Interior design in Bukit Tunku (Kenny Hills)
Bukit Tunku bungalows, generous to guests, private to the family.
Large, older bungalows, many on hillside lots, and low-rise condos. 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 bungalow
Five bedrooms, a study, four of the five bathrooms, the kitchen and the open-plan living and dining come to RM44,700, whether the house is 6,000 sq ft or 10,000.
- 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 anything structural is decided. Work near a slope, a removed wall or an extension needs an engineer and DBKL’s approval, and those set the timetable.
What should you plan first in a Bukit Tunku bungalow?
Start with the land and the structure: the slope, the approved plans and what’s behind the walls. In an older hillside house, they decide what the design can do and where the budget goes.
Houses here sit on large, often hilly lots, with built-ups of 5,000 to 10,000 sq ft. Many are decades old. The land and the structure set the limits before any finish does.
The slope. DBKL asks for a geotechnical study before any development on a hill slope, and owners must maintain steep, high slopes on their own land. Retaining walls, drains and the ground under a deck come first; anything that cuts into the hill needs an engineer.
The approved plans. Ask for them early. Houses here have often been extended over the decades, and 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; this is where an older house’s budget usually moves, not in the finishes.
The arrival. The drive and the porch are the real front door. Give the porch shelter from the rain, a bench, light at night and a shoe cabinet with vents: closed boxes grow mould in this humidity.
Formal and family rooms. Decide which rooms are for guests and which are for every day, and give the everyday ones the best light and the garden.
The view and the west. Plan the main rooms around the trees you look out on. Find the west side before placing the sofa: afternoon sun on big glass is heat, and deep eaves shade it better than a curtain.
The service side. If the house has a wet kitchen, plan it with the laundry, a helper’s room and the stores as one route to the back door. Keep the wok and its smoke there, with a door and a ducted hood.
A room for parents. On a hillside house there are stairs everywhere. A ground-floor bedroom beside a step-free bathroom can matter more than a bigger master suite.
The scope. A full renovation of an older home is worth walking through on the call first, since the scope varies from house to house.
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 Bukit Tunku?
For an older five-bedroom Bukit Tunku bungalow of over 4,500 sq ft, with a study, four of its five bathrooms redone and new floors, renovation and furniture start at about RM190k–338k at Essential finishes (Ikea, SSF Home, Harvey Norman), 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.
5 bedrooms, a study, 4 bathrooms and the kitchen: 11 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 bungalow 5 bedrooms and a study, over 4,500 sq ft; 4 of 5 bathrooms redone, new floors | RM190k–338k | RM332k–658k |
| New bungalow 5 bedrooms and a study, over 4,500 sq ft; floors and bathrooms kept | RM106k–209k | RM195k–444k |
| Older semi-D 4 bedrooms, 3 of 4 bathrooms redone, new floors | RM154k–261k | RM272k–512k |
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; a new home keeps its floors. The ranges cover carpentry, ceilings and paint, lighting and wiring, air-conditioning, kitchen appliances and loose furniture, but not a television, landscaping, a pool or slope works.
They come from typical costs for each part of the job, not from Bukit Tunku projects. Where renovations published by other firms here also state the home’s value, the work ran 2% to 13% of it. They’re on our Bukit Tunku cost page. Estimates as of September 2026, not a quotation.
Above 4,500 sq ft the estimate stops growing with floor area, so a larger bungalow’s floors and finishes will price higher. Your contractors’ quotes are the real number.
How much does an interior designer cost in Bukit Tunku?
For an older five-bedroom Bukit Tunku bungalow with a study and four of its five bathrooms redone, the Sundays in Bed interior design fee is RM44,700: 11 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 bungalow 5 bedrooms, a study, 4 of its 5 bathrooms, the kitchen, living and dining | RM44,700 | RM21,500 |
| New bungalow 5 bedrooms, a study, the kitchen, living and dining; bathrooms kept | RM30,440 | RM14,640 |
| Older semi-D 4 bedrooms, 3 of its 4 bathrooms, the kitchen, living and dining | RM34,005 | RM16,355 |
| Condo 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a closed kitchen, living and dining | RM30,440 | RM14,640 |
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 10,000 sq ft bungalow costs the same to design as a smaller house with the same rooms.
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? On a large house, a fee charged as a share of the build becomes a very large number for the same drawings. It also 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 approvalsStructural work or an extension needs building plans from an architect or engineer, assessed against DBKL’s low-density rules for Bukit Tunku. We design within them.
- 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. Renovations in Bukit Tunku published by other firms ran 12 to 65 weeks on site.
Which council, and what it costs. Bukit Tunku is under Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), which keeps it low-density under its own guideline for Bukit Tunku, Taman Duta, Bukit Persekutuan and Bukit Damansara. A house may cover at most 40% of its lot and rise no more than three storeys. A bungalow lot can’t become apartments.
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, lighting and paint need no permit.
Do you cover my part of Bukit Tunku?
Yes. Sundays in Bed designs homes in person across Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, and all of Bukit Tunku is inside that area. A site visit anywhere in it is RM200, waived if you go ahead with us.
New homes we’re following
DBKL keeps Bukit Tunku’s bungalow lots as bungalow lots, so new homes here arrive one house at a time, as owners rebuild. The one large launch nearby is just across in Taman Duta.
- Eden Taman DutaDue Dec 2029Jalan Gallagher, Taman Duta · low-rise villas and duplex penthouses of 5,296 to 19,041 sq ft
If you’ve just rebuilt, or taken the keys to a new house here, the design can start before the builder hands over. The work then begins once your defects are reported.
Neighbourhoods we cover
Jalan Tunku · Langgak Tunku · Changkat Tunku · Jalan Bukit Tunku · Pesiaran Bukit Tunku · Taman Tunku · Taman Duta
Many of these roads were renamed from Kenny to Tunku: Jalan Tunku was Jalan Kenny. Either name finds us.
Nearby, with their own pages: Damansara Heights · Mont Kiara · Sri Hartamas · Dutamas · KLCC and Ampang Hilir, 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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Bukit Tunku 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.
Do you design full bungalow renovations in Bukit Tunku, or just individual rooms?
Both. Every room is priced and designed on its own, so a whole bungalow and a single room follow the same fee per room. A full renovation of an older house is worth walking through on the call first, since the scope varies from house to house.
Can you work with an older Bukit Tunku bungalow’s existing structure?
Yes. We design around what’s sound and worth keeping, and flag early when something needs an engineer’s view first, such as a wall you want to remove or work close to a slope.
Do I need DBKL’s permission to renovate in Bukit Tunku?
For most work, yes. A plaster ceiling, new floor or wall finishes, or replacing doors and windows needs DBKL’s minor works permit, at RM100 per item. Built-in cabinets, wiring and paint don’t. Structural work or an extension needs building plans from an architect or engineer, assessed against DBKL’s low-density rules for Bukit Tunku.
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 or a bigger programme.
When should I get in touch?
As early as you can, ideally five to six months before you want to move in. In an older house, the checks behind the walls and any DBKL approvals come before the works, so an early start keeps the timetable yours.
Let’s talk about your Bukit Tunku 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.