Interior designer at Damansara Fifty6
Fifty-six homes, two to a lobby.
Now let the quiet reach inside.
Thoughtfully designed around the way you live, and what you’d like to spend.
Why do two homes to a lift lobby change a Damansara Fifty6 brief?
Only 56 homes on just over an acre on Jalan Bukit Ledang, each lift lobby shared by just two of them. Each came with timber bedroom floors, fitted wardrobes and a cement-topped kitchen island, so the work is fitting your household in, not starting over.
We’re Sundays in Bed, a Kuala Lumpur studio that designs homes and manages their renovation. No Damansara Fifty6 home has been ours yet. Yours would be drawn room by room, on a fee we both sign before any work starts.
Allstones Group Asia built it on 1.11 acres, to designs by Architects 61, as two low blocks on a lease that runs to 2108. Every floor holds four homes around two small lift lobbies.
- Block ACompleted 20234 storeys · 12 homes
- Block BCompleted 202311 storeys · 44 homes
Damansara Fifty6 units range from 1,356 to 3,510 sq ft built-up; all but four are three-bedrooms with a utility room.
- 1,356–1,428 sq ftThree bedrooms, a powder room and a utility room with its own bath
- About 1,500 sq ftCorner homes with three bedrooms and a utility room, some with a loft
- 3,207–3,510 sq ftGarden duplexes with four or five bedrooms over two floors
Every home has a powder room, so visitors never wander into yours, and the utility room sits behind the kitchen. The plans are sensible, which means walls seldom need to move.
It starts with what the specification left plain. Bathrooms came in white ceramic with acrylic shower screens. Kitchen cabinets are post-formed, around an island topped in industrial cement. Those are the places owners tend to change first.
Most homes also open from the living room onto a lanai, many looking over the courtyard and pool. Planned as part of the room, it gives you a reading chair or a breakfast table without taking space from anyone else.
The cement island, the lanai, the utility room: which gets decided first in a Damansara Fifty6 home?
How your household will use the spaces that aren’t bedrooms: the lanai, the island, the utility room and, in some homes, the lofts. The look follows from those answers.
The shared lobby. Only two homes use each lift lobby, and in 2022 Allstones was upgrading the lobbies at its own cost. Your front door works almost like a private entrance, so the foyer can take a proper shoe cabinet, a bench and one good piece of art.
The cement island. The kitchen opens onto the dining area around an island with an industrial cement top. Keep it as the anchor and warm the room around it, or reclad it; either way, decide before choosing cabinet fronts.
Everyday cooking. With the kitchen open to the dining table, smoke and smell travel straight into the living room. If a wok goes on most nights, a glass partition or a stronger hood matters more than any finish.
The utility room and lofts. The +1 has its own basic bathroom with a fixed shower. Helper’s room, laundry or store, it needs a clear job. Some homes also have cement-floored lofts over the kitchen or a bedroom, for suitcases and festive boxes.
What already works. The solid timber bedroom floors and fitted wardrobes are worth keeping; new doors or handles refresh a wardrobe for far less. The money is better spent on the bathrooms, the lighting and the furniture you live with.
What does it cost to design and furnish a Damansara Fifty6 3+1 or garden duplex?
Our design fee for a standard Fifty6 3+1 is estimated at RM23,310–30,440, and for a garden duplex at RM41,135–48,265. 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 standard 3+1 here comes to about RM246k–408k in all.
Bathrooms and the island first; the timber floors can wait. The ceramic bathrooms and cement-topped kitchen earn the money here. Pick your plan, switch on the rooms we’d draw, and treat each number as an estimate until real quotes land.
3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Standard 3+1 From 1,356 sq ft · 3 bedrooms + utility room Estimated fee RM23,310–30,440 | RM223k–385k | RM431k–834k |
| Corner 3+1 About 1,500 sq ft · some with a loft Estimated fee RM23,310–30,440 | RM223k–385k | RM431k–834k |
| Garden duplex 3,207 sq ft · 5 bedrooms + utility, with garden Estimated fee RM41,135–48,265 | RM336k–629k | RM622k–1.29M |
The first figure is the usual brief: living, dining and open kitchen as one room, each bedroom, the master bath and bath 2. The second adds a room or two, such as the utility bathroom or a duplex’s family hall. The corner home’s extra floor area barely moves these figures; the rooms you choose do.
At Curated, furniture comes from Commune, Cellini and Poet Living; at Bespoke, from Space Furniture, BoConcept and Molteni&C.
Allstones handed keys over in 2023, so these rows price a lived-in home. Few owners redo every bathroom: we’ve counted two of a 3+1’s three and five of the duplex’s six. Count only those you’d actually change.
The +1 counts as a helper’s room or storeroom here, so it isn’t in these fees; as a study it adds RM3,565. Treat all of it as an October 2026 guide; only contractors’ quotes are prices.
The ranges buy air-conditioners, wardrobes, kitchen cabinets and water heaters new. Every Fifty6 home came with all four, so where yours still work and stay, your spend drops.
Furnishing to let? Few Fifty6 3+1s are listed to let at once. 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: Standard 3+1 RM124k–193k · Corner 3+1 RM124k–193k · Garden duplex RM190k–322k.
The design fee is counted room by room. Every bedroom, study or bathroom we draw is RM3,565; the living and dining, which at Fifty6 takes in the open kitchen and island, is RM5,485. A bedroom you’re happy with simply drops off.
The total is written down and signed before any drawing, then paid in stages. It isn’t tied to what contractors charge, so choosing marble over the handover ceramic for the master bath leaves it unchanged.
The budget is yours to name, before a line is drawn, for the standard, corner or duplex home you own. Our work is to fit it, not stretch it.
How does a renovation run in a 2023 building where one neighbour shares your lobby?
Owners here have held keys since 2023, so most projects are a lived-in home being put right. The same designer sees it through, call to cushions. Licensed contractors do the building, chosen by you from quotes we gather and weigh up together.
- The discovery call FreeBlock A or B, which floor and plan, who shares the home, and the sum you have in mind.
- The site visit RM200, waived if you go ahead with usTape measure out, a look up into any loft, the utility room checked, courtyard light noted, and a list of handover fittings that deserve to stay.
- The scope, then the designA signed note of the rooms, your budget and our fee comes first. After it: plans, lighting and finishes, solving the island, the lanai and the bathrooms as one.
- Drawings and quotesEvery contractor prices the same drawing set, so quotes line up fairly. We sit down with you over each; hiring is your call.
- On site, then moving inManagement agrees the lift times, the shared lobby gets covered, each stage is checked against our drawings, and the rooms are styled last.
One neighbour shares your lobby and just 55 share the building, so dust and noise get noticed. Keeping the site tidy, and tracking every next step, falls to us. How we work, step by step
Renovating a 2023 home. The certificate of completion came on 27 March 2023, so the 24-month defect period from Allstones has lapsed for homes handed over that year. Fixes now fall to management, for common parts, or to your own contractor.
Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) approved the building, and a licensed contractor files any permit your works require. Expect management’s written consent too. Deposits, permitted hours and lift bookings aren’t public, so we request them before anyone prices.
Standard, corner or garden duplex: will my Fifty6 home look like the rest?
Not once it’s planned around you. Allstones styled a show unit to sell the building; yours gets styled around the household inside it, whichever plan you hold.
The same 3+1 might hold empty-nesters back from a big house, a young family with a helper, or an expatriate on a two-year posting. So we ask first about mornings, guests, hobbies and how much you own.
What a Damansara Fifty6 handover gives you
- KeepFloors, wardrobesSolid timber in the bedrooms, fitted wardrobes, split air-conditioning and LED lights
- AdaptKitchen, lanai, utilityThe cement-topped island, the lanai off the living room, and a utility room with its own basic bathroom
- AddBathrooms, lightVanities and better showers than ceramic and acrylic screens, then lamps, curtains and loose furniture
Taken from Allstones’ published specification. Your SPA overrides it, and the visit confirms what your home actually has.
A Damansara Fifty6 renovation, on the record
Another firm’s Fifty6 project sits among the published renovation records for this part of KL: three bedrooms, logged as roughly 1,200 sq ft, RM100,000 and eight weeks of work. Call it RM83 a sq ft.
Eight Damansara Heights records give a median of RM131 a sq ft and a single job proves little. Both sit on our Kenny Hills and Damansara Heights renovation cost index.
Yours would start from that record and your own plan, with the fee fixed per room before a line is drawn.
Nearby, with their own pages: Damansara Heights · Aira Residence · The Peak · Regent Suites
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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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Damansara Fifty6 questions, answered
Has Sundays in Bed designed a Damansara Fifty6 home yet?
Not yet. What we bring is a reading of the handover, timber floors and wardrobes included, and a per-room fee signed before we start. Our cost index lists one Fifty6 renovation, by another firm.
What would the design fee be for a Fifty6 3+1 or duplex?
A standard or corner 3+1 is estimated at RM23,310–30,440; a 3,207 sq ft garden duplex at RM41,135–48,265. Your chosen rooms decide it, signed before we begin. Building work and furniture are extra, priced by contractors.
What can the utility room become?
It sits behind the kitchen, with a small bathroom of 300 × 300 tiles, a fixed shower and no listed heater. Helper’s room, laundry or store suit it. As a study it needs air-conditioning; drawing it adds RM3,565.
What are the lofts for, and does every home have one?
No. Allstones spoke of only a few loft units; the plans show them over a kitchen and a bedroom, with cement-render floors. Suitcases, festive boxes and archive files fit well. Ladder access and headroom get checked before we suggest more.
Should I replace the cement top on the kitchen island?
Not necessarily. Industrial cement suits timber, linen and rattan well. If it’s stained or chipped, it can be resealed, or clad in stone or quartz while the cabinets below stay. We decide it alongside the cabinet fronts, so the kitchen reads as one piece.
Do I need DBKL approval to renovate at Damansara Fifty6?
Usually, for building work. City Hall approved the project, and your licensed contractor submits the application. Management consent is needed too. Since the house rules on deposits, hours and lifts aren’t online, we obtain them before contractors quote.
Which Fifty6 plan is yours, and what would you change first?
Standard, corner or garden duplex, in Block A or B: share the plan you own and a spending ceiling. We’ll talk it through at no charge, and you’ll see the estimated fee set out before agreeing to a thing.
Free · your fee is agreed in writing before we start