Case study · Residential

Bangsar Link House

A dark 1980s link house opened up into one bright living, dining and kitchen floor for a family of five.

Sector: Residential
Location: Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Year: 2025
Size: 2,400 sq ft
Scope: Full design and build
Client: Private homeowners
Duration: 14 weeks on site
Services: Residential interior design, Renovation and build, 3D visualisation

The brief

The owners had lived in this 1980s link house for twelve years. Three small rooms on the ground floor meant the kitchen, dining and living areas never saw daylight, and the family of five spent most evenings in separate rooms.

They asked for one open floor where they could cook, eat and sit together, more storage for school things, and a home that stayed cool without the air conditioning running all day.

Our approach

Our engineer confirmed that two of the internal walls were not load-bearing; the third was replaced with a steel beam. A long skylight over the new kitchen brings light into the middle of the house.

We kept the palette quiet: white oak floors and joinery, limewashed walls, linen and a single brass line along the kitchen shelf. A full-height storage wall under the stairs holds bags, shoes and the school run.

The result

The family now spends evenings on one floor. Daylight reaches the dining table from 8am to 6pm, and the owners report using the living room air conditioner far less than before.

Weeks on site: 14
More usable floor area: +22%
Linear metres of storage: 18 m