This place was a nightmare and Liz Freitas, the owner of this place is last person you want to have anywhere near your special day.
Rewind back to March 2018 when I booked or my wedding, I was excited and over joyed. The place is what we wanted and were excited to having for our May 2019 nuptials. They were also being managed by another Liz,(that at first glance I was in question of as well, but I was trying not to judge. But who wears a spaghetti strap, braless dress when they are way over the age limit of a senior discount coffee?) When looking at the place she showed us it was nice and yes it needed a few minor repairs. She also told us of "upgrades" that were happening. There was supposed to be an outside set of bathrooms built. There was going to be a full outside string lighting in the backyard area and the concrete area near the barn. Also there was going to be a new welcome area for cocktails in the front of the house.
While we were making our decision on venues the manager Liz had called my wedding planner and let us know if we paid $X.XX now before taxes then they would lower the rate, She indicted they needed to pay taxes and it would help them. ***That should have been my RED FLAG, We went with the venue for so many reasons and the FULL property was to be included.
Fast forward to June 2018 and they had a open house for there upcoming brides for the remainder 2018/2019. They introduced a new staff, including braless Liz. They said the bathrooms were coming, the lighting was going up, they offered other packages to use there vintage furniture for setting and we met there "PREFERRED" vendors and a new interactive website. Mind you when I went there the vendors were not impressive. The unimpressive lady they had taking initial walk in photos was rude and impossible to get a hold of after the event. Also in the rose bushes there was a dead rat hanging by its jaw. YES! A RAT HANGING BY ITS JAW and I removed it with a stick. It looked like someone had purposely put it there. I got it carried i on the stick and showed it to both Liz's and they acted lie it was an everyday occurrence. There were also multiple rat traps, raccoon traps and other traps near the "Man Cave". ***2nd RED FLAG
Fast forward to April 12, 2019 the night before my birthday. My wedding was scheduled for May 24, 2019. I have multiple parties staying at the facilities for housing. I was having my Wedding Ceremony, Dinner Rehearsal and guests the for the entire wedding for 3 days. I had my scheduled appt with my wedding planner and saw her, She said we were waiting for Liz Freitas, I asked why? She said, She cancelled the venue and cannot have weddings there. I LOST MY SHIT!
When Liz got there, I was a mess and tried to listen. She told me that she knew months ago she was having issues with the neighbors, and them recently purchasing the lot next door and not happing with events there. She said there were complaints, She First said she was served papers, then she said she was scared to be served papers. She said they had been giving her a hard time for months. I finally said, "Why didn't you tell us this back then and not wait till now to do this?", Her response was, "I thought it would be fixed by now"
I had many choice words for her. My mom, dad, Fiance, wedding planner were all there and and Ohhh, Liz brought her 3 year old daughter. (How professional) Mind you: The outside bathrooms never were put up so we already purchased portable ADA luxury restrooms, extra lighting was purchased, because the lighting was not established. My catering was paid for and determined in milage. My rehearsal dinner planner and set. I was getting married Memorial day Weekend so I had to plan early.
All this out the window! I went home and then checked Yelp and only then saw her recent reviews were horrible! Before when i booked they were good and positive, hence the reason I went to look, but I never had a reason to look back. Now I know I should have. This was a nightmare.
She was not willing to pay for my new invitations to go out after I found a new venue, I had to now get transportation (limo) My cancelation of the portables, I had to find a venue, a rehearsal dinner place EVERYTHING.
Liz then said she would offer me the place but I cannot have any events on the grounds. Come to find out, She only let me have access to the main house and that was a disaster. The day I got there. There was old liquid in the freezer like old ice cream melted and no one cleaned it up, there was old towels left in the rooms, the Cable did not work in the bed rooms an the lighting did not work. There were fixtures that were just laying on the floor and junk thrown in the rooms. I arrived on Wednesday, That Thursday, I had the cleaning lady, the Direct TV, the Maintenance guys all at there. So much for relaxing! Then the gardener came on my wedding day. I hope for Karma! read more