Technical Guidelines and conditions (Diplo)

A- ELEVATION ITEMS:
01-Fly Nets:

- Only PVC fly net is allowed.

- Sliding or folding fly nets are allowed except
kitchen & bathroom windows can be fixed.
- The fly nets frame must be PVC or Aluminum
with white color (9010).

02-Roll-up shutters:
Rollup shutter sample
- Rollup shutter must be installed as per
the attached sketch.
- Color of roll-up shutters strips must be
white (9010).

03-FER FORGE (Decorative iron works):

- Fer forge is not permitted on typical floors (only

on ground floor).
- Fer forge color must be white.
- The only design permitted is as following
samples.

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Doors Fer Forge Sample

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04-A/C Compressors Location:
- Air condition compressors locations are limited to the locations shown in this manual for each type.
And it’s not allowed to install air-condition compressors anywhere else.
- All A.C units must have an internal drainage to the nearest floor drain.
- It’s not allowed at all to make any external drainage (on elevations).

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05-Doors & Windows Glass:

- Only clear glass is allowed.

- Frameless security glass & windows are only allowed at side or back elevations.

06-Main Doors:

- The only design permitted of main doors is as following with Varnished (Ostor) paint.

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Main Door 1.20 meter wide

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07-Terraces drainage system:

- Terraces drainage is to be floor drain

connected to the nearest bath as
following samples.

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B- GARDEN ITEMS:
01-Pergolas:
- Back & side yard pergolas:
 Garden pergolas must be at least 2m away from the side fence along building can be attached with
the fence along back yard (as per the attached sketch).
 Garden pergolas maximum area must be 25% from back yard area with minimum area 15 m2 if
needed.
 The material used must be the same material as the compound pergolas wood with (Brown color).
 Garden pergolas design must be as per the attached design.
 Maximum height of pergolas must be 3.0 m from finish floor.

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02-Water Features:
- Swimming Pools, Underground water
tanks & Fountains
 Water features design and location must
be approved before execution.
 Water features are not allowed in front
yard, or in narrow side yards.
 The required documents should be
presented by client to approve water
features design:
i- General layout drawing for plot
contains:
o Pool location in back-yard.
o Dimension between pool and side, back
fences and villa
o Distance between foundations (Villa-
Pool)
ii- Longitude section for pool contain
pool depth and foundation levels for
(villa, pool and fences)
iii- In case of conflicting between
foundation levels for both of villa
and pool client should present signed
structural drawings from union
consultant shows retaining soil under
villa foundations.
iv- Full drawings package for pool
(Architectural – Structural –
Mechanical)
v- Signed undertake from client ensures
his responsibility about construction
and building safety.
Note:
All previous documents & drawings should be
presented as a hard copy attached with
AutoCad files if possible.

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03-Fences and gates:
- Property limits are delineated by
Mountain View fences.
- Modifying or adding front fences is not
allowed anyway.
- Back fences should be only softscape
(fence arboreal) behind existing stone
fence with maximum height 0.9 m.
- Side fences can be Soft scape or builder
with height 0.90m along 7.50m from
back fences and it increased gradually to
2.00m.
- Side and back fences are allowed to be
covered by shrubs or bushes without
exceeding the allowed fence height.

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04-SOFTSCAPE

- Softscape in back & side yards is allowed

except (fence arboreal) that allowed
only beside fences.

05-Hardscape

- Garden hardscape is allowed in back

yards unless it blocks sea view or breeze
of neighbors.
- Maximum height allowed for all
hardscape elements is 0.90 m along 7.5
m distance from back fence.
- Garden lighting fixtures with dim lighting
(up lights, spikes and Bollards) are
allowed with maximum height 0.90m
(not allowed to be colored light)

06-Showers:

- Showers are allowed only in side-yards

attached with the building 6.0 m away
from front elevation (Fixed Shower
without any cabinets, walls or sheets
around it)

07-Garden Furniture:

- Movable or fixed furniture are allowed.

- Built in seats should be finished by
cement plaster and painted with the
same color tone of the villa and
maximum height 0.90 meter.

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08-Water Tanks:

- Water tanks must be located in side-

yards under ground level.

09-Constructions in the garden:

- No constructions are allowed in the

gardens including light constructions
(wooden, steel …etc)
- No hindrance to vision are allowed.

10- Front-Yard modifications:

- It’s not allowed to make any

modifications or changes in front yards.

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C- Roof Items:

01-Satellite Dish:

 Villas:

- To keep the compound style, satellite

dishes are allowed only to be fixed on
the roof beside a solid part of parapet so
they should not be seen from the street
or the valley.
 Chalets:

- In chalet types it’s allowed only to fix

satellites on locations as per the
following plan & elevation
- Satellite dish diameter should be
maximum 0.7m.
- Maximum prominence of satellite dish
must be 0.5m from side elevation.
- The heighest point of satellite dish must
be equivalent to the top of roof parapet.
- Satellite wires elevations should be
extended through the duct.

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02-Roof Separator:

- Roof separators are allowed for

detached and simi-detached units that
have roof access with one of the two
following design options:
Option 1:
Roof separator can be fence arboreal beside
builder separator with maximum height 2.2m.

Option 2:
Wooden separator as per the following design
with maximum height 2.0m.

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03-Roof Lighting:

- It’s allowed to use lighting posts, ground

spot lights, up lights or indirect light in
the parapet wall.
- No lighting to be placed on the top of
the parapet wall itself.

04-Roof Built-in Features (Seats, Flower

Boxes, Counters, Barbeque .. etc):

- Built-in seats are allowed on roof only

on shown locations.
- All roof built-in features maximum
height must be same as parapet height.
- All roof built-in features should be made
of light weight bricks, filled with light
materials and painted with the same
color tone of the villa.
- Seats should be located beside parapets.

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05-Roof Pergolas:

- Roof pergolas maximum area must be

30 % from roof area.
- The material used must be the same
material as the compound pergolas
(wood with brown color) and as per
design in the attached design.
- Maximum height of pergola must be
2.70 m from finish floor.

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06-Roof Water Tank:

- Roof water tank location is allowed only

nearest to slab beams and columns.
- Roof water tank must be beside a solid
part of roof parapet so it cannot be seen
from the street or the valley.
- Water tanks must be covered by
wooden frame (brown color) as per the
attached following design .
- Maximum volume of Roof water tank
must be 1.00 meter cube with
Horizontal shape and maximum height
should be same as parapet.
- In chalet type it is recommended to
install water tank at the shown location
in the following drawing.

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07-Roof Jacuzzy:

- Roof jacuzzi is allowed only after

mountain view approval to study it’s
location, load ….etc

08-Roof Solar Heater:

- Must be fixed only inside the allowed

limitations (4m away from front
elevations and 2m away from back &
side elevations as shown in the following
drawing.

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