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Your Star Residences home came furnished. What would make it feel like yours?
Every Star Residences Tower 3 home arrived furnished, in a tower that Ascott partly runs as serviced apartments.
We help you keep what’s sound and change whatever makes it feel let.
We’re Sundays in Bed, a Kuala Lumpur studio that designs and looks after homes. A Tower 3 home would be our first here, so we’d start by walking through yours with you, then agree our fee room by room, in writing, before a cupboard comes out.
Star Residences Tower 3 rises 58 storeys on Jalan Yap Kwan Seng: freehold, 471 homes, finished in 2022 and now marketed as Ascott Star KLCC. Its developer, Alpine Return, is a joint venture of Symphony Life and UMLand.
It is really two buildings stacked. Ascott runs most of the lower floors, from Level 7, as serviced apartments. The private residences begin at Level 35, with a lift of their own.
Star Residences Tower 3 homes range from 689 to 2,971 sq ft built-up; most are small, about 800 sq ft on average.
- 689–851 sq ftOne bedroom, some with a small extra room
- 948–1,206 sq ftTwo bedrooms, the larger with a small extra room
- 1,335–1,399 sq ftThree bedrooms; one plan splits into two homes
- 1,808–2,971 sq ftThree or four bedrooms, each with an extra room and bathroom
The layout and space
Each was handed over furnished, down to the oven and washer-dryer, so your flat may look much like the one across the corridor. If you bought it as your first place, alone, we’ll begin with that finished room and ask what would make it feel yours.
At around 800 sq ft, every piece takes floor you can’t spare. A sofa a few centimetres too deep, or a dining table nobody sits at, crowds a small flat, so we’ll measure before anything is bought.
If you plan to let it, your tenant may also be looking at an Ascott suite a few floors down, with daily housekeeping. We’ll help you give your flat warm light and good storage, the things a tenant notices when choosing.
In a home that came complete, where would you like to start?
We usually start with the sofa, the bed, the lighting and the storage a small home always needs more of.
The kitchen and wardrobes came with the home, and we keep them where they still work.
If you’re happy with what came with it
Cabinets, wardrobes, air-conditioning and appliances were all part of the handover, and are about four years old. Where they still work we leave them be, and the money goes to what you touch and see every day.
If your flat is small
The Edge put the average home here at about 800 sq ft. In a one-bedroom or 1+1, a bed with drawers beneath, a desk that folds into a wall and a table that seats four all earn their place, and we’ll help you choose among them.
If the small spare room is for guests, study or clothes
In the 1+1 plans the +1 is small; Ascott dresses its own as a guest room with a study corner. We’ll help you pick one purpose for it early, because two seldom fit in a room that size.
If you cook most nights
In the Ascott one-bedroom we read about, the kitchen is closed off from the living room and has an induction hob. Ventilation and worktop come before new doors, and we’ll check yours on our visit.
If parents may stay, or a tenant might
Type E1, at 1,335 sq ft, splits into two parts, each behind its own door. Parents, a long-staying guest or a tenant could take one side, and we’ll make both sides feel equally finished.
What will designing your Star Residences home with us come to?
For an 819 sq ft 1+1 or a 948 sq ft two-bedroom at Star Residences Tower 3, the Sundays in Bed design fee is estimated at RM16,180–19,745; for a 1,399 sq ft three-bedroom, RM23,310–30,440.
Your final fee depends on the rooms you choose, and is agreed in writing before we begin.
- Each room we design
- RM3,565
- Living and dining
- RM5,485
2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom: 3 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 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 first, and you pay it stage by stage as the work moves along. It follows the rooms, so a better sofa than the handover one raises your furniture bill and leaves our fee as it was.
With our fee and Curated finishes (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living), a two-bedroom here comes to about RM195k–331k in all if every built-in is replaced. Keep the handover’s and expect far less: two published Star Residences jobs came to RM56,000–80,000.
If you want the money where you’ll feel it. In a Tower 3 flat, that’s the sofa, the bed, the lamps and a proper wardrobe for the +1; the kitchen cabinets are usually sound. Switch on just the rooms worth redrawing, and treat each number as a guide until real quotes arrive.
| Home | Our fee | Curated | Bespoke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-bed Type C, 948 sq ft, two bathrooms | RM16,180–19,745 | RM179k–311k | RM355k–696k |
| 1+1 Types B1–B3, 775–851 sq ft | RM16,180–19,745 | RM167k–292k | RM334k–654k |
| 3-bed Type E, 1,399 sq ft, three bathrooms | RM23,310–30,440 | RM223k–385k | RM431k–834k |
| 3+1 Types F1 and F2, 1,808–2,099 sq ft | RM26,875–34,005 | RM242k–416k | RM461k–883k |
The lower figure is a typical layout: the living and dining with its kitchen, each bedroom, the 1+1’s small room and the bathrooms counted below. The higher allows one more room, say a closed-off kitchen, or two in the three-bedrooms.
Guides as at October 2026; your contractors give the real price.
How these figures are worked out
At Curated, furniture comes from Commune, Cellini and Poet Living; at Bespoke, from Space Furniture, BoConcept and Molteni&C.
Tower 3 keys went out in 2022, so we price these flats as resales. Each row designs one bathroom fewer than the flat has, never fewer than one: few owners redo them all.
The 1+1 row treats its small room as a study; the 3+1 row leaves its extra room untouched.
We’ve allowed for fresh kitchen cabinets, wardrobes, appliances and air-conditioners. Tower 3 handed over all of them, so keeping yours brings the figure down a good deal.
Furnishing to let?
Ascott lets the lower floors to business and leisure travellers. A lighter, hard-wearing fit-out at our Essential level, quicker to finish and easy to keep tenant-ready, is one possibility, with furniture from Ikea, SSF Home and Harvey Norman. The design fee is the same at every level.
Renovation and furniture at Essential, before our fee
- 2-bed
- RM98k–153k
- 1+1
- RM92k–144k
- 3-bed
- RM124k–193k
- 3+1
- RM135k–211k
If you’ll sleep here, or a tenant will. Tell us what you’d like to spend. We plan inside it, and we’ll say early if something won’t fit.
With guests coming and going below, who looks after your renovation?
We do, much as elsewhere in KLCC, after two checks: the management’s renovation rules and, if Ascott runs your home, what its agreement lets you change.
We design and oversee, and builders you approve do the work, from several quotes we gather and go through with you.
- The discovery call FreeWhich plan you own, private residence or Ascott-managed, who will sleep there or rent it, what the handover left, and the sum in your head.
- The site visit RM200, waived if you go ahead with usTape measure out, every cupboard opened, hob and hood switched on, and a note of which handover pieces deserve a second life.
- Scope, then designOur fee, your budget and the rooms we’ll redraw are signed off first. Then plan, light, storage and surfaces, sized for an 800 sq ft flat rather than a show suite.
- Drawings and quotesOne drawing set, priced by several contractors. Each quote comes back to you with our notes beside it, and the choice of builder stays yours.
- On site, then moving inLift slots and deliveries booked with management, each stage checked against the drawings, and the rooms dressed for you or a tenant at the end.
Management, DBKL, the contractors and a serviced residence with guests coming and going below: plenty has to move together. We’ll keep all of it moving while you carry on with your week. How we work, step by step
Approvals come first
Renovating in KL calls for a DBKL permit, normally filed by your licensed contractor, and Tower 3’s management will want to see and approve the plans.
No renovation deposit, working hours or lift-booking rules have been published for Tower 3, so we get the current terms from management first. In the Ascott-managed programme, your agreement with Ascott also has a say; we read it before drawing a line.
What turns a home built for any guest into one that suits you?
We choose together what stays.
We replace the pieces that make it feel anonymous and keep the ones that simply work, so the home feels chosen by you.
Maybe your 1+1 is a weekday base near the office, your first home, or a flat for a child studying in KL. We start with whoever turns the key: what they cook, where they work, who comes to stay.
What the furnished handover left in your home
- KeepBuilt-insKitchen cabinets, wardrobes, air-conditioning and water heaters, wherever they’re sound
- AdaptKitchen, +1 roomA hob and hood checked against how you cook; a small room given one clear job
- AddCharacterYour own lighting, rugs, art and furniture in place of a set chosen for anyone
From developer and agent descriptions of the handover, which your sale agreement overrides. Floors, kitchen layout and hob vary by plan, so we check yours on the visit.
What have others spent renovating at Star Residences?
We haven’t designed a home in Tower 3 yet. Two published renovation records are filed as Star Residences, tower unnamed: 948 to 1,400 sq ft, RM56,000 to RM80,000, or RM57–59 per sq ft, with 8 to 12 weeks on site.
No other KLCC tower in the index comes in lower; across its 18 published records the median is RM158 per sq ft. A furnished handover leaves less to strip out, which may be one reason.
You can see both figures, beside other KLCC towers, on our KLCC renovation cost index.
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Owning a home in Star Residences Tower 3
My unit is in the Ascott-managed programme. Can I still redesign it?
That turns on your Ascott agreement, whose terms aren’t public. Share it and we’ll see what it permits before any drawing. Private residences, on the upper floors, follow ordinary building rules: management’s sign-off and a DBKL permit.
Everything came furnished. What is worth keeping?
Mostly the built-ins: kitchen cabinets, wardrobes, air-conditioners and water heaters, where they work and suit you. Loose pieces, lamps and fabrics are what make a flat read as anyone’s, so that is where change pays. On the visit we write down what stays.
What does a Tower 3 three-bedroom cost to refresh?
Replacing everything in a 1,399 sq ft three-bedroom takes about RM223k–385k at Curated (Commune, Cellini or Poet Living), or RM431k–834k at Bespoke (Space Furniture, BoConcept or Molteni&C), plus our fee. Keeping the handover built-ins lowers that; two published Star Residences jobs came to RM56,000–80,000.
Can the dual-key three-bedroom work as a home and a let?
Type E1, 1,335 sq ft, divides into two parts behind separate doors. One side might suit parents, a long-staying guest or a tenant. We plan it as one flat that can separate, and confirm with management what letting is allowed.
Can I cook with a wok in a Tower 3 kitchen?
Check first. The Ascott one-bedroom we read about cooks on induction, not gas, behind a closed kitchen wall. A wok-ready induction zone and a stronger hood help daily cooking more than new cabinet doors. Hob, hood and ducting get tested on the visit.
How long does a refresh here take?
Both published Star Residences renovations spent 8 to 12 weeks on site. Ahead of that sit the design, drawings, contractors’ quotes and management’s approval. If a lease ends soon, give us the date and we’ll plan backwards from it.
Moving in or letting it out? Either way, we’d like to see it.
Private residence or Ascott-managed, moving in or letting out: send your plan type, a few photos and a rough budget. That first chat is free, and our estimated design fee arrives in writing well before you sign anything.
Free · your fee is agreed in writing before we start