.

This is changing what they buy: lock-and-leave island villas over sprawling compounds, rental-programme penthouses over trophy floors that sit dark in August.

The pairing we arrange most often: a Palm or Jumeirah Bay residence with a Mallorca finca. Two seasons, one logistics team.