Liberty View Farm

We recently hosted a wedding at LVF. I knew that Billiam, Magic Cathy, Ivon and the team were brilliant, creative, miracle workers, but honestly, I had no idea it would be this amazing!!! Many guests shared that this was the most beautiful wedding they had ever been to. One sent me this: “I keep thinking back to so many magical moments, knowing that magical moments don’t just magically happen. I will never forget this one - Wow! Thank you again for including us in this fairytale!” Billiam and his team are truly creative geniuses. They love what they do and it shows. I could go on and on for days about the many details and all the love put into this wedding that made it look and feel like it came out of the movies…but one thing that stands out as meaningful to me is that they care so deeply about each wedding, each guest and each staff member - they take care of them all like family. As someone who has led teams and coached high performing organizations - this is something you can’t fake and it matters. If you are looking for a cookie cutter wedding, this is not the place for you. If you are looking for magic - this it it! I will be forever grateful to Billiam and his team for memories that will last a lifetime and the chance to build to friendships new and old.

The owner is a liar!!!! He promised us our deposit back after we concluded that the venue was too small for our needs. He gave us back $2k of the deposit and then ghosted us. Every time we spoke to him there was another excuse. Do NOT do business with him- totally untrustworthy!!!

A beautiful space but unfortunately we cannot recommend LVF as a wedding venue because the owner/sole point of contact Billiam was extremely unreliable and difficult throughout. We had semi-weekly calls where he often made promises he would entirely forget about by the next call. The first sign should have been when we contacted potential caterers and two told us they refused to work at LVF after past bad experiences. Just a few examples of the biggest issues: at 10:30am the day of the wedding he texted that he had decided to change the ceremony location due to weather even though he told us the night before that we could decide at 11:30. He also picked a different indoor location than the one we had discussed which would create significant logistical issues for the reception. Billiam then refused to pick up the phone, sent all our calls immediately to voicemail, and did not respond to texts until members of the wedding party physically found him and asked him to change to a different indoor location. This was extremely stressful to deal with the morning of the wedding while I was getting hair and makeup done. Billiam promised he had two chuppahs (a ceremonial structure necessary for Jewish weddings) and he even sent pictures. On the day of the wedding, it turned out that was a lie and he instead built a shaky arch which was not religiously compliant but it was too late to change. At some point Billiam's stove was repossessed due to what he claimed was a misunderstanding. After several weeks, he purchased a worse stove but assured us in writing he would rent a proper convection oven for our wedding. Even on the morning of the wedding, he reassured us. That was a lie and our caterer had to hire extra (expensive) kitchen staff to compensate. Because he was the only point of contact, when Billiam fell ill after our wedding, it meant he took an extra month (and a ton of follow up) past the contractually-agreed deadline for us to receive our deposit back.

Buyer beware - there are negative reviews online about the owner’s erratic behavior, and they are true, even if some people had great experiences. Consider seriously if your wedding is the time to take the risk. If you want unpredictability and untruths, this is the place for you. My fiancé and I were excited to get married at Liberty View Farm, and had prepared to make a deposit and sign the contract. Given the all-inclusive nature and high cost of the venue, we wanted to ensure we had our caterer lined up, as the two biggest pieces of the wedding, before we committed. This took a few weeks, but we kept in frequent contact with Billiam, the proprietor, to ensure our date was penciled in and secure. He repeatedly assured us that he was keeping the date for us, both orally and in writing, and repeatedly reassured us not to “stress.” He said that we had a deal. A few days prior to our visit to make the deposit and sign the contract, we had questions for him - and he completely ghosted us. He refused to respond to our communications, and then unceremoniously let us know that our spot had been taken. No warning, no conversation. We pleaded with him - but nope, he coldly let us know that he had leveraged our agreed upon price to get higher bids from other couples, because he had just created an instagram that was getting traction. We were panicked and desperate - and he let us know there was another option - a golf course that he has some ownership stake of. Despite now understanding how untrustworthy he is, we were seriously considering it, and asked some questions to see if we could make it work. Once again, he refused to answer us. And then - when we had decided we had to move on and find another venue - he decided to use the October 7th massacre of Jews in Israel against us (we are Jewish and had previous conversations about our background). Unsolicited, he texted to let us know that given the atrocities, he would cease planning celebrations at this time - and would not be communicating with us. Talk about adding insult to injury. And this is not the first online review from a Jewish person he’s ghosted. If you move forward with him, he will most certainly try to explain these serious red flags away, but is that the kind of person you want to work with?