Geller-Seibel Rhonda Aia

I recently purchased a home in the Palisades that had great potential but a series of challenges. Despite years of real estate experience I soon realized I was way over my head. As luck would have it I was introduced to Rhonda Geller. She instantly understood the the project, listened to my «needs and wants», looked at the problems as challenges and was able to designed and create a home that is far beyond my expectations.
Rhonda’s style and creative energy took this «ugly duckling home» to where it needed to go. There were several structural and pre existing conditions that were not easy to rectify but BAK Architects found a way. Rhonda did understand my budget and worked within the guildlines presented.
My background is in retail and it was always a challenge to find a designer/​architect that could blend «form and function»…Rhonda has this talent. It needs to be beautiful but more important it needs «to work» and be comfortable.
I could not recommend a person higher. Rhonda is great to work with, open to suggestions, but not willing to allow me to make any big mistakes.
Tried to give 6 stars, but not possible!
Rick C

Pretty and creative design for a new house. BUT made numerous architectural design mistakes. She selected two tub showers that leaked to the floor below. These had to be replaced and the bathrooms gutted. She would not take any responsibility for any of this. This was a very expensive repair. The contractor and tile sub did take some responsibility. They were great and I would highly recommend them. She designed our freezer with not enough wall space and freezer opens only half way. A bedroom closet has only enough height for single hanging items because she made the roof line too low. There isn’t enough room in one of the bedrooms for night stands on either side of bed. People make mistakes but these were very costly ones to make. An ethical architect would have assumed responsibility. These are only a few of her design flaws. She was also very difficult to work with.

When designing my medical office I wanted a warm, welcoming design with an open waiting area yet defined borders separating the reception area from the main office. The original architect I was working with came up with boring cookie-​cutter designs. Rhonda walked into the office and immediately sketched up the perfect solution. She designed arches that gave the office an open, welcome feeling while still keeping wall boundaries. Brian Hughes crafted the arches to look like old stone and it has been both functional and beautiful.
Rhonda also gave several suggestions to maximize and organize the space and enabled us to fit everything we wanted into the space with lots of room. I hope to have her design a home for us someday!