Interior designer at Residensi 38 Bangsar
Where shops once stood, Residensi 38 Bangsar is now home.
Kompleks Niaga Utama’s traders made way for this tower, and its first keys went out in September 2025. We’ll help you finish yours with wardrobes, light and pieces chosen for how you live.
A desk tucked beside a wall of wardrobes. In a three-bedroom of about 1,000 sq ft here, the third room may work harder as a study or a dressing room than as a bedroom.
- Developer
UDA Holdings, through One JSI Development Sdn Bhd
- Completed
2025, with the first keys in September 2025
- Homes
278 in one leasehold tower of 38 storeys
- Sizes
580 to 1,442 sq ft, from studio-style homes to dual-key three-bedrooms
- Facilities
Three pools, a gym and a function hall on Level 9; a rooftop garden on Level 38
Residensi 38 Bangsar floor plans, from 580 sq ft studios to dual-keys
Residensi 38 Bangsar is one new tower, handed over from September 2025, with nine plans from 580 sq ft studios to dual-key three-bedrooms. Sundays in Bed’s interior design helps you finish yours to live in, or to let.
Long-time Bangsar residents may remember Kompleks Niaga Utama, the UDA shopping block that once stood here. UDA announced its redevelopment in 2015, and the tower that replaced it handed over its first keys in September 2025, so every home inside is new, and UDA offered them partly or fully furnished.
We’re Sundays in Bed, a Kuala Lumpur studio that designs and looks after homes. Our studio is a few minutes away, in Damansara Heights. We haven’t designed a home at Residensi 38 yet, so what follows draws on UDA’s plans, agents’ listings and the questions every new handover raises.
Residensi 38 Bangsar is one leasehold tower of 38 storeys and 278 homes, completed in 2025. UDA built it between Lorong Maarof and Jalan Bangsar Utama 1, beside Dataran Maybank.
Homes range from 580 to 1,442 sq ft built-up:
- 580–720 sq ftStudio-style homes with one bathroom, in three layouts
- 960–1,045 sq ftTwo or three bedrooms, with two bathrooms
- 1,185 sq ftTwo bedrooms, the roomiest two-bedroom plan
- 1,225–1,442 sq ftThree bedrooms and three bathrooms, sold as dual-key
More about these homes
A dual-key home has two front doors. Some owners let the smaller part; others live across both. It’s worth settling before anything is drawn, and we’ll talk it through with you.
Listings suggest many homes here are let, usually fully furnished. If you plan to let yours, that is what tenants will compare it with. If you plan to live here, you can go further than a rental would.
Pools on Level 9, a garden on Level 38, and a card for the lifts
UDA Holdings Bhd developed Residensi 38 Bangsar through One JSI Development Sdn Bhd, on 1.16 leasehold acres. Its 278 serviced apartments share the tower with three shop lots. The year the lease ends hasn’t been confirmed publicly, so check the years left on your title, not on an agent’s listing.
Level 9 is where the building plays: a swimming pool, a children’s pool and a deck pool, a jogging track, a gym, a playground, a game room, a barbecue area, a gazebo, a function hall and a kindergarten. Level 38 has a rooftop garden.
That shared floor eases a small plan. A birthday crowd can meet at the barbecue or in the function hall, and workouts belong in the gym, so a 635 sq ft studio-style home can give its floor to a proper bed, a writing desk and a table laid for two.
UDA describes five tiers of security, from the guardhouse to access cards for the lobby and lifts, plus smart door and sensor systems. Expect a contractor’s crew to need passes before work begins. If you let the home, reset the smart door and count every access card back in between tenancies.
The tower took a decade to arrive. In 2015 UDA planned a fully furnished serviced apartment here for 2019, and the 14 traders of Kompleks Niaga Utama moved out to Pudu Sentral and Pertama Complex. LKMD is named as the architect. Opposite, on Jalan Maarof, stands Gaya Bangsar, UDA’s earlier 34-storey serviced residence, where Residensi 38’s sales gallery once sat.
Interior design at Residensi 38 Bangsar, to live in or to let
For a Residensi 38 Bangsar home, the first question is who will use it.
Living in it, letting it, or a dual-key that does a little of each leads to three quite different designs.
If you’re getting it ready to let
On the portals, rentals here far outnumber homes for sale, so we pick finishes that wear well and are easy to replace. If you’ll live here yourself, we design around your own habits.
If your home has two front doors
The 1,225 and 1,442 sq ft three-bedrooms are sold as dual-key. Whether you keep it as two, let one side or use it as one home, the answer decides where laundry, cooking and storage go, and we’ll plan that with you.
If you’ve bought your first home on your own
The 960 and 1,045 sq ft plans fit three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Together we’ll work out whether the third room would suit you most as a study, a guest room or a dressing room.
If you’re starting small
In the 580 to 720 sq ft homes, one room does everything: you sleep, work and eat in it. A screen or open shelving to zone it, a bed with storage beneath and cupboards up the wall will make it feel larger.
What came with your keys
One agency lists partly furnished homes here with air-conditioners, kitchen cabinets, a fridge and water heaters. Where yours work, we keep them, and the money goes on wardrobes, lighting and furniture.
If you’re matching your home to its letter
UDA labels the plans by letter. A1, A3 and A2 are the studio-style homes of 580, 635 and 720 sq ft; C is the 965 sq ft two-bedroom and D the 1,185; C1 and B are three-bedrooms of 960 and 1,045 sq ft; F and E are the 1,225 and 1,442 sq ft dual-keys. Agents’ sizes drift, so the letter on your sale agreement is the quickest way to match your home to its plan.
What interior design costs at Residensi 38 Bangsar
At Residensi 38 Bangsar, the Sundays in Bed design fee is estimated at RM12,615–16,180 for a 965 sq ft two-bedroom, and RM16,180–19,745 for a 1,045 sq ft three-bedroom. It is a fee per room, agreed in writing before we begin.
- Each room we design
- RM3,565
- Living and dining
- RM5,485
The Residensi 38 Bangsar design fee follows the rooms you finish. On your first evening, open every cupboard and write down what the package gave you: the air-conditioners, the kitchen cabinets, perhaps a fridge and a water heater. Anything on that list that works is something nobody needs to replace.
Our fee works the same way: it counts the rooms we design, and in these new homes the bathrooms stay as handed over unless you ask otherwise.
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 lower figure covers the essentials; the upper figure adds extras such as a feature wall, LED strips and a kitchen island.
What the two levels mean
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.
How the fee works
We write the sum down before any drawing starts, and you pay it in stages. A better sofa for the studio or a stone worktop changes what the contractor charges; ours holds. How our fees work
Our fee and a Curated finish together (furniture from Commune, Cellini or Poet Living) put a two-bedroom at Residensi 38 Bangsar near RM135k–242k.
In a partly furnished home, the spending you’ll notice is on wardrobes, lighting and a sofa worth sinking into, and rarely on the air-conditioners already on the wall.
| Home | Our fee | Curated | Bespoke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-bed 965 sq ft | RM12,615–16,180 | RM122k–226k | RM264k–558k |
| 3-bed 1,045 sq ft | RM16,180–19,745 | RM141k–260k | RM300k–631k |
| Dual-key 3-bed 1,442 sq ft | RM16,180–23,310 | RM141k–260k | RM300k–631k |
| Studio Up to 720 sq ft | RM9,050–12,615 | RM103k–193k | RM228k–485k |
Each lower fee prices the open living, dining and kitchen with every bedroom. The higher fee adds a room you might like drawn, a bathroom say, and in the 1,442 sq ft dual-key two of its bathrooms.
October 2026 estimates; a contractor’s quote is the only firm price.
How these figures are worked out
The bathrooms in these new homes are left as handed over, so no row prices them. Every range does allow for air-conditioners, kitchen cabinets and water heaters, which a partly furnished handover already has; whatever of yours works is simply kept. The studio row counts its sleeping area as a bedroom.
Furnishing to let?
Letting it? For a tenant, we’d suggest Essential: furniture from Ikea, SSF Home and Harvey Norman, surfaces that stand up to turnover, and less time on site. The level doesn’t alter our fee.
Renovation and furniture at Essential, before our fee
- 2-bed
- RM63k–101k
- 3-bed
- RM74k–118k
- Dual-key 3-bed
- RM74k–118k
- Studio
- RM53k–85k
Begin with a conversation
Tell us whether the home is for you or a tenant, and what came with your keys. We’ll bring the figures to the first call.
Or begin with a figure
Answer a few questions about your space, and you’ll have an estimate to consider in your own time.
Renovating at Residensi 38 Bangsar: the defect list, then the works
At Residensi 38 Bangsar, defects go to UDA first, then the works begin.
We plan and run them with you; the builder is whichever contractor you appoint once the quotes have been weighed together.
A new tower’s first year is a crowded one. Keys at Residensi 38 Bangsar went out from September 2025, so many of its 278 homes are being fitted out in the same months, sharing the same lifts and the same management office. We ask early how renovation bookings are queued, and plan the noisy work and the large deliveries around the slots that are left.
Parking follows the plan: one bay for most types, two for the 1,225 and 1,442 sq ft dual-key homes, and one or two for the 1,185 sq ft two-bedroom, out of 309 resident bays and 28 for visitors. A contractor’s van needs a visitor bay or a pass, so we settle which before the first morning.
Running costs are worth knowing too: maintenance is about 50 sen per sq ft a month, which on a 1,045 sq ft three-bedroom comes to roughly RM520.
- A call about the package FreeStudio, compact three-bedroom or dual-key; a home for you or for a tenant; which UDA package you took; and what the home must do for you.
- Measuring, with a defect list RM200, waived if you go ahead with usTape measure, camera and a defect list: we record every room, flag anything UDA should still put right, and mark the pieces worth keeping.
- Paper firstFee and rooms agreed on paper. Then layouts, light and materials, with every stretch of a studio wall put to work and the dual-key question answered.
- Two contractors, one jobDrawings detailed enough for every contractor to price the same job. We compare what each quote includes, and you choose.
- Moving in, or a first viewingDeliveries and lift time arranged with the management office, the work checked at every stage, and the rooms dressed last, ready for you or a tenant’s first viewing.
UDA’s defect team, the management office, DBKL and a lift shared with your neighbours: a new serviced residence brings more people into a renovation than you might think. We line them up so each acts at the right moment, and you hear from us before every step. How we work, step by step
Your defect list first
Report defects to UDA in writing, and let the repairs happen, before any contractor works near them. How long UDA has to put them right is set by your sale and purchase agreement, counted from your own vacant possession, so check it early.
Where the works need a DBKL permit, your contractor normally applies; the management office has its own sign-off too. Residensi 38 Bangsar publishes no renovation deposit, working hours or lift-booking terms, so we ask for those first.
Interior design ideas for a Residensi 38 Bangsar home you chose
A furnished package at Residensi 38 Bangsar is made to suit anyone, so we start from who will actually live there: how you cook, rest, work and host.
One plan here might suit two people working from the dining table, a mother who visits for half the year, or someone who chose it for the walk to the LRT. Tell us about your mornings, your cooking, your guests and your clutter, and we’ll begin there.
Your neighbours are as likely to be tenants as owners. The marketing aimed the tower at expatriates and remote workers, especially those living without a car, and in October 2026 PropertyGuru carried 94 rental listings here. A home you live in yourself can be warmer and more particular than the furnished lets around it.
What to keep from your furnished package
- KeepCooling, kitchenAir-conditioners, kitchen cabinets, fridge and water heaters from a partly furnished package
- AdaptThe open planCooking and noise carry across it; a stronger hood or a glass screen may help
- AddStorage, lightWardrobes if yours came without, then curtains, lighting and the furniture itself
From agents’ descriptions of partly furnished homes here. UDA hasn’t published a full specification, and your sale agreement has the final word.
What have owners near Residensi 38 Bangsar spent on their homes?
There’s no Residensi 38 Bangsar home of ours to show you yet. The nearest is a Bangsar Hill Park home of about 1,450 sq ft that we designed, recorded at RM150,000–200,000 for renovation and furniture.
As a yardstick, other firms’ Bangsar fit-outs, nine with a stated cost and size, sit at a median of RM114 per sq ft.
Two Nadi Bangsar apartments of 1,076 to 1,300 sq ft came to RM118,000–120,000 each, with four to five weeks on site; a 1,000 sq ft home at Bangsar Puteri, RM200,000. All are listed in the Bangsar renovation cost page.
FAQ
Your first year at Residensi 38 Bangsar
Is a dual-key home at Residensi 38 Bangsar better designed as one home or two?
That depends on whether you’ll let part of it. The 1,225 and 1,442 sq ft three-bedrooms are sold as dual-key. Kept as two, each side needs its own storage; used as one, the smaller side can become a guest suite or a study. We settle this first.
UDA hasn’t published how the 1,225 sq ft F and the 1,442 sq ft E divide between their two doors, so we read your own plan for which side holds the kitchen and the laundry before anything else is decided.
Can a 580 sq ft studio here hold a proper desk and a bed?
Usually, with planning. In one room of 580 to 720 sq ft, we zone it with a screen or open shelving, choose a bed with storage beneath and run cupboards up the wall. The balcony can take a small table, furnished for the weather.
Should I keep the furniture package that came with my unit?
Keep what works. One agency lists partly furnished homes here with air-conditioners, kitchen cabinets, a fridge and water heaters. On the site visit we note which pieces earn their place and design around them, so the spending goes where it shows.
UDA sold two packages, priced separately. One fully furnished listing adds a washing machine, a hob and hood, a TV, a sofa, a dining set, curtains and a digital lock to the partly furnished list, so knowing which you bought stops anything being ordered twice.
What should I do about defects before renovating?
Report them to UDA in writing first. Keys came from September 2025; how long the developer has to fix defects, counted from your vacant possession, is written in your sale and purchase agreement. Work near an open defect can muddy the claim, so where possible we start after the repairs.
How much does it cost to renovate and furnish a Residensi 38 Bangsar three-bedroom?
Renovation and furniture for a new 1,045 sq ft three-bedroom run to an estimated RM141k–260k at Curated (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living) and RM300k–631k at Bespoke (Space Furniture, BoConcept, Molteni&C). Our fee is separate, and contractors’ quotes replace both estimates.
For context, UDA launched in 2021 at RM758,000 to RM1.9 million with rebates of 7 to 10%, and its April 2026 price list ran at RM910–970 per sq ft, a 720 sq ft studio-style home at about RM662,400.
How long before a Residensi 38 home is ready to live in or let?
Allow for design and quotes before work starts, then the works themselves. In Bangsar’s published renovation records, a comparable apartment fit-out took four to five weeks on site; larger scopes run longer. You get a timetable once the scope is agreed.
Here, the lift and approval queue matters as much as the works: with so many homes handed over within months of each other, a scope agreed early is booked early.
What are the floor plans at Residensi 38 Bangsar?
Residensi 38 Bangsar has nine plans, labelled by letter: A1, A3 and A2 are studio-style homes of 580, 635 and 720 sq ft; C is the 965 sq ft two-bedroom and D the 1,185; C1 and B are three-bedrooms of 960 and 1,045 sq ft; and F and E are the 1,225 and 1,442 sq ft dual-keys. Agents’ sizes drift, so the letter on your sale agreement is the quickest way to match your home to its plan.
Who developed Residensi 38 Bangsar, and what stood there before?
UDA Holdings Bhd developed Residensi 38 Bangsar through One JSI Development Sdn Bhd, with LKMD named as the architect, on the site of Kompleks Niaga Utama, the UDA shopping block it replaced. The tower was completed in 2025 on 1.16 leasehold acres, and the year the lease ends hasn’t been confirmed publicly, so check the years left on your title.
What facilities does Residensi 38 Bangsar have?
At Residensi 38 Bangsar, Level 9 holds a swimming pool, a children’s pool and a deck pool, a jogging track, a gym, a playground, a game room, a barbecue area, a gazebo, a function hall and a kindergarten, and Level 38 has a rooftop garden. UDA describes five tiers of security, from the guardhouse to access cards for the lobby and lifts.
Can I see a Residensi 38 Bangsar home you’ve designed?
Not yet: there’s no Residensi 38 Bangsar home of ours to show you. The nearest is a Bangsar Hill Park home of about 1,450 sq ft that we designed, recorded at RM150,000–200,000 for renovation and furniture.
What interior design services do you offer at Residensi 38 Bangsar?
At Residensi 38 Bangsar, we offer condo interior design for one- to three-bedroom homes and dual-key homes, renovation design included. We draw the plans, compare contractors’ quotes with you and manage the works on site, and contractors do the building. Interior styling and furnishing through our Procurement Concierge are available on their own, and Virtual Design serves homes outside Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
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Your home or a tenant’s, we’d be glad to plan it.
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