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  1. Ah I see, I did kind of give them a notice to pay up in 7 days before taking things further but they refused and instead asked for the next instalments through a solicitor letter. I was thinking whether it would be better and more cost saving if I instead take this to a small claims court as oppose to the big courts, I know that is what you suggested at the begining. I was just not sure if I had a case since I unfortunately signed the new variation agreement.
  2. January 2020 - Paid a deposit of £1K and signed contract for wedding which was scheduled to be July 2020 March 2020 - They asked me to pay another £2K despite me emailing them my concern about the wedding not going ahead but they threatened me that I would be in breach of their contract. So I had to pay. May 2020 we received an email from them telling us we can either rebook or face cancellation charges as per contract - these are 50% of total venue hire if cancelled within 9 months or 95% of total venue hire if cancelled within 6 months. the total venue hire cost was £6700. Under pressure, I chose to rebook because I did not want to lose 95% and they did not give me an option of a refund. They gave me very specific restrictions in which I could rebook the new date e.g in peak season between April 2021 to October 2021 and only on a sunday. Additionally they increased the price to book for the year 2021 by £200 bringing the total cost to £6900 June 2020 they send me a variation agreement for the change of date which they forced me to sign otherwise I would lose the new date I had agreed which was July 2021. November 2020 I sent an email that I should be offered a refund as opposed to reschedule. They declined and I sent a solicitor letter giving them 7 days to return the money. They then responded with another solicitor letter refusing and told me that I owe them another 2k as part of the next instalment otherwise I would be in breach of their contract I wrote back to the solicitor that I was seeking legal advice but I have made it clear that I can no longer go ahead with wedding and do not owe further payments. I should add that when I stated that my contract was frustrated they told me I only made a room hire and this does not include number of guests despite it stating on their contract "up to 500 guests". I wanted to claim back the 3K that I have given them and I am also afraid they will ask for more money as they will claim I am in breach of their contract.
  3. Yes it is them. I have heard rumours from other professionals in the industry that they were very sneakily trying to claim bankruptcy last year around september/october time and to me makes sense since they also changed directors of their company. If they do this I will lose the money I have already paid.
  4. The name of the venue is the decorium they forced me to reschedule by given me an option of rebooking or potentially face cancellation charges. Naturally under pressure I thought I should rebook however they did not give me an option or a refund which I should’ve been given . I want to claim back the money I have paid but I’m afraid that they will come to me for more instalments as I have signed a variation agreement for the date.
  5. Hi Andy, Thank you very much for your response. I'm just afraid if I take this to a small claims court and I lose, then I would need to pay their legal fees?
  6. To give you a brief overview of the matter: I had booked my wedding at the venue for 19th July 2020. I had several correspondence with them during March, April and May to find out what options would be available to me if my wedding can still not go ahead with the 400 scheduled guests . In May they finally emailed me with an option of either rebooking my wedding to the following year; with several restrictions as to when I could rebook e.g. only on a sunday and only into a peak season month, or I would cancel and be subject to their cancellation fees which according to their contract: if cancelled within 9 months would be 50% of total costs or if cancelled within 6 months (as would have been my case) I would have to pay 95% of the total venue cost. Naturally under pressure I chose to rebook to the following year of 25th July 2021. I had to sign the variation agreement of the date which states if I wish to cancel my new date then I will be subject to cancellation fees based on my original date which is an unfair term. I emailed them in November to inform them that it was unfair that I was not offered the option of a refund for my cancelled wedding in July 2020 and as per CMA guidelines I should have been offered a full refund . It is also unlikely that my wedding will be allowed to go ahead with 400 people in July 2021. I informed them several times how many people will be attending the venue but they stated that my booking was not for number of guests, but for a room hire only, despite them asking me the number of guests they need to accommodate on the initial enquiry form. They are refusing to give me a full refund and are demanding I pay another instalment despite me informing them I can no longer go ahead with this booking. Can anybody advise me in this matter I would greatly appreciate it, I am not sure whether to take this to a small claims court.
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