Interior design in City of Elmina
Elmina’s new superlinks, thought through from gate to garden.
Superlinks, clusters and semi-Ds, from Elmina Green to Elmina Ridge. 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.
- A new Elmina superlink
Four bedrooms, the kitchen and the open-plan living and dining come to RM23,310. Bathrooms you keep as handed over aren’t counted.
- 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
As soon as you have a date for your keys, so the design is ready at handover and work can start once your defects are reported.
What should you plan first in a new Elmina superlink?
Plan the ground floor as one route, from the car porch to the back garden, before you choose a finish. In an Elmina Ridge home, that route also has to reach the solar battery, the EV point and the skylight.
Sime Darby Property launched the City of Elmina in 2013 on the old Guthrie estate. It was all landed until Kanopi Residences.
Most new homes are two-storey superlinks and terraces of about 2,000 to 2,700 sq ft. Clusters and semi-Ds run about 2,700 to 3,300 sq ft.
What the keys come with. Walls, floors and bathrooms, but rarely a lighting plan, wardrobes or grilles. The grilles and auto-gate usually go in first, so design them with the front of the house.
The solar battery and the EV point. Elmina Ridge homes come with roof solar panels, a battery storage system and an EV-charger isolator point. Plan the porch and utility area around them, with room to service them.
The skylight. Ridge homes also have a skylight with an indoor planting area. Treat it as the centre of the house: plants that suit its light, a floor that can take water, and no television facing its glare.
A room downstairs. Some Elmina Green homes have a ground-floor suite. For parents now or for you later, keep its bathroom step-free and its door wide.
Kitchen and garden. If you split the kitchen, the wok and its smoke stay in the wet one, behind a door with a ducted hood. The dry kitchen is the one guests see, and the two count as two rooms in the fee. A roof over the yard or back garden needs MBSA approval.
The forest side. Elmina Ridge is about 500 metres from the 2,700-acre Bukit Cherakah Forest Reserve. Place the sofa for the view, but find the west side first: afternoon sun there is heat, not just glare.
The room you don’t need yet. The fifth bedroom or study will change. Run the air-conditioning piping, data and power in now; added later, they show.
If yours is a resale. Earlier phases of Elmina Green and Elmina Valley are already lived in. 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 at Kanopi. The same fee per room applies, and our condo guide walks through the management’s rules.
How much does it cost to renovate a home in the City of Elmina?
For a new four-bedroom Elmina superlink of about 2,400 sq ft that keeps its developer floors and bathrooms, renovation and furniture come to about RM87k–148k 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.
4 bedrooms and the kitchen: 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 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 or laminate carpentry, quartz or sintered stone tops, the existing ceiling kept or a new plaster ceiling. Furniture from Commune, Cellini, Fella Design, Dezign District, Poet Living, Big Brain, Gudang, Crown Livin and Dadswood.
Bespoke. Detailed joinery, sintered stone tops, a plaster ceiling with detailing. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New superlink 4 bedrooms, about 2,400 sq ft; floors and bathrooms kept | RM87k–148k | RM162k–319k |
| New semi-D 5 bedrooms, about 3,240 sq ft; floors and bathrooms kept | RM99k–180k | RM183k–386k |
| Resale link home 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms redone, new floors | RM142k–232k | RM252k–456k |
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 developer floors. The ranges cover carpentry, ceilings and paint, lighting and wiring, air-conditioning, kitchen appliances and loose furniture. They leave out a television and anything added to the house, such as a roofed yard.
We haven’t found published renovation costs for City of Elmina homes, so the ranges come from typical costs for each part of the job, not from Elmina projects. Estimates as of September 2026, not a quotation: your contractors’ quotes are the real number.
How much does an interior designer cost in the City of Elmina?
For a new four-bedroom Elmina superlink with one kitchen, keeping its bathrooms as handed over, the Sundays in Bed interior design fee is RM23,310: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New superlink 4 bedrooms, the kitchen, living and dining; bathrooms kept | RM23,310 | RM11,210 |
| New semi-D or cluster 5 bedrooms, the kitchen, living and dining; bathrooms kept | RM26,875 | RM12,925 |
| Resale link home 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms redone, the kitchen, living and dining | RM30,440 | RM14,640 |
| Kanopi serviced apartment 3 bedrooms and an open kitchen, living and dining; bathrooms kept | RM16,180 | RM7,780 |
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.
Rooms, not square feet. A 3,288 sq ft semi-D costs the same to design as a smaller superlink with the same rooms, and bathrooms you keep as handed over aren’t counted.
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? When design is charged as a share of the build, the fee grows each time you pick the better stone. Ours is fixed per room, and paid in stages as the project progresses.
What about “free design”? It’s usually paid for inside the build price. Ours is a separate fee, so the same drawings can go to more than one contractor and be compared 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, your precinct, how you live, your budget and your key date.
- Keys and defectsReport defects to the developer in writing before any work touches them. The defect liability period runs 24 months from vacant possession.
- The site visit RM200, waived if you go ahead with usWe measure and photograph every room, including where the solar battery and EV point sit.
- 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 permitYour licensed contractor confirms with MBSA which approval the work needs and obtains it; we help gather the documents.
- On site, then moving inWe coordinate the works and deliveries and check what’s built against the drawings. Landed renovations published by other firms in KL and PJ ran a median 19 weeks on site.
Which council, and what it costs. The City of Elmina is under the Shah Alam city council (MBSA). Gated precincts such as Elmina Ridge add their own rules for contractors and deliveries.
To add to or alter an intermediate terrace or superlink, MBSA’s equivalent-plan route (Pelan Setara) is RM300 per alteration, plus RM648 for the building-materials permit and RM880 for construction-waste collection. Approval takes five working days, and starting before it costs five times the fee.
Corner lots, clusters and semi-Ds need plans certified by an architect or a registered draughtsperson. MBSA doesn’t publish a rule for interior-only work, so your licensed contractor confirms what’s needed before anything starts.
Do you cover my part of the City of Elmina?
Yes. Sundays in Bed designs homes in person across Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, and all of the City of Elmina is inside that area. A site visit anywhere in it is RM200, waived if you go ahead with us.
New developments we’re following
These are the new homes completing in Elmina now and over the next two years. If yours is one of them, we’ve already done the reading.
- Elmina RidgeDue May 2027Elmina West, by the forest reserve · 102 terraces and 126 clusters and semi-Ds, with solar and battery storage
- Elmina Ridge 2Due 2028Elmina Ridge · 221 freehold superlinks, clusters and semi-Ds, at least four bedrooms each
- The NineDate unconfirmedElmina Green · 192 two-storey link homes
- Elmina Green SevenCompleted May 2025Elmina Green · 316 two-storey superlinks
- Kanopi ResidencesDue 3Q 2027Elmina City Centre · 499 serviced apartments in a 36-storey tower, the township’s first high-rise
A superlink in Elmina Ridge 2 is 24 ft wide, and a semi-D there sits on a 40 by 80 ft lot, so the plan runs deep rather than wide. Tell us which type is yours.
Elsewhere in Shah Alam, we also follow Precinct Arundina at Setia Eco Park, and Eco Ardence, EcoWorld’s gated township next to Setia Alam.
Neighbourhoods we cover
Elmina West · Elmina East · Elmina Ridge · Elmina Green · Elmina Valley · Elmina City Centre · Denai Alam · Bukit Subang
Nearby, with their own pages: Kwasa Damansara · Kota Damansara · Damansara Perdana · Ara Damansara, and the rest of Selangor.
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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City of Elmina questions, answered
Do you do the building work yourselves?
No. We design, draw and manage the project. The works are done by contractors, chosen from quotes we gather and compare with you, so the renovation cost is a separate number from our design fee.
Should I start before I get my keys?
Yes, ideally five to six months before you want to move in, or as soon as you have a date for your keys. The design is then ready at handover, and work starts once your defects are reported.
Does a home with solar panels and battery storage change the design?
It can. The battery, inverter and EV point need space and access, which shapes the utility area, the porch and the storage around them. Tell us where they sit at the start, and the design is planned around them rather than boxed over them.
Do I need a council permit to renovate or extend in Elmina?
For anything that adds or alters the house, yes. An intermediate terrace or superlink can use MBSA’s equivalent-plan route, approved in five working days; corner lots, clusters and semi-Ds need plans from an architect or a registered draughtsperson. Your licensed contractor obtains the approval.
Do you design the serviced apartments at Kanopi too?
Yes, at the same fee per room. For a serviced apartment, we submit your renovation plan to the management and book the service lifts for deliveries. Our condo guide covers the rest, and our portfolio shows condos we’ve designed.
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. It doesn’t rise when you choose a better finish.
Let’s talk about your Elmina home.
A free discovery call. Pick a time, then bring your floor plan, a few photos and your key date. You’ll know your design fee before you commit to anything.