Interior design in Subang Jaya
Let your Subang Jaya house catch up with your life.
A home on the SS side may be nearly fifty years old. We check what’s behind its walls first, then design it room by room for how you live now.
Subang Jaya at a glance
- Council
- MBSJ; parts of Bandar Sunway with MBPJ
- Township
- Begun by Sime UEP in 1976
- Homes
- 1970s and 1980s terraces and semi-Ds
- Site hours
- Six days a week, 8am to 6pm
Subang Jaya interior design, where streets split between two councils
Subang Jaya, begun by Sime UEP on the old Seafield rubber estate in 1976, is under the Subang Jaya city council (MBSJ), though parts of Bandar Sunway stay with MBPJ.
Sundays in Bed designs homes on both sides.
If you live in Bandar Sunway, check the assessment bill before anyone quotes you a permit.
MBSJ governs the PJS 7, 9 and 11 zones, though parts of PJS 9 and 11 are described as MBPJ’s, and the northern part, including PJS 5, 6 and 10, stays with Petaling Jaya. The two councils ask for different forms, so the bill settles which ones your contractor fills in.
On the SS side, building began on 21 February 1976 with 342 terraces and shophouses, and the housing was finished by June 1988. USJ followed, and has a page of its own.
Three Kelana Jaya line stations serve the SS side, at SS16, SS15 and SS18. They opened in June 2016, decades after the houses around them.
Bandar Sunway’s own line runs overhead. The BRT Sunway Line, opened in June 2015, is 5.4 km of all-electric busway, raised above the road, between Sunway-Setia Jaya on the KTM and USJ 7 on the LRT.
Bandar Sunway itself stands on land from the old Sungei Way tin mine, built up from 1986. On the SS side, Subang Jaya’s first underground rain-detention tank lies beneath Jalan SS19/6, in front of SJK(C) Lick Hung, by the local assemblywoman’s account in 2025.
The photograph near the top shows the kind of room an older house can grow into: a beam left exposed, and a lit cabinet built into the wall.
Renovating a 1980s Subang Jaya house, read before it’s redrawn
In Subang Jaya, homes are mainly terraces and semi-Ds from the late 1970s and 1980s, with newer serviced residences in SS16 and Bandar Sunway, and Sundays in Bed has an owner’s guide to one of them, Sunway GEOLake Residences.
If you’re buying an SS house, the plans the council approved may not match the walls in front of you.
So we’d ask for the approved plans and compare them, room by room, with what’s there. An extension built without approval passes to the new owner, and MBSJ can issue a RM12,500 compound or a 30-day notice to vacate and demolish.
Then we’d look behind the plaster: the distribution board, the wiring, the water pipes and the roof, unless you know they’ve been replaced. A power point moves easily before the carpentry goes in, and messily after.
Older portal profiles put a double-storey terrace at roughly 1,500 to 1,800 sq ft, SS18 semi-Ds from about 3,200 sq ft, and SS19 bungalows from 4,500 sq ft.
Many SS houses have had tenants. A consultant quoted in The Edge in July 2024 put Subang Jaya at about 68% owner-occupied, with more tenants in SS16. If your home is coming back to you after a tenancy, the first list is what the tenants leave behind, and what has worn, before anything new is drawn.
Coming soon
In a compact serviced residence, we’d give every wall a job before the keys arrive.
- Teja2027Freehold serviced residences of 800 to 1,150 sq ft in SS16, by Sime Darby Property.
- Pinnacle Subang Jaya2027941 SoHo units over retail, about 200 m from the Subang Jaya LRT and KTM station.
- Haus on 152029 or 2030Two 31-storey blocks on the former Taylor’s campus in SS15; sources differ on the year.
- Andaman @ Bandar SunwayQ2 2030856 serviced apartments in two towers on Jalan PJS 9/1.
Dates as reported, checked 26 Sep 2026.
Settled
In a home taken back from tenants, we’d decide what stays before designing anything new.
- Sunway GEOLake ResidencesLate 2021420 homes in a 44-storey tower and 44 townhouses beside the South Quay lake; two types are dual-key.
What interior design costs in Subang Jaya
In Subang Jaya, the Sundays in Bed design fee for a four-bedroom 1980s semi-D with three of its four bathrooms redone is an estimated RM34,005–41,135, agreed in writing before we begin.
A bathroom that still works adds nothing to the fee. If one bathroom was redone a few years ago and still feels right, there’s no reason to draw it again.
We charge for each room we design, and only those. Our renovation ranges also leave out roof repairs, structural work and extensions, which are priced once the house has been checked.
For a four-bedroom 1980s semi-D of about 3,200 sq ft, with three of its four bathrooms and the floors redone, our published estimate for renovation and furniture is RM272,000–512,000 at Curated and RM511,000–1,071,000 at Bespoke, before our fee.
Pick the home nearest to yours, then adjust the rooms. Everything is worked out in your browser and stays there.
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and the kitchen: 8 rooms at RM3,565, plus living and dining at RM5,485.
What Curated and Bespoke include, and why each range is wide
| Home | What the lower figure counts | Estimated design fee |
|---|---|---|
| A 1980s semi-D, three of four bathrooms redone | 8 rooms: four bedrooms, three bathrooms, the kitchen, plus living and dining | RM34,005–41,135 |
| A double-storey terrace, two of three bathrooms redone | 7 rooms, plus living and dining | RM30,440–37,570 |
| An upper townhouse at Sunway GEOLake, 4+1 bedrooms | 6 rooms: the 4+1 bedrooms and the kitchen, plus living and dining | RM26,875–34,005 |
| A three-bedroom serviced residence under 1,200 sq ft | 3 bedrooms, the kitchen open to the living | RM16,180–19,745 |
Rates as of October 2026; every figure is an estimate. The higher figure leaves room for one more room in a home under 1,200 sq ft, or two in a larger one.
Interior design drawings for Subang Jaya, one set for whichever council
In Subang Jaya, homes under MBSJ need its small works permit for finishes and fitted work, while MBPJ’s side of Bandar Sunway follows Petaling Jaya’s process.
Sundays in Bed designs and coordinates; contractors build.
If you’re buying, call before the purchase completes, while the house can still be checked and the design is only on paper.
We draw one complete set, so the council, any management and every contractor are reading the same plans.
Who says yes in Subang Jaya
We’d confirm the council from your assessment bill before any form is filled in.
- MBSJ, in the SS townships and PJS 7, 9 and 11Its small works permit covers finishes, bathroom fittings, built-ins and plaster ceilings. Expect RM200 in fees and a RM250 deposit against construction waste, returned when you claim it within a year of finishing.
- MBPJ, in northern Bandar SunwayPJS 5, 6 and 10 go through Petaling Jaya’s own permit route, with its own forms and fees, so we confirm them for your street.
- Your management, in a serviced residenceIts written consent comes first, and it may ask for a renovation deposit and set a finishing date.
MBSJ keeps work to six days a week, 8am to 6pm, with Sundays and public holidays off. A new floor, or building out at the back, needs drawn building plans from an architect or a registered draughtsperson. The full process
FAQ
Subang Jaya questions, answered
Is Bandar Sunway part of Subang Jaya for permits?
Partly. MBSJ governs PJS 7, 9 and 11, though parts of PJS 9 and 11 are described as MBPJ’s, and the north, including PJS 5, 6 and 10, is Petaling Jaya’s. Your assessment bill gives the answer for your street.
Is USJ covered on this page?
No, USJ has its own page. Its building began in 1988, the year the SS housing was finished, and its zones are numbered from USJ 1 to USJ 27. See interior design in USJ.
Can you rework a 1980s kitchen into wet and dry?
Yes. Reworking a dated layout is interior design rather than styling. We check whether the wall between the two would be structural, split the cooking if you’d like, and draw it for your contractor to quote.
Do you design homes at Sunway GEOLake Residences?
Yes, at the same fee per room. Its homes were handed over in late 2021, so the developer’s defect period has passed, and in the two dual-key types the studio with its own door needs a settled use before its joinery is drawn. Our GEOLake guide has more.
How much does it cost to hire an interior designer in Subang Jaya?
For a house on Subang Jaya’s SS side, an estimated RM30,440–37,570 for a double-storey terrace with two of its three bathrooms redone, or RM34,005–41,135 for a four-bedroom 1980s semi-D where three bathrooms out of four are redone. Both rest on RM3,565 for every room on the list and RM5,485 for open-plan living and dining; the fee itself is agreed in writing before we begin, and it’s never a share of the building cost.
What is a normal budget for interior design in Subang Jaya?
For a four-bedroom Subang Jaya semi-D of about 3,200 sq ft, with new floors and three of its four bathrooms redone, set aside an estimated RM272,000–512,000 for renovation and furniture at Curated (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living), or RM511,000–1,071,000 at Bespoke (Space Furniture, BoConcept, Molteni&C), with our design fee on top. We haven’t found renovation costs published for Subang Jaya, so treat these as estimates to weigh against your contractors’ quotes.
What is the 70/30 rule in interior design?
It splits a room’s look about seven parts to three: one colour, material or style carries most of the room, and a second, contrasting one gives it an edge. In a 1980s Subang Jaya kitchen split into wet and dry, we’d run one plain, easy-to-clean finish through both as the 70, and spend the 30 on the dry side, where guests see it.
Can you choose the furniture for a Subang Jaya home too?
Yes. Furniture is chosen room by room as part of the design, at Curated (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living) or Bespoke (Space Furniture, BoConcept, Molteni&C), and our Procurement Concierge can take care of the buying. That’s why our Subang Jaya estimates give renovation and furniture as one range.
What do SS and PJS stand for in Subang Jaya?
SS is Sungei Way-Subang and PJS is Petaling Jaya Selatan, as World of Buzz explained in April 2024. The letters don’t settle the council, though: the SS townships are MBSJ’s, while Bandar Sunway’s PJS zones are split between MBSJ and MBPJ, so the assessment bill still has the last word on your permit.
How big are Subang Jaya houses?
Older portal profiles put a double-storey terrace in Subang Jaya at roughly 1,500 to 1,800 sq ft, an SS18 semi-D from about 3,200 sq ft and an SS19 bungalow from 4,500 sq ft. The serviced residences coming to SS16 are smaller: Teja’s run from 800 to 1,150 sq ft.
Where can I read reviews of Sundays in Bed for Subang Jaya?
In one place on Google: the “Read every review on Google” link sits under the button to book a free call, at the end of this page. The reviews cover the studio as a whole, so none is presented as a Subang Jaya review.
What interior design services do you offer in Subang Jaya?
For the terraces and semi-Ds of the SS side we lead with renovation design, and condos and serviced residences, from Bandar Sunway to SS16, get condo interior design. 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 there for any home, and Virtual Design serves homes outside Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
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Tell us your section, and what you’d keep
Bring the approved plans if you have them, a few photos and your SS or PJS number. That first call is free, and the fee is put in writing when the rooms are settled.
Free · your fee is agreed in writing before we start
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