A record number of KL homes are being handed over. Almost none of them arrive finished.
Where the city's new homes are, what they are being designed to look like, and what it costs to do properly — written by the studio whose designers already know these buildings by name.
More keys, fewer cranes.
Two numbers from the first quarter of 2026 tell you most of what you need to know about designing a home in Kuala Lumpur this year. Completions rose more than 30% year on year, to 12,905 homes. New starts fell almost 71%, to 8,243.
Read together they describe a wave — a very large number of homes finishing now and through the next eighteen months, and comparatively little behind them. In the Klang Valley the unsold overhang has already fallen 12%, which is the same story told from the other side: the stock that is finishing is being absorbed.
For anyone collecting keys, the practical consequence is not price. It is the queue. When a thousand units in one development hand over inside a few months, every owner books the same lifts, the same loading bay and the same trades in the same window. The homes that are finished by Chinese New Year belong to the owners who started designing before they had the keys.
We design and furnish new homes right across the city — condo towers and the landed houses still going up between them — for the families about to live in them.
Six things we are drawing more of this year than last.
Not a mood board. These are the decisions that keep coming up across handovers in Mont Kiara, Bangsar, Dutamas and the KLCC towers.
The wet kitchen, planned rather than inherited
For years it was whatever was left over behind the dry kitchen. It is now briefed first in most of our condo projects — real extraction, a sink that takes a wok, and a door that actually closes on the noise and the smell.
Storage built in, not stood against a wall
A three-bedroom at 880 sq ft has no spare metres. Joinery that runs floor to ceiling and disappears into the wall line returns more usable floor than any furniture arrangement, and it is what makes a compact plan read as considered rather than small.
Warm neutrals, finally
The grey decade is over. What replaced it here is warmer and more forgiving in our light — oak rather than walnut, limewash and plaster over flat paint, brass allowed to age. It also photographs better, which matters if the unit is ever let.
Dual-key units designed as two homes
Developers sell the dual key as a feature and hand it over as a compromise: one entry sequence, one kitchen, thin separation. Planned properly from the start — entry, services and acoustics together — it becomes the thing it was sold as.
The unglamorous decisions, made early
Where the air-conditioning ledge is reached from. Whether the yard door swings into the drying space. Which wall carries the television, and therefore the conduit. None of these appear on a mood board. All of them are expensive to change later.
Designing around what you already own
Most clients arrive with pieces they are not willing to lose — a dining table, a rug from a previous home. Planning around them is not a constraint. It is usually the fastest route to a room that does not look like a showroom.
The difference is decided before the furniture arrives.
Layout, joinery and light are settled in the first fortnight. Everything after that is execution.
Kuala Lumpur buildings we have a page for.
Not showroom mock-ups — named developments, each with its own layouts, handover timing and quirks. If your building is on this list, we have already done the reading.
That is the Kuala Lumpur shortlist. The full picture — 117 developments across KL and Selangor — is on Areas We Serve.
Every ringgit well spent
Working with mysundaysinbed has genuinely been one of the best decisions I’ve made for my home. If you’re looking for one of the best interior designers in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, I cannot recommend Angelica and her team enough. Angelica completely transformed my space into a home that looks and feels designer-quality and luxurious, while still being incredibly mindful of my budget. From the beginning, they were transparent about costs and helped me understand where it was worth spending and where we could save. The value for money was exceptional — every ringgit went such a long way with them.
View on Google →Our dream home is now a reality
The biggest compliment I can give is that Angelica and her team were our partners, rather than just our designers, in our journey to creating our home. A partnership requires mutual understanding, patience and chemistry. Angelica not only took the time to carefully learn our tastes and requirements, but really sought to understand us as people as well. Along the way, iterations and last minute changes were handled with grace and positivity which made the whole design and construction process actually enjoyable. In the end, the final product was just as we had desired it to be… and within budget as well! Kudos to us for choosing the absolutely right people to design our new home and we would highly recommend Angelica and her team to help make your dream home a reality.
View on Google →Press & recognition
RMI 30 Under 30 · 2022
Best Design of the Year
Design Excellence AwardAngelica spent a decade designing award-winning spaces in London with one belief: great design should make you feel something. Now back in Kuala Lumpur, she brings that instinct home — creating spaces people don't just admire, but want to live in.Read the sources
Why a flat fee per room, and not a percentage.
A percentage fee means your designer earns more the more your project costs. A per-square-foot fee means you pay for corridors. We charge a flat fee per room, agreed before any work starts — so the number you are quoted is the number you pay, and the advice you get is not quietly priced.
A site visit anywhere in the Klang Valley is RM200, and it comes off the project cost if you go ahead. That is the whole pricing model. There is no version of it that changes once we have seen the unit.
FAQ
Questions, answered locally
Do you design for condos and landed homes in KL?
Both. Kuala Lumpur's new housing leans heavily toward condo towers, but new landed houses still go up inside the city too, usually within a gated development. We design and furnish either — the process and flat per-room fee stay the same.
How do you handle building management approval for condo renovations?
We submit your renovation plan to the joint management body or MC on your behalf, book service lifts for large deliveries, and work around visitor-parking and moving-hour rules — one less thing for you to chase.
Which KL neighbourhoods do you cover?
Mont Kiara, Bangsar, Bangsar South, TTDI, Bukit Tunku, Bukit Jalil, Ampang, Desa ParkCity, Seputeh, the whole Damansara corridor, and more. See our full coverage area if your neighbourhood isn't listed here.
Is there a deeper guide to condo interior design specifically in KL?
Yes — see our Condo Interior Design in KL guide for how building management rules, renovation windows and lift bookings actually shape a KL condo project.
See how Sundays in Bed works across the rest of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor.
Condos, landed homes, new handovers and long-owned refreshes — one flat fee per room, wherever you are.
You've worked hard for your dreams, let us handle the rest
Tell us about your space, how you live, and what you’d like to elevate. From there, we’ll take care of the details — thoughtfully, seamlessly, and with a level of support tailored to you.
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