Mixed feelings

My nephew got married at Lace on Timber recently, We were impressed with the neat layout of the grounds and the Architecture, especially the Chapel. We paid R1200 to stay the night in one of the en suite rooms and was expecting the accommodation to be on par with the fee. The room was also very neat and clean with the same type of build as the other buildings on the grounds. The buildings do not have ceilings so as to expose the IBR sink roof. Although it is aesthetically pleasing it is definitely not practical. It rained for the most part of our stay there, so during the reception we battled to hear the speeches due to the noise of the rain on the sink roof. Coupled to the bad acoustics of the hall, we really battled to conversate and hear the speeches. Due to the Reception hall not having toilets inside, we had to walk about 60m in the rain to the toilets adjacent to the hall area. After the reception we retired to our rooms for the night, looking forward to a good night's rest. We were told that the rooms had Queen size beds, but found it to be a normal double bed - Not what you would expect for R1200 per night. We had almost no sleep due to the noise of the rain on the exposed sink roof and only fell asleep when dawn came as the rain relented a bit. Unfortunately our sleep was interrupted again by the cleaning crew starting to rake the gravel outside our rooms before 08:00. Check out time is an unusually early 09:00, so we just got up and decided to leave early as the R1200 did not include breakfast. In general our impression of Lace on Timber was that it is overpriced and trying to give minimum in return for our money. I would not recommend it as a Wedding venue, especially when it rains.