Interior designer at Arata of Tijani
Arata’s homes differ from door to door. We start with yours.
After thirteen years of owners and tenants, what has worn in your Arata of Tijani home is its own. We’ll look at that first, and at what still serves you.
Deep olive walls, a lamp set low and a second sitting area beyond. The developer’s photographs of an Arata unit show one long living and dining room, and lamps and rugs are what give each end its own room.
- Developer
Bolton, now Symphony Life; the building dates from 2013
- Location
No. 11 Jalan Syers, Bukit Tunku, on 1.28 acres beside Tijani 2 North
- Homes
100 in three ten-storey blocks, two or three to a floor
- Sizes
Ten layouts from 893 to 2,400 sq ft, all but one three-bedrooms or 3+1s
- Facilities
A pool and a children’s pool, a gym, a hall, a barbecue corner and a playground, with round-the-clock security
Interior design at Arata of Tijani, and what thirteen years have aged
Arata of Tijani, a small Bolton-built condominium off Jalan Syers in Bukit Tunku, has had thirteen years of owners and tenants.
Our interior design starts by deciding with you what to renew first.
If you’ve owned your Arata home for a while, or bought it from someone who did, you’ll have inherited choices made when the building was new. Our studio is about two minutes’ drive away, in Damansara Heights. The fee for each room you choose is settled with you on paper first.
Arata stands on 1.28 acres at No. 11 Jalan Syers, beside Tijani 2 North, with two or three homes to a floor. Its developer, Bolton, is now Symphony Life.
The developer’s page offered ten layouts, from 893 to 2,400 sq ft built-up, and all but one are three-bedrooms or 3+1s.
- 893 sq ftTwo bedrooms, two bathrooms
- 1,755 sq ftThree bedrooms, three bathrooms, the most-listed type
- 1,894–1,927 sq ftThree bedrooms and a helper’s room, three or four bathrooms
- 2,207–2,400 sq ftThree bedrooms and a helper’s room, four or five bathrooms
Space and age
Two or three homes share each floor across the three blocks, so your front door has few neighbours. The developer’s own page lists ten layouts from 893 to 2,400 sq ft, only one of them a two-bedroom, so the home next door may be planned quite differently from yours. Symphony Life's photographs of a dressed unit show a long living and dining room, an island kitchen open to it and full-height windows.
What needs our care is age. A 2013 agent post for the last units listed kitchen cabinets, a hood and hob, an oven, a fridge, air-conditioners and water heaters. If yours came with those, some may still be in daily use, so we'll check each one with you before deciding what to replace.
Symphony Life’s project page lists what the three blocks share: a pool with a shallower one for children beside it, a gymnasium, a hall for gatherings, a barbecue corner and a playground, all behind round-the-clock security. Listings give the 1,755 sq ft three-bedroom two parking bays and the larger 3+1s three. Some agents list the building as “Tijani 3”. StarProperty gives a launch price from RM1,581,000; by late 2013 the developer was offering its remaining 2,207 sq ft homes at RM2,268,000 to RM2,848,000.
Arata of Tijani design ideas, starting with the hardest-worked rooms
In an Arata of Tijani home, we usually begin with the kitchen, the bathrooms in daily use and the air-conditioning, where wear shows most.
Then the helper’s room, then the finishes.
If the family eats a stir-fry most evenings
Symphony Life’s photographs put the kitchen island in full view of the dining table. Heavy cooking there calls for a ducted hood with real extraction, a glass screen, or a closed wet kitchen for frying.
For the bathrooms your family uses every day
Listings give the 2,207 and 2,368 sq ft types five bathrooms, the 1,755 three. We’d seldom redesign them all. The master and the children’s bathroom get the money, and the powder room a lighter touch.
If the air-conditioners are as old as the building
A 2013 agent post listed air-conditioners and water heaters with the last units sold. Before we redraw a ceiling, we’ll find out which still run well, because replacing them later means opening that new ceiling again.
If nobody lives in the helper’s room
Agents list the larger homes as 3+1, the +1 being a maid’s room. If you don’t have live-in help, it can become a study, a store, or a bedroom for a grandparent.
What the last owner left
Many Arata homes have been let, so yours may carry an earlier owner’s or landlord’s update. If the wardrobes, flooring and kitchen carcass are sound, they can stay, and we’ll spend on what isn’t.
If yours is the 2,400 sq ft plan
Agents describe Arata’s largest layout as three en-suite bedrooms, a helper’s room and four bathrooms, with only two homes on each floor. When every bedroom already has its own bathroom, the order of work shifts: the master’s is redone first, the other two are freshened with new grout, seals and fittings, and the rest goes into the living and dining run.
If yours is the 893 sq ft two-bedroom
It is the one compact plan among Arata’s ten, with a bathroom for each bedroom, and the type most often listed fully furnished, at around RM3,200 a month this October. No published plan shows its kitchen, so we draw from what we measure. For a home that will be let, storage a tenant can fill without crowding the living room matters more than a showpiece finish.
What interior design costs at Arata of Tijani
At Arata of Tijani, the Sundays in Bed design fee is an estimated RM30,440–37,570 for the 1,755 sq ft three-bedroom and RM37,570–44,700 for a large five-bathroom 3+1.
It is a fee per room, agreed in writing before we begin.
- Each room we design
- RM3,565
- Living and dining
- RM5,485
Below is the Arata of Tijani design fee, by layout. Our estimate for the larger Arata layouts counts two kitchens: an island dry kitchen and a closed wet kitchen. No published plan confirms that pairing here, so we check it on the visit, and if yours has the island kitchen alone, one room comes off, RM3,565.
The maid’s room in a 3+1 stays off the list unless you turn it into a study or a grandparent’s room. The one two-bedroom layout, often let fully furnished, sits apart at RM16,180–19,745, its open kitchen counted once.
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and the dry and wet kitchens: 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 lower figure covers the essentials; the upper figure adds extras such as a feature wall, LED strips and a kitchen island.
What the two levels mean
Curated. Melamine or laminate carpentry, quartz or sintered stone tops, the existing ceiling kept or a new plaster ceiling. Furniture from Commune, Cellini, Fella Design, Dezign District, Poet Living, Big Brain, Gudang, Crown Livin and Dadswood.
Bespoke. Detailed joinery, sintered stone tops, a plaster ceiling with detailing. 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.
How the fee works
The sum is in writing for you to agree before anything begins, and you pay it in stages; marble in the master bathroom is a matter for the contractor’s quote alone. How our fees work
With our fee and Curated finishes (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living), a 1,755 sq ft three-bedroom here comes to about RM283k–470k in all.
| Home | Our fee | Curated | Bespoke |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three-bedroom 1,755 sq ft | RM30,440–37,570 | RM253k–432k | RM477k–908k |
| 2-bed 893 sq ft | RM16,180–19,745 | RM179k–311k | RM355k–696k |
| 3+1 1,894–1,927 sq ft | RM34,005–41,135 | RM272k–463k | RM507k–958k |
| Large 3+1 2,207–2,368 sq ft, five bathrooms | RM37,570–44,700 | RM293k–519k | RM541k–1.06M |
Lower figure: an ordinary Arata layout, meaning living and dining, the kitchens, the bedrooms and all bathrooms bar one. Upper figure: two more rooms in the three-bedroom and the 3+1s, such as the remaining bathroom or, in a 3+1, the maid’s room as a study; one more in the two-bedroom.
October 2026 guides, not quotations.
How these figures are worked out
Because Arata dates from 2013, we treat every home as a resale and price one bathroom fewer than it has, since not every bathroom needs designing: one of two, two of three, three of four, four of five. The maid’s room stays out.
The three-bedroom and the 3+1s assume an island dry kitchen and a closed wet kitchen, checked when we visit. Air-conditioning, wardrobes, cabinets, appliances and laundry machines are priced new; anything recently replaced that you keep lowers the figure.
Furnishing to let?
Most Arata rentals are let partly furnished. If yours will be one of them, our Essential level, with Ikea, SSF Home and Harvey Norman furniture, keeps the fit-out light and quick, and the design fee is unchanged by level.
Rent listings in October 2026 asked about RM3,100–3,500 a month for the 1,755 sq ft three-bedroom and RM4,500–7,000 for the homes of 2,207 to 2,400 sq ft, most of them partly furnished with the kitchen cabinets, hood and hob, a microwave and a washing machine.
Renovation and furniture at Essential, before our fee
- Three-bedroom
- RM143k–222k
- 2-bed
- RM98k–153k
- 3+1
- RM154k–240k
- Large 3+1
- RM167k–269k
Begin with a conversation
Your layout, and whatever the previous owner changed: bring both to the first call, with a floor plan if you still have one.
Or begin with a figure
Answer a few questions about your space, and you’ll have an estimate to consider in your own time.
Your Arata of Tijani interior designer, before the builders arrive
At Arata of Tijani, the pipework, wiring, air-conditioning and bathroom waterproofing are checked before anything is drawn.
One designer sees your home through to the dressed rooms, and the contractor who builds it is your pick.
No handover specification for Arata survives online. The developer’s 2013 sales site ran on Flash, and its archived specification pages no longer open. So our first visit doubles as the spec sheet: we note which rooms have the large polished tiles and which have timber, photograph the sanitaryware and window frames, and measure each ceiling before a lighting plan is drawn.
Arata is entered through a single gated entrance with a touch-card system and CCTV, so every contractor, delivery and visit passes the same guardhouse. The crew’s names and the lorry plates go to the office ahead of the first day, and it helps to book stone tops, long curtain tracks and large furniture for separate days.
With ten storeys and two or three homes on every level, a block is home to few households. The noise of a renovation reaches a small circle of neighbours, and a note to the homes beside and below yours, saying when the loud weeks fall, goes a long way.
- Your layout, and its history FreeYour layout, who will live there, and what earlier owners or tenants changed.
- Panels lifted, heaters read RM200, waived if you go ahead with usMeasuring up, lifting ceiling access panels, reading the age off the air-conditioners and heaters, testing for damp around showers, and noting what deserves to stay.
- Rooms and fee, then the long roomThe rooms and our fee go into writing first. Plans, lighting and materials follow, with the long living room split into places to sit, eat and read.
- Priced from one set of drawingsEvery contractor prices the same Arata drawings, room by room. We read the quotes before you do, then go through them together, and the builder is yours to appoint.
- Works, then the soft thingsWe book the lift, deliveries and trades through Arata’s management office, inspect each stage on site, then place the furniture, art and soft things before you return.
An older home goes smoothly in a careful order: pipes and cables, then ceilings, then joinery, then furniture. We’ll keep to that order, and to the building’s rules, so you needn’t. The full process
Who approves the works
Bukit Tunku sits within Kuala Lumpur, so any permit comes from DBKL, applied for by your contractor, and Arata’s management approves the works before they start.
Arata’s deposit, contractor hours and lift-booking arrangements aren’t published anywhere we could find. We get them from the office in writing, then plan the programme around them.
Arata of Tijani renovation, planned for whoever lives there now
An Arata of Tijani home is planned for the household in it now, whether you’re the first owner or the third.
Your days shape what comes next.
Many Arata homes have been sold on or let since they were new. Behind the same 2,400 sq ft plan, maybe there are retired parents with grandchildren at weekends, or two working adults, three teenagers and a helper. Tell us how your days go, and together we'll work out where the desk and the bags belong.
Some owners have stretched the plan further. One agent’s listing shows two Arata homes joined into a single 4,682 sq ft residence with six en-suite bedrooms and a helper’s room. If you own the unit next door, or might buy it, the join is a question for the management and a structural engineer first; the floor plan follows their answer.
What to keep, adapt and add in an Arata home
- KeepLayout, outlookThe long open living and dining, and tall windows onto trees or city
- AdaptKitchen, bathrooms2013 originals, or an earlier owner’s or landlord’s update
- AddServices, lightNew air-conditioning and water heaters where they’re tired, and layered lighting
Based on Symphony Life’s photographs, the 2013 sales package and current listings. Homes vary after thirteen years; the visit shows what yours has.
What have owners near Arata spent on renovations?
Nobody has published a renovation figure for Arata itself. Eight Bukit Tunku and Taman Duta projects with both budget and floor area on record put the median at RM161 per sq ft, with a typical spend of RM300,000.
Applied to a 1,755 sq ft three-bedroom, that median gives about RM280,000, inside the Curated range above. The Kenny Hills & Damansara Heights renovation cost index lists these published records by type and size.
FAQ
At Arata, from the helper’s room to the curtains
Is the maid’s room in an Arata 3+1 worth turning into a study?
Often, once there’s no live-in helper. Where it has its own bathroom, the maid’s room in a larger Arata home makes a quiet study, a grandparent’s room or a walk-in wardrobe. Drawing it adds RM3,565 to our fee; leaving it costs nothing.
Listings put a helper’s room in the 1,894 sq ft types and larger, and one agent lists a 1,755 sq ft home as a 3+1 as well, so we check your plan for the room, and for its bathroom, before anything is priced.
Should Arata’s 2013 air-conditioners and water heaters be replaced?
Usually, if they’re the originals. A 2013 agent post listed both with the last units sold, and units of that age are often near the end of their working life. We note each one’s condition at the visit, so a new ceiling isn’t closed over equipment due for replacement within a year.
The same post listed a hood and hob, an oven and a fridge alongside them, so we go through the kitchen appliances one by one in the same way.
Can the island kitchen cope with heavy wok cooking?
With planning, yes. Fit a hood ducted to the outside, add a glass screen between kitchen and dining, or move the frying behind a door into a wet kitchen if your layout allows. Where the duct can run decides which.
Symphony Life’s photographs show doors behind the island, and a listing summary mentions a wet kitchen and a yard behind a dry one. No published plan confirms that, so we open those doors on the visit before choosing between duct, screen and door.
How much does it cost to renovate and furnish an Arata home?
For the 1,755 sq ft three-bedroom, renovation and furniture are estimated at RM253k–432k at Curated (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living), or RM477k–908k at Bespoke (Space Furniture, BoConcept, Molteni&C), before our fee. Published Bukit Tunku and Taman Duta renovations have a median of RM161 per sq ft.
For context, iProperty’s transaction data put Arata’s median sale price at RM657 per sq ft between September 2023 and August 2024, and StarProperty gives service charges of RM0.45 per sq ft with a 10% sinking fund on top.
Who approves a renovation at Arata?
Two parties. DBKL, through a permit your contractor applies for, and Arata’s management, which will expect to approve the works. Its deposit and permitted hours aren’t published, so we request them from the office before setting dates. Entry is by touch card at a single gated entrance, so the crew’s names reach the guardhouse before day one.
Some Arata homes face trees, some the city. Does it change the curtains?
Yes. A greenery-facing room can take sheers with a dim-out lining; a bedroom catching morning or west sun may want full blackout. Listings mention both outlooks, so we note your facing at the visit before choosing fabric. Agents describe east-facing homes over the trees along Jalan Kuching, others looking towards the forest and Mont Kiara, and south-facing ones with an open view across the city.
What are the floor plans at Arata of Tijani?
Arata of Tijani’s developer offered ten layouts, from 893 to 2,400 sq ft built-up, and all but one are three-bedrooms or 3+1s. The single two-bedroom is 893 sq ft, the most-listed type is a 1,755 sq ft three-bedroom, and the 3+1s with a helper’s room run from 1,894 to 2,400 sq ft.
What is the interior design fee for an Arata of Tijani home?
At Arata of Tijani, the Sundays in Bed design fee is an estimated RM30,440–37,570 for the 1,755 sq ft three-bedroom and RM37,570–44,700 for a large five-bathroom 3+1. The 893 sq ft two-bedroom sits apart at RM16,180–19,745. It is a fee per room, agreed in writing before we begin.
Who developed Arata of Tijani, and how old is it?
Bolton, now Symphony Life, developed Arata of Tijani, and the building dates from 2013, so many homes have had thirteen years of owners and tenants. It stands on 1.28 acres at No. 11 Jalan Syers, and StarProperty gives a launch price from RM1,581,000.
Can I see photos of homes inside Arata of Tijani?
Symphony Life’s photographs of a dressed Arata of Tijani unit show a long living and dining room, an island kitchen open to it and full-height windows. The kitchen pictured on this page is one we designed at DC Residensi in Damansara Heights, shown for its island, not an Arata home.
What interior design services do you offer at Arata of Tijani?
Arata of Tijani’s 100 homes sit in three ten-storey blocks off Jalan Syers, and our condo interior design covers each plan, from the single 893 sq ft two-bedroom to the 3+1 homes of about 2,400 sq ft, renovation design included. We draw the plans, compare contractors’ quotes with you and manage the works on site, and contractors do the building. For a home that needs dressing rather than drawing, we offer interior styling and our Procurement Concierge, and Virtual Design for homes outside Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
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However Arata became yours, we’d like to hear about it.
Let us know your layout, from the 893 sq ft two-bedroom up to a 2,400 sq ft 3+1, plus a floor plan if one survives. Talking it through is free; after the RM200 visit, waived if you go ahead, you’ll have our estimated fee in writing before deciding anything.
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