This place has the potential to be an amazing venue if only the owners weren't quick to make a buck before making good on what they offer.
Without going into too many details (I will if you would like to contact me, I have photos to prove my points as well as several witnesses) I will just let you know the quick version of what was wrong with this venue.
We rented the venue from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. but the bride was not able to get into the bride "shack" until after 3 p.m. to get ready because they were still trying to finish the electricity (wedding was supposed to start at 5 p.m.) The doors had to be left open for the bride and her party to get ready because the lighting was horrible. No place for the bride to sit and get ready in front of mirrors. Earwigs all in the brides netting of her wedding dress as well as under our bags. No window coverings on the bride shack. No A/C in the bride shack room.
Lets move on to the other stuff...The venue is hard to find off the road, especially for out of town guests who don't know the area. We were promised a sign out by the road with the wedding party information letting them know where the venue was. Not there...half our guests were late because they couldn't find the venue. The grass area was full of dog feces that myself and several guests stepped in, getting the dog poo on not only their shoes but their clothing as well. Door to the barn, filthy dirty with cobwebs all over it. Stair walls going up to the venue was full of cobwebs, guests had cobwebs w/flies in them on their clothing. Flies were so thick, we couldn't open up the balcony door.
We rented tables and chairs from them, they were supposed to meet me there to set up the table and chairs, nobody was anywhere to be found. We had to set them up ourselves...ok fine, not a big deal, but the table tops were all cracked and dirty and the chairs were also filthy dirty as well as dusty. When moving the chairs they had piled in the corner, we discovered mouse droppings and mouse urine which I had to clean up myself. Was told the place was cleaned on the 24th, nope, the floors were filthy and obviously not cleaned because of the dirt and mouse droppings everywhere. The mini fridge they provide was also dirty and had an empty ice bag in it. Obviously not cleaned either. Behind and under the bar area, junk piled so high, we couldn't get any of our stuff in there to store and had to leave our stuff on the floor behind the bar!
No running water, no sinks to pour out left over drinks. Luckily my caterer brought our drinks in jugs so I used them to empty all the cans and cups that had drink left in them. They had 2 trash bins in the venue with no trash bags in them. I had to bring my own trash bags along with my own hand sanitizer. Nowhere to put our garbage (luckily I brought my trash bags) so we have to leave them piled in the venue after we cleaned up. I was told the next day that there was a black trash bin on the property, but I was never told before hand and where they were, I have no clue.
They do not provide bathrooms so you have to get your own outhouse. Nor do they provide grooms rooms. One side of the venue has junked piled along with a trailer that has someone living in it (didn't know that tidbit until the wedding day).
One last thing, there were cats in the venue every time we turned around, that we had to pick up and put back outside. My son in law is allergic to cats along with other guests.
One of the owners was out of town the whole time so she relied on her husband, the other owner, who did not get things done as promised.
Another thing...the owner said some very inappropriate things in front of myself and our photographer, who was mortified. They also contacted one of our guests after the wedding because she is also getting married and let her know that she could come and look at the venue (she had contacted them previously and they said they weren't giving tours until end of October and she didn't know that she was one of our guests). Our guest told her that there is no way she would ever do her wedding there!
I would say, stay far, far away from this venue. Empty promises, filthy, inappropriate. read more
