Kent educated me on the process of remodeling my home and found the right person to begin my remodeling project.

Read through all their reviews. You'll see a lot of compliments for Brian/Bongii, John, and Joshua, and one bad review for Kent Sezen, which I totally agree with. I feel somewhat bad writing this review just because I didn't have the fortune to work with the people that are good at this company. If you happen to get Kent Sezen, he is the weakest link. An engineer who is simultaneously rude and when called out on that rudeness, petulant and perhaps even vindictive. He ignores design constraints, and "phones-in" his work, says he's done prematurely and needs payment NOW (see prior review of Kent, its so true). He has a very large ego that is bruised easily. I will give him this: When I asked him to not treat my contractor like his personal secretary, he immediately responded "I quit", and I asked him to stay on because I thought he was over-reacting to me asking him to be nicer. I should've let him go at that moment and its on me that I didn't. At the sake of supporting his competent co-engineers, maybe they are worth using, but it's unfortunate they have tied themselves to this guy. read more

Having observed a crack in our ceiling, I found Sezen & Moon via a Google Search. When I called and spoke to Kent, he said, "before I charge you a lot of money to come out there and do anything, send me some pictures..." I did that. Kent pointed me in the direction of other sources and provided some potentials that may be the root cause. At no charge. This my friends, is service. Should I ever actually need structural engineering services, this is where I will go, without question. read more

I have completed a major renovation of a two-story home that included adding square footage on both floors and a complete re-floorplan of the interior. As I did a lot of the floorplan myself - just hand drawn, I began by trying to find a structural engineer to assess feasibility and went to Sezen & Moon (conveniently nearby). Joshua Carter was the engineer on my project. He was great! Always very responsive and explained to me in as much detail as I wanted to understand. He also made a few visits while we were in construction and pointed out some structural items that were missed by the contractor and inspector to have them fixed (e.g. strapping and anchors). Throughout the build, we also had a couple of design changes which Joshua assessed and gave the OK. I can highly recommend SMSE from my first-hand experience. read more

My contractor recommended their services to plan the removal of the wall between our dining room and kitchen. Not only were they knowledgeable, organized, and efficient, but they were incredibly friendly to boot. Super easy to work with and schedule meetings. Permit cleared easily. Highly recommend for large scale construction and remodel! read more

Brian Moon was very helpful and kind in performing a review of our structural issues at our church. Add to that, skilled and efficient. Thank you Brian! read more

I was trying to confirm if a wall in my house was load-bearing (I'd already taken down the drywall and was 99.99% sure it wasn't load-bearing, but just wanted someone to take a quick peek before I ripped the wood out). Sezen & Moon responded very quickly, and Kent had me send him some pictures of my house and the wall. He was able to confirm over email that the wall isn't load-bearing, and was super nice and helpful. The other companies I asked either didn't reply or wanted large sums of money ($600-1000) to take a 30 second look. I would highly recommend Sezen & Moon to anyone that needs structural engineering - they're quick to reply, know what they're talking about, and seem to be really great people. Thanks again, Kent! read more

We are currently remodeling our home in Palo Alto. We received 3 quotes for structural engineering, and Sezen and Moon's was competitive price-wise so we went with them. Since starting our project, we have had excellent customer service. Apart from the work on the initial design, our follow-up inquiries have always been answered promptly. The principal engineer on our project is Joshua Carter. We are working with an architect and a contractor so I can't speak to your experience if you are more of a DIY remodel. read more

Oh man - this place went above and beyond for us in so many ways. Having never gone through the design/remodel process, they really helped us get what we needed quickly and cost-effectively, as well as referred us to people that could help carry our project the rest of the way to completion. We encountered minimal pushback from the city and we were able to get designs approved quickly and easily. Our designer was Joshua, but we received helpful assistance from everyone we encountered there. Loved working with them! read more

We worked with Brian/Bonggi and were very happy with his professionalism, knowledge, promptness of response and fee. He suggested a range of specialty engineers for soil reports, etc. and alerted us to the fact that if we didn't get our permits in by the end of the year, we'd be facing new fee structures. Would definitely recommend read more

We hired SMSE engineering to do the structural engineering work for our remodeling project after they did a successful project for our next door neighbor. We live in an Eichler house on a concrete slab. SMSE and their lead engineer Joshua Carter did a great job on reviewing our architectural plans and working around all limitation of the Eichler design while staying true to the contemporary style of the house. Some of the suggestions they provided are very custom to our plan. Joshua, patiently listened to our requirements and worked closely with our architect to come up with the final design. During the execution, he made sure our contractor understands the requirements and follows their instructions. The outcome is great, and we are very pleased to had them in our side during the design, permit, and execution of our project. read more

Do not hire Kent Sezen unless you are willing to surround him with a team of people who he can blame along the way. From failure to put a scale on his drawings to failure to research the town's requirements for the structure he was engaged to engineer, his work was lacking tho his charges and demand for immediate payment was not. A two month disappearance capped of the experience of having nothing to show for $$$ spent. read more

John was responsive, accurate, and on point in all of our dealings to design a new 3 br, 3 ba, house with full basement. Highly recommended!