My journey with this Venue started a few months ago in September. I was assisting in hosting a 50th Birthday party for a friend of mine. My Friend found this venue and booked it, even so she had some concerns. One being that the venue is actually a church. However, it was affordable and looked decent and most other venues were booked up. My friends package included, set up, clean up, catering and other amenities, such as table cloths, chair sashes etc.. My friend paid for 6 hours (7 pm to 1 am). When my friend asked the owner of the venue ( Judy ) to allow the DJ in to set up, she informed her that there would be an extra charge ($100 ). Of course she paid it, (as to not have the Dj setting up in front of the guest as the party was to start). The night of the party, Judy delivered the food that was to be served (buffet style) and was instructing US on where and how to put it out. Issue being that my friend paid for SET UP AND CLEAN UP. My friend should not have lifted a finger.
The closer the date came to the event, Judy consistently tried to convince my friend to hire/ include an attendant to the package for $25 an hour. When my friend asked why would we need an attendant., she replied to help clean up, keep restrooms stocked and maintained, take out trash etc., Mind you, clean up was part of the package . Judy made a comment durning our initial visit to the venue that she wouldn't "nickel and dime us" when we asked hypothetical questions regarding any unforeseen extras. But unfortunately, it seems like that's exactly what she did. In any event., After all was said and done., We had a lovely time. We enjoyed ourselves and it turned out beautifully. The Venue (church) was spacious, had sufficient parking and was affordable. The construction leading to event was a bit annoying, but not the fault of the venue. My friend was not too pleased with the process but enjoyed her birthday!
More Currently, It's now April. Another friend was planning a Baby Shower for her daughter and needed a venue. Everywhere we called was booked up or way too expensive. Although I was reluctant, I recommended Events at New Beginnings. Simply because at this point, we were close to desperate and Besides that, my friend didn't need a "whole package", she just wanted to rent the venue with some tables and chairs. No Biggie!
My friend leaves a deposit of $150. After bill had been pain in full, we later asked if there were a Bluetooth speaker we could use for the party. Judy said yes for $25. ( No problem) I asked her how to pay and she said to bring it the day of the party since bill was closed out ( I assumed).
In conclusion, We were not eligible to get our $150 deposit back because we didn't pay for the speaker (subtract $25 - which we don't debate) there was some crumbs on the carpet ( pics will be attached on this review) and she found a capri sun straw wrapper and mini pen (with crumbs), and apparently we left lights on, (when we remember shutting them all off) and some food debris inside the sink drain., Apparently we were denied the deposit also because of our early arrival ( 15 minutes). So again, Place was decent looking. This time around the venue / church was painted so walls were fresh. However there was a huge wooden wedding arch thingy in the middle of our baby shower that did not go with our decor,( she claimed it couldn't be moved), also, the ENTIRE VENUE/ CHURCH was literally set up for CHURCH. We had to remove ALL the tables and chairs ourselves that took up most of the time we paid for to "PARTY". The construction was still going on in the street as you pull in to the venue. I like to consider myself a pretty honest and fair person. I know we for sure owed the money for the speaker, but if you take a look at the pictures attached, you can see for yourself that Judy was being a little extreme. And Hey, I get it, We are all in it to make money. Cool. But really.... 15 minutes early??? A few crumbs?? They must have really searched that ENTIRE venue/ church for those crumbs.
I had at least 3 more events coming up that I almost considered renting New Beginnings for again. Unfourtantly, I will not.
If money is not a big deal to you and being "nickel and dime" is not an issue that I definitely recommend this place. I gave it 3 stars because it was spacious and there was sufficient amount of parking. read more