Interior design in TTDI (Taman Tun Dr Ismail)
Your Taman Tun home, ready for its next chapter.
When a parent moves in or the family grows, a terrace here may gain a storey, its roof matched to the row’s. The change happens indoors, so that’s where we plan, from the stair up.
TTDI at a glance
- Council
- City Hall (DBKL), Kuala Lumpur
- Postcode
- 60000
- Begun
- 1974
- Homes
- Terraces, semi-Ds, bungalows and condominiums
- Our studio
- In Damansara Heights
Renovating in TTDI, when the house needs one more floor
In TTDI, the Kuala Lumpur township begun in 1974, Sundays in Bed is an interior designer for terraces, semi-detached houses, bungalows and condominiums, planning each one around what City Hall (DBKL) allows.
Perhaps the household has grown, or a parent is coming to live with you, and the terrace feels one floor short.
On a standard-lot terrace, City Hall allows it once the area’s completion certificate is more than ten years old: one storey can become two, and two can become three. The extended roof must match the original scheme’s, in finish and colour.
That roof rule is the one we’d design around. From the road, your house still reads as part of its row, so the change happens inside: where the new stair lands, how daylight reaches the middle of the house, and which rooms move up.
Before anyone draws, find two papers: your house’s approved plans and the date on the area’s completion certificate. Between them, they decide whether the floor can be added at all.
TTDI was a 286-hectare rubber estate before building began in 1974. In 1986, one phase off Jalan Datuk Sulaiman was redrawn from 183 bungalows and 88 semi-detached houses into 580 link houses.
The dining room in the photograph near the top, with flush cabinets around a stone table and its lazy Susan, is the kind of room we’d keep on the ground floor once the bedrooms move up.
Interior design in TTDI’s towers, and the one rule they share
In TTDI, homes run from link houses, semi-detached houses and bungalows to townhouses and condominiums, and Sundays in Bed has guides to The Greens inside the township and to Jendela Residences and The Ophera beside it.
If you live in a tower here, the building’s management has its say before City Hall does. Under the strata by-laws it approves the works in writing, can hold a deposit and set a finishing date, and moving plumbing or a window also needs the authority’s approval.
Inside TTDI
In a home handed over around a decade ago, we’d service the ducted air-conditioning before anyone opens a ceiling.
- The Greens2016Two 27-storey towers on Jalan Wan Kadir: 163 homes of 1,445 to 3,832 sq ft, every type with a +1 room.
Dates checked 3 Oct 2026.
Next door at KLGCC Resort
Where the developer’s defect period is still running, we’d list defects in writing before any work covers them.
- Jendela ResidencesAround 2026Two 41-storey towers of 520 homes, each with three or four bedrooms, an open dry kitchen and an enclosed wet kitchen.
- The OpheraDue 2026–28150 homes in three mid-rise blocks on a 5.67-acre parcel, each reached through its own private lift lobby.
Homes we can show you, close by
Regent Suites and DC Residensi
Damansara Heights, home to our studio
Both are condominium homes. They show how we handle joinery, lighting and materials; the questions a TTDI house raises, from the stair to the roof, are ones for the first call.
Visit our Damansara Heights pageWhat interior design costs in TTDI
In TTDI, the Sundays in Bed design fee for a four-bedroom terrace with two of its three bathrooms and the kitchen redone is an estimated RM30,440–37,570, agreed in writing before we begin.
Here is what a TTDI bathroom, or the whole house, costs to design. If it’s only a bathroom that bothers you, that’s a fine place to start.
Each bathroom is one room on our list, at RM3,565, and one you’re happy with stays off it. In a TTDI house, new tiles and plumbing work need City Hall’s minor-works permit, and so does a plaster ceiling; a panel ceiling of another material doesn’t.
The fee is set by the rooms you choose, whatever the size of the house or the price of the build.
Choose the home nearest to yours, then add or remove rooms. The sums are done in your browser, and nothing is sent anywhere.
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and the kitchen: 7 rooms at RM3,565, plus living and dining at RM5,485.
What Curated and Bespoke include, and why each range is wide
| Home | Rooms counted | Estimated design fee |
|---|---|---|
| A four-bedroom terrace, two of three bathrooms redone | 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and the kitchen, plus living and dining | RM30,440–37,570 |
| A five-bedroom semi-D with a study, three of four bathrooms redone | 10 rooms, plus living and dining | RM41,135–48,265 |
| A four-bedroom home at The Greens, its bathrooms kept | 4 bedrooms, the +1 room, dry and wet kitchens, plus living and dining | RM30,440–37,570 |
Estimates at October 2026 rates. Each upper figure leaves space for two rooms you might add, such as the third bathroom.
What TTDI renovations by other firms have cost
In TTDI, all seven renovations published by other firms with a price fell between RM250,000 and RM316,000, at a median of RM128 a sq ft, on homes of 1,800 to 4,840 sq ft.
If you’re weighing a condominium against a house here, the totals sit closer together than the floor areas suggest.
Time on site is where they part. The condominium records ran 10 to 21 weeks; the terraces ran 12 to 104, and the 104-week job was the largest house in the set.
So if a house is on your list, plan where you’ll live while the work goes on before you plan its kitchen.
Renovations other firms have published in TTDI
| Home | Size | Total | Per sq ft | Weeks on site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTDI Plaza, 3 bedrooms | 1,800 sq ft | RM250,000 | RM139 | 14 |
| Sinaran TTDI, 4 bedrooms | 1,800 sq ft | RM250,000 | RM139 | 10 |
| The Greens, 4 bedrooms | 2,245 sq ft | RM300,000 | RM134 | 21 |
| Three terraces, 3 to 7 bedrooms | 2,350–4,840 sq ft | RM300,000–316,000 | RM62–128 | 12–104 |
| A four-bedroom bungalow | 4,000 sq ft | RM280,000 | RM70 | 36 |
These are other firms’ published projects, updated 1 September 2026. The Greens’ 2,245 sq ft matches none of its published types, so read it as recorded. Scope varies, so use them as a guide; the full set, with Bandar Utama’s, is on TTDI and Bandar Utama renovation costs.
How TTDI was planned, and replanned
- 1974. Building begins on a 286-hectare former rubber estate, after Kuala Lumpur became a Federal Territory.
- 1982. The plan adds the TTDI market, once the UDA Dry Market, with shop-offices, the office block now called VADS Plaza, the Kiara Green and Trellises townhouses, and condominiums at the peak, Phase 5E.
- 1986. In the recession, Phase 5 off Jalan Datuk Sulaiman changes from 183 bungalows and 88 semi-detached houses to 580 link houses, with a condominium block at its edge.
- 1988. In August, a planned town centre in Phases 7 and 8, off Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi, becomes resort-style condominiums, after sudden demand for the Kiara Green townhouses.
- 2016. TTDI MRT station opens on Jalan Damansara, ahead of the full line in 2017; since December 2023 it has carried the name TTDI-Deloitte.
- 2023. On 18 April, the Federal Court upholds the quashing of a development order on Taman Rimba Kiara; the park is now named Taman Awam Bukit Kiara.
These dates tell you roughly when a street was laid out, never when a particular house was built or last changed.
DBKL’s terrace guideline, in figures
- A new floor may be up to 3,500 mm high, and the whole house no more than 12,000 mm.
- The roof follows the original scheme’s, finish and colour included, with an overhang of at most 500 mm.
- The party wall is built wholly within your own lot, rises at least 230 mm above the roof and has no openings.
- An open, unroofed balcony may come to within 1,500 mm of the front boundary, and a porch roof may reach it.
- Scaffolding or a lorry crane outside the lot needs approval from Jabatan Pengangkutan Bandar, and debris stays inside your lot.
- Terraces on lots of 18 ft (5,490 mm) or less follow a separate small-lot guideline.
Who has a say before a TTDI renovation begins
In TTDI, City Hall (DBKL) approves building work on a house, and a condominium’s management agrees in writing first.
Sundays in Bed designs, draws and oversees the project; contractors you choose carry it out.
Much of what changes how a room feels needs no permit at all: built-in cabinets, wiring, lights, paint and wallpaper.
It’s the fabric of the house that City Hall looks at. If you’re adding a floor or building out at the back, we’d settle the setbacks before the shape, and bring in an architect or registered draughtsperson for the plans.
Who says yes in TTDI
Call us before any contractor quotes, so the completion-certificate date and the setbacks are checked first.
- DBKL, for a standard-lot terraceCovers terraces on lots wider than 5,490 mm. A new ground floor stays 4,500 mm back from the front boundary, upper floors 3,000 mm, and a boundary fence is at most 1,500 mm.
- DBKL, for a semi-DIts 2013 guideline keeps an added floor 3,000 mm from the side boundary and 6,000 mm from the front, with no windows on the party wall.
- DBKL, for smaller worksA plaster ceiling, new finishes or replaced windows take a minor-works permit you can apply for yourself: RM100 a permit, one job each, finished within three months, Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm.
Any extension or added storey goes to DBKL as a full building plan, with an engineer certifying the structure. City Hall publishes no renovation guideline for bungalows. For a condominium, ask the management office for its rules first: none of the three towers above publishes them. The full process
FAQ
TTDI questions, answered
Is TTDI in Kuala Lumpur or Selangor?
Kuala Lumpur. The whole township is in the Federal Territory, under City Hall (DBKL), postcode 60000. Jalan Damansara is the state line, so Damansara Utama across it is in Petaling Jaya, under MBPJ. TTDI Jaya is a separate township in Shah Alam, and a 60000 postcode alone doesn’t prove an address is in TTDI.
Do I need a permit to renovate a bathroom in TTDI?
In a house, usually yes. Plumbing and sanitary work and new floor or wall tiles need DBKL’s minor-works permit: RM100 a permit, one job each, which you can apply for yourself at the One Stop Centre or online. In a condominium, the management approves first, and moving plumbing also needs the authority’s approval.
Can I add a storey to my TTDI terrace?
Often, on a standard-lot terrace: once the area’s completion certificate is more than ten years old, one storey can become two and two can become three, never higher. It needs a full building plan and an engineer, and the rule doesn’t cover semi-Ds, bungalows, townhouses or small-lot terraces.
Do you design homes at The Greens, Jendela and The Ophera?
Yes, at the same fee per room, and each has a guide: The Greens, completed in 2016 on Jalan Wan Kadir, and Jendela Residences and The Ophera, next door at KLGCC Resort. Views differ from stack to stack in all three, so we plan each room from where it actually faces.
How much does it cost to hire an interior designer in TTDI?
For a four-bedroom TTDI terrace with the kitchen and two of its three bathrooms redone, we estimate the design fee at RM30,440–37,570; for a five-bedroom semi-D with a study and three of its four bathrooms, RM41,135–48,265. Both are sums of RM3,565 a room and RM5,485 for living and dining together, put in writing before any work starts.
What is a normal budget for interior design in TTDI?
Whether it’s a condominium or a house, the seven priced TTDI renovations published by other firms all came in between RM250,000 and RM316,000, on homes of 1,800 to 4,840 sq ft. With furniture included, our estimate for an older four-bedroom terrace up to 2,000 sq ft, two bathrooms redone and new floors laid, is RM250k–428k with Curated finishes (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living) or RM476k–913k with Bespoke (Space Furniture, BoConcept, Molteni&C), before the design fee.
What is the 70/30 rule in interior design?
It splits a scheme into a dominant 70%, which sets the mood, and a 30% accent that keeps it from going flat. At The Greens in TTDI, handed over in 2016, the original kitchens and wardrobes are now about ten years old; refacing them rather than replacing them can be the simplest way to reset the 70, leaving the 30 to what you bring in.
What is the 3-5-7 rule in interior design?
It favours odd groupings, so three, five or seven objects read as one arrangement where pairs and fours look set out in rows. On a TTDI terrace that gains a floor, the wall beside the new stair suits it, with three or five frames hung as a single group rather than a line of singles.
Can I extend the kitchen of a TTDI house?
It can be done with DBKL’s approval, but building out at the back of a TTDI house is an extension: it goes to DBKL as a full building plan, drawn by an architect or registered draughtsperson, with an engineer certifying the structure. Refitting the kitchen within its walls is far simpler, since new cabinets and wiring need no permit at all.
Do you design TTDI bungalows?
Yes: a bungalow is priced the way a condo is, by the room, and its scope is something we’d talk through on the first call. DBKL publishes no renovation guideline for bungalows; the nearest it has is its new-build setback guideline, which keeps a bungalow’s front wall 6 m from the boundary and its side and rear walls 3 m. Another firm has published one TTDI bungalow renovation: a four-bedroom of 4,000 sq ft, 36 weeks on site, RM280,000.
Can my contractor work on a Sunday in TTDI?
Not on work that needs DBKL’s minor-works permit: it allows Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm, and Sundays and public holidays are off-limits. In a TTDI condominium such as The Greens, the management’s written approval governs the work, and its rules aren’t published, so we’d ask the office about working days before booking anyone.
Can I see homes you’ve designed near TTDI?
Yes, close by in Damansara Heights, at Regent Suites and DC Residensi: two condominium homes shown on our Damansara Heights page. They show how we handle joinery, lighting and materials; what a TTDI house raises, from the stair to the roof, we’d talk through on the first call.
What interior design services do you offer in TTDI?
For a TTDI terrace, semi-D or bungalow we lead with renovation design, and at The Greens it’s condo interior design. We draw the plans, compare contractors’ quotes with you and manage the works on site, and contractors do the building. Interior styling and furnishing through our Procurement Concierge are there for any home, and Virtual Design serves homes outside Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
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