Interior design in Petaling Jaya, from the first terraces to the newest towers
New condos and serviced apartments, and older terraces and semi-Ds. 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.
- New condos
Our design fee for two bedrooms and the open-plan living, dining and kitchen is RM12,615; for three bedrooms, RM16,180. Bathrooms you keep as handed over aren’t counted.
- The building work
Contractors do it, from quotes we collect and set side by side for you. We design, draw and manage the project; we don’t build it.
- When to call
When you have a date for your keys, so the design is ready at handover and the management has approved it before work starts.
What should you plan first in a new Petaling Jaya condo?
Plan the storage and the light before any furniture, and get the management’s renovation rules in writing before anything is drawn. Most homes being handed over in PJ now are condos and serviced apartments, so that is where this page starts.
Keys to a new PJ condo usually come with a fitted kitchen, tiled bathrooms and bare walls. Some come with more: The Atera’s homes are handed over semi-furnished, with a smart-home system built in. So the first job is deciding what to keep, then designing around it.
The lift lobby and your door. Shoes come off here and parcels land here. A ventilated shoe cabinet, a bench and a hook for the umbrella will do more for your day than a feature wall.
The management’s rules. Before anything is drawn, ask the management office for its renovation rules: the deposit, the working hours, what may change and how the service lift is booked. Every delivery runs to that booking.
The west light. Find which way the glass faces. Afternoon sun through fixed glazing is heat as well as glare, and in a tower you can’t shade it from outside, so choose the blinds and place the sofa together.
The kitchen and the yard. Many new layouts open the kitchen to the living room. If you cook with a wok, plan for the smoke: a ducted hood where the building allows it, or the yard as a wet kitchen. Sunway d’hill’s plans come with a dry and a wet kitchen.
Storage. A condo has no store room, so the wardrobes, the space above them and a tall cabinet by the door do that job. Design them first; the carpentry sets out the rest of each room.
The room that changes. The third bedroom is often a study now and a nursery later. Run power, data and air-conditioning points for both. In some new layouts, such as The Aldenz’s three-bedrooms, walls can come out; ask which before you buy furniture.
If your home is older. Much of PJ is still the terraces and semi-Ds of its numbered Sections and SS streets. A full renovation of an older home is worth walking through on the call first, since the scope varies from house to house.
For more on condos, our Petaling Jaya condo page goes building by building, and our condo guide covers the rest.
How much does it cost to renovate a home in Petaling Jaya?
For a new two-bedroom Petaling Jaya condo of about 800 sq ft that keeps its developer floors and bathrooms, renovation and furniture come to about RM63k–101k at Essential finishes (Ikea, SSF Home, Harvey Norman), before the Sundays in Bed design fee of RM12,615.
Pick your kind of home, then set the rooms. The design fee is exact. The three ranges show what renovation and furniture usually cost at each finish level, until your contractors quote. It all runs in your browser and nothing is sent.
2 bedrooms: 2 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 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 | Essential | Curated |
|---|---|---|
| 2-bed condo 2 bedrooms, about 800 sq ft; floors and bathrooms kept | RM63k–101k | RM122k–226k |
| 3-bed condo 3 bedrooms, about 1,000 sq ft; floors and bathrooms kept | RM74k–118k | RM141k–260k |
| Resale condo 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms redone, new floors | RM124k–193k | RM223k–385k |
| Older terrace 4 bedrooms, 2 of 3 bathrooms redone, about 1,600 sq ft, new floors | RM141k–219k | RM250k–428k |
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, but not a television, structural work or the roof.
Other firms’ published renovation records for Petaling Jaya are on our PJ renovation-cost page. These ranges come from typical costs for each part of the job, not from those projects. Estimates as of September 2026, not a quotation: your contractors’ quotes are the real number.
How much does an interior designer cost in Petaling Jaya?
For a new two-bedroom condo in Petaling Jaya, the Sundays in Bed interior design fee is RM12,615; for a three-bedroom, RM16,180, fixed in writing before we begin.
| Home | Interior design | Interior styling |
|---|---|---|
| New 2-bedroom condo 2 bedrooms, and an open kitchen with the living and dining; bathrooms kept | RM12,615 | RM6,065 |
| New 3-bedroom condo 3 bedrooms, and an open kitchen with the living and dining; bathrooms kept | RM16,180 | RM7,780 |
| Resale condo 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and an open kitchen, living and dining | RM23,310 | RM11,210 |
| Older terrace 4 bedrooms, 2 of its 3 bathrooms, the kitchen, living and dining | RM30,440 | RM14,640 |
| Older semi-D 5 bedrooms, 3 of its 4 bathrooms, the kitchen, living and dining | RM37,570 | RM18,070 |
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? Choose interior design when something is being built or changed: carpentry, lighting, a kitchen. Choose styling when the rooms stay as they are and what you need is the furniture, art and finishing layer.
Rooms, not square feet. A 1,400 sq ft three-bedroom condo costs the same to design as a 900 sq ft one with the same rooms. The fee counts what we design, not the floor area.
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 a fixed fee? A fee charged as a share of the build rises every time you pick a better tile. Ours is set per room and written down before we start, so your choices don’t move it.
And “free design”? It is usually priced into the build. Our fee is separate, so the same drawings can go to two or three contractors and their quotes can be compared line by line.
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 floor plan, how you live, your budget and your key date.
- Keys and defectsList defects to the developer in writing before any work covers 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.
- The designLayout, lighting, built-ins and materials, room by room, with one designer from the first call to handover.
- The drawingsWhat your contractors quote from and build to, so the price and the work both match the design.
- The quotesWe set contractors’ quotes side by side against the drawings and show you where they differ. You choose.
- The approvalsThe management approves the renovation first and usually holds a deposit. We prepare the drawings it asks for; your contractor handles any council permit.
- On site, then moving inWe coordinate the works and deliveries around the service lift, and check what’s built against the drawings. Condo renovations in PJ published by other firms mostly ran 6 to 15 weeks on site.
Which council, and what it covers. All of Petaling Jaya is under the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ), from the numbered Sections to Kota Damansara and Damansara Perdana. It covers 97.2 square kilometres; your assessment bill confirms it.
MBPJ’s minor works permit covers new floor and wall tiles, painting, new wiring and built-in cabinets. The owner can apply, and approval takes 24 working hours. Anything that adds to the structure needs plans from a registered architect, engineer or draughtsperson, approved in about 14 working days. A condo adds the management’s approval and deposit.
Do you cover my part of Petaling Jaya?
Yes. Sundays in Bed designs homes in person across Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, and all of Petaling Jaya 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 Petaling Jaya now and over the next two years. If yours is one of them, we’ve already done the reading.
- Sunway d’hillDate unconfirmedKota Damansara · 976 serviced apartments beside a forest reserve, with a dry and a wet kitchen. Completion was expected in June 2026.
- Stellar DamansaraDue Dec 2026Damansara Jaya · 88 condos in two blocks, 2,028 to 3,990 sq ft
- D’Terra and D’TesseraDue 2026Sentral Damansara, opposite Empire City · 767 and 671 serviced apartments
- The AteraDue 2027–28Section 14, by Asia Jaya LRT · 756 and 876 serviced apartments, handed over semi-furnished. The first phase is due in November 2027, the second in October 2028.
- The AldenzDue 2028–29Sentral Damansara · 662 serviced apartments of 775 to 926 sq ft; the three-bedrooms have walls that can come out
Two landed schemes are on sale as well. Sime Darby’s Andara in Ara Damansara is 20 semi-Ds, billed as the township’s last landed homes; its completion date isn’t published yet. Sunway Serene 2 in Kelana Jaya adds 27 superlink homes beside its two towers, due in January 2030.
Neighbourhoods we cover
The numbered Sections · SS2 · Kelana Jaya · Damansara Jaya · Damansara Utama · Damansara Kim · Bandar Utama · Mutiara Damansara · Kayu Ara · Ara Damansara · Kota Damansara · Damansara Perdana · Bandar Sri Damansara · Damansara Damai · Petaling Utama
The Damansara townships are gathered on our Damansara page.
Nearby, with their own pages: TTDI · Damansara Heights · Bangsar · Subang Jaya · Puchong, and the rest of Selangor.
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Petaling Jaya questions, answered
Do you work on older PJ terraces, or only newer condos?
Both, at the same fee per room. A full renovation of an older terrace or semi-D is worth walking through on the call first, since the scope varies from house to house.
Do I need MBPJ approval to renovate?
For most work, yes. New tiles, painting, rewiring and built-in cabinets need MBPJ’s minor works permit, which the owner can apply for, approved in 24 working hours. Anything that adds to the structure needs plans from a registered architect, engineer or draughtsperson, approved in about 14 working days. In a condo, the management approves first.
My Atera unit comes semi-furnished. Do we start from scratch?
No. We start from what the developer supplies, decide what is worth keeping and what to replace, and plan new lighting and joinery around the built-in smart-home system rather than against it.
Is there a separate page for PJ condos?
Yes. Our condo page for Petaling Jaya goes building by building. This page covers Petaling Jaya as a whole, landed homes included, and our portfolio shows the condos we’ve designed.
Is the design fee a percentage of my renovation budget?
No. It’s 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. A better finish doesn’t change it.
Do you do the building work yourselves?
No. We design, draw and manage the project, and contractors carry out the works, chosen from quotes we gather and compare with you. So the renovation cost is a separate number from our design fee.
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