Interior designer in Kuala Lumpur
KL has many faces. Your home should have yours.
Your home might sit on a Bukit Tunku hillside or high in a Bangsar South tower. We’re Sundays in Bed, interior designers in Kuala Lumpur, and we’ll help you start in the right place.
Kuala Lumpur at a glance
- Council
- Mostly DBKL (City Hall)
- Neighbourhoods
- Fourteen, each with its own guide
- Homes we’ve designed
- Six, in three neighbourhoods
- Studio
- Damansara Heights
Renovation in Kuala Lumpur starts with your council, not your postcode
Most Kuala Lumpur neighbourhoods we cover are under City Hall (DBKL), but at the city’s edges a KL postcode doesn’t settle the council, so Sundays in Bed confirms your township before planning any permit.
If you’ve just bought in Taman Melawati or Cheras, the address on your letters may not tell you who approves your renovation.
So the first thing we ask is your township, then the permit route, and only then the design. When you call anyone about your home, give the township as well as the postcode.
Taman Melawati has a Kuala Lumpur postcode but sits in Gombak, under Ampang Jaya’s council, MPAJ. Cheras is shared by three councils: DBKL in the west, MPKj to the south and MPAJ to the north.
Ampang was divided in 1974, when Ampang Hilir became part of Kuala Lumpur and Ampang Jaya stayed in Selangor.
Interior design in Kuala Lumpur, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
Every Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood below, and every named building in it, has its own guide from Sundays in Bed, an interior design company working across the city.
Wherever your home is in the city, one habit comes with it: shoes come off at the door. So we’d give the entry a bench and a closed cupboard before planning the living room.
Mostly towers
In a tower, we’d plan around the management’s rules and the shared lift before anything else.
- Mont KiaraDBKLMostly condominiums, from the first in the early 1990s to The MINH, where every home has three bedrooms.
- DutamasDBKLSolaris Dutamas arrived as 800 compact suites at once, each between 672 and 1,238 sq ft.
- Bangsar SouthDBKLKampung Kerinchi until 2012, now UOA’s 60-acre district of condos and serviced residences.
- KLCCDBKLTowers at the centre of the city; at SO/ Sofitel KL Residences nearly every home has two bedrooms or fewer.
- Desa ParkCityDBKLA former quarry where every launch since 2014 has been a condo, though houses still cover most of its land.
- Bukit JalilDBKLAn estate until 1992, when the National Sports Complex was built for the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Houses and towers
On an older street, we’d find out what’s been approved before drawing what could change.
- BangsarDBKLIts landed streets date from 1969 and 1974, and every new home completing there is a condo.
- Sri HartamasDBKLBuilt in the 1980s on a former rubber estate: low-rise condos, townhouses, semi-Ds and small bungalows.
- SeputehDBKLTaman Seputeh’s landed streets, and the condos of Taman Desa along Jalan Klang Lama.
- TTDIDBKLWholly in Kuala Lumpur; TTDI Jaya, a different township, is in Shah Alam.
- AmpangDBKL · MPAJTaman U-Thant began as a low-density enclave of embassies and mid-rise condos; Ampang Jaya, next door, is in Selangor.
- CherasThree councilsRuns across both the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor sides, so the council depends on your street.
On the hills
On a slope, the ground and the retaining walls come before any question about the rooms.
- Damansara HeightsDBKLUnder City Hall’s low-density guideline; we’ve designed two homes at Regent Suites and one at DC Residensi.
- Bukit TunkuDBKLDetached houses on parcels of one to four acres, with built-ups of 5,000 to 10,000 sq ft.
Buildings with a guide of their own
- Regent Suites, Damansara Heights: 581 homes over 57 storeys, handed over in 2025; we designed two homes here.
- DC Residensi, Damansara Heights: 370 homes in two towers, part of Damansara City; we designed a home here.
- The Peak, Damansara Heights: 54 homes in 18 low blocks, each a full floor with its own lift, completed December 2025.
- Aira Residence, Damansara Heights: A new tower beside a refurbished one from 1974; new-tower homes start at 2,679 sq ft.
- Bangsar Hill Park, Bangsar: One of the homes we’ve designed is here.
- One Menerung, Bangsar: Completed in 2009, with homes from about 3,000 sq ft upwards.
- Residensi 38 Bangsar, Bangsar: 278 homes in one tower; the two largest three-bedroom types are dual-key.
- Setia Sky Seputeh, Seputeh: Every home has its own lift lobby and a helper’s room; we designed two homes here.
- The MINH, Mont Kiara: 496 homes, every one with three bedrooms; completion expected September 2027.
- Allevia, Mont Kiara: Four homes a floor, none sharing a wall, each with a closed wet kitchen and yard.
- Sunway Flora Residences, Bukit Jalil: 748 homes in two freehold towers, every one with a dry kitchen and a separate wet kitchen with a yard.
- Bon Kiara, Mont Kiara: 410 homes, with handover reported for late 2026 or early 2027.
- Miranda Hill, North Kiara: 552 homes in two towers, with some 4+2 types laid out as dual-key; expected September 2027.
- Papyrus North Kiara, North Kiara: Every home has four or five bedrooms, from 1,141 to 5,523 sq ft; due March 2028.
- Alix Residences, Dutamas: Three dual-key types with an en-suite studio behind its own door; keys from early 2025.
- Solasta Dutamas, Dutamas: 1,159 serviced residences of 720 to 900 sq ft, expected in the fourth quarter of 2026.
- TuJu Residences, Duta North: 932 serviced apartments, with walls the plans show as configurable; completion April 2028.
- Jendela Residences, Bukit Kiara: Every type pairs a dry kitchen open to the living room with an enclosed wet kitchen.
- TRX Residences, TRX: 896 homes handed over with Italian kitchen cabinets, SMEG appliances, air-conditioners and wardrobes.
- The Conlay, KLCC: 491 homes, every one sold fully furnished, completed in 2025.
- SO/ Sofitel KL Residences, KLCC: 590 residences starting on level 22, with the first keys in September 2025.
Dates as published, checked 3–4 October 2026. A guide to a building is research, and doesn’t mean we’ve designed a home there.
Homes we’ve designed in Kuala Lumpur
Regent Suites, DC Residensi, Bangsar Hill Park and Setia Sky Seputeh
Damansara Heights, Bangsar and Seputeh
Six homes in three neighbourhoods: two at Regent Suites and one at DC Residensi in Damansara Heights, one at Bangsar Hill Park and two at Setia Sky Seputeh. Pictured is a dining corner we designed at Regent Suites, Damansara Heights.
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Interior design services in Kuala Lumpur
From Mont Kiara to Bukit Jalil, Sundays in Bed designs Kuala Lumpur’s condos and landed homes, plans their renovation, styles rooms and orders the furniture through our Procurement Concierge, from our studio in Damansara Heights.
Interior design for Kuala Lumpur condos
For a tower home anywhere in the city: where the storage goes, what the joinery is made of and how each room is lit, set out on drawings before your management’s consent is sought.
Renovation design for Kuala Lumpur houses
For a terrace, a semi-detached house or a bungalow: the drawings, the permit route confirmed for your township, quotes from contractors weighed up with you, and the works overseen on site. Contractors carry out the building.
Interior styling
For a room that needs nothing built, only the furniture, art and light to finish it.
What interior design costs in Kuala Lumpur
In Kuala Lumpur, the Sundays in Bed design fee is RM3,565 for each standard room and RM5,485 for open-plan living and dining, agreed in writing before we begin.
Our design fee counts what you hand us, room by room. Homes can share a building, a layout and a size, and still end up with very different bills.
We’ve seen it in our own work. Two homes we designed at Setia Sky Seputeh, each about 2,700 sq ft, came to RM250,000–300,000 and RM600,000–800,000.
Before you compare two quotes, make sure they replace the same things: floors, kitchen, wardrobes, ceilings and air-conditioning. Quotes only compare when those lists match.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Three-bedroom condo | 3 bedrooms, dry and wet kitchens | RM23,310–30,440 |
| Three-bedroom condo with a study | 3 bedrooms, the study, dry and wet kitchens | RM26,875–34,005 |
| Four-bedroom condo with a study | 4 bedrooms, the study, dry and wet kitchens | RM30,440–37,570 |
| New five-bedroom landed house | 5 bedrooms, the family room, dry and wet kitchens | RM34,005–41,135 |
October 2026 rates, all estimates: the lower figure is a typical layout, the upper adds two rooms you might choose.
What Kuala Lumpur renovations published by other firms have cost
In Kuala Lumpur, whole-home renovations that other firms have published had middle figures from RM130,000 in Desa ParkCity to RM325,000 in Seputeh, in records updated in late August 2026.
If you’re planning the spend, a range from homes near yours tells you more than a city average.
Published by other firms, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
| Neighbourhood | Records | Middle per sq ft | Middle for a home | Range per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desa ParkCity renovation costs | 12 | RM92 | RM130k | RM83–172 |
| Bangsar renovation costs | 11 | RM114 | RM200k | RM80–200 |
| TTDI renovation costs | 7 | RM128 | RM300k | – |
| Seputeh renovation costs | 13 | RM136 | RM325k | RM70–290 |
| Mont Kiara renovation costs | 27 | RM138 | RM260k | RM69–331 |
| KLCC renovation costs | 19 | RM158 | RM250k | RM57–318 |
Other firms’ published projects, updated between 29 August and 1 September 2026. The middle figures use fit-outs that state both a budget and a floor area. What each project included differs, so treat the figures as a starting point for your own plans.
The homes we’ve designed, by cost
- Bangsar Hill Park: 1,450 sq ft, RM150,000–200,000, or RM103–138 a sq ft.
- Setia Sky Seputeh, two homes: each about 2,700 sq ft, at RM250,000–300,000 and RM600,000–800,000.
The Regent Suites and DC Residensi figures aren’t published here.
Who has to agree before a Kuala Lumpur renovation starts
In Kuala Lumpur, DBKL’s small-works permit for a condo asks for the management’s written consent, while minor works on a house can be applied for directly.
Sundays in Bed designs the home and runs the project.
If you’ve never renovated in a strata building, the paperwork can feel like a second project.
We prepare one complete set of drawings, so the management approves the same set your contractors price.
Who says yes in Kuala Lumpur
We’d line the paperwork up in the order each office needs it, so nothing waits on a missing letter.
- Your management (JMB or MC)Gives its written consent first, which goes in with your DBKL application, and may set a deposit and a date by which work must finish.
- DBKL, for a condoIts strata renovation procedure dates from 5 August 2023, and closing in a balcony has a guideline of its own, from 17 June 2020.
- DBKL, for a houseMinor works are applied for directly, one job to each RM100 permit, finished within three months. An extension is a separate route: a building plan submitted through DBKL by an architect or registered draughtsman.
Strata by-law 28 adds the authority’s approval for moving plumbing, changing an outside window or door, altering a safety feature or rewiring the whole home. The full process
FAQ
Before you pick a designer in KL
How much does an interior designer cost in KL?
Our design fee is RM3,565 for each standard room and RM5,485 for open-plan living and dining, agreed in writing before we begin. A three-bedroom condo with two kitchens is an estimated RM23,310–30,440. Building works are quoted separately by the contractors you choose. For how other studios charge, and what to ask before you hire, see what interior design costs in Malaysia and how to choose an interior designer.
Which council approves renovation in my part of KL?
Most neighbourhoods we cover are under DBKL. Taman Melawati has a KL postcode but is under MPAJ, Cheras is split between DBKL, MPKj and MPAJ, and Ampang Jaya is MPAJ. Tell us your township and we’ll confirm the route.
Do you design condos and landed homes in Kuala Lumpur?
Both. New condos and new landed houses after handover are our specialty; an older house is worth talking through on the first call, since the scope varies. Either way the fee is per room.
Do you also design homes in Selangor?
Yes, in person across Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. Our Selangor and Petaling Jaya pages cover those areas.
How much does an interior designer cost per day in KL?
We don’t charge by the day or the hour. The fee is per room, RM3,565 for each room and RM5,485 for open-plan living and dining, so it doesn’t grow if a decision takes a week longer. It’s agreed in writing before we begin, paid in stages, and never a percentage of what the renovation costs.
What does an interior designer’s fee cover in KL?
With us, the whole design of each room you hand over: its layout, lighting, joinery and materials; the drawings your management and contractors work from; the contractors’ quotes, gathered and compared with you; and the works, coordinated and checked against the drawings. The foyer and utility yard are designed free when the home has a bedroom and an open-plan space. Building works and furniture are quoted separately.
What is the difference between an interior designer and a decorator?
A designer plans what gets built; a decorator dresses what’s already there. We do both, priced per room: design, at RM3,565 a room, covers the layout, joinery, lighting and the drawings contractors build from, while interior styling, at RM1,715 a room, is furniture, art and light for a room whose bones you’re keeping. One home can mix the two.
What is the 70/30 rule in interior design?
Roughly 70% of a room in one main look and 30% in a contrasting one, so the room holds together without going flat. In the open living and dining we designed at Setia Sky Seputeh, walnut leads, and brass and a marble wall, used sparingly, give the contrast. A material you love is often strongest in the smaller share.
What is a normal budget for interior design in Kuala Lumpur?
The renovations other firms have published in Kuala Lumpur put a whole home’s middle figure between RM130,000 in Desa ParkCity and RM325,000 in Seputeh, before any design fee. The KL homes we’ve designed span a wider range, from RM150,000–200,000 for 1,450 sq ft at Bangsar Hill Park to RM600,000–800,000 for one of two 2,700 sq ft homes at Setia Sky Seputeh. Our design fee comes on top: RM3,565 a room and RM5,485 for open-plan living and dining.
What is the 3-5-7 rule in interior design?
It’s the habit of grouping things in odd numbers, three, five or seven at a time, since an odd group reads as gathered rather than paired off. In a Kuala Lumpur home office like the one we designed at DC Residensi, pictured on this page, a few odd-numbered groups with space between them look composed now and leave room for the books to grow.
Can renovation work go on at weekends in Kuala Lumpur?
On Saturdays, yes; on Sundays and public holidays, no, for DBKL minor works on a house, which run Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm. In a KL condo, your management’s written approval sets the working hours, so check them before a contractor books a Saturday.
Do I need a CCC before renovating a home in Kuala Lumpur?
For DBKL’s minor-works permit, yes: it is for existing buildings that already hold a certificate of completion and compliance (CCC), or an older certificate of fitness (CF). In a new KL tower, renovation waits for vacant possession and the management’s written consent, though the design can be drawn before then, and defects go to the developer, who answers for them for 24 months from vacant possession.
What interior design services do you offer in Kuala Lumpur?
Across Kuala Lumpur, we design condos and landed homes, renovation design included, and our condo interior design works within each building’s management rules. We prepare the drawings, compare contractors’ quotes with you and oversee the work on site; contractors carry out the building. Rooms that only need furniture, art and light can be styled, our Procurement Concierge finds and delivers your furniture, and homes outside Kuala Lumpur and Selangor are designed through Virtual Design.
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