Interior designer at TRX Residences
A home in TRX, by the park.
Finished at handover, but not yet yours.
Thoughtfully designed around the way you live, and what you’d like to spend.
Handed over complete, does your TRX Residences home need building work at all?
Each home was handed over with Italian kitchen cabinets, SMEG appliances, wardrobes, air-conditioning and Kohler bathrooms.
So the work here is rarely demolition. It’s furniture, light and curtains, and making a finished shell feel lived in.
Sundays in Bed is a small residential interior design studio in Kuala Lumpur. We haven’t yet designed a home at TRX Residences; for yours, the fee is set room by room and agreed in writing before we begin.
TRX Residences is the residential half of The Exchange TRX, Lendlease’s 17-acre core of Tun Razak Exchange, the city’s financial district. Its first plot is two freehold towers, sold as serviced apartments.
- Tower ACompleted 202453 storeys · 443 homes · freehold
- Tower BCompleted 202457 storeys · 453 homes · freehold
TRX Residences homes range from a 474 sq ft one-bedroom to 1,636 sq ft three-bedrooms built-up, in 13 apartment types across the two towers.
- 474–721 sq ftOne bedroom; the largest type adds a study
- 850–1,076 sq ftTwo bedrooms and two bathrooms, each with a study
- 1,184–1,259 sq ftThree bedrooms, two bathrooms
- 1,345–1,636 sq ftThree bedrooms, three bathrooms
Space and the layout
A Level 8 bridge crosses to the 10-acre TRX City Park, and the MRT interchange is about 70 m away. With 90,000 sq ft of shared facilities, from dining rooms to co-working, the flat needn’t do everything.
One thing was left out: a washing machine, so laundry is planned from the first drawing. In the two-bedrooms, the study is the one room whose purpose is still yours to decide.
The kitchen meets you at the front door. Which choices come first?
The ones the handover leaves open: how you arrive when the kitchen is the entrance, what the study is for, and what softens all that glass.
Coming in through the kitchen
Lendlease planned the kitchen as each home’s landing area, so keys, post and shopping arrive on its worktop. A slim console or shoe cabinet by the door keeps the Italian counter free for cooking, not clutter.
What the study is for
The 850 and 1,076 sq ft two-bedrooms, and the 721 sq ft one-bedroom, each have one. Home office, nursery, guest room or dressing room: settling its job first fixes the lighting, sockets and joinery.
Curtains for all that glass
The curtain wall is double-glazed with low-E glass, which already tempers heat and traffic noise. Curtains here are for privacy and a softer evening, and tall pieces belong on the solid walls, not against the glass.
Lights and air-con on your phone
The Smart Community App runs each home’s lighting and air-conditioning. Before any switch, dimmer or air-conditioner is changed, we check the replacement still talks to it, or agree with you to let that control go.
What’s worth keeping
The SMEG appliances, Kohler fittings, wardrobes and Italian cabinets date only from 2024. We keep them, change a handle or a light where it helps, and put the budget into furniture, lighting and textiles.
What would a TRX Residences two-bedroom with study, or a one-bedroom, cost to design?
The Sundays in Bed design fee for an 850 sq ft two-bedroom with study at TRX Residences is estimated at RM16,180–19,745, and RM9,050–12,615 for a one-bedroom.
The rooms you ask us to draw set the final figure, which you agree in writing before any design work starts.
- Each room we design
- RM3,565
- Living and dining
- RM5,485
2 bedrooms and a study: 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 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
You see the total on paper and sign off on it before work begins, and it is paid in stages. Because it is not a percentage of the contractors’ bills, picking stone instead of laminate for a new study desk doesn’t raise it.
Add our fee to Curated finishes (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living) and an 850 sq ft 2+1 in either tower lands at about RM149k–261k all told.
Spend where it matters. Skip what doesn’t. Lendlease fitted these homes before handover, so the money mostly goes on sofas, beds, lamps and curtains, seldom cabinetry. Choose your layout, then switch on only the rooms to draw. Until contractors quote, each number is a guide.
| Home | Our fee | Curated | Bespoke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2+1 850–1,076 sq ft, with a study | RM16,180–19,745 | RM133k–245k | RM284k–595k |
| 1-bed 474–700 sq ft | RM9,050–12,615 | RM103k–193k | RM228k–485k |
| 1+1 721 sq ft, with a study | RM12,615–16,180 | RM114k–211k | RM248k–523k |
| 3-bed 1,184–1,636 sq ft | RM16,180–23,310 | RM141k–260k | RM300k–631k |
Start from the lower number if we draw the open-plan living, dining and kitchen, every bedroom and any study. The upper number adds one room, perhaps a Kohler bathroom you’d rather change; in the three-bedrooms, two.
These are October 2026 guides, not a quotation; prices come only from your contractors.
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.
No bathroom is priced, because the Kohler fittings date from the 2024 handover and most owners keep them.
Each range also prices a hob and hood, kitchen cabinets, wardrobes, air-conditioners and a washer-dryer as new. TRX Residences handed over all of those except the washer-dryer, so keep them and expect to spend noticeably less.
Furnishing to let?
TRX Residences sold to buyers from 25 countries. 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+1
- RM70k–111k
- 1-bed
- RM53k–85k
- 1+1
- RM59k–95k
- 3-bed
- RM74k–118k
Your number comes first. Tell us what you’d like to spend on your TRX home, and we plan to that figure, not past it.
In Tower A or Tower B, who stays with your home until it’s finished?
We do.
Whoever you speak to on the first call stays with your home through to styling the finished rooms. Our part is drawing and managing; the building work goes to contractors you pick, after we’ve gathered their quotes and gone through them with you item by item.
- A first conversation FreeTower A or B, which of the 13 types, whether you’ll live here or let it, what’s in the home now, and the spend you have in mind.
- Visiting your home RM200, waived if you go ahead with usWe measure every room and the study, note which way the glass faces, try the app’s lighting and air-conditioning controls, and list the fittings worth keeping.
- Agreeing the scope, then designingFirst we put the rooms, the budget and our fee in writing. Then come layouts, lighting, curtains and furniture, a purpose for the study and a spot for the washer-dryer.
- Drawings and quotesDrawings precise enough that every contractor prices the same job. The quotes come back to us, we explain where they differ, and the choice of builder is yours.
- The works, then the stylingWe book lifts and trades with management, protect the Italian joinery and SMEG appliances while work goes on, check each stage against the drawings, then style the rooms.
Management, DBKL, the app, deliveries up a tower of 53 or 57 storeys and, for owners who bought from overseas, decisions made across time zones: there is a lot to keep in step. That is the part you hand to us. The full process
Permission before the work starts
DBKL approved TRX Residences, so a renovation permit, if one is needed, comes from DBKL, and your licensed contractor normally applies for it. The building’s management will want to sign off the work before it begins too.
Management doesn’t publish its renovation deposit, permitted hours or lift-booking rules, so we get the current terms from the office before a contractor prices anything. A home that needs only furniture, curtains and lighting usually avoids building works altogether.
Every kitchen here is the same. How will your home look different?
By starting with the people, not the fit-out.
The kitchen and wardrobes came from one specification; what goes around them shouldn’t.
One 2+1 might be a city base for a family abroad; the next, a couple’s first home with a baby due. We begin with who uses the study, who works at the table and what deserves a shelf. That’s where a fitted flat becomes a home.
What arrives with a TRX Residences home, and what doesn’t
- KeepKitchen, bathroomsItalian cabinets, SMEG appliances and fridge, Kohler fittings and shower screens
- AdaptWardrobes, controlsBuilt-in wardrobes, and lighting and air-conditioning run from the app
- AddLaundry, softnessA washer-dryer, which isn’t handed over, then curtains, lamps and furniture
From the developer’s brochure and The Edge’s 2020 launch report. Your sale agreement overrides both, so we check yours on the visit.
What KLCC renovations suggest for a TRX Residences home
We haven’t designed a TRX Residences home yet, so the fair benchmark is the published renovation records on our KLCC renovation cost index: 18 homes, with a median of RM158 per sq ft.
The index notes that keeping a newer tower’s fitted kitchen and wardrobes and spending on furnishing lands near RM57 per sq ft. Its lowest records, two Star Residences homes of 948–1,400 sq ft, came to RM56,000–80,000.
A TRX home that keeps its handover should sit towards that end: about RM48,000 for an 850 sq ft 2+1. That is well below the Curated range above, which prices the kitchen, wardrobes and air-conditioners as new.
Nearby, with their own pages: KLCC, Bukit Bintang & TRX · Core Residence TRX · Star Residences · Oxley Towers KLCC
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Your TRX Residences home: kitchen, study and laundry
Is it worth replacing the Italian kitchen in a TRX Residences home?
Rarely. The cabinets came from Italy in 2024, with SMEG appliances and a fridge. New handles, lighting under the wall units, or a stronger hood if a wok goes on most nights usually do more for the money than a new kitchen.
Where does the washing machine go?
The homes were handed over without one, so it’s an early decision. We find its place on the site visit, perhaps in the kitchen run or a tall cupboard, and check water, drainage and power before you buy.
What can the study in a TRX two-bedroom become?
Whatever the household is short of: somewhere to work, a nursery, a bed for visitors or a dressing room. Every two-bedroom from 850 to 1,076 sq ft has one, as does the 721 sq ft one-bedroom. Designing it adds one room, RM3,565, to our fee.
Will new lights or air-conditioners still work with the TRX app?
Not automatically. The Smart Community App controls each home’s lighting and air-conditioning, so we check compatibility with management before a switch, dimmer or unit is replaced. Where a fitting can’t connect, you hear before it’s ordered and decide which matters more.
How much does it cost to furnish a TRX Residences two-bedroom?
Before our fee, renovation and furniture for an 850 sq ft 2+1 is estimated at RM133k–245k at Curated (Commune, Cellini, Poet Living) and RM284k–595k at Bespoke (Space Furniture, BoConcept, Molteni&C). Both price a new kitchen and wardrobes; keep Lendlease’s and it falls.
Can my TRX home be designed while I live overseas?
Yes. TRX Residences sold to buyers from 25 countries, so it’s a fair question. The first call can be by video, drawings and quotes are shared online, and we inspect each stage on site for you, wherever you are.
Your TRX home is nearly there. Shall we finish it together?
Tell us which of the 13 types you own, share a floor plan if you have one, say whether it’s home or a rental, and give us a figure to stay within. That first call is free, and you get your estimated fee in writing before you commit to anything.
Free · your fee is agreed in writing before we start