A quiet 1,400 sq ft in Bangsar, rebuilt from the walls in.
Ten weeks. Four trades. One coordinator. A home that feels calm the moment the door opens.
Residential · Bangsar, KL · 2025 · 1,400 sq ft
From bare shell to warm home
The owners bought a twenty-year-old unit in Bangsar. The layout was good but every surface was tired — hollow walls, buzzing fluorescent lights, a kitchen that had been untouched since the building went up. They wanted a home that felt warm, textured, and intentional — a place where every switch, socket, and light was placed with thought.
A 1,400 sq ft condominium fully renovated over 10 weeks. The owners wanted a warm, layered home that felt calm the moment they walked in — nothing clinical, nothing trendy. We rebuilt every surface: walls stripped and re-plastered, full electrical rewire with concealed conduits, custom kitchen and wardrobe carpentry in European oak, and a three-zone lighting scheme that shifts from bright morning to soft evening with a single dimmer panel.
The constraint became the concept. Low ceilings ruled out pendants, so we leaned into recessed lighting with trimless downlights and indirect coves. The result is a space that feels taller than it is — light washes the ceiling plane and draws the eye upward.
- Type
- Condominium
- Location
- Bangsar, KL
- Size
- 1,400 sq ft
- Year
- 2025
- Scope
- Full wall preparation · Electrical rewire with consumer-unit upgrade · Custom kitchen and wardrobe carpentry · Three-zone lighting scheme · Plaster ceiling throughout
- Status
- Completed — 10 weeks
- + Lighting planning & arrangement
- + Wall surface preparation
- + Electrical works
- + Carpentry works
The transformation
Two decades of wear, stripped back and rebuilt. Every surface, every circuit, every line of light — reconsidered.
Before — original 2005 condition
After — full renovation
Fluorescent tubes
Warm trimless downlights on three dimming zones
Exposed surface wiring
Fully concealed conduits with labelled consumer unit
Hollow laminate cabinets
European oak kitchen and wardrobe carpentry
Cold white walls
Plastered walls in warm neutral tones throughout
The main living space. Trimless downlights wash the ceiling plane while LED strips behind the TV console add a soft evening glow. The dining pendant is the only visible fixture — a single ceramic shade at 2700K.
The wardrobe was the tightest piece — 2.4m ceilings with a bulkhead along one wall. Every shelf and rail was measured after plastering. Integrated LED strips activate on motion.
Master bedroom
The bedroom lighting is on its own dimming zone. Wall-mounted reading sconces flank the bed at 140cm — just above shoulder height when sitting up. No ceiling lights above the bed, only soft indirect light from the cove and the sconces.
Living room at dusk
Three lighting zones transitioning from day to evening
Kitchen morning light
Under-cabinet LEDs and trimless downlights at 3000K
Wardrobe motion sensor
LED strips activate on motion — soft glow inside the wardrobe
Details that make the difference.
Trimless downlight
Recessed flush with the plaster ceiling — no visible trim, no bezel. The light appears as a clean circle cut into the ceiling plane. 3000K, 36-degree beam, dimmable per zone.
Lighting planning
Shadow gap between wall and ceiling
A continuous 10mm shadow gap runs where the wall meets the ceiling. It separates the two planes and makes the ceiling appear to float. The gap conceals the LED cove strip that washes the ceiling with indirect light.
Plaster ceiling
Three-zone dimmer panel
A single wall panel controls three independent lighting circuits: living, dining, and cove. Each zone has a rotary dimmer — no app, no smart switches, just a tactile knob that clicks at off. The wiring was run in concealed conduits before plastering.
Electrical works
European oak kitchen cabinetry
Kitchen carcasses in European oak veneer with solid oak drawer fronts. Finger-pull grooves instead of handles. Soft-close hinges throughout. The grain runs continuously across adjacent doors — each sheet was book-matched before cutting.
Carpentry works
How we coordinated this project.
Site survey & brief
Measured the entire unit, photographed existing conditions, mapped every socket and switch position with the owners.
Wall preparation
Stripped old paint, repaired cracks, skim-coated all walls. Waited for plaster to fully cure before electrical rough-in.
Electrical rough-in
Ran concealed conduits, new circuits, consumer-unit upgrade. All socket and switch positions confirmed against furniture drawings.
Carpentry installation
Kitchen and wardrobe installed after walls were true and wiring was closed. On-site adjustment for final fit.
Lighting & final tuning
Trimless downlights fitted, cove LEDs installed, dimmers programmed. Scene-setting walk-through at dusk with the owners.
Designed for quiet evenings, warm light, and everyday comfort.
“The first evening after handover, we sat in the living room with just the cove lights on. It felt like the apartment had always been this way.”
— The owners, two weeks after moving in
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