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| - This place is heavily OVERRATED! Honestly the pictures are incredibly deceiving on the graydon hall website. When I first saw it online I thought 'wow this place is stunning, I must have my wedding here.' That Immediately changed when I met with one of the coordinators. I believe that her name was Ashley Yim or Yin, I cannot recall exactly. But the tour that she provided my fiance, my two bridesmaids and myself was rushed and appalling. The information she shared with us was very crammed; it was basically the pamphlet she was reading from of graydon hall which I could have read myself. We also felt like she was going through the tour session rapidly in order to get rid of us. She was aware that my fiance and I were on a budget beforehand ( at least we thought she was, we outlined this when we made our appointment on the phone for a tour and as all couples are on a budget, this is naturally considered a norm). She gave off the impression that we were cheap/poor. Because she gave off that vibe I think she did not even want to try to sell the place to us because she felt that she would not earn a commission or what not. We had told her that we wanted to have a wedding for a budget of 30 K (which I find more than generous, many people won't even spend that much) and she told us that it would be "tight" but yet when I spoke to the person on the phone to arrange a meeting with a graydon hall coordinator they said it can definitely be done and many of their clients request this, without the emphasis of it being "tight." She constantly used the term "cheap" numerous times when describing alternatives to accommodate us, this really turned me off. I thought to myself; I wouldn't want my big day to be regarded as cheap and insignificant. That is pretty much how she outlined it the whole session with her...cheap and tight. I wish I was exaggerating but my two bridesmaids who were there with me felt as strongly about the way she worded everything as I did. Just her demeanor and tone of voice said a lot about her character. She was very condescending and standoffish. As a business professional she failed to market a service and regardless of a client's budget there is always potential to earn a client even if they have their eye set on something else. Perhaps if she was more approachable and humble we would have potentially given it a chance? Maybe convincing us could have worked and we may have arranged a wedding here by perhaps extending our budget if we fell in love with it. We shall never know.
The actual house is not as large as I expected. It only looks this way from the outside. It's definitely more squished and small on the inside. It is divided into several small rooms which makes it for an unappealing venue for a large group of people. That is the aspect that I found to make it appear miniature in size. Way too many rooms for many insignificant uses.
The actual venue itself does not capture the classic vintage Victorian feeling like I had imagined through the photos. It reminded me more of a outdated pioneer home. Yes it was supposedly classic, but to the point where it looked like it needed tweaking and renovations.
Probably the only upsideof the place was the front area of the house, it is spacious and represents that castle-like feel.
What the pictures also failed to deliver is that the back of the manor house is a fairly spacious scene with grass but it hits what resembles a grey school steel fence. Almost looked like a penitentiary fence to be honest. Which to my dismay faces a public sidewalk, eliminating that segregated private feel. At the time of this viewing, a dog was being walked by their owner with what appeared to be his daily ritual of defecating on the grass on the opposite side of the fence. Although graydon hall is situated in a quieter region of residences, the fact that any one could pass through to allow their dog to defecate on the grass nearby may as well be observed as defecating on your big day.
Cheers.
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