What makes up the price of a kosha?
Asking “How much is a kosha?” combines two separate numbers: the build or hire invoice, and the fee for designing the stage and running its install.
The invoice moves with dimensions, materials and the hall, so no single honest figure exists before the venue and design are known. Zaina’s fee is published and starts from AED 2,500, while the stage invoice stays with its supplier and appears in full in the written quote.
What moves the build or hire invoice?
Dimensions: the stage width and the backdrop height against the hall’s ceiling.
Structure: an arch, drapes, a floor-standing design or hanging elements, which depend on the venue’s rigging rules.
Florals: fresh or artificial, and how many.
Lighting: the number and scale of fixtures, and the power load they need.
Backdrop and seating: Arabic calligraphy, the couple’s names, and the sofa or chairs they sit on.
Venue and location: the setup window, the dismantle hours allowed, and the builder’s travel if the venue is in Al Ain.
How do you get quotes you can actually compare?
Send every builder the same written specification: dimensions, structure, type and quantity of florals, lighting, seating, and install and dismantle hours. Ask for every quote on the same basis — all hire of existing pieces, or all built to your design — never a mix of the two.
Compare line by line rather than by the total alone, and treat anything a quote does not name as not included until the builder confirms it in writing.
What should you ask a kosha builder before booking?
Is this price for hiring existing pieces or for building a new design?
Which florals in the design are fresh and which are artificial?
What lighting is included, and who agrees its power load with the venue?
Does the price include delivery, install and dismantle, and at what hours?
When is the stage handed over complete, and who stays on site until then?
Is a home or katb ketab stage the same as a hall kosha?
A wedding kosha is larger and taller because it is read from the back of the hall. A katb ketab or engagement stage is closer to a designed corner — the signing table and a backdrop scaled to the room — which is why it normally sits inside Small Occasions, for 20 to 150 guests.
At home or in a majlis, ceiling height, door width and available power are measured before the design, and the choice is then between an arch, a drape backdrop or a floor-standing design.
Where does Zaina’s fee fit in the price of a kosha?
The stage is designed and managed inside whichever package you book: Small Occasions from AED 2,500, Day-of Coordination from AED 4,900, Partial Planning from AED 12,000 and Full Planning from AED 20,000 or 10–12% of the wedding budget.
Those are Zaina’s fees alone. Building or hiring the stage, the florals and the lighting are separate supplier invoices, and Zaina does not invoice for building or hiring the stage.
How does Zaina handle a kosha?
Zaina designs the stage within the wedding’s overall direction, writes its specification, sends it to more than one builder and lays the quotes side by side for you — the choice stays yours. Once the design is approved, lighting and the install window are agreed with the venue, and Zaina leads the install until the finished stage is handed over before guests arrive.
Start the design once the venue is confirmed and at least two to three months before the wedding, earlier for dates between November and March. The full service is on the Kosha & Wedding Stage Design page; it begins with a free 30-minute consultation and a written quote within 48 hours.