Renovation Pre-Check
A free two-minute read that routes the project and readies the brief.
Start Pre-CheckDecision to done — without the drag.
It can look like a lot. It's really one engine with five moves — and every part of ELS exists to speed up exactly one of them. Not a menu to browse; a path that takes a Sarawak home from “I have an idea” to “it's built and it matches”, faster at every step.
DefineDesignSpecifyCoordinateVerify
What are you trying to achieve?
Start from the outcome, not a product list — each goal jumps you to the ELS decision that settles it.
More storageOne in-cabinet storage tier across the rooms that need it.Wet-zone durabilityThe right material for each moisture zone.Better kitchen workflowLayout, zones and clearances planned before the walls close.Better natural lightBorrow light and air between rooms without losing separation.Lower budgetSee what each budget band actually builds — and what it skips.Premium appearanceChoose a design language and hold it across the whole home.
How ELS thinks
The ELS Whole-Room Decision System.
A room is not a pile of products. It is a system of air, water, power, light, openings, surfaces, storage and furniture — resolved together, not chosen one product at a time.
AIRVentilation · AC · extraction
LIGHTDaylight + lighting scheme
POWERSockets · data · circuits
WATERSupply · drainage · wet zones
One room
OPENINGSDoors · windows · screens
SURFACESFloor · wall · ceiling
CABINETRYStorage + joinery
FURNITURELoose-furniture fit
ALUMAX supplies any one of these. ELS decides how all eight work together.Explore the Whole-Room Decision System
Move 01 · Define
From overwhelmed to a defined brief.
Accelerates defining the project — Understand the risks, scope and budget before anyone quotes.
Puts the scope, risks and budget on paper first, so quotations can be compared.
How You Live
Twelve Sarawak lifestyles decide which decisions matter most — lifestyle first, style second.
Find your lifestyleWhat Your Budget Builds
RM20k–200k split three ways — ALUMAX products, ELS design, trades — over five worked cases.
See the budget splitServices & Fees
Three services with published starting fees, so the paid line is clear from the start.
Compare ELS servicesMove 02 · Design
From a brief to a resolved room.
Accelerates designing the room — Resolve the whole room — layout, style and every decision — not one product at a time.
Narrows the choices to the decisions that matter for your room.
Full Room Scope Builder
Mark the whole-room scope; produce a coordinated brief, never a self-serve total.
Build the room scopeRoom Decision System
Every decision in a room, shown three ways: in use, in cost, in look.
Explore the decisionsDesign Languages
Five residential design languages — curated colour & material systems, adapted to your actual property.
Browse design languagesDesign Library
A filterable reference of concept images — a starting point, not the design itself.
Explore the libraryMove 03 · Specify
Every choice settled on paper, for procurement and trade coordination.
Accelerates specifying the build — Decisions settled on paper in one specification — subject to site verification, specialist design and any required approvals.
Settles the decisions a render leaves open, before anything is ordered.
Design + Specification
The room specified — layout, materials by moisture zone, M&E, the lot.
See what the spec includesSample Deliverables
The 11 documents ELS produces — elevations, M&E overlay, material schedule.
Review sample deliverablesThe Specimen Pack
13 illustrative specimen sheets, showing what ELS prepares for the trades.
Open the specimen packMove 04 · Coordinate
One plan, a recommended order, hand-offs checked.
Accelerates coordinating the build — Trades work to one approved scope, with a recommended sequence that avoids doubling back.
Helps identify and manage trade clashes before they become larger problems.
Renovate in Phases
One masterplan, built in reversibility order. Plan phases to reduce avoidable demolition and repeated work.
See the phasing planRenovation Coordination
ELS recommends trade dependencies and tracks agreed interfaces and checkpoints.
See coordinationSite Readiness
What must be true on site before ALUMAX supplies and installs.
Check site readinessHow We Document
The 13-stage capture standard each job will be recorded against.
See the capture standardMove 05 · Verify
The render, compared with what was built.
Accelerates verifying the result — Compare approved design intent, documented changes and verified completed work.
Helps show where the built room differs from the render, and why.
Proof
Before → render → drawing → built, side by side.
See the proofQC Checklist
The staged quality checklist each job will be checked against, at the hold-points its scope includes — snags and all.
Open the QC checklistProject Library
Each frame and client note will fill in as projects are completed and verified.
Explore project libraryDesign Studies
Real Sarawak problems worked through — clearly labelled concept, not finished homes.
Read the studies
Skip to your situation
The same engine — pre-loaded for you.
By Property Type
Terrace · semi-D · apartment · older home · flood-risk · shoplot · developer · longhouse & rural.
Find your property typeBy City
Sibu · Kuching · Bintulu · Miri · Mukah · Kapit · Samarahan — each renovates differently.
Find your cityBy Budget Band
What an RM10k / 20k / 50k / 100k renovation realistically reaches.
See the budget bandsWhat makes the engine premium.
Every choice, three ways
The 3-Impact rule
Every choice shows its impact on use, cost and look — never just “better” or “dearer”.
Three sites, one ecosystem
One ecosystem, three views
Buy → ALUMAX · Learn → design.alumax · Plan → ELS. No site does another’s job.
Trilingual & local
Trilingual, Sarawak-built
English · Chinese · Bahasa Malaysia, written for Sarawak — not translated from KL.
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