{"id":14797,"date":"2010-11-29T06:51:43","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T10:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.5starweddingmagazine.com\/?p=14797"},"modified":"2023-08-09T03:39:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T02:39:49","slug":"sarah-beeny-on-the-restoration-of-rise-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/sarah-beeny-on-the-restoration-of-rise-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Star Weddings chats to Sarah Beeny on the restoration of Rise Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everyone&#8217;s talking about Sarah Beeny&#8217;s new wedding venue, Rise Hall. As always, 5 Star Wedding Directory was hot on Sarah&#8217;s heels, to find out if her venture was worth it and what sort of venue brides can expect if they want to marry at Rise Hall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14803\" style=\"width: 801px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14803\" title=\"Yorkshire Wedding Venus - Rise Hall Yorkshie\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/11-555x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Yorkshire Wedding Venus - Rise Hall Yorkshie\" width=\"801\" height=\"649\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14803\" title=\"Yorkshire Wedding Venus - Rise Hall Yorkshie\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/11-555x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Yorkshire Wedding Venus - Rise Hall Yorkshie\" width=\"801\" height=\"649\" \/><\/noscript> Yorkshire Wedding Venus &#8211; Rise Hall Yorkshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 Star Weddings: What makes Rise Hall the perfect wedding venue?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sarah <\/strong><strong>Beeny:<\/strong> The fact that it\u2019s your own home for your wedding day \u2013 it is very much NOT a hotel \u2013 and it&#8217;s beautiful. The building itself is a 97 room, Grade II* listed Georgian stately home, it really is a great location and there are 30 acres of beautiful land around you too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14806\" style=\"width: 801px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14806\" title=\"Yorkshire Wedding Venus - Rise Hall Yorkshie\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/3-397x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Yorkshire Wedding Venus - Rise Hall Yorkshie\" width=\"801\" height=\"908\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14806\" title=\"Yorkshire Wedding Venus - Rise Hall Yorkshie\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/3-397x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Yorkshire Wedding Venus - Rise Hall Yorkshie\" width=\"801\" height=\"908\" \/><\/noscript> Yorkshire Wedding Venus &#8211; Rise Hall Yorkshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 Star Weddings: What is included in a wedding package at Rise Hall?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sarah Beeny:<\/strong> Anything to want \u2013 within reason! We have a company who will tailor make your perfect day for you, so there aren\u2019t too many restrictions and we really want to cater for most people.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14807\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14807\" style=\"width: 801px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14807\" title=\"Rise Hall\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/5-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Venues\" width=\"801\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14807\" title=\"Rise Hall\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/5-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Venues\" width=\"801\" height=\"534\" \/><\/noscript> Image courtesy of Sarah Beeny<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 Star Weddings: Has Rise Hall turned out to be the venue you originally envisioned?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sarah Beeny:<\/strong> It\u2019s wonderful watching the house come back to life. When we bought the property it really was in quite a state. It\u2019s an ongoing project and one we will probably never finish \u2013 but it\u2019s getting better all the time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14808\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14808\" title=\"Wedding Venue Rise Hll\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/1-450x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rise Hall\" width=\"750\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14808\" title=\"Wedding Venue Rise Hll\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/1-450x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rise Hall\" width=\"750\" \/><\/noscript> Image courtesy of Sarah Beeny<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 Star Weddings: Why did you decide to take on this mammoth renovation project?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sarah Beeny:<\/strong> It seemed wrong on so many levels to allow the building to disappear for future generations \u2013 not only environmentally as it used a load of the earth\u2019s resources to build it in the first place, but also because it is of great historical and architectural importance.\u00a0 The Hall is also our home and has been for some years now, and it\u2019s hard to live somewhere like that without wanting to meddle with things.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14810\" style=\"width: 806px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14810\" title=\"Rise Hall\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/12-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Luxury Wedding Venues Yorkshire\" width=\"806\" height=\"537\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14810\" title=\"Rise Hall\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/12-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Luxury Wedding Venues Yorkshire\" width=\"806\" height=\"537\" \/><\/noscript> Image courtesy of Sarah Beeny<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 Star Weddings: How much did you spend in total on restoring Rise Hall?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sarah Beeny:<\/strong> It\u2019s an ongoing project \u2013 a fraction of what the National Trust would have spent! We have been lucky enough to work with some fantastic companies and they\u2019ve been very kind in helping us get everything in order at a generally low-cost.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14820\" style=\"width: 801px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14820\" title=\"Sarah Beeny Rise Hall 2\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Sarah-Beeny-Rise-Hall-2-350x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Wedding Venues\" width=\"801\" height=\"1030\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14820\" title=\"Sarah Beeny Rise Hall 2\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Sarah-Beeny-Rise-Hall-2-350x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Wedding Venues\" width=\"801\" height=\"1030\" \/><\/noscript> Image Courtesy of Sarah Beeny<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 Star Weddings: Have you got another property in the pipeline?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sarah Beeny: <\/strong>We have a home in London \u2013 and of course our development and investment businesses but I don\u2019t think I\u2019d have the energy for another Rise Hall!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 Star Weddings: What would be your five tops tips for newlyweds entering the property market together for the first time.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sarah Beeny:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1) Look on www.tepilo.com &#8211; our property website \u2013 you can find some great properties and deal directly with the owners, which might save you some money. There\u2019s also lots of advice and you can ask any questions you need to \u2013 we\u2019re impartial so will do our best to help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2) Don\u2019t overstretch yourself financially \u2013 it will only lead to months or years of misery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3) Move a little further out of the area you might have originally wanted to be in to save money or gain more space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4) Be realistic about how much work you are really able to do on your new home \u2013 it takes time, money and skill to get it right, and if you\u2019re working the last thing you want to come home to is a bathroom to tile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5) Think about renting before buying \u2013 and enjoy your new marriage!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 Star Weddings: You are the property expert &#8211; were there any new and valuable lessons you learnt from renovating Rise Hall?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sarah Beeny: <\/strong>Endless lessons \u2013 you never stop learning with the property as every situation is different. Fire regulations nearly stopped the wedding going ahead, and I never knew how much you had to do to get a wedding licence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 Star Weddings: What public figure would you like to see getting married at Rise Hall?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sarah Beeny: <\/strong>William and Kate \u2013 of course!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 Star Weddings: What, in your opinion, makes a 5-star wedding?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sarah Beeny: <\/strong>Great venue \u2013 great music \u2013 great friends \u2013 great champagne and enough food to soak it all up!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14821\" style=\"width: 349px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14821\" title=\"Sarah Beeny Rise Hall 4\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Sarah-Beeny-Rise-Hall-4-349x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Wedding Venues Yorkshire\" width=\"349\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14821\" title=\"Sarah Beeny Rise Hall 4\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Sarah-Beeny-Rise-Hall-4-349x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Wedding Venues Yorkshire\" width=\"349\" height=\"450\" \/><\/noscript> Image Courtesy of Sarah Beeny<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sarah set up her own property development and investment companies at the age of 24 along with her brother and her husband.\u00a0 With her business a success, Sarah was approached to be the presenter of Channel 4\u2019s prime time show \u2018Property Ladder\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enjoying the opportunity to bring the property to the nation, Sarah has presented many other shows such as \u2018Pay Off Your Mortgage\u2019, \u2018Streets Ahead\u2019, \u2018Help! My house is falling down\u2019 and \u2018Britain\u2019s Best Home\u2019, and has also written several best-selling books.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sarah has now launched www.tepilo.com, already a market leading private property sales website which aims to bring a change to the way we buy, sell and let houses. The company was recently voted one of the top 100 small businesses in the UK, the top 20 start-ups, was shortlisted for the website of the year and is now a finalist in this year\u2019s BIMA awards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2005 Sarah created the online website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysinglefriend.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.mysinglefriend.com<\/a> which has been a phenomenal success and changed the attitude to online dating in this country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sarah\u2019s latest venture is www.risehall.com, a Grade II* listed, 97 room property now open for weddings and events \u2013 her home and restoration project as featured on Channel 4 in the television series Beeny\u2019s Restoration Nightmare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Copyright 5 Star Wedding Directory 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone&#8217;s talking about Sarah Beeny&#8217;s new wedding venue, Rise Hall. 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