Interior Design TTDI (Taman Tun Dr Ismail)
TTDI — Taman Tun Dr Ismail — is the township Kuala Lumpur measures its neighbourhoods against. Laid out in the 1970s and left to mature, it runs from leafy terrace rows to semi Ds and bungalows on the quiet upper streets, with Bukit Kiara’s green edge holding the whole place together. Houses here pass between generations rather than between owners, and that changes the brief: the work is rarely a refresh before a sale — it is a house being readied for its next twenty years.
Blaine Robert Design is a luxury interior design firm working across Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia, and a turnkey design and build studio. We design the space, we source it, and we build it.
- Specialists in TTDI terraces, semi Ds and bungalow renovations
- Local authority submissions for structural work and extensions handled
- Discreet service with clear communication throughout
- Full design-and-build from concept to handover
- Senior-led projects across interior design and construction
We Design and Build in TTDI
Most interior design in TTDI is handed between an interior designer and a separate builder, and the difference between the drawings and the finished house is where the disappointment lives. We deal with that by removing the hand-off entirely. One team carries the project from concept to completion, and one point of contact answers for every detail of it.
Turnkey design means design and construction sit inside the same studio. Your designer walks the site with the people who will build it, and our interior design in Mont Kiara works the same way across Kuala Lumpur.
Our Interior Design Services in TTDI
The full scope of our luxury residential interior design service, applied to TTDI homes.
Space Planning and Concept
Every project opens with how you actually live. TTDI houses have been extended and reworked for fifty years — a dark terrace middle, a kitchen walled off from the family, an add-on that never quite joined the plan. Planning is where that is resolved, and you see it in 3D before anything is committed.
Materials, Finishes and Detail
Three decades of Blaine Robert’s craft, sourced across Asia-Pacific, sits behind our material choices. In a landed home that means specifying for real family use as well as for the climate: humidity-stable timber veneers, sealed stone and quartz in wet kitchens, and hardware that survives a household rather than a photograph.
Construction and Site Delivery
Our construction team builds what our designer drew. Site works, joinery, wet works, wiring and finishing run to one programme — and on landed property that includes the structural work, extensions and external elements a high-rise project never involves.
Project Management and Clear Communication
You get one contact, a live programme, and a transparent picture of where your budget is going. When something needs a decision you hear it early and in plain terms, not after it has become a delay.
TTDI Interiors, Room by Room
The living and dining spaces carry the vision, and in a TTDI terrace they usually need connecting rather than dividing. Kitchens repay the most attention — a proper wet and dry split, quartz surfaces, and extraction that suits how Malaysian families actually cook. Bedrooms want quiet and storage planned around real contents. Where the plot allows it, the best move is often opening the rear of the house to the garden.
Interiors Beyond the Home
Our Kuala Lumpur work rings TTDI: a luxury condominium at Solaris Parq, the Dorsett Hartamas show unit in Sri Hartamas, and a completed residence at Aira Residence in Damansara Heights. The same in-house team, the same standard, on live sites with real deadlines.
Renovating a Landed Home in TTDI
TTDI’s housing stock is nearly all mature — the township was laid out in the 1970s, and most houses have been renovated at least once since. What you can do — and what it costs — depends far more on what the last forty years did to the house than on the address.
Bungalows and Semi Ds
The format with the most freedom in Malaysia: your own façades, room to extend, and a genuine relationship between house and garden. Older TTDI landed homes were often renovated piecemeal over the years, so the first honest step is a survey — what is sound, what has been patched, and what has to be rebuilt properly before anything decorative goes near it. We would rather tell you that at the start than discover it behind a wall.
Approvals for Structural Work
Landed work in TTDI comes under the local authority rather than a building management office. Structural alterations and extensions need submission and approval before work begins, and we prepare that as part of the project.
Terraces and Newer Homes
TTDI’s terraces reward light and flow — opening the dark middle of the plan and giving the rear its proper connection to the garden. The township’s newer condominiums move the work from repair to precision: reworked kitchens, built-in storage sized to what you own, and material upgrades that change how the whole home reads. Condominium work adds a building management layer — our condo interior design guide covers how those approvals run.
How Long a TTDI Renovation Takes
A full renovation of a TTDI home typically runs sixteen to twenty-six weeks, depending on scope and on what the survey finds. Landed homes sit at the longer end when structural or external works are involved — extensions, roofing, façade changes — and older properties more often turn up something behind a wall. Where the work is structural, local authority approval has to be in place before site works can legally begin, and we build that submission time into the programme from day one.
Where the work is structural, local authority approval has to be in place before site works can legally begin, and we prepare that submission. You receive the programme before work starts, and you are told early if anything moves.
What Shapes the Cost of Interior Design in TTDI
What moves the figure in a TTDI project is scope rather than postcode: the amount of custom joinery, the material specification, whether structural or external works are involved, and the size of the house. Our bungalow design guide sets out how those variables behave on landed property.
Landed homes carry more of all four than an apartment does, which is why a per-square-foot estimate means little here. We quote after a site visit, itemised line by line, so the budget can be adjusted before anything is committed.
Under One Roof
Most firms in Malaysia design or build. We do both — an interior design studio and a construction team inside one company, which is what lets a TTDI project run to a single programme.
Interior Design
Concept, space planning, 3D visualisation, materials and lighting — the full design scope, led by senior designers.
Construction
Wet works, ceilings, electrical, structural alterations and finishing carried out by our own site teams. Managed construction keeps the drawings and the build answering to one company.
Featured Projects Around TTDI
Our completed work sits minutes from TTDI — a luxury condominium at Solaris Parq, the Dorsett Hartamas show unit in Sri Hartamas, and a completed residence at Aira Residence in Damansara Heights. The portfolio is the proof of the standard that arrives.
A luxury condominium interior at Solaris Parq — bespoke joinery, layered lighting and living spaces planned around the household, minutes from TTDI.
The Dorsett Hartamas show unit — a full residential interior by our team in Sri Hartamas, dressed to show exactly how far bespoke design and finish carry a space.
A completed residence at Aira Residence in Damansara Heights — contemporary furnishing and custom detail in one of Kuala Lumpur’s most established addresses.
Interior design TTDI clients choose us for one reason first: we design with conviction. Decadence over modesty is the default here, not the exception, and we would rather create a house that provokes a reaction than one that plays safe on a township’s standard specification.
Our luxury interior design services cater to clients commissioning full-home work on landed property and condominiums alike. We serve the ones who want the house to say something, who know their own style and lifestyle, and who want a studio that will build it rather than hand the drawings on.
Why Choose Blaine Robert Design as Your TTDI Interior Designer
A short drive from completed work at Solaris Parq, the Dorsett Hartamas show unit and Aira Residence in Damansara Heights.
Featured by Tatler Asia
Tatler Asia published a home tour of a modern bungalow we designed in Selangor — where, in Tatler’s words, everything was bespoke and custom-made by Blaine Robert Design — and carried Blaine Robert’s design tips for a luxe bedroom.
Loud Luxury, Delivered Under One Roof
Interior design and construction sit inside one company, so the wardrobe drawn in your 3D visual is the wardrobe that gets made. One contract, one schedule, one accountable team.
Recognition to match: Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2021, ATAP Design Awards 2021, Qanvast Design Awards 2021 and 2023, MIIP 2022, and ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management.
A Studio That Works Across Borders
Blaine Robert is an invited judge of the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards, and the studio was named in PropertyGuru’s 10 Best Interior Design Firms in Malaysia, 2026 edition. TTDI sits inside a practice that works across Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and beyond.
Frequently Asked Questions About Interior Design in TTDI
How much does interior design in TTDI cost?
It depends on the size of the home, the amount of custom joinery, the material specification and whether structural or external works are involved — scope moves the figure far more than the postcode does. We quote after a site visit, itemised line by line, and the budget is agreed with you at the start rather than discovered at the end.
How long does a TTDI renovation take?
Do I need approval to renovate in TTDI?
Have you completed projects in TTDI itself?
Do you work on terraces as well as semi Ds and bungalows?
Can you renovate older TTDI homes?
Which interior design styles suit TTDI homes?
What does a turnkey design-and-build service include?
Do you build custom furniture and bespoke kitchens?
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Speak to Us About Your TTDI Property
TTDI homes reward a studio that designs and builds. The houses are mature, the work is often structural, and the difference is made by one team carrying it end to end. Tell us about the property and we will come back with a considered point of view and a clear next step.