Interior design in TTDI (Taman Tun Dr Ismail)
Older TTDI houses: the terrazzo stays, the garden comes in.
Terraces, semi-Ds and bungalows, most from the 1970s and 1980s. One fixed fee per room, agreed before we begin and paid in stages. We gather and compare contractors’ quotes for you.
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Price your home- The fee
RM3,565 per standard room and RM5,485 for the open-plan living and dining. Fixed in writing before we begin, never a percentage of your build, and paid in stages as the project progresses.
- An older terrace
Four bedrooms, two of the three bathrooms, the kitchen and the open-plan living and dining come to RM30,440. Rooms you leave as they are aren’t counted.
- The building work
Done by contractors, from quotes we gather and compare with you. We design, draw and manage the project; we don’t build it.
- When to call
Before you buy, or as soon as you have the keys. An older house needs checking behind the walls, and an extension needs DBKL’s approval, before the works can start.
What should you plan first in an older TTDI house?
Find out what you actually have before you choose a finish: the approved plans, the wiring and plumbing, and which walls hold the house up. In a TTDI house, those decide what the design can do and where the budget goes.
TTDI was planned from 1973 by UDA-Seapark, and building began in 1974. Most of its link houses, semi-Ds and bungalows date from the 1970s and 1980s. Most have been lived in, extended and patched since.
How far to go. In an older TTDI house, each room is designed and priced on its own, so you choose how far to go. A full renovation is worth walking through on the call first, since the scope varies from house to house.
The approved plans. Ask for them as soon as you can. An older house has often been extended, with a kitchen pushed out at the back or a porch roofed over. What was approved decides what can change next.
Behind the walls. Wiring, pipes and the roof can be as old as the house. Check them first: a new kitchen on forty-year-old plumbing isn’t finished.
The car porch is your front door. Shoes come off and groceries come in here. Give it a bench, a sensor light and a shoe cabinet that breathes: closed boxes grow mould in this humidity.
The garden and the trees. The mature trees are part of why people choose TTDI. Face the living room towards them. Find the west side before placing the sofa: afternoon sun there is heat, and a tree or a canopy shades it better than a curtain.
The kitchen. Older layouts often put it at the back behind a wall. Opening it to the dining room is a common request. Whether that wall can go is a question for an engineer, answered before the design is drawn.
A room for parents. A ground-floor bedroom beside a bathroom can matter more than a bigger master suite, for parents now or for you later. Keep its bathroom step-free.
Keep what’s good. Original terrazzo, a timber stair and high ceilings are hard to buy back. We design around them where they’re sound.
If yours is a condo. The same fee per room applies. The brief turns on storage, light and the management’s renovation rules, and our condo guide walks through them.
How much does it cost to renovate a home in TTDI?
For an older four-bedroom TTDI terrace of up to 2,000 sq ft, with two of its three bathrooms redone and new floors, renovation and furniture come to about RM141k–219k at Essential finishes (Ikea, SSF Home, Harvey Norman) and RM250k–428k at Curated (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living), before the Sundays in Bed design fee.
Choose your kind of home, then set the rooms. The design fee is exact. The three ranges are what renovation and furniture typically cost at each finish level, until your contractors quote. It all runs in your browser and sends nothing.
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and the kitchen: 7 rooms at RM3,565, plus the open-plan living and dining at RM5,485. The foyer and utility yard are designed free.
Within each level, the low end is the essentials; the high end adds extras such as a feature wall, LED strips and a kitchen island.
What the three levels mean
Essential. Melamine carpentry, quartz tops, a simple plaster ceiling. Furniture from Ikea, SSF Home, Harvey Norman, Fortytwo.my, Heesz, Kinsen Home, Neo Livin, Ruma Home, Joy Studio and Mumu Living.
Curated. Melamine and laminate, sintered stone, a plaster ceiling. Furniture from Commune, Cellini, Fella Design, Dezign District, Poet Living, Big Brain, Gudang, Crown Livin and Dadswood.
Bespoke. Bespoke laminate, detailed joinery, a ceiling with cornice. Furniture from Space Furniture, Tekni, BoConcept, King Living, Ambient Living, Stanzo, Forest Furniture, Roche Bobois, XTRA, Urban Edge, Molteni&C, Nostaloft, Flexform, Janine and Chesters Collection.
| Home | Essential | Curated |
|---|---|---|
| Older terrace 4 bedrooms, up to 2,000 sq ft; 2 of 3 bathrooms redone, new floors | RM141k–219k | RM250k–428k |
| Older semi-D 5 bedrooms and a study, 3,001–4,500 sq ft; 3 of 4 bathrooms redone, new floors | RM177k–303k | RM312k–591k |
| New condo 3 bedrooms, about 1,400 sq ft; floors and bathrooms kept | RM77k–122k | RM146k–266k |
At Essential, furniture comes from Ikea, SSF Home and Harvey Norman; at Curated, from Commune, Cellini and Poet Living.
Priced for a home kept to its layout. The ranges cover carpentry, ceilings and paint, lighting and wiring, air-conditioning, kitchen appliances and loose furniture, but not a television, an extension or rewiring the whole house.
They come from typical costs for each part of the job, not from TTDI projects. TTDI renovations published by other firms all fell between RM250,000 and RM316,000; they’re on our TTDI cost page. Estimates as of September 2026, not a quotation.
How much does an interior designer cost in TTDI?
For an older four-bedroom TTDI terrace with two of its three bathrooms redone, the Sundays in Bed interior design fee is RM30,440: 7 rooms at RM3,565 and the open-plan living and dining at RM5,485, fixed in writing before we begin.
| Home | Interior design | Interior styling |
|---|---|---|
| Older terrace 4 bedrooms, 2 of its 3 bathrooms, the kitchen, living and dining | RM30,440 | RM14,640 |
| Older semi-D 5 bedrooms, a study, 3 of its 4 bathrooms, the kitchen, living and dining | RM41,135 | RM19,785 |
| Bungalow 5 bedrooms, a study, 4 of its 5 bathrooms, the kitchen, living and dining | RM44,700 | RM21,500 |
| New condo 3 bedrooms, a closed kitchen, living and dining; bathrooms kept | RM19,745 | RM9,495 |
Rates as of September 2026. A dry kitchen and a wet kitchen count as two rooms.
We’ve assumed not every bathroom needs designing. Count only the ones you’d change.
Design or styling? Interior design is for when something is being built: carpentry, lighting, a kitchen. Interior styling is for rooms that stay as they are; it’s the furniture, art and finishing layer.
The fee follows the rooms, not the floor area. A large bungalow costs the same to design as a smaller house with the same rooms, and rooms you leave alone aren’t counted.
With interior design, the foyer and utility yard are designed free when your home has a bedroom and a living and dining space. A site visit is RM200, waived if you go ahead with us.
Why not a percentage? When design is folded into a build quote, or charged as a share of it, the fee grows every time you choose the better stone. Ours is fixed per room, so it doesn’t.
What about “free design”? It’s usually paid for inside the build price. Ours is a separate, fixed fee, so you can take the same drawings to more than one contractor and compare their quotes like for like.
What happens between the first call and moving in?
We design, draw and manage the project; contractors build it. You choose them from quotes we gather and compare, and your rooms and fee are agreed in writing before work begins.
- The discovery call FreeYour house, how you live, your budget and your timing.
- The site visit RM200, waived if you go ahead with usWe measure and photograph every room, and note what needs an engineer’s view.
- The designLayout, lighting, built-ins and materials, room by room, with one designer from the first call to handover.
- The drawingsWhat your contractor builds from, so the quote and the work match the design.
- The quotesWe gather and compare contractors’ quotes and show you where your budget works hardest. You choose.
- The approvalsAn extension or an added storey needs building plans from an architect or registered draughtsperson, approved through DBKL’s One Stop Centre. We design within DBKL’s guidelines.
- The permitSmaller works need DBKL’s minor works permit, which the owner or contractor applies for; we help gather the documents it needs.
- On site, then moving inWe coordinate the works and deliveries and check what’s built against the drawings. Landed renovations published by other firms in KL and PJ ran a median 19 weeks on site.
Which council, and what it costs. All of TTDI is under Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL). Jalan Damansara is the state line: Damansara Utama across it is in Petaling Jaya, under MBPJ, and TTDI Jaya is a separate township in Shah Alam.
DBKL’s minor works permit, for a plaster ceiling, new floor or wall finishes, or replacing doors and windows, is RM100 per item. Work runs Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm. Built-in cabinets, wiring and paint need no permit.
Do you cover my part of TTDI?
Yes. Sundays in Bed designs homes in person across Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, and all of TTDI is inside that area. A site visit anywhere in it is RM200, waived if you go ahead with us.
New homes we’re following
TTDI is almost fully built, and it keeps its green. In April 2023 the Federal Court upheld the quashing of a development planned on Taman Rimba Kiara. So new homes here are few. The nearest new tower is next door, at KLGCC Resort.
- Jendela ResidencesDue 2026KLGCC Resort, Bukit Kiara · 520 homes of 1,324 to 2,260 sq ft in two 41-storey towers
Most TTDI homes are the other kind: a house bought or inherited after decades of family life. The design makes it fit the next one.
Neighbourhoods we cover
Jalan Datuk Sulaiman · Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi · Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad · Jalan Wan Kadir · Kiara Green · Trellises · KLGCC Resort
Nearby, with their own pages: Bandar Utama · Damansara Utama · Damansara Heights · Sri Hartamas · Mont Kiara, and the rest of Kuala Lumpur.
A smooth experience
Really thankful to have had such a smooth experience with Sundays In Bed from start to completion. Angelica & her team are professional, sincere & easy to work with.
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Along the way, iterations and last minute changes were handled with grace and positivity which made the whole design and construction process actually enjoyable.
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From the beginning, they were transparent about costs and helped me understand where it was worth spending and where we could save.
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TTDI questions, answered
Do you do the building work yourselves?
No. We design, draw and manage the project. The works are carried out by contractors, chosen from quotes we gather and compare with you, so the renovation cost is a separate number from our design fee.
Can you work around an older TTDI house’s structure and garden?
Yes. We design around what’s worth keeping, including mature gardens and sound structure, rather than assuming every project starts from a blank shell, and we flag early when a wall or an extension needs an engineer’s view.
Which council approves work on a TTDI house?
Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL). Smaller works, such as a plaster ceiling, new finishes or replacing doors and windows, need its minor works permit, at RM100 per item. An extension needs building plans from an architect or registered draughtsperson.
Can I add a storey to my TTDI terrace?
It can be. Under DBKL’s guidelines for standard-lot terraces, a one-storey terrace can become two, and a two-storey terrace three, once the area’s completion certificate is more than 10 years old. It needs building plans and an engineer, so it’s worth raising on the first call.
Can I keep and reuse furniture I already own?
Yes. Tell us which pieces you want to keep during the brief, and the design is planned around them. Interior styling is built for exactly this: new pieces added around what you already have.
Is the design fee a percentage of my renovation budget?
No. It’s a fixed fee per room: RM3,565 per standard room and RM5,485 for the open-plan living and dining, agreed in writing before we begin and paid in stages as the project progresses, so it doesn’t rise when you choose a better finish.
Let’s talk about your TTDI home.
A free discovery call. Pick a time, then bring your floor plan, a few photos and your timing. You’ll know your design fee before you commit to anything.