Interior design in Dutamas

Open the front door of a TuJu Type B, C or D, or a Solasta Type A, and the kitchen is right there, open to the dining table.

Shoes, shopping and supper then share the same few metres. So we’d give the entrance its own small zone: a ventilated shoe cabinet with somewhere to sit, a tall unit that closes over the clutter, and a hood strong enough to keep the cooking in the kitchen.

Before you buy anything, stand in the doorway with your floor plan and mark where shoes, bags and keys will land. If the answer is the kitchen counter, the entrance needs joinery.

At its centre is Solaris Dutamas, finished at the end of 2009, with Publika inside it. A Circle Line MRT station is planned near MITEC, with construction expected from 2027.

The study in the photograph near the top shows a working corner that earns its floor: shelves to the ceiling, a desk by the light and a chair to read in.

Dutamas has soft edges, so here is how this page draws them.

Solaris Dutamas, Solaris Parq, Solasta and The Fiddlewoodz in KL Metropolis, Naza TTDI’s 75.5-acre development beside MITEC, sit in Dutamas itself. Alix, Papyrus and Miranda Hill are on its North Kiara side, Agile Mont Kiara is off Jalan Duta Kiara, and TuJu is off Jalan Kuching in Segambut.

At the large end, Papyrus’s Type F is a 5,523 sq ft duplex with a family hall, a game room and a void over the living space. Under a void, a pendant needs a way to change its bulb, so we’d settle its drop and its access before the ceiling closes.

On that North Kiara side, the developers publish how far school is: the French School of Kuala Lumpur sits 450 m from Miranda Hill and 500 m from Papyrus, and Hevea French Primary School 400 m from Papyrus. In a family home there, the room we’d ask about first may be the one for homework.

KL Metropolis began with MITEC, the exhibition centre that opened in August 2017 on 13 acres along Jalan Dutamas 2; the homes around it came after, and an 8-acre Metropolis Park is to be run by Naza TTDI for its first 15 years.

Coming soon

Before the keys, the room count is still yours to decide; some plans here mark the wall between two bedrooms as non-structural.

• 1Solasta Dutamas2026 (tbc)1,159 serviced residences of 720 to 900 sq ft in three towers, sold with wardrobes, kitchen fittings and air-conditioning.
• 2The Fiddlewoodz2026 (tbc)679 homes in two towers in KL Metropolis; every plan comes in a balcony version and a lanai version.
• 3Miranda HillDue Sep 2027552 homes on a hillock 40 m above the road, with retained woodland; its 4+2 Types C and C-s are dual-key.
• 4TuJu ResidencesDue 2028932 homes in two towers off Jalan Kuching, Segambut, from 710 to 1,442 sq ft.
• 5Papyrus North KiaraDue Mar 2028Every home has four or five bedrooms, up to a 5,523 sq ft duplex with a void over the living room.

Developers’ dates, checked 4 Oct 2026; “tbc” means no source had confirmed the keys.

New keys

Inside the defect period, we’d have the developer put right what’s listed before any of our work touches it.

• 6Alix ResidencesEarly 2025364 homes off Jalan Dutamas Raya; three plans are dual-key, each with a studio opening off the foyer.

Settled

In a home past its defect period, we’d note what the years have worn before planning anything new.

• 7Residensi Solaris Parq2022576 homes on the last parcel of Solaris Dutamas, beside Publika, from 721 sq ft to a 2,469 sq ft penthouse.
• 8Agile Mont KiaraNov 2019813 homes in eleven towers of three heights off Jalan Duta Kiara; most are in the tall zone, four to a floor.
• 9Solaris DutamasEnd 2009800 designer suites of 672 to 1,238 sq ft, beside offices and Publika’s shops.

From a compact suite to a dual-key home, the fee counts rooms. If your home came with wardrobes, a kitchen and air-conditioning, you may wonder what’s left to design.

Mostly, it’s the decisions the developer couldn’t make for you: what the second room is for, where the light falls in the evening, and which of the fittings you live with.

So list what was handed over, room by room, and decide for each piece whether it stays as it is, gets new doors or goes. Only the rooms we redesign count towards the fee.

Pick the home nearest yours, then set its rooms. The figures are worked out on your screen, and nothing leaves it.

Estimates at October 2026 rates. Miranda Hill’s dry and wet kitchens are two rooms. The upper figure leaves space for rooms you may add, two in a larger home and one in a Solasta suite.

If you’ve seen a Mont Kiara median quoted for a Dutamas building, treat it with care: it describes other towers.

Our own estimate for a new two-bedroom here, renovation and furniture before the design fee, is RM122k–226k at Curated finishes and RM264k–558k at Bespoke. Your contractors’ quotes on our drawings are the figures to plan with.

If your keys are still months away, your building may have no management body yet, and its renovation rules will arrive with the keys.

With Solasta’s 1,159 homes and The Fiddlewoodz’s 679 both waiting on keys, the service lifts and loading bays are likely to be in demand for months. So call us as soon as there’s a handover letter: the drawings can be ready before anyone is asked to approve them, and the defects reported before any work touches them.

Solasta’s homes are not spread evenly, either. Block C rises 42 storeys with 501 of them; Blocks A and B are 33 storeys with 329 each. In Block C, more neighbours share each lift booking, so we’d ask for a slot early.

Who says yes in Dutamas

We’d ask your building’s office for its rules before drawing anything it will need to approve.

• The managing bodyThe developer, a JMB or an MC agrees in writing before work starts, and can set a deposit, working hours and a finishing date.
• DBKLApproves, alongside the management, any move of plumbing, an external door or window, a safety feature or the whole electrical system. Its strata renovation procedure is dated 5 August 2023.
• The developerRepairs defects reported in writing within 24 months of vacant possession. At Alix that likely runs to early 2027; at Agile it ended in July 2023.

None of these buildings publishes its renovation rules, so we ask each office before drawing, and book the service lift and loading bay with it. The full process