Renovation cost index / Kuala Lumpur
What it costs to renovate a home in Seputeh
What your neighbours actually paid, home by home — then what the same work should cost, priced the way we price it.
Across 13 published renovation records for Seputeh and Taman Desa in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the median cost is RM136 per square foot, or RM325,000 for a whole home. The range runs from RM70 to RM290 per square foot, reflecting a neighbourhood that holds both city apartments and large bungalows.
The index, address by address
Every figure here is what somebody actually spent — published project records for these addresses, with the floor area they were spent on. Nothing on this page is a quote.
| Development | Built-up (sq ft) | Bed / bath | Spent per sq ft | Total spent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setia Sky Seputeh3 records · 7–17 weeks on site | 1,900–2,917 | 4 / 4 | RM121–140 | RM230k–RM400k |
| Sky Seputeh2 records · 16–24 weeks on site | 2,300–2,357 | 4 / 4 | RM148–283 | RM350k–RM650k |
| Taman Seputeh landed2 records · 16–20 weeks on site | 3,300–8,600 | 5 / 5 | RM70–127 | RM420k–RM600k |
| Tria Seputeh2 records · 8–12 weeks on site | 1,518–3,000 | 4 / 4 | RM100–132 | RM200k–RM300k |
| Avara Seputeh1 record · 8 weeks on site | 850 | 3 / 2 | RM188 | RM160,000 |
| Seputeh Heights landed1 record · 80 weeks on site | 6,900 | 6 / 6 | RM290 | RM2,000,000 |
| Taman Desa landed1 record · 20 weeks on site | 5,000 | 6 / 5 | RM100 | RM500,000 |
Four addresses carry two or three records each, which makes them the ones to lean on.
Four ways interior designers charge
Before you compare two quotes, work out which of these each one is. Three of the four move while your project is running.
Per square foot
A percentage of the build
One turnkey number
A fixed fee per room
Sundays in Bed
Same rooms. Any size. Same fee.
We are a residential interior design studio in Kuala Lumpur, and we charge a fixed fee for each room you want designed. Not a rate per square foot. Not a share of your build. A number you know before anything starts.
It means the number cannot drift once work starts. Moving walls changes what your contractor charges you, at cost — it does not change what we charge you. And because the fee follows rooms rather than floor area, a larger home costs less per square foot to design, not more.
| Home | Rooms priced | Our design fee | Per sq ft |
|---|
| Home | Built-up (sq ft) | What it cost | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| A home at Setia Sky Seputeh | 2,700 | RM250,000 – RM300,000 | RM93–111 |
| A home at Setia Sky Seputeh | 2,700 | RM600,000 – RM800,000 | RM222–296 |
Same building. Same 2,700 square feet. Up to 3.2× apart.
Price your own home
Choose your building. Set the size and the rooms. This runs the same model we use in the studio — in your browser, sending nothing anywhere.
Want this run on your actual home?
Tell us your rooms, your level and your budget. You will get the same three ranges back — and an honest answer about which one your budget really reaches.
Questions people ask
How much does it cost to renovate a home in Seputeh?
Across 13 published records with both a budget and a floor area, the median is RM136 per square foot and RM325,000 for a whole home. The range runs RM70 to RM290 per square foot, because Seputeh holds both city apartments and large bungalows.
Two of your own projects in the same building cost very different amounts. Why?
Scope, not size. Both are 2,700 sq ft at Setia Sky Seputeh. One kept much of the developer’s original handover and spent on furnishing, landing at RM93–111 per square foot. The other went back to bare structure, landing at RM222–296. Our design fee was identical on both, because the fee follows the rooms rather than the budget.
Does this cover Taman Desa?
Yes. Taman Desa records are included and tagged, since it sits in the same corridor and constituency. If it later gathers enough records of its own to support a separate median, we will split it out rather than keep averaging it in.
How does Sundays in Bed charge?
A fixed fee per room, agreed before work begins. It does not move with your budget, your finish level, or the contractor’s quote. Contractor works are quoted separately at cost, with no mark-up and no percentage of your build.
Do you work on bungalows and semi-detached homes?
Yes. They are tagged in the index and kept out of the condominium averages, because several include structural and architectural work rather than a straight fit-out. The calculator prices either — set the rooms and the size.
How this was built
- The recorded figures. 13 published project records for Seputeh, each with both a stated renovation budget and a stated built-up area. 12 of them name their development, so only those appear in the table. The headline medians come from the 8 that are fit-outs priced as interior design alone. Every figure is as published — nothing rounded, inferred or filled in.
- What they include. These are self-reported by the firms that did the work, and the scope is not consistent between them. Some fold loose furniture into the total. A few bundle structural and architectural work, which lifts them above a straight fit-out. Read any single figure as indicative, not audited.
- Our own figures. Our design fee comes from the same costing engine as our quote tool, and the contractor-works ranges in the calculator come from published rate bands for paint, flooring, kitchen, wardrobes, electrical, plumbing and loose furnishing. Where we show our own completed projects, those are our records, not estimates.
- What a real quote would add. Ceiling height. Hacking and structural work. Waterproofing. Management rules on working hours and lift access. How much of the developer's original finish survives. None of that sits in a per-square-foot average, and all of it moves a real number.
- Why sample size is printed on every row. 13 priced records for Seputeh proper is a thin sample, and only one address has more than one project behind it. Enough to place the market; not enough to quote an address-level rate, so we do not.
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