This is the PERFECT venue for a wedding! Driving up to the mansion is just breathtaking. My daughter and her now husband fish on Lay Lake and have looked at this house for years. The island itself is 6 acres, with a charming boat house with dock on one side. There is an additional dock on the other side of the island. The mansion itself has a beautiful wrap around porch on the second level. It has a salt water pool (that you can use!) and a wonderful pool deck big enough for tables and a dance floor!
(The working horse stables you drive past are not part of the venue)

The inside of the mansion is just incredible! They have recently replaced all the flooring with beautiful hardwood flooring with decorative inlays. The main room is large enough to put 6 round tables and 8 chairs each comfortably. At the opposite end of the room are these beautiful double winding stair cases. Immediately, you begin to think of decorations, photos, etc using these stairs with the beautiful bannisters.

There are 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. 2 of the upstairs bedrooms have 2 twin beds in them. 2 of the bedrooms on the upper floor (right side) share a huge bathroom, with a large garden tub, separate shower. The downstairs bedroom shares a huge bathroom with what we called the library, again with a large garden tub and a shower . The ONLY downside to the bathrooms is there are NO outlets in them. Bring extension cords if you want to do your hair in there.
Every bedroom has at least 4 doors that open up to the outside. Upstairs, they open up to the wrap around porch. You are surrounded by water. Sunrise and sunset is SPECTACULAR there. There is a beautiful fountain on what I call the side of the house, but it is the side you see as you enter the property. Many weddings are held here, but my daughter opted to get married down by the lake in front of the arbor, which was STUNNING!

My daughter got married here October 30th, 2021. We rented the place for Friday and Saturday night. It's not much more, and that way, you are guaranteed to be able to use the facility for rehearsal and dinner. We turned the rehearsal into a costume party.

There is an onsite event manager there, Elizabeth, when you have your event, but she is out of sight. There is an apartment (under the pool) that she stays in, but is there is you need anything. She had 2 young men working with her and they set up all our chairs, set up the tables prior to the wedding. After the wedding, when we were cleaning up, they broke down the tables and chairs and moved them out for us. So nice and polite! And hard workers!

The selling point for me when we toured the place, was dealing with the property manager, Cody Webb. He is so easy to work with, so helpful, very patient with all the questions. Even answers questions that you don't know to ask. If I had gotten a bad vibe from him, or any type of attitude, I wouldn't have even considered using this venue. He was my selling point, along with the beauty of the place.

You will not be disappointed if you use this venue.

Mere words scarcely describe the beauty of getting married at Oak Island Mansion. Without doubt, choosing the perfect venue is the starting point for any bride and groom. My husband and I ran across Oak Island by happenstance, but I am so happy we did. The drive down the road and across the bridge quite literally takes your breath away for its sheer beauty. It definitely doesn’t stop there… multiple spots to choose for the ceremony and reception, a pool, a Roman pavilion, spot for a bonfire, boathouse, dock, and lest one forgets … the mansion which is amazing. We were set on having a barn wedding and were dismayed at all the restrictions and the price at each one we visited. When we got to Oak Island and took a tour, we were amazed at the elongated hours we were able to rent the venue and the ability to make most of our own arrangements instead of being so tied down and limited with our options as well as extremely competitive pricing at the island. We were able to save thousands of dollars by simply having the ability to hire our own bartender and caterer and not be limited to pre-set lists from another venue and that is just a couple of the ways we were able to cut costs. Those savings allowed us to spend money other ways and we truly had the fairy tale wedding that all little girls only dream of. The staff at Oak Island was amazing, helpful, and surpassed all expectations. The only cloud on our wedding day was filled with rain and the staff at Oak Island were all over everything when plans had to be changed last minute due to the weather. We had to bring everything inside the mansion due to rain and the staff onsite quite literally flipped the ballroom from ceremony to reception (tables, centerpieces, and place settings) in under five minutes. I cannot speak volumes enough on what an amazingly beautiful wedding day we experienced and the service with which Oak Island provided.

My husband and I had our wedding at Oak Island on 5/22/21 and it was absolutely perfect. The owners and staff were wonderful and so helpful and Cody was the best during the whole process!! We had the mansion for the whole weekend with our wedding party and it was absolutely stunning!!!! Michael and Renee Parrish