Renovations among houses are increasingly popular due to high real estate demand. However, homeowners face challenges such as complex building regulations that vary by local authorities, making compliance difficult and confusing; cost constraints, as many renovate because they can't afford new homes, but find approval processes lengthy and expensive; and external impacts like traffic congestion, and overshadowing. These issues create discomfort for surrounding. Hence, this research aimed is to determine the understanding and investigate the problems faced by homeowners regarding Building Control Regulations for house renovations and recommend the strategies to enhance the awareness among homeowners regarding Building Control Regulations for house renovations in Selangor. Research methodology used quantitative through questionnaire form delivered through social media such as Facebook to the respondents. The data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software to perform descriptive analysis to obtain the result. This research focused on the homeowners under Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya. The total number of houses in these areas is 1,315 and the sample size selected for the study was 298. A total of 94 respondents had given feedback in the questionnaires. Frequency analysis was used to analyses the demographic of respondents while Cronbach alpha, mean and rank were used to analyse the data for all objectives. The study analysis showed that respondents aware that their local authority and aware the setback of their house cannot exceed as state in regulation. The problem that homeowners faced is the cost constraint which is the amount of money that needed to pay when submit design to local authority. Finally, the effective way to enhance the awareness is simplifying the permit application process would help homeowners understand and comply with regulation.