We used HSH for our rehearsal dinner and our wedding reception. The rental cost for both days ways very reasonalble. However, what we initially thought of aa lack of "house/venue rules" turned out to be overall laziness and a lack of concern ...for the renting party. Outside of the initial meeting to show the house, the house manager would never meet us at the house again! She was always, and I do mean always, "out of town." She does not return phone calls or emails. And if she says she will meet you at the house, don't expect anything more than a key left there for you. The Bridal Party got ready at the house and she knew months in advance that this was going to take place, yet the upstairs was filthy! Dust so thick I would write my name and dead bugs and flys were everywhere. And yes, I took pictures to prove it. I, the Bride, spent several hours cleaning the upstairs on the Thursday before my wedding. Sara, the house manager, was supposed to meet us at the house bright and early Thursday morning (which was the time SHE told us to be there) for an inspection, low and behold- and to no surprise, she called to inform the Groom (not me, but the Groom!!) that she would be unable to make it to our prearranged meeting! I demanded an inspection of the house & grounds bc a month earlier I had my bridal portraits taken there and had to have my wedding gown cleaned afterwards due to the filth on the floor that the train on my gown had swept up. I'm positive that the only sweepting the floor had recieved was provided by my wedding gown!! Additionally, she cashed our final payment the Monday following our wedding but it took her THREE WEEKS to refund our measly security deposit. Which I might add she never returned a single phone call that we placed to her to check on the status of our refund.
Overall, if you have a TEAM of people who will help you clean and do not mind when your phone calls are not returned and enjoy a lack of communication and your alcohol order is placed at the absolute last minute due to no fault of your own, then sure- rent this place.
The Hardeman Sams House definitely has a south look and feel to it. But the lack of class and manners by the house manager- one could think it was run by a Yankee!