Interior design in Damansara
Your Damansara home, reimagined.
Some houses here carry four decades and more of wear; some towers still have their developer’s finishes. We start from what’s there, then draw each room afresh, one at a time.
Damansara at a glance
- Townships
- About a dozen, most in Petaling Jaya
- Councils
- MBPJ; DBKL in Damansara Heights and TTDI
- Built
- From 1975 (Damansara Jaya) to 1999 (Ara Damansara)
Interior design in Damansara, and which council your township answers to
Damansara is the name of about a dozen Klang Valley townships, most of them in Petaling Jaya under MBPJ, with Damansara Heights in Kuala Lumpur under DBKL, and Sundays in Bed designs homes in all of them.
Interior designer in Petaling Jaya
If you’re about to renovate, the first useful fact about your home is which council approves the work, because the route and the paperwork differ.
SAYS counts twelve Damansaras, from Damansara Kim to Damansara Heights, and Bandar Utama and TTDI sit alongside them. Most are Petaling Jaya townships under MBPJ. Damansara Heights and TTDI are in Kuala Lumpur, under DBKL. Kwasa Damansara straddles two councils, MBSA on the Shah Alam side and MBPJ on the Petaling Jaya side.
Your assessment bill names the council, which settles the question before anyone draws. A postcode won’t: Bandar Sri Damansara, PJU 9, shares a Kuala Lumpur postcode, yet its council is MBPJ.
By SAYS’s dates, the townships span about a quarter of a century: Damansara Jaya from 1975, Damansara Kim by 1983, Kota Damansara from 1992, Damansara Perdana from 1996 and Ara Damansara from 1999.
Each Damansara, and what changes first for a renovation there
Sundays in Bed designs homes in every Damansara listed below: nine have a page of their own, and the line under each name says what sets it apart for a renovation.
If your address carries an SS number, your township belongs to Petaling Jaya’s first wave of Damansaras: Damansara Kim is SS20, Damansara Utama SS21 and Damansara Jaya SS22 and SS22A, mostly landed streets begun between the mid-1970s and 1983. A PJU number marks the later wave, from Sunway Damansara, PJU 3, begun in 1995, to Damansara Damai, PJU 10, where apartment and condominium blocks rise among the houses.
The code is a fair first guide to where a renovation starts. In an SS house it starts with what four decades and more have worn; in a PJU tower, with what the developer handed over and what its management allows.
Petaling Jaya, under MBPJ
Under MBPJ an owner can apply for minor works alone, and anything added to a house needs plans.
- Damansara Jaya1975SS22 and SS22A; its three published terrace renovations are pooled with neighbouring Damansara Kim.
- Damansara UtamaUndatedSS21, known as Uptown; two of its three published renovations are at Uptown Residences.
- Kota Damansara1992PJU 4 and 5; no published renovation records yet, so contractors’ quotes are the only local figure.
- Damansara Perdana1996PJU 8, with Sentral Damansara inside it; six published renovations, the most of any Damansara.
- Ara Damansara1999PJU 1A, where standard-plan applications must attach reinforced-concrete plans and structural calculations.
- Bandar UtamaFrom 1991PJU 6, its precincts numbered BU1 to BU12; the first were finished by 1996 and the 2.5-storey BU7 terraces in 2004.
Petaling Jaya, without a page of their own
All five are MBPJ’s, so the minor-works route above applies to each of them.
- Damansara KimBy 1983SS20, built by the Tan Lai Kim Group as terraces and shophouses; its published renovations are counted with Damansara Jaya’s.
- Sunway Damansara1995PJU 3, begun by Sunway City with PKNS; landed enclaves such as Sunway Rymba Hills sit beside an industrial zone.
- Mutiara DamansaraFrom 1999PJU 7, by Boustead Properties through Mutiara Rini: terraces, semi-Ds, bungalows and gated streets near The Curve and IKEA.
- Bandar Sri Damansara1996PJU 9, by Land & General, freehold; two renovations published there, both at Damansara Seresta, came to RM136,000–300,000.
- Damansara Damai1998PJU 10, begun by MK Land through Medan Prestasi and planned at high density, much of it in apartment blocks.
Councils checked 14 Oct 2026.
Kuala Lumpur, under DBKL
In Kuala Lumpur, DBKL lets new cabinets and wiring go in without a permit, though new tiles or a plaster ceiling need one.
- Damansara HeightsEarly 1970sAlso called Bukit Damansara; owners apply for DBKL’s minor-works permits themselves, at RM100 a job.
- TTDI1974Across Jalan Damansara from Damansara Utama, under DBKL; standard-lot terraces there can add a storey ten years after their area’s completion certificate.
Across two councils
Your sale agreement names the side, and with it the council, so we’d read it before drawing anything.
- Kwasa DamansaraUndatedStraddles MBSA on the Shah Alam side and MBPJ on the Petaling Jaya side, so check which one your lot is under.
What interior design costs in Damansara
Across the Damansaras, the Sundays in Bed design fee for a 3+1 condo of about 2,000 sq ft with dry and wet kitchens is an estimated RM26,875–34,005, agreed in writing before we begin.
It’s one fee per room, whichever Damansara you’re in. Moving from Damansara Heights to Ara Damansara changes the council, the published records and sometimes the paperwork.
It doesn’t change our fee. Each room you’d like designed is priced the same in any township, and a room you keep is simply left off.
Pick the home closest to yours, in whichever Damansara, and adjust the rooms; each figure updates as you change them.
2 bedrooms: 2 rooms at RM3,565, plus living and dining at RM5,485.
What Curated and Bespoke include, and why each range is wide
| Home | Rooms in the lower figure | Estimated design fee |
|---|---|---|
| Condo 3+1 of about 2,000 sq ft, dry and wet kitchens | 6 rooms, plus living and dining | RM26,875–34,005 |
| Three-storey house: six bedrooms, dry and wet kitchens, the helper’s room, four bathrooms redone | 13 rooms, plus living and dining | RM51,830–58,960 |
Estimates at October 2026 rates. Each of these homes exceeds 1,200 sq ft, so the higher figure leaves room for two rooms more. Each township’s own page prices its own homes.
The Damansaras share one renovation market
Across the Damansara townships, other firms have published 19 renovations, with a median cost of RM112 a sq ft and RM280,000 a home; no single township has enough of them for a median of its own.
If you’re looking for your own township’s figure, there isn’t one yet. Damansara Perdana has the most records, at six, and Kota Damansara has none.
The records ran from RM68,000 to RM500,000 a home, on homes of 600 to 3,000 sq ft. Fourteen of the fifteen condo records took 16 weeks or less on site; the exception, The Nine, took 36.
Size and scope, more than the township, separate the figures. The four homes of 1,200 sq ft or less came to RM68,000–125,000; the eight of 2,300 sq ft or more, to RM200,000–500,000.
Published records, township by township
| Township | Records |
|---|---|
| Damansara Perdana | 6 |
| Ara Damansara | 3 |
| Damansara Utama | 3 |
| Damansara Jaya and Damansara Kim, together | 3 |
| Sri Damansara | 2 |
| Labelled only “Damansara” | 2 |
| Kota Damansara | 0 |
Each record is another firm’s own published project, as the index stood on 1 September 2026: spends from RM68,000 to RM500,000, at RM70 to RM312 a sq ft. Every one is listed on the cost page.
Damansara renovations: two councils, two ways to get a yes
In the Petaling Jaya Damansaras, tiles, paint, rewiring and built-in cabinets all take MBPJ’s minor-works permit, granted within 24 working hours; in Damansara Heights and TTDI, DBKL asks no permit for cabinets, wiring or paint.
Everywhere, we design and manage; contractors build.
If yours is a condo, the management agrees first under either council, and MBPJ asks for its consent letter with the application.
So the councils differ in what they count as permit work. A kitchen refit in Damansara Utama, with new cabinets and rewiring, goes on MBPJ’s form; the same refit across Jalan Damansara in TTDI needs nothing from DBKL unless the tiles or the ceiling change too.
The working day differs as well: from 8am under MBPJ, from 9am under DBKL, to 6pm under both, and never on a Sunday or public holiday.
Who says yes across the Damansaras
We’d confirm your council and your building’s rules before the first drawing.
- MBPJMinor works such as tiles, painting, rewiring and built-in cabinets: the owner can apply, and approval takes 24 working hours.
- MBPJ, in Ara Damansara (PJU 1A)Standard-plan applications must attach reinforced-concrete plans and structural calculations.
- DBKL, in Damansara Heights and TTDINew floor or wall tiles, re-plastering and a plaster ceiling go on its minor-works permit, RM100 for each job, and owners can apply themselves; cabinets, wiring and paint go ahead without one.
A condo’s management agrees to the works in writing first and usually asks for a deposit. The full process
FAQ
Damansara questions, answered
Which Damansaras are in Kuala Lumpur, and which in Petaling Jaya?
Damansara Heights, also called Bukit Damansara, and TTDI are in Kuala Lumpur, under DBKL. Damansara Kim, Damansara Jaya, Damansara Utama, Bandar Utama, Sunway Damansara, Mutiara Damansara, Ara Damansara, Kota Damansara, Damansara Perdana, Bandar Sri Damansara and Damansara Damai are Petaling Jaya townships under MBPJ. Kwasa Damansara straddles MBSA and MBPJ.
Do renovation costs differ from one Damansara to the next?
Not in any way the published records can show yet. Nineteen renovations published by other firms across the townships give a median of RM112 a sq ft and RM280,000 a home, but no township has enough records for a median of its own, and Kota Damansara has none.
Where is your studio?
In Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur. We see homes in person anywhere in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, so every Damansara is within reach for a site visit, which is RM200 and waived if you go ahead with us.
Do you design houses as well as condos across the Damansaras?
Yes. Our main work is homes just handed over, condos and landed houses alike; an older house we’d look at with you first, because no two have the same scope.
How much does it cost to hire an interior designer in Damansara?
Our fee follows the rooms you’d like designed, not the township: RM3,565 a room, and RM5,485 for the living and dining when they share one open space, in any Damansara. The three-storey house in the table above, six bedrooms with a helper’s room, two kitchens and four bathrooms redone, comes to an estimated RM51,830–58,960, and the 3+1 condo to RM26,875–34,005, and we agree the final sum in writing before we begin.
What is a normal budget for interior design in Damansara?
The renovations other firms have published across the Damansara townships put the median at RM280,000 a home. On the calculator above, renovation and furniture for a new two-bedroom condo of about 850 sq ft, keeping the developer’s floors and bathrooms, come to RM122k–226k at Curated (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living) or RM264k–558k at Bespoke (Space Furniture, BoConcept, Molteni&C), before our design fee.
What is the 70/30 rule in interior design?
It’s a proportion for a settled room: roughly seven parts of one main colour or material to three parts of a contrast. Across the Damansaras, where the 70 comes from depends on the home’s age: in a Damansara Jaya house, in a township begun in 1975, most of it is yours to choose afresh, while in one of the corridor’s new condos, the floors and tiles that come with the keys are already part of it, so we plan the 30 around them.
Do you design homes in Kota Damansara?
Yes. Kota Damansara is PJU 4 and 5, a PKNS township from 1992 under MBPJ, and there’s a page just for it. No other firm has published a renovation there yet, so the cost index has no Kota Damansara figure.
Is Bukit Damansara one of the Petaling Jaya Damansaras?
No. Bukit Damansara is another name for Damansara Heights, which is in Kuala Lumpur and answers to DBKL rather than MBPJ. It has its own page.
Do you do the building work in Damansara?
No, we never build. In every Damansara, whether under MBPJ in Petaling Jaya or DBKL in Damansara Heights, we design, draw and run the project, and the building is done by the contractor you pick once we’ve gathered quotes and weighed them with you.
Do you design homes in Country Heights Damansara?
Yes, though it isn’t one of Petaling Jaya’s Damansaras. Country Heights Damansara is a gated, guarded estate off Jalan Sungai Penchala with a Kuala Lumpur address, so DBKL, not MBPJ, is its council. StarProperty describes 501 freehold bungalow plots of 10,000 to 18,000 sq ft by Country Heights Holdings, around a 19-acre garden park. Plots sold as land were built on one owner at a time, so the first step is a measured survey, not a developer’s plan.
Which Damansaras are on the MRT?
Most of the northern ones. The Kajang Line, open since 16 December 2016, stops at Kota Damansara, Surian, Mutiara Damansara, Bandar Utama, TTDI, Phileo Damansara and Pusat Bandar Damansara, and ends at Kwasa Damansara. The Putrajaya Line, from 16 June 2022, added Damansara Damai and three Sri Damansara stations. Ara Damansara is served by the Kelana Jaya LRT line instead.
What interior design services do you offer in Damansara?
Across the Damansaras we design condos and landed houses alike, from a new condo at handover to renovation design for an older house. 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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