Frequently Asked Questions
Don’t worry, there are no stupid questions!
If we haven’t covered yours below, please just drop us a email by clicking here and we’ll try help as best we can.
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Firstly we’d like to thank you for considering us for your amazing event!
The first step will be just saying “Hello”. Simply fill out the contact form at the bottom of our website telling us what and when your event is.
If we are available, we’ll send you a link to our booking form which just asks for a few more details about the event and allows us to see if we are the best people for the job!
At that point if all is well and you are happy to proceed, we will then invoice you for a small holding fee of £50 to be paid as soon as possible to reserve your date. Then 14 days before the event we will send a invoice for the remainder of the deposit.
Around the same date we will need to book in a quick visit to the location of your event to make sure there are no surprises on the day.
Where possible we will also like to bring the Little Shed to its preferred location the day before so we are ready to go when requested on the day of your event and we are not moving around a large trailer with your guest moving about. Please check with the owner or the property that this will be OK.
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For any event we have a flat rate deposit of £200. This is payable in two stages.
When you contact us and want to go ahead and book Little Shed for a specific day we ask for a small holding fee of £50, this means we will no longer take bookings for that day, and Little Shed is “Off the Market”. This £50 is refundable for up to 2 weeks before the event.
The remaining £150, which is payable 14 days before the event, covers the time it takes the prep the bar, site visit, travel time to your event, fuel and any additional time taken to process the TENs license that might be required. Unfortunately this £150 is non refundable as a lot of work has gone into preparing for your event at this point.
In the unlikely occurrence that the event is rescheduled, we are more than happy to look into transferring your deposit to a different date.
Once agreed, both these amounts will be invoiced and sent to the email address specified in the booking form, unless requested otherwise.
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A TENs licence (Temporary Events Notice) is required when planning an event that includes a range of activities, including selling alcohol to the public, from a premises that currently does not hold a licence.
It notifies the local council of your event and it is ultimately up to them as to whether to grant a TENs licence or not.
A lot of the questions we ask in the booking form is so we can accurately complete the application, giving as much detail to the council as possible.
Please check with the owners of the property at which you are holding the event, to see if they do not already hold a licence, if not we can apply for one for you.
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It is a massive benefit when we have access to mains power. We do bring along a couple of long extension cords that can stretch about 50m, if extra is required please let us know.
If your event truly is in the middle of no where with no power that isn’t a problem as we can provide our own generator, but they can be quite noisy which we think distracts from your lovely event, so mains power is always best if possible.
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You can indeed!
We do stand behind our amazing choice of beer and spirits but if there is a particular tipple you would like us to provide your guests, we are more than happy to work with you.
Also if you have secret stash of wine or Champagne you’ve been saving for the event, we are more than happy serve this for you from the Shed.
Please, if you have any special request we are more than happy to work with yourselves, just please don’t ask us to change our entire menu. If that’s the case, we need to take a time out and discuss whether we should start seeing other people!