Interior design in Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya’s 1980s houses open up where the walls allow.
Semi-Ds and terraces across the SS townships, and SS16’s new towers. 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.
- A 1980s semi-D
Four bedrooms, three of the four bathrooms redone, the kitchen and the open-plan living and dining come to RM34,005. Bathrooms you keep aren’t counted.
- The building work
Done by contractors, from quotes we gather and compare with you. We design, draw and manage the project; we don’t build it.
- When to call
Before the purchase completes if you’re buying, or before you book a contractor if you’re staying, so the house is checked while the design is still on paper.
What should you plan first in a 1980s Subang Jaya house?
Find out what forty years have done to the house before you choose a finish: what was extended, what was rewired, and what was never touched. Most of the SS townships were built between 1976 and 1988.
Sime UEP built Subang Jaya on the old Seafield rubber estate. Most of its homes are freehold: double-storey terraces and semi-Ds, with single-storey terraces in SS14 and bungalows in SS19.
A double-storey terrace is about 1,500 to 1,800 sq ft, and a semi-D starts at about 3,000 sq ft.
How far to go. Each room is designed and priced on its own, so you choose how far to go. A full renovation is worth walking through on the call first, since the scope varies from house to house.
Read the house before you draw it. A home this age has usually been changed before you. Ask for the approved plans and compare them with what’s there: an extension built without approval becomes your problem.
Then look behind the plaster. Have the distribution board, wiring, water pipes and roof checked before carpentry is drawn. Moving a power point is easy before the cabinets go in, and messy after.
The side of a semi-D. It’s what a terrace doesn’t have. That wall can take windows for the stair and kitchen, a side door for deliveries, and the air-conditioning condensers out of sight of the garden.
The kitchen. If you split the cooking, keep the wok in a wet kitchen at the back, behind a door with a ducted hood. Make the one by the dining room dry. Ask whether the wall between them is structural before you plan to open it.
A room for parents. If there’s a room downstairs, put a step-free bathroom beside it. It can matter more than a bigger master suite, for parents now or for you later.
The porch and the grilles. If they’re original, redesign them with the front of the house. Give the shoe cabinet vents: closed boxes grow mould in this humidity.
Going up or out. A single-storey terrace in SS14 starts at about 960 sq ft. Adding a floor or building out the back needs building plans, not just a small works permit.
If yours is a new serviced residence in SS16. The same fee per room applies. Our condo guide walks through the management’s rules.
How much does it cost to renovate a home in Subang Jaya?
For a four-bedroom 1980s Subang Jaya semi-D of about 3,200 sq ft, with new floors and three of its four bathrooms redone, renovation and furniture come to about RM154k–261k at Essential finishes (Ikea, SSF Home, Harvey Norman), before the Sundays in Bed design fee.
Choose your kind of home, then set the rooms. The design fee is exact. The three ranges are what renovation and furniture typically cost at each finish level, until your contractors quote. It all runs in your browser and sends nothing.
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and the kitchen: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s semi-D 4 bedrooms, 3 of 4 bathrooms redone, new floors; about 3,200 sq ft | RM154k–261k | RM272k–512k |
| 1980s terrace 4 bedrooms, 2 of 3 bathrooms redone, new floors; about 1,650 sq ft | RM141k–219k | RM250k–428k |
| New serviced residence 3 bedrooms, open kitchen; floors and bathrooms kept | RM74k–118k | RM141k–260k |
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. For an older home the ranges include new floors and the bathrooms you choose to redo. They also cover carpentry, ceilings and paint, lighting and wiring, air-conditioning, kitchen appliances and loose furniture. They leave out a television, roof repairs, structural work and extensions.
We haven’t found published renovation costs for Subang Jaya homes, so the ranges come from typical costs for each part of the job, not from Subang Jaya projects. Estimates as of September 2026, not a quotation: your contractors’ quotes are the real number.
How much does an interior designer cost in Subang Jaya?
For an older four-bedroom Subang Jaya semi-D with three of its four bathrooms redone, the Sundays in Bed interior design fee is RM34,005: 8 rooms at RM3,565 and the open-plan living and dining at RM5,485, fixed in writing before we begin.
| Home | Interior design | Interior styling |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s semi-D 4 bedrooms, 3 of its 4 bathrooms, the kitchen, living and dining | RM34,005 | RM16,355 |
| 1980s terrace 4 bedrooms, 2 of its 3 bathrooms, the kitchen, living and dining | RM30,440 | RM14,640 |
| Single-storey terrace 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, the kitchen, living and dining | RM26,875 | RM12,925 |
| New serviced residence 3 bedrooms and an open kitchen, living and dining; bathrooms kept | RM16,180 | RM7,780 |
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? Interior design is for when something is built or changed: carpentry, lighting, a kitchen, a bathroom. Interior styling is for rooms that stay as they are: the furniture, art and finishing layer.
The fee counts rooms, not square feet. A 3,500 sq ft semi-D costs the same to design as a smaller house with the same rooms, and a bathroom you keep isn’t counted.
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 not a percentage? When design is a share of the build, the fee rises every time you choose the better stone. Ours is fixed per room, and paid in stages as the project progresses.
What about “free design”? It’s usually paid for inside the build price. Ours is separate, so you can take the same drawings to more than one contractor and compare their quotes like for like.
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 house, your section, how you live, your budget and when you want to start.
- The site visit RM200, waived if you go ahead with usWe measure and photograph every room, and note what needs a closer look before the design is fixed.
- Checks before workIn an older house, wiring, pipes and roof are checked first. In a new serviced residence, report defects to the developer in writing: the defect liability period runs 24 months from vacant possession.
- The designLayout, lighting, built-ins and materials, room by room, with one designer from the first call to handover.
- The drawingsWhat your contractor builds from, so the quote and the work match the design.
- The quotesWe gather and compare contractors’ quotes and show you where your budget works hardest. You choose.
- The permitYour licensed contractor obtains the council’s renovation permit; we help gather the documents it needs.
- On site, then moving inWe coordinate the works and deliveries and check what’s built against the drawings. Landed renovations published by other firms in KL and PJ ran a median 19 weeks on site.
Which council, and what it costs. The SS townships are under the Subang Jaya city council (MBSJ). Bandar Sunway is split: PJS 7, 9 and 11 are MBSJ zones, while the northern part, including PJS 5, 6 and 10, stays with Petaling Jaya (MBPJ). Your assessment bill says which.
MBSJ’s small works permit covers new finishes, bathroom fittings, built-in cabinets and plaster ceilings. It’s RM200 in fees plus a RM250 construction-waste deposit you claim back within 12 months.
Work runs Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm. Serviced residences add the management’s own approval and deposit.
Do you cover my part of Subang Jaya?
Yes. Sundays in Bed designs homes in person across Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, and all of Subang Jaya is inside that area: SS12 to SS19 and Bandar Sunway on this page, and USJ on its own. A site visit anywhere in it is RM200, waived if you go ahead with us.
New developments we’re following
With little land left, Subang Jaya’s new homes are serviced residences in the city centre at SS16. These two complete over the next two years.
- TejaDue 2027SS16, Subang Jaya City Centre · freehold serviced residences of 800–1,150 sq ft, by Sime Darby Property
- Pinnacle Subang JayaDue 2027SS16, near the Subang Jaya LRT and KTM station · 941 freehold SoHo units over retail
Further out, Sixteen Residences in SS16 and Haus on 15, on the former Taylor’s campus in SS15, are due from 2029. A compact serviced residence needs storage planned into every wall, so start the design before your keys arrive.
Neighbourhoods we cover
SS12 · SS13 · SS14 · SS15 · SS16 and the city centre · SS17 · SS18 · SS19 · Bandar Sunway (PJS 7, 9 and 11)
Nearby, with their own pages: USJ · Putra Heights · Puchong · Petaling Jaya, and the rest of Selangor.
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Subang Jaya questions, answered
Do you do the building work yourselves?
No. We design, draw and manage the project. The works are done by contractors, chosen from quotes we gather and compare with you, so the renovation cost is a separate number from our design fee.
Can you update an older kitchen layout, not just style it?
Yes. Reworking a dated layout is interior design rather than styling. We check whether the walls are structural, split the cooking into a wet and a dry kitchen if you want one, and draw it for your contractor to quote.
Do I need a council permit to renovate in Subang Jaya?
For most work, yes. New finishes, bathroom fittings, built-in cabinets or a plaster ceiling need MBSJ’s small works permit: RM200 in fees plus a RM250 deposit you claim back, obtained by your licensed contractor. Parts of Bandar Sunway are under MBPJ instead. Adding space needs building plans from an architect or a registered draughtsperson.
Do you design the new serviced residences in SS16 too?
Yes, at the same fee per room. We submit your renovation plan to the management and book the service lifts for deliveries. Our condo guide covers the rest, and our portfolio shows condos we’ve designed.
Can I keep and reuse furniture I already own?
Yes. Tell us which pieces stay at the start and the design is planned around them. If nothing is being built, interior styling works with what you have and adds the pieces around it.
Is the design fee a percentage of my renovation budget?
No. It’s a fixed fee per room: 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. It doesn’t rise when you choose a better finish.
Let’s talk about your Subang Jaya home.
A free discovery call. Pick a time, then bring your floor plan or a few photos, your SS section, and when you’d like to start. You’ll know your design fee before you commit to anything.