JL DESIGN & BUILDMELAKA / JOHOR / KUALA LUMPUR

Taman Asean old house transformation, in progress

JL Design & Build is transforming an older two-storey terrace house, starting at the front, where the yard has been broken out and rebuilt with new footings, ground beams and a reinforced slab. The photos show the house as it was in August 2025 and the front works in September 2026, and this page will be updated as the job moves inside and when it is finished.

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01 / Scope

What the Taman Asean old house transformation includes

Old house transformation (client’s brief), starting at the front
Front yard broken out and excavated
New footings and ground beams across the front yard
New reinforced slab poured over the whole front yard
Starter bars and column formwork going up at the front
New brick wall in the side passage
Indoor floor hacking and new pipework

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02 / How it went

Where the job is now

The house was photographed in August 2025: a stained two-storey terrace with an old awning-roofed balcony, an open-tread timber stair and original bathrooms. Work started in September 2026, when the front yard was screened with tarps and broken out by backhoe for footings. Ground beams were then cast, the slab mesh was laid and the whole front yard was poured as a new slab, and later that month starter bars and column formwork were going up. Inside, work so far is limited to hacking, new pipes and a new brick wall in the side passage.

We’ll add photos to this page as the job moves on.

03 / Before / after

Before and after

Front yard: old concrete to ground beams

The old yard surface along the tarp-screened boundary was dug out and replaced with reinforced ground beams and new pipes.

Taman Asean front yard edge being hacked, tarp hung on the boundary — During

Same Taman Asean front yard with ground-beam steel and new pipes in place — During

04 / Gallery

Taman Asean old house transformation photos

Rear of the Taman Asean house before works: rusty steel door, stained walls — Before

Open-tread timber staircase inside the Taman Asean house before works — Before

Original kitchen with L-shaped counter and grilled window, Taman Asean house — Before

Original squat toilet with high cistern and worn tiles, Taman Asean house — Before

Upper balcony with red floor under an old striped awning, Taman Asean — Before

Front yard fully excavated for footings between tarp screens, Taman Asean — During

Ground-beam steel cages laid in trenches across the front yard, Taman Asean — During

Ground beams cast around the front yard with new pipes, Taman Asean — During

Workers fixing slab steel mesh between tarp walls, Taman Asean — During

Freshly poured slab over the whole front yard of the Taman Asean house — During

New brick wall in the side passage, roof timbers exposed, Taman Asean — During

Steel mesh erected along a ground-floor wall inside the Taman Asean house — During

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