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Three low blocks, four bedrooms and short-stay guests in the building: what shapes a Chempenai Park brief?
Homes of about 1,700 to 1,900 sq ft, built around 1990, in a development where some apartments are let as serviced suites. So the work is renewing a large, older home and making it feel entirely private.
Sundays in Bed designs homes in Kuala Lumpur and manages their renovation. We haven’t worked at Chempenai Park yet, so the facts here come from public sources, and we check each one in your home.
Chempenai Park, also spelt Cempenai Parc, sits on Jalan Chempenai in the quieter Semantan side of Bukit Damansara. It is freehold, and small by any measure: three blocks of five storeys each, completed around 1990.
Residents share a pool, jacuzzi, sauna, gym, clubhouse and jogging track, with 24-hour guards. Semantan MRT is about 1 km away, and Jalan Semantan, Jalan Duta and the SPRINT are close by.
Chempenai Park units are about 1,700–1,900 sq ft built-up, with three or four bedrooms.
- About 1,700 sq ftThree bedrooms, two or three bathrooms
- About 1,900 sq ftFour bedrooms, three or four bathrooms
PropertyGuru likens the layouts to a house, and the sizes bear it out. At up to 1,900 sq ft, the question is what each room is for, not how to fit everything in.
Age is the other half of the brief. Whatever a previous owner changed, the wiring, pipes and waterproofing underneath may date from the first handover.
And the neighbours vary. Hotel sites list several apartments here as furnished short-stay suites, under the name Cempenai Parc Residences. For an owner who lives here, a quiet, secure front door matters more than usual.
A spare bedroom, an older kitchen, short-stay neighbours: what does a Chempenai Park home decide first?
Who uses each room, and what you hear from outside your front door. Settle those, and the finishes almost choose themselves.
Rooms with a purpose. In 1,900 sq ft with four bedrooms, one room often drifts into storage. We give it a role first, a study, a room for visiting parents or a den, because its lighting and joinery depend on that.
The kitchen. Short-stay listings here describe full kitchens, with ovens and dishwashers; yours may differ. If it is closed, we decide whether heavy cooking keeps it that way, or a glass screen opens it to the dining.
Quiet at the door. With some neighbours on short stays, suitcases and late arrivals can come and go in your block. A solid-core door, acoustic seals and a door closer keep that noise outside, and an owner’s lockable cupboard helps anyone who lets.
The services. A home from around 1990 was wired for fewer air-conditioners and no induction hob. We have the distribution board and bathroom floors checked before anything is chosen, so new tiles never cover an old leak.
What to leave alone. A previous owner or a letting fit-out may have left sound cabinets, doors or appliances. We keep what works. And with a pool, sauna and gym downstairs, no bedroom needs to become a home gym.
What does it cost to design and furnish a three- or four-bedroom at Chempenai Park?
For a 1,700 sq ft three-bedroom here, the Sundays in Bed design fee is estimated at RM26,875–34,005; for a 1,900 sq ft four-bedroom, RM30,440–37,570. Your final fee depends on the rooms you choose, and is agreed in writing before we begin.
With our fee and Curated finishes (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living), a three-bedroom here comes to about RM259k–425k in all.
Spend where it matters. Skip what doesn’t. At Chempenai Park that usually means the wiring, the kitchen and the bathrooms used every day. Choose a size, then switch on the rooms you want designed. Each figure is an estimate until contractors quote.
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and the kitchen: 6 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 two levels mean
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 | Curated | Bespoke |
|---|---|---|
| Three-bedroom About 1,700 sq ft · two or three bathrooms Estimated fee RM26,875–34,005 | RM232k–398k | RM444k–851k |
| Four-bedroom About 1,900 sq ft · three bathrooms or more Estimated fee RM30,440–37,570 | RM258k–441k | RM490k–941k |
The lower figure is the usual brief here: the living and dining, the closed kitchen, every bedroom and two bathrooms. The higher one allows for two more rooms you might want designed, such as the remaining bathroom or a powder room for guests.
Curated is priced with furniture from Commune, Cellini or Poet Living, and Bespoke with Space Furniture, BoConcept or Molteni&C. Both are October 2026 guides, not quotations.
Every home here is a resale from around 1990, and priced as one. We’ve assumed not every bathroom needs designing, so each size counts two. Count only the ones you’d change.
No Chempenai Park floor plan is published, so a closed kitchen is priced and yours is confirmed on the visit. The ranges include new air-conditioners, cabinets, appliances and wardrobes. Where a letting fit-out left usable appliances, keep them and spend less.
Furnishing to let? Some Chempenai Park homes are let, a few as short-stay suites. A lighter, hard-wearing fit-out at our Essential level, quicker to finish and easy to keep tenant-ready, is one possibility, with furniture from Ikea, SSF Home and Harvey Norman. The design fee is the same at every level.
Renovation and furniture at Essential, before our fee: Three-bedroom RM130k–202k · Four-bedroom RM145k–225k.
How the fee adds up. RM3,565 for each bedroom, bathroom, study or closed kitchen we design, and RM5,485 for the living and dining when they share one open space. A bedroom you’re happy to leave untouched isn’t counted.
We write the total down and agree it with you before drawing begins, and you pay it in stages. Our fee has no link to what the builders charge, so marble in place of porcelain on a four-bedroom’s floors adds nothing to it.
Your number first. Tell us what you want to spend on the three-bedroom or the four, and we design to it.
How does a renovation run in a small block built around 1990?
Considerately, and to management’s rules. One designer is with you from the first call to the dressed rooms; licensed contractors build, from quotes we gather and you choose between.
- The discovery call FreeThree bedrooms or four, who lives with you, whether the home is let or yours to live in, what the last owner changed, and your budget.
- The site visit RM200, waived if you go ahead with usWe measure, note the age of the distribution board, look for signs of leaks in the bathrooms and around window frames, and see how deliveries reach your storey.
- The scope, then the designRooms, budget and our fee go in writing. Then plans, lighting and materials, with every bedroom given a use and the front door made quieter.
- Drawings and quotesContractors price one drawing set, so their figures line up. We go through each quote with you, and you appoint the builder.
- On site, then moving inManagement’s terms come first. We check each stage against the drawings, keep loud work to agreed hours for neighbours and guests alike, then style the rooms.
A block from around 1990, a management office, DBKL and some neighbours on short stays: each needs to be squared before work starts. Keeping that in order is what you have us for. How a project unfolds
Planning works at Chempenai Park. Where the works need a DBKL permit, your licensed contractor applies for it. The management office will usually want to see and approve the renovation first.
Chempenai Park’s renovation deposit, permitted hours and delivery rules aren’t published, so we ask for the current terms before any contractor prices the job. A note to your neighbours, and to the serviced-suite operator if one is next door, saves a lot of goodwill.
Can a 1,900 sq ft apartment feel like a family house of your own?
Yes, with the right decisions. Chempenai Park’s homes are big enough to hold a household’s whole life.
A home of this size can take the long dining table, the grandparents’ visits, the bookshelves and the children’s projects all at once. We start with the things you already own and love, and give each of them a place.
What an older Chempenai Park home usually needs
- KeepThe generous planSound doors, a kitchen in good order, appliances a letting fit-out left behind
- AdaptKitchen, spare bedroomA closed kitchen reworked or partly opened; the fourth bedroom given a clear role
- AddServices, quiet, lightRewiring where the board is old, a quieter front door, layered lighting
Drawn from what homes of this age commonly need, not a published specification, which Chempenai Park doesn’t have. We confirm yours on the visit.
What renovations nearby have cost
Damansara Heights renovations published by other firms have a median of RM131 per sq ft. At that rate, a 1,700 sq ft Chempenai Park three-bedroom would cost around RM223,000 end to end; a 1,900 sq ft four-bedroom, around RM249,000.
The closest in size is a 1,730 sq ft three-bedroom at Seri Duta II in Taman Duta: RM300,000, about RM173 per sq ft, over ten weeks on site.
Keep a sound kitchen or bathroom and you would spend less. Our fee is the same whichever of these you build, because it is set per room, not on the works.
These are published renovation records, gathered on our Kenny Hills and Damansara Heights renovation cost index.
Nearby, with their own pages: Damansara Heights · The Peak · Aira Residence · Regent Suites
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Questions Chempenai Park owners ask
Are Chempenai Park and Cempenai Parc Residences the same place?
Cempenai Parc is another spelling of Chempenai Park. Cempenai Parc Residences is the name hotel sites use for apartments here let as furnished short stays. Whether you live in your home or let it, the design begins with the same site visit.
What might the design fee be for a Chempenai Park home?
Our fee is estimated at RM26,875–34,005 for a 1,700 sq ft three-bedroom, and RM30,440–37,570 for a 1,900 sq ft four-bedroom. It depends on the rooms you choose, and is agreed in writing before we begin.
Our neighbours are short-stay guests. Can we keep their noise out?
Largely. A solid-core front door with acoustic seals, a door closer, rugs on hard floors and lined curtains all help. We check where your walls meet the neighbour’s on the site visit, then put the quiet rooms furthest from them.
We let our apartment. What should the design do differently?
Choose finishes that clean easily and survive suitcases: quartz worktops, performance fabrics, washable paint. Add a lockable owner’s cupboard. Curated (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living) suits a home let long-term; Bespoke (Space Furniture, BoConcept, Molteni&C) suits one you’ll move back into.
Is an apartment here from around 1990 worth renovating fully, or just refreshing?
That depends on what’s behind the walls. If the wiring, pipes and bathroom waterproofing have been redone, a refresh of finishes and furniture may be enough. If they date from around 1990, it is usually worth doing them once, properly, before anything decorative.
Who approves a renovation at Chempenai Park?
The management office, usually in writing, and DBKL where a permit is needed, which your licensed contractor applies for. The deposit, working hours and delivery rules aren’t published, so we collect the current terms before contractors quote.
A house-sized home in a three-block enclave. What will yours become?
Just bought on Jalan Chempenai, taking back a home you’ve let, or ready to renew one you’ve lived in for years? Send the size, a few phone photos and a figure you’re comfortable with. The first call is free, and you’ll see your estimated fee in writing before anything is agreed.
Free · your fee is agreed in writing before we start