Interior designer at The Ria, Riveria City
A home up high by KL Sentral.
Compact rooms, and every corner yours to shape.
Thoughtfully designed around the way you live, and what you’d like to spend.
Is your Ria home a first home of your own, or one to let?
The Ria has compact homes in a 63-storey tower by KL Sentral, one plan built to split in two.
We help you find storage, make rooms do two jobs, and decide early whether your home is lived in or let.
We’re Sundays in Bed, a Kuala Lumpur studio that designs and looks after homes. With The Ria still being built, we work with buyers from the plan in their sale agreement. Each room’s fee is agreed with you on paper first.
The Ria is one leasehold tower of 63 storeys and 752 serviced apartments, due for completion in 2028. It’s the second phase of Riveria City, 300 m from KL Sentral and joined to the Tun Sambanthan monorail station by a covered walkway.
The Ria’s homes range from 650 to 800 sq ft built-up; most are two- and three-bedrooms.
- 650 sq ftTwo bedrooms, or a dual-key plan with a lockable bedroom suite
- 750 sq ftThree bedrooms, the third drawn as a bedroom or study
- 800 sq ftThree bedrooms, the main one with its own bathroom
Storage and the layout
A typical floor holds sixteen homes, and most plans are only about 9 m wide.
In a home this size, every foot of wall counts. A wardrobe that’s too deep or a sofa that’s too long can make a room feel cramped, so we’ll draw every wardrobe, desk and sofa to the centimetre before anything is ordered.
Titijaya describes the interiors as contemporary, with Japanese aesthetics and sensibilities. That suggests timber, soft light and storage that keeps things out of sight. If that feels like you, we’ll start there. If you’d like something else, tell us, and we’ll follow your lead.
Before we talk tiles or sofas, what does an ordinary day look like for you?
We start with who the home is for, then what each small room needs to do on an ordinary day.
Once that’s clear, the rest follows easily.
If you may want two homes in one
The dual-key plan puts a bedroom with its own pantry and bathroom behind a second door off the foyer. Will you live in all of it, or let the suite on its own? We settle that before drawing anything.
If your kitchen is the first thing visitors see
Every Ria plan puts the kitchen by the front door, open to the dining; most have a small yard beside it. Cooking smells reach the sofa quickly, so we choose the hood before the cabinet fronts.
For wash day
Most plans open the living room onto a narrow ledge, and none has a balcony. Washing dries in the yard, or on the dual-key’s two ledges, so we plan that space as a proper laundry.
If you work from home, or have a guest
In the 750 sq ft plan, the third room sits between the two bathrooms and is drawn as a bedroom or study. A desk, a guest bed or a dressing room: we give it one clear job, then built-ins to suit.
What you may already have
The brochure tiles the living, dining and kitchen, takes bathroom tiles up to the ceiling and puts vinyl in the bedrooms. Unless they fight your plans, they stay, and your money goes to storage, light and furniture.
What will our fee be for your Ria home, once you’ve told us your budget?
For a 650 sq ft two-bedroom at The Ria, our design fee is estimated at RM12,615–16,180; for the 750 sq ft three-bedroom, RM16,180–19,745.
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: 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
Before work starts, the total is set down in writing and paid in stages. It never rises with what your contractors charge, so choosing oak over laminate for the wardrobes leaves our fee as it was.
For a three-bedroom plan, our fee and Curated finishes (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living) add up to about RM157k–280k in all.
For a home this compact, spend on what you touch daily. In a Ria plan that means wardrobes, the foyer cabinet and lighting; the brand-new tiles can stay. Pick your plan, then turn on only the rooms to draw. Every figure stays an estimate until contractors quote.
| Home | Our fee | Curated | Bespoke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-bed 750 sq ft, bedroom or study as the third | RM16,180–19,745 | RM141k–260k | RM300k–631k |
| 2-bed 650 sq ft | RM12,615–16,180 | RM122k–226k | RM264k–558k |
| Dual-key 650 sq ft, two front doors | RM9,050–12,615 | RM103k–193k | RM228k–485k |
| Larger 3-bed 800 sq ft, en-suite main bedroom | RM16,180–19,745 | RM141k–260k | RM300k–631k |
The lower figure covers a typical layout: the living and dining with its open kitchen, plus each bedroom. The higher one leaves room for one more space you might want designed, such as one of the two bathrooms.
These are October 2026 guides; only your contractors can give a quotation.
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.
Both three-bedroom rows count the bedroom or study as a bedroom. The dual-key row prices its bedroom suite and its living side together.
The brochure lists lighting, fan, air-conditioning and water-heater points rather than fittings, so the ranges include air-conditioners, lights, wardrobes and kitchen cabinets. If your sale agreement includes some of them, keep what suits you and expect a smaller figure.
Furnishing to let?
Titijaya’s brochure presents The Ria as a smart investment. 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-bed
- RM74k–118k
- 2-bed
- RM63k–101k
- Dual-key
- RM53k–85k
- Larger 3-bed
- RM74k–118k
Whether you’re furnishing to move in or to let, we ask about your budget first. Give us the figure you have in mind, and we’ll make it go as far as it can.
Handover is a while away. Shall we begin before it arrives?
You can start from the floor plan in your sale agreement, months before handover.
One designer looks after your Ria home throughout; we design and manage, and licensed contractors build it, from quotes we gather and go through with you. You choose which one.
- The discovery call FreeWhich plan you bought, whether it will be lived in or let, what your sale agreement includes, and roughly what you’d like to spend.
- The site visit RM200, waived if you go ahead with usOnce your unit is handed over, we measure each room, find where the points actually landed, look at the ledge and yard, and note what’s worth keeping.
- The scope, then the designFee, budget and rooms go into writing first. Then layouts, lighting and materials, with every built-in sized to plans about 9 m wide and the dual-key’s second door given a purpose.
- Drawings and quotesA full drawing set for contractors to price and build from. We bring their quotes back, compare them line by line with you, and you decide who builds.
- On site, then moving inWe book lift time and deliveries through management, check each stage against the drawings, then style the rooms for living in, or for the photographs a letting agent will want.
With 752 homes handing over in one year, expect queues for lifts and for good contractors, as many of the fifteen other homes on your floor may start at the same time. We’ll keep your place in that queue, and tell you each step as it comes. How we work, step by step
When to start
The developer’s advertising permit gives July 2028 for completion; one 2025 report said the first quarter. Either way, the months before handover are when the drawings should be done.
Renovation permits come from DBKL, usually through your licensed contractor, and the building’s management will need to approve the works. The Ria’s deposit, working hours and lift-booking rules haven’t been published yet, so we collect them first.
What will make your home feel like yours, whoever lives next door?
We begin with you: who lives here, how you work and what you own.
Your answers shape the rooms of your Ria home.
Maybe you’re moving in to swap a long commute for a short walk. Maybe you’re furnishing your first home alone, or getting one ready for a tenant. We start by asking which, then what you own, who stays over and how an evening goes.
What comes with a Ria home at handover
- KeepTilesTiled living, dining and kitchen floors; bathrooms tiled to the ceiling
- AdaptBedrooms, yardVinyl bedroom floors kept or covered; the yard or ledges set up for laundry
- AddFittings, storageLights, fans and air-conditioners for the points provided, wardrobes, curtains, a foyer cabinet
From the specification in Titijaya’s brochure. Your sale agreement, and any furnishing package, decides what you actually receive, so we check it against your unit.
What have homeowners in nearby Bangsar spent?
No Ria owner has had keys yet, so we have no project here. Bangsar’s published renovation records are the fairest guide: across nine fit-outs with a stated budget and floor area, the median is RM114 per sq ft.
Applied to a 750 sq ft three-bedroom, that’s roughly RM86,000. The two nearest in size, both 1,000 sq ft, show how far scope swings it: a Goodwood Residence home at RM80,000 and a Bangsar Puteri home at RM200,000.
Those records’ scopes vary, and some leave out furniture. Our ranges above also cover furniture, air-conditioners and lights, so they sit higher. Your new Ria home starts with fresh tiles and bathrooms, so its building work may need less. Every entry is on our Bangsar renovation cost index.
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The Ria, from sale agreement to handover
Should a dual-key Ria unit be designed as one home or as two lets?
Decide before anything is drawn. Kept whole, the bedroom suite with its pantry becomes a guest room or study with its own bathroom. Let separately, each side needs its own storage and furniture. The brochure gives this plan two sinks and two fibre points.
There’s a ledge but no balcony. Where does the laundry go?
In most two- and three-bedroom plans, the small yard beside the kitchen; the dual-key draws a washer on each of its two ledges. We plan either as a working laundry, with a rack and a shelf, so nothing dries in the living room.
Can the bedroom or study in the 750 sq ft plan really work as a study?
Usually, yes. It sits between the two bathrooms, and the developer draws it as either. A wall-hung desk, closed shelving and a sofa bed make it an office by day and a guest room at weekends. We confirm its size on the site visit.
Should I replace the vinyl floors in the bedrooms?
Not necessarily. Vinyl tiles are new at handover, quiet underfoot and easy to look after, which suits bedrooms and tenants alike. If they clash with your plans, timber-look boards or a large rug can change them without the cost of lifting what’s there.
When should I start designing if my Ria unit is due in 2028?
About five to six months before handover. That leaves time for drawings and contractors’ quotes, so work starts soon after the keys, ahead of the queue from 751 other homes. A free call is worth having before you accept any furnishing offer.
Roughly what does a 650 sq ft Ria two-bedroom cost to renovate and furnish?
Estimated at RM122k–226k at Curated (Commune, Cellini or Poet Living), or RM264k–558k at Bespoke (Space Furniture, BoConcept or Molteni&C), plus our fee of about RM12,615–16,180. Quotes from your contractors replace these guides.
Every foot of a Ria home counts. Shall we look at yours?
Send us your plan type, the floor if you know it, and whether it’s for living in or letting. The first call is free, and you’ll see your estimated design fee written out before you sign anything.
Free · your fee is agreed in writing before we start