We held our annual CablesAndKits Christmas party here for the second year in a row this past December and it was fantastic as usual! I wanted to take a few minutes to give an overview of our experience and opinion of the facility.
The property is made up of three primary components.
First, A wonderfully restored and decorated historic home (late 1800's?) which is the main entry point. It has a beautiful front entrance and foyer which is great for receiving (and funneling) your guests through a central entrance. This worked great for us because our photographer got pictures of each couple as they arrived. We had hors d'?uvres available in the dining room and our employees and their guests were able to grab those and mingle in the main house before our main event started. It works out great because there are lots of conversation pieces in the home including antiques and neat knick knacks, not including the neat architecture of the home itself. There were a lot of places to stand, congregate, and talk and while there were some places to sit there were not so many as to encourage people to sit around and not mingle which is what you want in an event like a Christmas party.
Secondly, they have a nice green decorated up outdoor space for outdoor weddings and stuff like that. I have never really taken the time to go check it out but I know it?s nice, you can tell that from the road!
Lastly, you have the hugified banquet/reception hall at the rear of the property. I think it probably holds maybe 200-250 people or so by the looks of it. We had less than 100 people at our party and the way the tables were spaced kept the room from looking empty, but it could have held a LOT more people. There is a dance floor, a corner dedicated to a DJ if you want/need one, an area off the main floor for setting up food, and of course a prep kitchen. The bathrooms are HUGE, you could party in there. And, like the main house, this place is well decorated. You know when you go one of those places and think to yourself ?I could never decorate like this, it must have taken YEARS to find all this stuff? ? this is that place. Everything is ?finished?, top notch.
Now, I saw a review prior to this one and want to comment on Mary, the owner. The truth is ? she IS spastic, ?.. but, in a good way. She has a lot of passion for what they do and pours that into each event. I forget what it was, but there was something where she came to us and said ?Your [DJ/Caterer/Some Vendor] needs to go ahead and start doing XYZ or you are going to get started late?. Our goal was a smoothly timed event, and she was right, so her comment was well received and much appreciated. We did exactly what she recommended. You have to keep in mind, she does this 2,3, and sometimes 4 times a day. She knows what she is talking about. As a business owner I will also comment on what the last person said about ?double booking?. If you have an event facility you would be in the business of renting that space. There are roughly 8 Friday or Saturdays in a month and everyone on the planet wants to get married of have their event on one of them. Some people want a morning wedding, some want a noon wedding, some want an evening wedding. Sooooo ? You might have a TRIPPLE booking in a day ? and? If a typical wedding is X hours and you want more than that, BOOK MORE. Not sure I see the issue here but want to defend them on this topic because it is silly to complain that someone else will be booked for the same day!
Overall, I think this is a great venue in a great location with accommodating and passionate owners willing to go out of their way to make sure you have the best event possible. I would recommend this venue to anyone looking for a quality location. It?s not cheap but you get what you pay for and it?s worth every penny. Too bad I cannot give them 6 stars!
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