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    Simple Wonders Landscape and Design

    3.9 (7 reviews)
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    This is the first time I leave a review in yelp and Elemental Design Group is that worth it. We…read morewere expecting a baby in mid-May and looking to get our backyard done in early April. That's a crazily tight timeline especially when all contractors are all busy this summer in the bay area. The result and the process are both fantastic, and my wife and I absolutely love it. We have a very small backyard and we are glad Rhadiante doesn't mind it's a small project and is very helpful all the way until it's done. She met us early April to quickly go over the design and drew it out immediately. When picking contractors, we had a hard time getting a contractor who can deliver in such a short time, so Neil picked up this project. We are really happy to see it done within 2 weeks, with beautiful stone flooring, a nice handcrafted bench, and very fine details everywhere. Neil loves his job and is a really nice person to talk to. Rhadiante is the best, she frequently followed up on the progress and treated us like good friends. She also helped us to save money, listing the cost of every item in details and discussing with us. We have never hired a contractor to do remodeling/landscaping before so don't really know what to expect, but they blew away any possible expectation we could've set. I highly recommend Elemental Design Group and will not think anyone else next time we need to do any landscaping work.

    I started working with Elemental Design Group in June 2025 to design and construct a large backyard…read morerenovation including a pool, decking, and landscaping. From the beginning, we established a budget not to exceed $300,000 and a deadline to complete no later than May 2026. Rhadiante Van de Voorde, the owner and lead designer, recommended a local contractor that she had worked with on other projects. The original estimate came in at $253,500. I loved the design, it was estimated under my all in budget, and I was assured the project would be completed by the deadline for a large family gathering. I was thrilled! Unfortunately, there were significant issues with the contractor from the beginning. Poor communication by the contractor required multiple on-site meetings to get the project back on track. The contractor was late for the third meeting and while we waited for him, Rhadiante realized he had dug the hole for the pool (16'x30'x7') in the wrong location. When I told her that was unacceptable and he had to be let go, she left my house in tears, while I dealt with the fallout. I hired another contractor also recommended by Elemental Design Group. But ultimately, the project was not completed until 3 months after the deadline and was significantly over budget. While the design was beautiful, according to every contractor that worked on the project, the plans were incomplete which ultimately led to the cost and schedule over-runs. The lack of detail in the drawings led to the following significant change orders. Rhadiante Van de Voorde, the owner and lead designer, miscalculated the retaining wall needed to adequately address a steep slope adjacent to the pool. The contractor gave me two options: increase the retaining wall from 3' to 7' or add a second retaining wall to terrace the slope. I chose to add the second retaining wall which added $20,000 to the budget. The plans for the deck drainage system was not detailed enough for the contractor to actually build. This led to another $20,000 change order. Additionally, there is a long list of mistakes, work stoppages, and work having to be re-done multiple times due to lack of detailed plans. Some examples include finishing details for the retaining walls, irrigation, fence relocation, and more. Due to significant cost overruns, I also had to reduce the scope of the project, including a 200sf deck with shade structure, which would have served as a seating area, structural/sound barrier and privacy screen. Lastly, while the project has been completed, the contractors, all recommended by Elemental Design Group, have left my property in disarray. In addition to leaving tools, equipment, building materials for me to apparently deal with; they also damaged my driveway, damaged my entry gate, and destroyed a gravel parking pad used by my elderly parents. After eliminating a significant design element (deck and shade structure) and before repairing my property, the current cost is almost $100,000 over budget. The most disheartening part is that Rhadiante has taken zero responsibility. Instead, she has pointed her finger at her own contractors. And of course, her contractors are pointing their fingers back at her. And I am left to reconcile how to complete the project and repair my property when I am approximately $100K over my budget. Pictures are of the debris piles left by the contractors and the torn up gravel drive/parking pad that is so rutted, my parents cannot safely park or walk on it to enter their front door. This project is in Monterey, CA.

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