notaweddingvenue
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What is the name of your state? Ca
We bought a property that the previous owners used as a wedding venue. They have seemingly scammed some people and I guess us. We were told during the buying process that there were no more weddings scheduled and we made sure to have written confirmation of that. We had no plans ourselves to continue using the property as a wedding venue. We planned from the beginning for it to just be our home. So we've moved in and have also started major renovations to suit our wants/needs.
The issue is that we have found out from a couple whose wedding is scheduled for next month that they had paid for this to be their venue. They only just found out there were new owners from the old owner. He told them they had to talk to us about it. We told them the opposite since we were told there were no more weddings. Now they and we can't get ahold of the old owner as he has seemingly gone off the grid and his number is out of service. So now were here stuck holding the bag.
It's led to a whole thing online where other couples have come up as saying they also have contracts and had scheduled their weddings for this spring. I imagine the couple(s) are going to lose a lot of money on this. I'm afraid we will be forced to reimburse them. We thought we had covered our bases by getting written confirmation that there were no more weddings scheduled, but now were not so sure.
I should also add that I have seen one of the contracts and it is between an LLC (owned by the old owner) and the couple. We however did not buy the LLC from the old owner. We only bought the property.
I just want to know what are the best steps to take now. We obviously can't use the property as a wedding venue for these events now even if we were willing to.
We bought a property that the previous owners used as a wedding venue. They have seemingly scammed some people and I guess us. We were told during the buying process that there were no more weddings scheduled and we made sure to have written confirmation of that. We had no plans ourselves to continue using the property as a wedding venue. We planned from the beginning for it to just be our home. So we've moved in and have also started major renovations to suit our wants/needs.
The issue is that we have found out from a couple whose wedding is scheduled for next month that they had paid for this to be their venue. They only just found out there were new owners from the old owner. He told them they had to talk to us about it. We told them the opposite since we were told there were no more weddings. Now they and we can't get ahold of the old owner as he has seemingly gone off the grid and his number is out of service. So now were here stuck holding the bag.
It's led to a whole thing online where other couples have come up as saying they also have contracts and had scheduled their weddings for this spring. I imagine the couple(s) are going to lose a lot of money on this. I'm afraid we will be forced to reimburse them. We thought we had covered our bases by getting written confirmation that there were no more weddings scheduled, but now were not so sure.
I should also add that I have seen one of the contracts and it is between an LLC (owned by the old owner) and the couple. We however did not buy the LLC from the old owner. We only bought the property.
I just want to know what are the best steps to take now. We obviously can't use the property as a wedding venue for these events now even if we were willing to.
