how much is too much for statley home for the day?

Hi, and welcome to hitched.

I can't help with your question as it's a bit of a "How long's a piece of string" question. ALso I am not having a stately home so have no idea of cost. Also I would think it would vary on location.

Hi... i'm hettting married at Carlton Towers n North Yorkshire and the cost for 2011 just for the use of the place is £3850.00 WOW

So worth it though its amazing!!!

How much is your place?

£3850 doesnt seem bed when i tell you Houghton Tower in 2010 is £4750 for jan-spt weddings & £4250 for oct-dec. £500 charge if you want to hold a civil wedding before reception as well.... dear god i dont know where to start with this planning lark...

Ours is £4000 just for the hire of the place, everything else comes on top like food etc, and thats for a Friday, if you have sat or sun its £4900.

But then we looked at a stately home that was £11000 just to hire the building, so it really does depend on the place and location

Q: how much is too much for statley home for the day?

A: if you can't afford it or it's more than your comfortable paying, then it's too much.

It really depends on what you are happy to pay. Fancy homes can charge what they want, they're going to get someone who's willing to pay it....

We're having exclusive use of Winton House jsut outside Edinburgh. Although we're only having the ceremony there and the wedding breakfast in The Caves, the fee for the day is £2300... which I thought was pricely... but looking at the others, it turns out its pretty cheap. In love with the venue also.

Im in Country House and its only costing £200 to hire and then about £2600 for food for 65 x

Im not having stately home (800 yr old pub/hotel) But I agree with GB. Its all relative.

Hello, I Just spotted this post being new to this website and am interested in how your day went? I'm thinking about the caves for the wedding breakfast and evening reception. I have looked at Winton House but just presumed you had to book your wedding breakfast etc there too. Can you simply hire the whole place out including the rooms etc, have your ceremony there but not the wedding breakfast? Thanks, x

Hi Mogo, My wedding is just under 5 months away. I have to say that so far, the caves have been absolutely outstanding. We're working with Caroline and she really can't do enough to help. We are having our wedding breakfast and reception there. Winton House were happy to have us just for the ceremony and a drinks reception after, before heading to the caves. They won't reduce the hire price, but I would highly recommend that you visit the place. It's stunning!! If you have anymore questions, my email is *********@*****.***, I'd love to have a chat with you about it all. I am also writing for Rockmywedding.co.uk as a real bride, so you can follow the progress there. xoxo

WOW! Our budget definatley wouldn't have stretched to the figures on here hence we are not getting married in a stately home lol We have booked a converted barn for the day and paid less than half (maybe even a third) the sort of figures here. But we did book a monday so that helped bring the price down. When we started out the planning process we knew the kind of venue we wanted and when we looked around were shocked st the kinds of prices places could ask just to hire them. In the end I am so glad we went for a monday because we still got the venue we wanted and managed to stick within our budget. The venue hire has worked out to take about 1/10 of our budget and then adding in the entertainment, food and drink it is around 1/2.

I think realistically you should plan to spend around half your budget on venue, food and drink and then the other half on the photographer, dress, suits, flowers etc. So really it is all about how much you can justify spending and what aspects of your wedding are the most important to you.