Old Spencer Mill

Throughout the planning and when we met with her, she seemed pleasant enough, besides being a little snappy about the rules of her facility....First of all, when we told her we only wanted to rent the facility for my sister's wedding, she encouraged us to spend an INSANE amount of money (something like 12.75 a plate for just a luncheon type of catering) on using her other services such as catering and such. We told her we would use our own caterers, to which she seems aggravated, and then she began to tell us that if we so much as poured a drink down one of her sinks, we would be charged extra! For ONE drink, she said. Then we wanted to play our own music, but we were only allowed to have music there if we used HER DJ! We were again encouraged strongly by this woman to use her HIGHEST D.J. services package, and when we didn't want to use the 450.00 dollar package, she seemed a little more irritated, but consented to us using the basic D.J. services. Everything else was decided upon and then we were just to wait on the wedding day. My report is to let people know that yes this is a beautiful venue for a wedding, but this woman is impossibly rude. If you want to have a demon on your shoulder the whole time you're at a wedding, do it there. If NOT, then choose someplace else. The night of the wedding, this woman actually ATTENDED, and hovered over every part of the entire wedding. She monitored tables, was rude to several guests, and yelled at the children because they were chasing the peacocks. Some of us parents were handling it, but she yelled at them, and several parents became very angry, and complained to us. The D.J. we paid 300.00 dollars to have play our disks, screwed up the sound system and NONE of our songs were played at all. This issue was ignored and we were NOT reimbursed for the mistake. Then to top it all off over an HOUR before our rental time was up, she began taking up glasses and taking down decorations, and people were still milling around and trying to enjoy the dancing. All in all, the photos were beautiful, but dealing with this horrible woman was just not worth it. If you want to have a great experience with your wedding, do NOT have it there. BIG mistake. We will NEVER use Old Spencer Mill again. *Also, she never produced the deposit check back to us, so that we were able to see she was NOT going to cash it. This kept us reluctant to post any reviews about her because we were afraid she would use it. We have never seen that check again.