Best 5 Hotel Interior Renovation Firms in Selangor

Hotel renovation in Selangor is not a sandbox for portfolio expansion. It’s a technical contract that must keep a revenue-generating asset partially open. Most 3-star and 4-star properties in the state operate at 60% to 75% occupancy during weekdays, which means closing entire wings for 20 weeks is unacceptable. The firms below are relevant because they sequence their work floor-by-floor, handle the council and BOMBA submissions, and quote in per-room rates that can be compared directly.

1. Gamut Design

Gamut Design is a Petaling Jaya-based interior practice that concentrates on 3-star hotel guestroom refurbishments in Selangor’s western corridor. Their contracts are typical for properties built between 1997 and 2008: replace worn laminate flooring, re-tile bathroom wet areas with anti-slip porcelain, swap old 4-ton AHUs for inverter-driven units, and repaint corridor walls. A standard quote sits between RM18,000 and RM24,000 per room, excluding FF&E, with a 15 to 18-day cycle per floor for a 20-room wing.

The firm does its own BOMBA FC renewal paperwork for the guestroom floors, which is a departure from the usual practice of third-party fire consultants. They also name the council zone in their schedule — MBPJ for PJ hotels, MBSJ for Subang Jaya, and MBSA for Shah Alam — because each council has different inspection lead times. Gamut’s fixture suppliers are local: sanitaryware from SIG or Johnson Suisse used through MJB, and lighting from Huber or Tens.

2. Veritas Architects

Veritas Architects’ design-and-build division executes hotel renovations in Shah Alam and Klang, where many properties lack accurate as-built drawings. Their in-house mechanical and electrical engineers allow them to replace a hotel’s chiller plant, repipe the fire sprinkler system, and re-zone the PA system without issuing additional consultant tenders. That compresses the design-to-approval period to about seven weeks, compared to the 12-week average when a separate M&E firm is involved.

A specific project in Section 13, Shah Alam, involved a 220-key business hotel where all en-suite bathrooms were stripped down to the concrete slab and rebuilt with low-threshold showers, hydro-vent fans, and new drainage lines. Veritas handled the water shutdown and the reinstatement of fire-rated ceiling boards around the pipes. They are also registered with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), which allows smaller subcontractors to work under Veritas’ licence without the legal framework falling apart.

3. RSP Architects

RSP Architects’ hospitality refurbishment unit approaches hotel renovation as an asset-management exercise rather than a cosmetic exercise. They begin with a technical audit, producing a room-by-room condition report that scores floor, ceiling, partition, and M&E riser condition on a 1-to-4 scale. Hotels scoring 3 and below are then placed into a 3-year phased program. This is not standard practice among smaller contractors; it is more aligned with bank-backed owners or real estate investment trusts (REITs) that require a 10-year capital expenditure roadmap.

RSP also runs the tender process for facade repairs, including grouting, cleaning, and replacement of curtain wall gaskets. Their team interfaces with JKR for any road-opening permits, which is required when a hotel’s chiller plant or generator sits at the boundary of a council-maintained road. Hotel owners who do not have a dedicated facilities team can assign RSP as the Superintending Officer’s Representative during the renovation, which removes the need to hire a separate project manager.

4. GDP Architects

GDP Architects is one of the oldest Malaysian architecture firms with a dedicated interiors and refurbishment arm. They are drawn into Selangor hotel projects when the renovation touches the building envelope, such as replacing a podium facade or adding an outdoor event lawn. For hotels along the Federal Highway corridor in Petaling Jaya, GDP’s recent work includes converting abandoned podium-level function rooms into exterior-facing event spaces, which involves the UBBL (Uniform Building By-Laws) 1984 approvals under MBPJ.

Their local value is in building-code knowledge. GDP’s team can identify whether a proposed hotel alteration violates the boundary setback regulations or the fire-resistance rating of external walls. They also handle negotiation with the landlord for strata-titled hotels, where a renovation on certain floors requires a building management committee (JMB) resolution. That is a real procurement hurdle in Selangor, where many older hotels are held under obsolete master titles.

5. Lekker Architects

Lekker Architects (Singapore) is included because their boutique hotel renovation work in Kuala Lumpur’s Chow Kit gives them direct relevance to Selangor owners who run independent 20- to 60-room properties. Their preference for exposed brick, poured terrazzo, and dark-stained timber is not aesthetic whimsy; these materials perform well in Selangor’s high-humidity environment and allow a fast maintenance cycle.

Their interior documentation is unusually granular. They separate shop drawings for joinery, tile setting, lighting, and M&E rough-in, which reduces the on-site ambiguity that drives change orders on lump-sum contracts. A typical boutique wing in Selangor, around 40 rooms, costs between RM28,000 and RM35,000 per room excluding FF&E, and runs for 12 to 14 weeks minimum, depending on how the old partition walls are removed. The firm pairs with local contractors endorsed by CIDB, since a foreign practice cannot sign the technical submission in Malaysia.

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Contract Conditions to Check

A hotel renovation contract in Selangor must include a per-room rate that covers demolition, false ceiling replacement, drywall, painting, and AHU access. It must also state, in writing, which party submits the BOMBA Fire Certificate renewal and the council’s building plan approval. If the contractor’s fee is based on a percentage of total cost, ask for the same breakdown in per-room terms so you can compare against a flat-rate quote.

Material escalation is the other area that trips up hotel owners. White cement, wire mesh, and imported tile prices in Malaysia move quarterly. A fair contract caps escalation at 8% on direct materials and requires written notice 14 days before any price adjustment. Anything beyond that shifts commercial risk entirely onto the hotel and should be renegotiated before the Letter of Award is issued.