Interior designer at Bayberry & Arnica
Your Bayberry residence, as open or private as you like.
A studio’s bed sits behind a pivoting partition, and some bathrooms look into the bedroom through clear glass. We help you decide what stays airy and what gets a door.
Sheers by day and a heavier curtain behind them for the night: the kind of layering we’d plan for a bedroom that looks out towards the MRT line.
- Developer
Tropicana Indah, part of Tropicana Corporation, launched as Dijaya Corp
- Completed
Arnica 2016, keys early 2017; Bayberry 2017
- Homes
336 at Arnica and 413 at Bayberry, serviced residences beside Surian MRT
- Sizes
597 sq ft studios to a 1,573 sq ft 3+1; Bayberry penthouses up to 2,671 sq ft
- Tenure
Leasehold commercial title; both towers rated GBI Gold
Bayberry & Arnica floor plans, six of them shared by two towers
Bayberry and Arnica, the first two towers of Tropicana Gardens on Persiaran Surian in Kota Damansara, share six layouts from 597 sq ft studios to a 1,573 sq ft 3+1, so interior design here can start from a plan we read before we visit.
Interior designer in Petaling Jaya
Walk into an Arnica studio and the first decision is already in front of you. The bed sits behind a pivoting partition, and in the homes seen at Arnica’s handover the bathroom looks into the bedroom through clear glass. Neither is wrong; both were left open by the developer, and they shape the room more than any finish will.
Sundays in Bed hasn’t worked in either tower yet. If we design yours, you can hand us a single room or the whole home, and each room’s fee is set down on paper before work starts.
Tropicana Indah Sdn Bhd, part of Tropicana Corporation, built both towers, launching them in 2012 and 2013 under the group’s earlier name, Dijaya Corp. Arnica was the first residential phase of Tropicana Gardens and Bayberry the second: serviced residences on leasehold commercial title, with Surian MRT station beside them.
- ArnicaCompleted 2016Phase 1 · 336 homes · keys in early 2017
- BayberryCompleted 2017Phase 2 · 413 homes
The developer publishes one type list for both towers, with mirrored plans, and Bayberry adds penthouses of up to 2,671 sq ft.
- 597–604 sq ftStudios, Types B, C and C1, the bed behind a partition
- 983 sq ftType A: two bedrooms, two bathrooms, one long window wall
- 1,274 sq ftType D: three bedrooms, three bathrooms, an open L-shaped kitchen
- 1,573 sq ftType E: 3+1, a dry and a wet kitchen, a utility room with its own bath
A home about ten years on
Arnica’s keys went out at the start of 2017 and Bayberry’s that year, so a home here may already have had a first owner, a tenant or both. What was fitted at handover may still be sound, and a 2017 visit to Arnica noted only minor defects in tiles, the plaster ceiling and paint. We test what’s there with you before anything is replaced.
Resale homes can also arrive with a previous owner’s additions: EdgeProp’s record of a 2018 sale describes a 1,573 sq ft Arnica 3+1 sold partly furnished, with air-conditioners, kitchen appliances and cabinets. So the first list we make is of what came with your home, and what of it you’d like to live with.
Both towers hold a GBI Gold rating, Arnica since January 2018 and Bayberry since July 2018, according to Tropicana Corporation’s 2017 annual report.
Interior design at Bayberry & Arnica, and who will wake up here
In an Arnica or Bayberry home, we start with who will live here and for how long; someone moving in and someone furnishing for a tenant choose differently in the very same plan.
If the bathroom glass is too open
In the studios and two-bedrooms seen at Arnica’s handover in 2017, the bathroom looks into the bedroom through clear glass. It lends the bathroom daylight, but not everyone wants the view both ways. Frosted film is the lightest change, a blind keeps the choice open night by night, and a solid panel settles it for good.
If you live in a studio
On the developer’s plans, Type B sets the living area and the bed side by side behind a pivoting partition, with the kitchen and dining by the entrance; Type C1 runs its kitchen along one wall by the door. A 2017 review of Arnica noted that the studio converts easily into a one-bedroom with a simple partition wall. You might keep the partition, swap it for a sliding screen, or close it for good, and we settle that before a single finish is chosen.
MBPJ’s small-works approval covers taking out up to ten existing gypsum or glass partitions; breaking a concrete wall or touching the structure needs more than that form, so we check what each wall is made of first.
The two-bedroom’s long window wall
Type A lines up both bedrooms and the living room along one window wall about 41 ft long, so every room has daylight, and the 2017 review found the bedrooms smaller than expected while the kitchen had room for extra cabinets. We’d build the wardrobes into the corridor side, keep beds against the inner walls, and let the kitchen take what the bedrooms can’t: the iron, the suitcases, the spare bedding.
The three-bedroom’s open kitchen
Type D opens an L-shaped kitchen to the living and dining, with the yard by the entrance and a third bathroom beside bedroom 3. If you fry and steam most nights, a stronger hood or a glass screen comes first, and the yard can take the rice cooker and the second fridge.
The 3+1’s two kitchens and its extra room
Type E keeps two kitchens: an island in the dry one, and behind it a wet kitchen closed off with the yard, so the wok and its smells already have a room of their own. Off the dining, a room the plan calls study or bedroom 3 has a bathroom beside it, and a utility room with its own bath sits behind the wet kitchen; the master bathroom has a tub. The room by the dining makes a good guest room or study, and the utility room can become the laundry and store.
If you sleep lightly
Tropicana says Arnica has a clear view of the Seri Selangor golf course, and its brochure turned the three-bedrooms and 3+1s that way and the studios and two-bedrooms towards Kota Damansara. A 2017 visit also photographed the MRT line on its viaduct from the building. Where the track is outside, a lined curtain on a ceiling track and a headboard against an inner wall help with sound as well as light.
Downstairs and up top
Arnica’s level 5 deck has an infinity pool, a gym, a sauna, a half basketball court and reading and games rooms, with a rooftop lounge and sky garden on level 38. Bayberry’s level 5 adds a screening room and a prayer room. With a screening room downstairs, the television wall at home can stay modest, and a reading room nearby takes the pressure off a small study corner.
What interior design costs at Bayberry & Arnica
For a Bayberry or Arnica two-bedroom bought resale, the Sundays in Bed design fee comes to about RM16,180–19,745; for the 1,573 sq ft 3+1, about RM34,005–41,135, worked out room by room and agreed in writing before we begin.
- Each room we design
- RM3,565
- Living and dining
- RM5,485
In a home about ten years old, the rooms you keep are part of the design. Where an Arnica kitchen is still sound, new doors and a worktop may be all it needs, tiles in good order can stay, and every room you leave as it is comes off the fee.
2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom: 3 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
We put the total on paper before the first sketch; payment follows in stages as the work moves along. Rooms set it, never the contractors’ bills, so quartz in place of laminate on the worktop moves their invoice and not ours.
Add our fee to Curated furniture (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living) and a two-bedroom in either tower lands at about RM195k–331k.
| Home | Our fee | Curated | Bespoke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-bed 983 sq ft · Type A | RM16,180–19,745 | RM179k–311k | RM355k–696k |
| 3-bed 1,274 sq ft · Type D | RM23,310–30,440 | RM223k–385k | RM431k–834k |
| 3+1 1,573 sq ft · Type E | RM34,005–41,135 | RM272k–463k | RM507k–958k |
| Studio 597–604 sq ft · Types B, C and C1 | RM12,615–16,180 | RM153k–269k | RM309k–608k |
The lower figure is a typical plan here: the living, dining and kitchen (the 3+1 counts its dry and wet kitchens separately), every bedroom, and every bathroom but one, while a studio’s single bathroom is counted. The upper figure adds a room, or two in the larger homes, such as the 3+1’s utility room.
October 2026 guides; the contractors’ quotations, priced from your drawings, are the real numbers.
How these figures are worked out
Arnica was finished in 2016 and Bayberry in 2017, so each row treats the home as a resale. Where a home has two or more bathrooms, one is left out, since few owners redo every one; the Type E utility room is left out too.
Each range allows for kitchen cabinets, an oven, hob and hood, air-conditioners and wardrobes. A 2017 walk-through found Arnica’s kitchens fitted at handover, so whatever of yours you keep brings the figure down.
Furnishing to let?
Getting a studio or a family home ready for a tenant? Essential, our sturdiest level, uses Ikea, SSF Home and Harvey Norman furniture, goes in quickly and takes the wear of a tenancy; the fee for each room is the same at any level.
Renovation and furniture at Essential, before our fee
- 2-bed
- RM98k–153k
- 3-bed
- RM124k–193k
- 3+1
- RM154k–240k
- Studio
- RM83k–131k
Begin with a conversation
Tell us Arnica or Bayberry, the type letter on your plan and who will live there, and the first call starts from your own layout.
Or begin with a figure
Answer a few questions about your space, and you’ll have an estimate to consider in your own time.
Renovating at Bayberry & Arnica while you get on with your week
At Bayberry and Arnica, we agree every delivery and every noisy day with management in advance, because your neighbours share the lifts and corridors.
Contractors you choose, after we’ve gone through their quotes with you, do the building, and the designer you meet first styles the finished rooms.
A 2017 visit to Arnica found the corridor outside each home open to the breeze. It keeps the corridor cool, and it also carries renovation dust along the floor, so we seal your doorway, lay protection on the corridor outside it and tell the neighbours when the noisy days fall.
- Arnica or Bayberry, and which type FreeWhich tower and which of the six types, whether you’ll live there or let it, and what’s left of the developer’s fit-out.
- A visit with a tape and a torch RM200, waived if you go ahead with usEvery room measured, the oven, hob and air-conditioners switched on, the cabinets opened, and a note of whether the bathroom glass and the studio partition are still as built.
- Rooms and fee, then the planOnce the rooms and our fee are signed off, the plan follows: wardrobes that fit the two-bedroom’s smaller rooms, and a kitchen settled around how you cook.
- Drawings priced side by sideContractors price our drawings and then build from them. We go through each quote with you, item by item, and you choose the builder.
- Lift slots, then the rooms dressedLift slots are booked through management and deliveries timed around the neighbours. We hold each stage up to the drawings, then dress the rooms, for you or for a tenant.
Who signs what in a Tropicana Gardens tower, and in which order, is ours to handle, and we keep you posted as it happens. The full process
Council, management and the order of things
Kota Damansara sits in the Petaling Jaya City Council’s area, and MBPJ’s small-works form asks for the management office’s written consent before it approves work in a strata building. Your contractor makes the application, and the form sets working hours of 8am to 6pm, with no work on Sundays or public holidays.
Neither tower publishes what its management asks of a renovation, the deposit, the contractor hours, the lift bookings, so we collect the current terms from the office early and plan the weeks on site around them.
Bayberry & Arnica interior design for a home about ten years on
In a Bayberry or Arnica home, we begin with who lives in it: a studio and a 3+1 share the same tower, and each needs a brief of its own.
Perhaps this is your first home, chosen for the short walk to the MRT. Perhaps you’re readying it for a tenant, or a parent will take the room beside the dining in a 3+1. We’ll ask who is home during the day, who cooks and how, and what has to be stored, then fit the rooms to the people.
What to keep, change or add after a decade
- KeepSound fittingsGrohe taps and the Electrolux oven, hob and hood, where Arnica’s 2017 handover recorded them and they still work
- AdaptKitchen, glassSignature Kitchen cabinets refaced with new doors and a worktop; the see-through bathroom wall frosted or closed
- AddPrivacy, storageA screen, door or wall for the studio bed, and joinery that makes the two-bedroom’s smaller rooms work
The fittings come from a blog’s walk-through of Arnica at handover in 2017; no developer schedule was published. Bayberry’s were never published, and owners have changed plenty since, so we plan from your home as it is.
Renovation figures nearby, all by other firms
Neither tower has a home of ours yet, and the Petaling Jaya cost index holds no Kota Damansara records. The nearest come from Ara Damansara: a 600 sq ft one-bedroom at Maisson Residence renovated for RM68,000, about RM113 per sq ft, and an 800 sq ft two-bedroom at H20 for RM85,000, about RM106.
Those jobs differed from yours, and our Curated ranges also count furniture, wardrobes, appliances and air-conditioners, which those records may not, so read them as a rough sense of scale. All of them are listed on our Petaling Jaya renovation cost index.
FAQ
Questions about a Bayberry or Arnica home
How much does an interior designer cost at Bayberry and Arnica?
Designing a studio at Bayberry or Arnica is estimated at RM12,615 to RM16,180 in fees, the two-bedroom RM16,180 to RM19,745, the three-bedroom RM23,310 to RM30,440 and the 3+1 RM34,005 to RM41,135. The difference is simply the number of rooms, since we charge by the room, and the figure is agreed with you on paper first.
Where are Bayberry and Arnica, and what is next to them?
Bayberry and Arnica stand on Persiaran Surian in Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, as the first two residential towers of Tropicana Gardens, a 17.6-acre leasehold development that also holds Tropicana Gardens Mall. Surian MRT station on the Kajang Line is beside them, and the developer has said the station will be linked to the mall along Persiaran Surian.
Can the see-through bathroom wall in a studio or two-bedroom be made private?
Yes, and simply. In the Arnica homes seen at handover, the bathroom looks into the bedroom through clear glass; frosted film is the lightest fix, a fabric blind keeps the choice open, and a solid panel is permanent and needs a contractor. If you’ll let the home, decide before you furnish.
Can an Arnica or Bayberry studio become a proper one-bedroom?
Often. The bed area sits behind a pivoting partition, and a 2017 review of Arnica said the studio converts easily with a simple partition wall. A sliding screen keeps the daylight; a solid wall needs management’s approval and a check on the air-conditioning and switches on each side.
How much would renovating and furnishing a Bayberry or Arnica three-bedroom come to?
For a 1,274 sq ft Type D at Bayberry or Arnica, renovation and furniture usually come to between RM223k and RM385k with Curated finishes, or RM431k to RM834k with Bespoke, before our design fee. Keeping a sound kitchen or bathroom brings it down, and contractors’ quotes on your drawings settle it.
Who approves a renovation at Bayberry or Arnica?
Two parties approve it. MBPJ, the Petaling Jaya City Council, grants the small-works approval your contractor applies for, with work allowed between 8am and 6pm on any day but Sundays and public holidays. The tower’s management gives its written consent first and sets the deposit and lift slots, so we ask for both sets of terms at the start.
Who developed Bayberry and Arnica, and when were they completed?
Tropicana Indah Sdn Bhd, part of Tropicana Corporation, built both towers, launching them in 2012 and 2013 under the group’s earlier name, Dijaya Corp. Arnica was finished in 2016, with keys out at the start of 2017, and Bayberry in 2017; both are serviced residences on leasehold commercial title, each with a GBI Gold rating.
What are the floor plans at Bayberry and Arnica?
Bayberry and Arnica share one type list, with mirrored plans: studios of 597–604 sq ft (Types B, C and C1), the 983 sq ft two-bedroom (Type A), the 1,274 sq ft three-bedroom with three bathrooms (Type D) and the 1,573 sq ft 3+1 with a dry and a wet kitchen (Type E). Bayberry adds penthouses of up to 2,671 sq ft.
What facilities do Bayberry and Arnica have?
Arnica’s level 5 deck has an infinity pool, a gym, a sauna, a half basketball court and reading and games rooms, with a rooftop lounge and sky garden on level 38. Bayberry’s level 5 adds a screening room and a prayer room.
Can I see a home you’ve designed at Bayberry or Arnica?
Not yet: Sundays in Bed hasn’t worked in either tower. This page draws on the developer’s plans and published accounts of Arnica’s 2017 handover, and its renovation figures are other firms’ projects in Ara Damansara.
What interior design services do you offer at Bayberry and Arnica?
At Bayberry and Arnica we design condos from the 597 sq ft studios to the 1,573 sq ft 3+1, with renovation design where a partition, a glass wall or a kitchen has to change. We draw the plans, compare contractors’ quotes with you and manage the works on site, and contractors do the building. For a home that only needs furnishing there is interior styling, our Procurement Concierge handles the buying, and Virtual Design takes our work to homes outside Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
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