Wedding barn Gilling West Richmond
We attended the wedding of Charlie and Harriet Sidgewick on Saturday 15th March 2025 the wedding was amazing and we had a fabulous weekend.
HOWEVER not can be said the same about the accommodation.
We stayed in the boathouse on arrival we were extremely disappointed in the walk down to the boathouse it was very dangerous as it was pebbles which were very slippy and no hand rails to help so very unsafe.
I spoke to Oliver who offered one of the groundsmen to get a buggy to take us and the luggage down to the boathouse we waited a while and ended up doing it ourselves we also asked about alternative accommodation to which we were told there was but would be cold as not been opened up.
When we got to the boathouse we were devastated as it certainly was not as it was sold in the brochure.
The hot tub was tiny and difficult to get into also it was a log burner so was not on constantly hot and was cold when we could have used it later.
On the whole the boat house was small and not suitable for getting ready for a wedding small bathroom and bedroom.
Decking to boat had no handrails and a step which is dangerous with no grab rail also poor lighting on the decking entrance the decking was very slippy and was not salted as it was frosty.
Smoke detectors had been taken off the ceiling and put in the cupboard which is totally unsafe .
We feel the boathouse was not a safe place to stay we have sent several emails and made several phone calls to speak to the owner to which non have been replied to we are extremely disappointed in their customer service obviously don't care once you have paid your money and definitely not value for money we would not stay here again








