Renovation Contractor
in Bandar Sunway

Local facts last reviewed 29 September 2026. Sources are listed at the end of the page.

Sunway started out in 1974 as a company working in tin mining, quarrying and construction. In 1980 its founder set out a plan to turn the disused mining pools of this site into a new township, and construction of Sunway Lagoon began in 1986 — the theme park sits about 150 feet below the surrounding ground level, which tells you how deep the old workings went. Menara Sunway followed in 1993, Sunway Pyramid in 1997 and Sunway Medical Centre in 1999.

Sunway now describes the 800-acre township as home to a community of about 200,000 people who live, work or study there, with more than 30,000 trees, and says it was the first fully integrated township recognised as a Green Township by the Green Building Index (2012). For a homeowner, the useful part of that history is simpler: much of the land was mining ground, the student population is large, and two local authorities share the address book.

Bandar Sunway in figures

Which council, which form

If your assessment bill says MBSJ (PJS 7, 9 and 11 and most of the township), smaller jobs use MBSJ’s Permit Kerja-Kerja Kecil. The form’s fee table is short: RM100 to process the permit, RM100 for the permit to place building materials and a RM250 construction-debris deposit, the last two applying to the first six categories of work (floor and wall finishes, toilet fittings, in-situ worktops and cabinets, plaster ceilings and changing an awning roof). If a RORO bin has to stand in a public parking bay, MBSJ charges RM10 per bay per day plus 6% SST on that rental.

The same MBSJ list goes further than most homeowners expect. It covers solar PV, rainwater harvesting tanks, sun-shading panels and automatic gates, and sets size caps on small garden structures: a movable shrine, a greenhouse or a pet house of no more than one square metre, and a fish pond no deeper than 0.5m. Exterior repainting of shop offices, shophouses and terrace factories using a skylift or scaffolding also needs the permit.

If your bill says MBPJ (the northern sections), the relevant documents are MBPJ’s minor-works form PB.B13 and, for standard add-ons, the pelan setara form PB.B04. PB.B04 is where the local history bites: it asks for a structural plan and reinforced-concrete calculations for housing on former mining land and ex-landfill sites, and PJS is one of the areas it names. Strata owners on either side need a consent letter from their JMB or management corporation before applying.

Living on reclaimed mining ground

Sunway’s own timeline makes the point that the township was built on abandoned mining pools. On ground like that, it is sensible to treat long cracks in porch slabs, boundary walls and ground-floor tiles as something to diagnose before refinishing. A hollow-sounding floor tile can be nothing more than failed adhesive, but where several appear together, or a crack runs through the slab beneath, an engineer’s view is cheaper than re-tiling twice.

The other defining feature is the student and staff population. Sunway College opened in 1987 and Monash University Malaysia’s campus followed in 1998, so a good share of homes here are likely to be rented out. For landlords, the recurring work tends to be the turnover list — wardrobe doors, cabinet hinges, grilles and a deep clean between tenancies — rather than full renovations.

Owner-occupiers who stay put usually face the opposite brief: a first proper renovation of a home bought decades ago, with bathrooms and kitchens stripped back to the slab. That is the kind of job where the MBSJ debris deposit and a RORO bin come into play.

Old mine pools, lakes and drainage

The lakes and the sunken Lagoon are the visible remains of the mining era. For renovation, the practical consequences are about water and ground: keep rainwater from car porches and paved yards flowing to the drain rather than pooling against the house, and pay attention to where downpipes discharge before you extend a roof. Because MBPJ singles out PJS for structural calculations on its extension form, it is reasonable to expect the same caution from an engineer on the MBSJ side too. MBSJ’s 2018 construction-waste briefing places PJS 7, 9 and 11 in its first planning block for panel RORO contractors.

MBSJ’s minor-works conditions also make the owner responsible for fire safety during the works and for keeping debris out of the way of traffic, and they require the site to be cleared once the job is done. On narrow residential lanes that usually means booking the bin and deliveries around neighbours’ parking, not just the council’s permitted hours.

Common Bandar Sunway requests

We do not have a Sunway-specific cost guide yet, so these national guides cover the jobs asked about most here:

• Floor tile replacement — hollow or cracked tiles, and when to look beneath them first.
• Popped floor tiles — why tiles lift and how to tell adhesive failure from a slab problem.
• Wardrobe repair — door, hinge and runner fixes between tenancies.
• Move-in / move-out cleaning — handover cleaning for rented units near the campuses.
• Hacking works — stripping bathrooms and kitchens back to the slab, with debris disposal.
• Strata renovation rules — what your JMB or MC can require before work starts.

Bandar Sunway and the PJS sections

We cover the MBSJ side (PJS 7, 9 and 11) and the MBPJ side around PJS 5, PJS 6 and Sunway Mentari.

Beside Bandar Sunway

Next-door areas with their own pages:

• Subang Jaya — the SS sections across the KTM line, also MBSJ.
• USJ (Subang Jaya) — UEP Subang Jaya to the south-west, reached by the BRT.
• Petaling Jaya — MBPJ’s home ground, north of the Federal Highway.
• Kelana Jaya — SS4–SS7 on the MBPJ side.
• Puchong — south across the LDP, mostly MBSJ.

Sources & official references

The local facts on this page were checked against the sources below on 29 September 2026. Council procedures, forms and fees change — confirm the current position with the council before you start work:

• Sunway Group — milestones — 1974 origins in tin mining; 800-acre mining-pool site; Lagoon 150 ft below ground; campuses; township figures.
• MBSJ — minor-works (renovation) permit form — work categories, size caps, fees, debris deposit, parking-bay charge.
• MBPJ — Form PB.B13 (minor works, 2024) — MBPJ side: checklist and JMB/JMC letter.
• MBPJ — Form PB.B04 (pelan setara) — structural calculations for ex-mining land naming PJS.
• MBSJ (then MPSJ) — construction-waste briefing (2018) — RORO panel zones listing Bandar Sunway PJS 7, 9 and 11.