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Services Provided
Pool Remodeling, Swimming Pool Construction, Swimming Pool Design, 3D Rendering, Custom Fire Pits, Custom Water Features, Drafting, Drought Tolerant Landscaping, Garden Design, Gazebo Design & Construction, Hardscaping, Site Planning, Construction Drawings, Deck Building, Masonry, Trellis Construction, Complete design of exterior living spaces, Landscape design, Guest house design
Areas Served
Glendale, Paradise Valley, Phoenix, Rio Verde, Scottsdale, Mesa, Chandler, Sedona, Prescott, Tucson, Apache junction, Gold Canyon, Gilbert, Nation Wide, Hawaii
Awards
“Master of the Southwest” - Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine “Coolest Pool Designer” - Phoenix Magazine "Design Icon" Sources for Design Magazine “Trend Setter” - AZ Magazine “Advisory Board Member” - Garden Design Magazine
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Business Details
Business Name
Bianchi Design
Phone Number
(480) 314-0048
Website
Address
Address Upon Request
Phoenix, AZ 85032
Typical Job Cost
$200,000 - 5,000,000
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Credentials
43 Reviews for Bianchi Design

Bianchi as Designer, provided concepts for 3rd parties to execute, not General Contracting or Project Management.
Desert Foothills Landscape (DFL) was hired by the client as Contractor to execute the concept. DFL self-managed the procurement of costing, engineering, permitting, scheduling, and labor, and led communications during the build, while Bianchi provided Design support as the HOA asked for edits, and as DFL implemented the project.
Bianchi’s fee, defined as a percentage of contractor cost, was reduced to the agreed total fee when the client omitted shrubs and cacti, but retained landscape items of trees, drainpipe, decorative rock, and turf.
COVID’s impact on the Contractor’s timeline delayed trade availability and permit approvals beyond anyone’s ability to predict or control. The client dismisses this reality, fixating blame on Bianchi & withholding his final $4,000 payment inappropriately.
Omitted details are revealed below:
CLAIM 1: "Bianchi was unavailable during 8/21 & 9/21 due to personal reasons." This infers Bianchi prioritized himself over commitments.
REBUTTAL 1: Bianchi was hospitalized with COVID on 8/14/21, isolated 40 days, spending several weeks in ICU. Fellow patients did not survive. He alone returned home on 11/14 after 90 days. Bianchi communicated and worked from the hospital as health allowed, attempting to remain available, moving projects forward in the middle of an extreme personal crisis.
CLAIM 2: "The design took 32 weeks until Jan ’22. Drawings delayed until ‘23 after much prodding."
REBUTTAL 2: Bianchi began recovery, showing his design on 12/30/21. Drawings were sent early January ’22, fulfilling contract 1 of 2. Delays into ‘23 is a false claim.
CLAIM 3: "It took 15 weeks to provide a proposal & budget, exceeding the 4-8 weeks stated in agreements, but we paid Bianchi’s 50% deposit" (for contract 2 of 2).
REBUTTAL 3: Multiple revisions involving the client extended the timeline. The client also contracted w/ DFL and paid their deposit directly, thus Bianchi was not in charge of DFL.
CLAIM 4: "We commissioned Bianchi to lead the project with his contractors."
REBUTTAL 4: Bianchi’s documents define his role as Designer only. DFL as Contractor led the project. This distinction clarifies the wrongful blame the client attributes to Bianchi for 3rd party delays.
CLAIM 5: "We asked Bianchi to submit designs ASAP to our HOA."
REBUTTAL 5: The client contracted Bianchi for HOA submittals 5 months after the design presentation. The sequence —construction documents, then HOA exhibits—was emphasized and documented, requiring 5 months.
CLAIM 6: "In the HOA submittal form, Bianchi promised a 3/31/23 completion."
REBUTTAL 6: The 6-month estimate based on pre-covid projects was not a contractual deadline. Once onsite work began, DFL’s construction took 6 months. What could NOT be predicted was DFL’s obstacles in securing qualified subs, engineering, and unusual permit delays.
CLAIM 7: "Bianchi demanded payment for hardscaping and landscaping, though neither had started."
REBUTTAL 7: Trees & drainpipes (landscape), concrete coping & firepit (hardscape) were proactively completed in advance of the shade structure while awaiting permits. Bianchi validated the invoice with the client, also reiterating the FINAL payment terms to avoid future conflict. The client then invited Bianchi to pick up a check, signifying consent with no further dissent expressed about EITHER payment.
CLAIM 8: "We terminated Bianchi and withheld the final payment because landscaping hadn’t commenced."
REBUTTAL 8: Bianchi, having just completed his final landscape task of grass and decorative rock layout with the contractor, submitted his final bill. This triggered the client’s “termination” of Bianchi, asserting “If Bianchi felt entitled to payment, you’ll need to pursue legal means.”
CLAIM 9: "Bianchi took us to court. He lost due to delays attributed to him."
REBUTTAL 9: Small claims court time constraints only allow for cursory reviews. The clerk missed that DFL was contractor and orchestrator of schedules, and disregarded testimonies from industry peers echoing their COVID-era challenges. It is Bianchi’s and the Advisor’s belief that a higher court would have issued a judgement against the client.
CONCLUSION: Pandemic-related delays frustrated everyone. Empathy was extended to the client from Bianchi and DFL, but despite best efforts, this client was overcome by the construction process (not the design) and could not be won back as the project concluded.
Bianchi fulfilled the total of his obligations. The client received all services, disingenuously allowing Bianchi to continue working under the pretense that he would receive final payment. The withheld $4,000 is rightfully owed to Bianchi, as well as a retraction of the false claims spitefully made against him to injure his livelihood.


Kirk

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