Condo Interior Design in Malaysia — one flat fee per room, drawn from 110 real projects.
A condo is not a small house. We have design records for 75 Klang Valley condo buildings — what each one cost per square foot, and how many weeks it actually took. The fee is fixed before anything is drawn.
What condo interior design costs in Malaysia, and how long it takes
Most condo interior design pages in Malaysia describe a process. This one starts with the record, because the two questions everyone actually asks — what will it cost, and how long will I be out of the house — have answers we can publish.
Plan for four to seven months from first meeting to move-in: one to two months of design, then three to five months of renovation. The design months are drawings, selections and sign-off — nothing is on site yet. Inside the renovation window, actual time on site across 110 condo projects in 75 Klang Valley buildings ran to a median of 12 weeks, most between 9 and 14. The rest of that window is procurement lead times, delivery slots and snagging, which is why the phase is longer than the build.
Per square foot, condo fit-outs in our records span RM57 to RM331 — and that spread is not about taste. It is about what you inherited. A unit handed over bare costs differently from one with developer flooring and a kitchen already in, and two identical briefs in the same tower can separate by tens of thousands on that alone.
Two of ours, at either end of that spread — and both were new handovers that arrived with a kitchen already in. Neither replaced it. Justin's is a two-bedroom of about 1,000 sq ft that came to roughly RM85,000 all in, furniture included — about RM85 per square foot. The air-conditioning was already there and the developer's kitchen stayed, so the budget went into the rooms rather than into replacing things that were working. See Justin's bedroom. Wei Shern's is a three-bedroom of 1,450 sq ft at about RM145,000, or roughly RM100 per square foot — built-in carpentry, joinery, a kitchen worked over rather than replaced, and all the furniture. See Wei Shern's living room.
The finding that surprises people: floor area barely predicts the timeline. A 5,250 sq ft condo in our records finished in 16 weeks. A 1,350 sq ft one took 5 to 12. What drives the schedule is how much has to be taken out before anything goes in, how much is custom carpentry, and how your building's management office handles lift bookings and working hours.
What does not vary is the fee. RM3,565 per standard room for full interior design, RM5,485 for an open-plan living-dining space, RM1,715 per room if the layout works and it is styling you need. Not a percentage of your build — so the person advising you on how much to spend is not paid more when you spend more. A RM200 Klang Valley site visit sees your actual unit before anything is quoted, and is deducted from your project cost if you proceed.
The full record is published: what 81 KL condo renovations actually cost, address by address and per square foot.
Condo interior design by area
Each one carries the buildings, the handover quirks and the management-office rules for that address.
See how Sundays in Bed works across the rest of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor.
Condos, landed homes, new handovers and long-owned refreshes — one flat fee per room, wherever you are.
Frequently asked questions
Condo interior design in Malaysia — your questions
How much does condo interior design cost in Malaysia?
Our design fee is a flat RM3,565 per standard room, or RM5,485 for an open-plan living-dining space, agreed before anything is drawn. That is the design fee, not the renovation. Across 110 condo projects in our own records the renovation work itself ran RM57 to RM331 per square foot, depending far more on what the developer already installed than on finish level. Two real examples: a two-bedroom of about 1,000 sq ft came to roughly RM85,000 all in including furniture, and a three-bedroom of 1,450 sq ft to about RM145,000 — RM85 and RM100 per square foot respectively. Both kept the kitchen the developer handed over.
How long does a condo renovation take in Malaysia?
Budget four to seven months end to end: one to two months of design, then three to five months of renovation. Actual construction is the shorter part — across 110 condo projects in 75 Klang Valley buildings, time on site ran a median of 12 weeks, with most between 9 and 14. The remainder of the renovation window is procurement lead times, delivery scheduling and snagging. Floor area is a weak predictor: a 5,250 sq ft unit in our records took 16 weeks on site while a 1,350 sq ft one took 5 to 12. Demolition volume, how much is custom carpentry, and your management office's lift and working-hour rules matter more than size.
Why do two identical condo units cost different amounts to renovate?
Because of what you inherited. A bare handover needs flooring, a kitchen and wardrobes bought from zero; a unit handed over with developer finishes already has some of that value in place. In our records that single difference separates otherwise identical briefs in the same building by tens of thousands of ringgit.
Do you charge a percentage of the renovation cost?
No. The fee is flat and per room, fixed before work starts. A percentage model pays your designer more when you spend more, which puts their interest against yours at exactly the moment you are deciding how much to spend.
Do you design condos outside Kuala Lumpur?
Yes. Our records cover Bangsar, Mont Kiara, Damansara Heights, KLCC, Desa ParkCity, Seputeh, TTDI, Bandar Utama and Petaling Jaya, and we work across Klang Valley. Remote and overseas owners are common — the process is built to run without you on site.
Does a landed house take longer than a condo?
Yes — plan four to eleven months for a house against four to seven for a condo. Design is the same one to two months; the renovation phase stretches to three to nine months, and the spread is driven mostly by permits and approvals rather than by the building work. Our landed records run a median of 19 weeks on site against 12 for condos, with the longest single project at well over a year.
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