• +1 (250) 342-1270
  • gerard@paagman.nl

Weddings

With beautiful views of mountains and the breathtaking equestrian country side, our venue is the lovely setting for weddings big and small.

Please contact us. Your wedding must be one of the best days in your life and together with you we like to make the program which is the best for You. We will be more than happy to answer any questions you might have and set up for a tour of this beautiful venue!

Ciao & Gerard Paagman – cell phone +1 (250) 342-1270

e-mail: gerard@paagman.nl

Ceremony and reception locations on property. Bedrooms and camping on property.

Introduction

“House of the Friesians” is the home of the famous Royal Friesian horses [you might have seen our horses in movies like ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘The Caravan’, the ‘Rick Mercer Show’, etc.] but it’s also so much more:

  • An ideal venue for your wedding or your vow renewal
  • Located in the mountains in the centre of the nature and surrounded by wilderness; spectacular views and endless space.
  • You can rent our complete venue or a part of it; you and your guests can stay overnight [we have great beds and people can camp].
  • You can arrive the first day, have your ceremony, reception and dinner the second day and end with a brunch on the third day and of course you can extend your stay if you like
  • During all seasons
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About Your Wedding

  • Together with you we like to make you a program and which fits you the best; which will be the best for you and your guests and which will be remembered forever!
  • From very simple and basic to the most extravagant wedding you can imagine

Your ceremony

With beautiful views of mountains and the breathtaking equestrian country side, the Pergola is the lovely setting for ceremonies big and small. The Pergola creates an elegant frame of the picturesque view.

You can also have your ceremony in The Barn area, in front of The Shelter or near The Cabin.

Your reception and dinner

  • You can have your reception and dinner inside or outside
  • ‘The Cabin’ is ideal for smaller groups [up to about 20 people]
  • ‘The Shelter’ is ideal for smaller and bigger groups up to 120 guests with outside seating optional for additional guests
  • ‘The Barn’ is for bigger groups to about 50 people
  • You can bring your own decorations
  • From a ‘Do-it-yourself-BBQ-dinner’ to the ‘Most exclusive’ dinner: for smaller and bigger groups, we are well equipped to create the perfect setting for your reception and dinner
  • We can help organize your food and drinks [through local caterers] or you can bring your food and drinks and you can use our [commercial] kitchens, BBQs, bars, etc.

Our Venue

  • Our venue which is in the mountains, has several buildings, beautiful fields, parking areas, etc.; main buildings are The Barn, The Cabin and The Shelter,
  • We can host groups and when the buildings are not big enough you can set up tents, etc.
  • People can arrive by car or coach and bring their trailers, motorhomes or campers too,
  • We offer several bedrooms with very comfy beds; we can offer ‘a good bed’ to 40 people
  • The barn and The Shelter are great buildings for your reception, your dinner and party and The Log Cabin is for a smaller celebration or for your honeymoon night!

For your wedding, you can rent our complete venue or part of it.

Prices in CAD$ plus taxes*

A. Exclusive use of venue including The Barn, The Shelter, The Log Cabin and fields and parking lots for Friday-Saturday-Sunday:

Taxes (not included in prices below): 5% GST, 8% PST and 3% MRDT

No. Description Price
1 Venue rental [The Barn, The Shelter, The Cabin and surroundings like fields, parking areas] and please see further about ‘what’s included’
Check in: Thursday after 3.00 PM
Check out: Monday before 11.00 AM
12,870.00
2 Cleaning fees* included
3 Guests who will stay overnight and use a bed from House of The Friesians; per guest and per night
Barn has 9 bedrooms and beds for 26 people – Cabin has three bedrooms and a loft and beds for 13 people
included
4 Parking cars and vehicles included
5 Extra per tent, trailer, motorhome or camper and per night (we have no hook ups) included

B. Exclusive use of Barn and The Shelter for Friday-Saturday-Sunday:

No. Description Price
1 Barn and The Shelter rental
Check in: Thursday after 3.00 PM
Check out: Monday before 11.00 AM
10,070.00
2 Cleaning fees* included
3 Guests who will stay overnight and use a bed from House of The Friesians; per guest and per night
Barn has 9 bedrooms and beds for 26 people
included
4 Parking cars and vehicles included
5 Extra per tent, trailer, motorhome or camper and per night (we have no hook ups) included

C. Exclusive use of The Log Cabin for Friday-Saturday-Sunday:

No. Description Price
1 The Log Cabin rental
Check in: Friday after 3.00 PM
Check out: Sunday before 11.00 AM
3,000.00
2 Cleaning fees* included
3 Guests who will stay overnight and use a bed from House of The Friesians; per guest and per night
The Log Cabin has 3 bedrooms plus a loft area and beds for 13 people
included
4 Parking cars and vehicles included
5 Check in on Thursday after 3.00 PM instead of Friday 450.00
6 Check out on Monday before 11.00 AM instead of Sunday 450.00

Included/free of charge:

No. Description Venue Barn + The Shelter Log Cabin
1 Field with the Pergola for ceremony + wooden benches for 110 people (optional folding chairs for extra people) Yes Yes Yes
2 Tables and seats Yes - 150 Yes - 150 Yes - 20
3 PA-systems and sound systems with microphones and [extension] cords Yes Yes Yes
4 Bars Yes Yes No
5 Bathrooms / toilets Yes - 8 Yes - 6 Yes - 2
6 Folding tables Yes Yes Yes
7 Kitchens, freezer, refrigerator Yes Yes Yes
8 Kitchen equipment, coffee makers, hot water boilers, toasters, fridge, etc. Yes Yes Yes
9 Pots and pans Yes Yes Yes
10 Eating and dining equipment: dinner plates, soup bowls, dessert plates, [wine-] glasses, steel cutlery, etc. Yes - 160 Yes - 160 Yes - 20
11 Napkins linen Yes - 160 Yes - 160 Yes - 20
12 Cleaning materials, dish soap, garbage bags, etc. – towels, toilet paper Yes Yes Yes
13 Use of BBQs and BBQ tools Yes Yes Yes
14 For the beds: linen, pillows, etc. and towels for guests who stay overnight Yes Yes Yes
15 Use of hot tubs Yes Yes Yes
16 Use of generators [gas included] and propane for burners Yes Yes Yes
17 Removal of trash bags [you will collect the trash and we supply trash bags and set up trash cans] Yes Yes Yes
18 Toilet paper Yes Yes Yes
19 Dish towels Yes Yes Yes
20 Tap water and which is the best and healthiest fresh mountain water in the world! Yes Yes Yes
21 Use of showers and supply of towels Yes Yes Yes
22 Wifi [we have a subscription through Xplorenet; sometimes it works great but sometimes it is slow or does not work at all!] Yes Yes Yes

Cleaning

Included is standard cleaning of space which have been used [laundry, vacuum cleaning, etc.]

Not included in cleaning and unless you do it yourself, we will charge extra for

  • Picking up trash like empty cans, bottles, cigarette butts, etc.
  • Cleaning caused by incidentals [bedding or mattresses which are wet or dirtier then normal use would cause, etc.]
  • Taking down decorations and/or signs
  • Moving furniture and other items like generators, sound systems, etc. back to its original place
  • Emptying freezers and coolers
  • Cleaning of used cutlery, pots and pans, burners, BBQs, ovens, plates, glasses [dishes], etc.

Costs for these are: CA$40.00 per hour for labour per staff member plus replacement costs of items plus costs for dry cleaning

NOT-included [and we can help you organizing this]:

  • Catering and drinks [yes, you can bring your own food and drinks or make arrangements with a caterer]
  • Life music, a DJ, etc,
  • Bartenders and servants
  • Local Transportation service
  • Table cloths
  • Decorating
  • Disposables
  • Fireworks
  • Tents, extra furniture, etc.
  • Photographer
  • Wedding commissioner
  • Extra portable toilets for bigger groups
  • Extra chairs, dining equipment, etc.
  • Signs with directions to put out on Houlgrave Road
  • Replacement of broken or missing glasses, plates or other items
  • Ice cubes [you can order these through us @ $15,00 a bag]
  • Firewood [please bring your own or buy it from us for a good price because we buy it in bulk! - 1/4 cord of firewood is $140.00]

Bedding arrangements

Note: we do not allow guests to bring their matrasses and linens

For the Barn [sleeps 26 people + 1 baby] the bedrooms are:

  • bedroom 1: 1 x King size bed
  • bedroom 3: 1 x bunk bed - lower bed Twin size and upper bed Twin size
    1 x single bed twin size
  • bedroom 5: 1 x bunk bed - lower bed Queen size and upper bed Twin size
  • bedroom 7: 1 x Queen size bed
  • bedroom 2: 1 x bunk bed - lower bed Twin size and upper bed Twin size
  • bedroom 4: 1 x bunk bed - lower bed Twin size and upper bed Twin size 1 x single bed twin size
  • bedroom 6: 1 x Queen size bed
  • bedroom 8: 1 x King size bed
  • room 9: 1 x baby crib
    4 x bunk bed - lower beds Twin size and upper beds Twin size

For the cabin: [sleeps 13]

  • 3 bedrooms in basement each with a bunkbed; lower bed queen and upper bed twin; each room sleeps 3 people sleeps 9 people
  • loft upstairs: 1 x King and 2 x Twin sleeps 4 people

DJ Services

Essence of Sound

Joseph Lyons

Phone + 1 (250) 270-9393


Wild Bill’s DJ Services

Bill York

musicman9@shaw.ca http://www.wildbillsdjservices.com

Phone +1 (250) 409-4448


Elite Sound and Light

www.myspace.com/djslickmic

Phone +1 (250) 344-5354


Cakes

Cakes – Cupcakes

Invermere Bakery

Phone + 1 (250) 324-9913 / 1-888-681-9977

info@invermerebakery.com www.invermerebakery.com

Fun Cakes by Diane

Phone + 1 (250) 688-5106

funcakesbydiane@shaw.ca

Diane Lapointe

www.funcakesbydiane.com

Wedding Planners

Mountain Bride

Lisa Grosso

lisa@mountainbride.com www.mountainbride.com

Mountainscape Weddings

Shannon Fountain

shannon.f@mountainevents.ca

+1 (403) 760-5431


Picture Perfect Weddings and Events

monica@pictureperfectweddings.ca

+1 (403) 606-4793


Flowers

Flowers Inspire Floral Boutique

+ 1 (250) 342-0383 / 1-800-330-9910


Photography

Kyla Brown Photography

Kyla Brown

www.kylabrownphotography.com

Phone +1 (250) 688-8888


Kimberly Rae Sanderson Photography

Kimberly Rae

www.kimberleyrae.ca

Phone +1 (250) 342-5102

Amber & Steve

Elizabeth’s Everlasting Photography

www.elizabethseverlastingphotography.ca https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethsEverlastingPhotography/ evp-2013@hotmail.com

+1 (403) n836-9333


Sue Moodie, Photography

www.suemoodiephotography.com

Email: suemoodiephotography@gmail.com

Phone +1 (403) 689-7771


Hair & Makeup

Hair & Makeup Artists Amy Bower (Offers consultations in Calgary)

amy@illuminatemakeup.com

+1 (403) 815-3777


Madison Ede

madison.ede@gmail.com

+1 (403) 808-3381


Invermere, BC

Phone + 1 (250) 342-7422


Commissioners

For our area you can contact one of the following wedding commissioners:

http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/search/marriage_commissioners.cgi?rm=mode2&pageno=1&column_city=windermere

Michele Neider phone +1 (250) 341-3140

Dorothy Blunden phone +1 (250) 342-2005

Allerga Newill phone +1 (250) 341-5192

Julie Dodds phone +1 (250) 581-1425


Event Rentals

Tent & Party Rentals

http://tentandpartyrentals.ca/

+ 1 (250) 347-9238

Radium Hot Springs, BC

mb7@tentandpartyrentals.ca

Lynsay Chalmers

Phone +1 (250) 342-7570

lynsay5@hotmail.com www.facebook.com/#!/LCWeddingDesign?fref=ts

Catering services

From Scratch

www.fromscratchfood.com

Unit 8, 5019 Fairmont Resort Road

Fairmont Hot Springs, BC, V0B1L1

Canada

Phone +1 (250) 345-0008

Randy Macsteven

winderberry.ca/cafe-and-catering.html

email: macsteven@gmail.com

phone +1 (250) 341-5330

Lucas Ruault, Chef

Email: lucasalanruault@gmail.com

Phone +1 (250) 341-8702

Twitter – Instagram – Facebook: @LucasRuault

The Cooking Elements

Liz Rimes- chef/Owner

phone +1 (403) 710-6598

email: thecookingelements@gmail.com

https://www.instagram.com/thecookingelements/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/thecookingelementsYYC/

Copper Point Resort

www.copperpointresort.com

Copper Point Resort offers special group rates for all weddings taking place in the Columbia Valley.

Please Copper Point’s wedding specialist:

phone for group accommodation rates: 250.341.4004

e-mail weddings@copperpointresort.com

SHUTTLE SERVICE - Copper Point offers a private luxury 22 and 11 passenger shuttle. Our luxury coach can deliver your group to any destination in the Valley.*

*Fees may apply.


Nooooo the sky is not the limit!

for your helicopter adventure or tour or surprise:

www.coldstreamhelicopters.com

e-mail: greg@coldstreamhelicopters.com

phone: +1 (250) 341-7164

How to proceed

If you are considering having your wedding at our place then we like to work together with you on your program. Yes, you are welcome for a visit so that we can show you our place and location.

When you book our place for your wedding we will send you an invoice and this invoice is also your confirmation.

Payment schedule

  • $ 1,000.00 - within 14 days after the date of your invoice and you invoice is also your confirmation
  • $ 1,000.00 - before March 1th
  • Remaining - before May 1th

Cancellation Policy

When you cancel your booking you will get no refund or credit for the downpayment(s) you have made. When you receive a confirmation of the booking we ask that you fulfill your (first) downpayment within 2 weeks of receiving the confirmation. If no payment has been received your booking will automatically be canceled.