The Edgewater House

Stacey Dougher

It must be embarrassing to advertise yourself as a wedding venue and not even have the proper permits to be hosting weddings. This place must be a scam. AVOID

Anonymous Local

PLEASE READ Before Considering this "Venue"!! It's so disappointing to write this review but I feel it's necessary to save other couples from making the mistake that we did. Simplified reason? Edgewater House doesn't have a valid permit. Legally they should not be hosting weddings. Our issues began to arise when contacting outside vendors. The responses we got back were alarming. We were told the following from multiple vendors: 1. "We choose not to work with this venue because they are notorious for not being LGBTQIA friendly" 2. "I'm sorry to tell you this but this venue has been shut down for not having valid permits... They didn't tell you??" 3. "The county just shut down a wedding there in the middle of the event. These are not new issues. We feel for them, but they shouldn't be having weddings there". Another red flag, they only recently took down their website which was still up when we were booking. I used to work for a law firm so I was able to do my own investigating to dig up further legal issues. However, all of this is also public knowledge. This "venue" has not been a valid wedding venue since 2018. Johanna never divulged any information about this when we signed our contract or continued to pay the fees. When asked directly, she admitted that they do NOT have a permit, but the county was allowing them to continue to have the weddings if they were already booked, because "who would want to cancel on a bride". Okay... Let's be CLEAR, the county is NOT allowing this and revoked this conditional permit in 2018. Permit issues began in 2014. Even now I'm sure they're continuing to book weddings. So, with that that we politely asked to cancel our contract, and they allowed. However, Johanna was "unsure" if they could return our money (6,300 - a chuck of our wedding savings). We continued to check in often hoping for the best and remaining friendly. She finally called stating they would issue a full refund, but "unsure" as to when. That took the longest. I repeat, communication is not good. We ended up needing a lawyer to get involved and give them a deadline. Which they still failed to do. The POSITIVE - Johanna finally responded to set up a time to meet to return our money. We are SO lucky, since really there's no guarantee we'd get that money back unless we pursued further legal counsel. Could have been a lot worse. Johanna did say that they should have a valid permit by Summer 2022, but honestly it's not likely knowing what we know now. Plus, we couldn't risk our wedding getting shut down in the middle of the ceremony. They've completely lost our trust with their poor communication, unprofessional behavior and overall deceptive manner in which they run their business. Bottom line? We went through a hellish experience with Edgewater House. I'm not insensitive to the difficulties of running a small business but sadly that's no excuse for what they're doing. Finding another venue that was available during this wedding boom on top of not having a huge chunk of our wedding savings available was disheartening. We had planned well in advance before our wedding only to be left panicking. Many tears were shed. So take this advice. DO NOT BOOK THEM.

Hope Carpenter

It was perfect! I've known the owners and their family for years and was SO HAPPY to use their venue. Thank you so much!

Gretchen Costanzo

We have absolutely loved staying here. The staff is absolutely tuned into what ever you might need. Perfectly located - highly recommend it for a wedding, family reunion or any kind of special occasion you might want to remember as truly special.