Interior designer at The Northshore Gardens
Take the lift down, and the park is right there.
Fifteen years on, make it feel newly yours.
Thoughtfully designed around the way you live, and what you’d like to spend.
What does a home bought in 2010 need from you now?
The Northshore Gardens is a 2010 lakeside tower in Desa ParkCity: generous homes, almost all with a +1.
So the work here is usually renewal, not a first fit-out: kitchens, bathrooms and the rooms nobody has rethought since.
Sundays in Bed is a residential interior design studio in Kuala Lumpur. We design homes across Kuala Lumpur, room by room, for a fee agreed in writing before we begin, and it doesn’t rise with your contractors’ bills. We haven’t yet shown a Northshore Gardens project.
The building is one freehold tower of 40 storeys and 274 homes, completed in 2010, beside The Waterfront and the Central Park lake.
The Northshore Gardens homes range from 904 sq ft to penthouses of about 6,030 sq ft built-up.
- 904–990 sq ftOne bedroom plus one, two bathrooms
- 1,485–1,507 sq ftTwo bedrooms plus one, three bathrooms
- 1,808–2,519 sq ftThree or four bedrooms plus one, three to five bathrooms
- About 6,030 sq ftFive-bedroom penthouses at the top
Kitchens and the layout
Most owners here live in a home someone else finished fifteen years ago. The kitchen came with its hob and hood, every room with split air-conditioning. Much of that is now tired, or was changed by a previous owner.
Before colours, decide the +1’s job: study, store, dressing room or helper’s room. Ceiling heights and how your floor’s lobby works aren’t published, so we check yours on the site visit.
With three or four bathrooms, which ones are worth redoing?
Rarely all of them.
In a 2010 home, the money goes furthest on the rooms you use every day, and on the services behind the walls.
The bathrooms you actually use
A 3+1 here has three or four bathrooms, a 4+1 five. We usually renew the main one and the one the family shares, and leave the rest, or refresh them with new fittings rather than new tiles.
A kitchen past its first life
The handover kitchen had a hob and hood fitted in 2010. Carcasses, hinges and worktops of that age are often due, so we plan the cooking you do now before choosing a single door.
What sits behind the walls
Fifteen-year-old wiring, water heaters and split air-conditioners deserve a look before the finishes. Replacing them during a renovation costs far less than opening a new wall later.
Light differs by home
Type A looks south-southwest, so afternoon sun is strong; other types face other ways. Layered curtains and seating turned towards the park, not only the television, make the most of the view.
What still works
A previous owner may have renewed floors or wardrobes well. If they’re sound, we keep them and spend on the rooms that need it.
What does it cost to design and renew a Northshore Gardens 3+1?
For a resale 3+1 of about 1,808 sq ft here, the Sundays in Bed design fee is estimated at RM26,875–34,005; for a 4+1, RM37,570–44,700.
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
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and the kitchen: 6 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 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.
How the fee works
Agreed in writing, the fee is paid in stages and doesn’t follow your contractors’ bills, so a marble vanity instead of a laminate one changes nothing on our side.
With our fee and Curated finishes (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living), a 3+1 here comes to about RM259k–425k in all.
Spend where it matters. Skip what doesn’t. In a 2010 tower that usually means the kitchen, the main bathrooms and the wiring before any new furniture. Choose your layout and the rooms you’d change; the figures stay estimates until contractors price your drawings.
| Home | Our fee | Curated | Bespoke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3+1 1,808 sq ft | RM26,875–34,005 | RM232k–398k | RM444k–851k |
| 1+1 904 sq ft | RM19,745–23,310 | RM176k–305k | RM347k–672k |
| 2+1 1,485 sq ft | RM23,310–30,440 | RM207k–355k | RM398k–764k |
| 4+1 2,454 sq ft | RM37,570–44,700 | RM298k–532k | RM554k–1.1M |
Lower figure: the rooms most resale owners here take on, the bedrooms, the living and dining, the kitchen and the bathrooms above. Higher figure: one or two rooms more, perhaps one more bathroom, or the +1 as a study in the larger homes (the 1+1’s study is already in its lower figure).
October 2026 guides only; your contractors alone can quote.
How these figures are worked out
Curated furnishes from Commune, Cellini or Poet Living; Bespoke from Space Furniture, BoConcept or Molteni&C. Each resale line redoes one bathroom fewer than the plan has; count only the ones you’d change. Kitchens are priced as closed rooms until we see yours.
Our ranges allow for new air-conditioners, water heaters, hob, hood, kitchen cabinets and wardrobes. If a previous owner has renewed any of them well, keep them and expect less.
Furnishing to let?
Some owners here let their homes, steps from The Waterfront. 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
- 3+1
- RM130k–202k
- 1+1
- RM99k–154k
- 2+1
- RM116k–180k
- 4+1
- RM169k–274k
Your budget is the first thing we ask about, whether it’s a 904 sq ft 1+1 or a 4+1. You set it; our part is making it reach the rooms that matter.
Who deals with the management office while the work goes on?
We do.
We design, draw and manage your renovation; contractors you choose build it, after we’ve compared their quotes with you. One person stays with you from the first call to the last cushion.
- A first conversation FreeYour layout, who lives with you, what a previous owner changed, and the figure you’d like to stay within.
- Seeing the home RM200, waived if you go ahead with usEvery room measured, the kitchen, bathrooms and wiring looked over, the ceiling height noted and the park-side light checked at the time of day you use it.
- Agreeing the rooms, then designingRooms and fee settled on paper. Then layout, lighting and materials, with a clear job for your +1 room.
- Drawings contractors can priceDetailed enough to quote from and build from. We bring every quote back and go through it with you; the contractor is your choice.
- Building, then the last cushionRenovation plans lodged with the management, lifts and deliveries booked, each stage checked against our drawings, and the rooms styled before you return.
Neighbours above and below, the management office and DBKL all have a stake in a renovation in a lived-in tower. Keeping each of them informed is our part of the job. The full process
Approval before any hammer
Under the strata by-laws, renovation at The Northshore Gardens needs the management’s written approval first, and it may ask for a deposit. We ask the office for its current house rules before we draw.
Desa ParkCity sits under DBKL. Moving plumbing, or changing an external window or door, also needs the authority’s approval.
Can a home someone else finished feel like yours?
Yes, once it’s arranged around your household rather than the last one.
The layout stays; how each room is used can change completely.
A previous family may have used the +1 for a helper and the fourth bedroom for guests. You might want a study and a playroom. We start with how you live today, then decide what to keep.
What an older Northshore Gardens home usually needs
- KeepLayout, sound floorsThe generous room sizes, and any floors or wardrobes renewed well
- AdaptKitchen, +1 roomA 2010 kitchen with hob and hood; a +1 whose job may have changed
- AddServices, storageNewer air-conditioners and water heaters, lighting, and storage for today’s family
From the 2010 handover specification; your home may have changed since, so we check it on the visit.
What Desa ParkCity renovations cost
We don’t hold a published record for The Northshore Gardens itself. Across nine published renovation records for Desa ParkCity condominiums, other firms’ projects, the median came to RM92 per sq ft and RM130,000 for a whole home.
A Northshore 3+1 renewing its kitchen and bathrooms will usually sit above that median, and our ranges above also include furniture and new air-conditioners and water heaters. The records are on our Desa ParkCity renovation cost index.
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Is a 2010 Northshore Gardens unit worth renovating, or just refreshing?
It depends on what the last owner did. Original kitchens and bathrooms are now fifteen years old, so many owners renew those and refresh the rest. On the site visit we tell you which rooms need work and which only need furniture.
What can the +1 room become?
It depends on its size and your household: a study, store, dressing room or helper’s room are all possible. Designing it adds RM3,565 to our fee, and leaving it adds nothing.
Should I replace the original air-conditioners and water heaters?
If they date from the 2010 handover, it’s worth an electrician’s check before the finishes go in. Replacing them during the renovation avoids reopening new ceilings and walls later.
Do I need every bathroom in a 3+1 or 4+1 redone?
Rarely. We usually renew the main bathroom and the shared one. Each bathroom we design adds RM3,565, including one we only refresh with new taps and mirrors; one you leave as it is isn’t counted.
How much does a Northshore Gardens renovation cost?
Estimates only: a 1,808 sq ft 3+1 comes to about RM232k–398k to renovate and furnish at Curated (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living), or RM444k–851k at Bespoke (Space Furniture, BoConcept, Molteni&C), plus our fee. Your contractors’ quotes settle it.
Can you work while I still live here?
Sometimes, room by room, though kitchens and main bathrooms are easier with the home empty. We plan the order with you and the management office, so noise and lift bookings stay within the building’s rules.
Settling into a Northshore Gardens home? We’d love to see it.
Just bought, or ready to renew after years by the lake? Send your layout, a few photos and a figure you’re comfortable with. The first talk is free, and your estimated design fee comes in writing before anything is signed.
Free · your fee is agreed in writing before we start