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SMOKE FREE FACILITY AND GROUNDS

La Maison Gautier, The Old Place, facility and grounds are now SMOKE FREE.

View our Calendar for Booked dates at the end of this page.


 For all your Special Event Dreams..
To contact La Maison Gautier The Old Place,"The Old Place", please call (228)769-0662 and ask for
Camille or Quin Gautier. If you plan to rent a certain date, please check out our Yahoo calendar for availability AND call to check availablity as dates fill up quickly. Do not wait too long to send deposit checks.

Rental Rates for 2008
$1500.00 weekend dates - Friday, Saturday, or Sunday (Deposit $750.00 non-refundable, and a $200.00 refundable damage deposit) See explaination below for deposit information.

$750.00 weekdays - Monday through Thursday (Deposit due up front $375.00 and non-refundable and a $200.00 refundable damage deposit)

$500.00 (day before your event) - OPTIONAL - (for Wedding Rehearsal/Rehearsal Dinner/Decorating from 12 Noon until 11:00 PM) - This is only available if there is no event currently booked at La Maison Gautier the day before - this amount will be figured in with your balance.

All balances are due one month before the event. No event may go over four (4) hours. (Example: You may enter the house/grounds as early as 6:00 AM the morning of your event to setup, decorate, and do your rehearsal walk through. If your wedding is on the grounds starting at 6:00 PM this will be your start time and will end at 10:00 PM, or if you have a church wedding beginning at 5:00 PM, and your arrival time at the Old Place is one hour later, then you go by your arrival time at the Old Place as your start time.)

Food Services must be performed by a caterer with a valid certification from the Health Department, no exceptions, this is for your safety.

Rental Rates for 2009
$1500.00 weekend dates - Friday, Saturday, or Sunday ($750.00 due upon Booking-non-refundable, and a $200.00 damage deposit). See explanation below for this.

The $200 damage deposit is refundable at the end of your event, as long as:
  • Nothing is missing from inside the house, the shed, or on the grounds.
  • Nothing has been broken/damaged in any way (example: tables, ice chests, mirrors in the various rooms, draperies on the windows, etc.).
  • All trash that is accumulated from the wedding itself, must be removed from the house and grounds by you and your caterer.

    $750.00 weekdays - Monday through Thursday ($375.00 due upon booking and non-refundable, and a $200.00 damage deposit.) See explanation in the above paragraph.

    $500.00 (day before your event) - OPTIONAL - (for Wedding Rehearsal, a Rehearsal Dinner and Decorating/Setup - enter house on this day at 12 Noon until 11:00 PM) - This is only available if there is no event currently booked at La Maison Gautier the day before - this amount will be figured in with your balance.

    All balances are due one month before the event. No event may go over four (4) hours. (Example: You may enter the house/grounds as early as 6:00 AM the morning of your event to setup, decorate, and do your rehearsal walk through. If your wedding is on the grounds starting at 6:00 PM this will be your start time and will end at 10:00 PM, or if you have a church wedding beginning at 5:00 PM, and your arrival time at the Old Place is one hour later, then you go by your arrival time at the Old Place as your start time.)

    Food Services must be performed by a caterer with a valid certification from the Health Department, no exceptions, this is for your safety.

    New Rules
    For a full list of rules please refer to your contract.
  • Facility and grounds are now SMOKE FREE
  • Guests of La Maison Gautier are required to hire a Security Guard or Policeman for their event. La Maison Gautier will provide a Parking Attendant to direct cars for parking.
  • There will be no more bars set up inside the house. Bar can be set up only on the galleries, concrete areas, or on the grounds.
  • No dance floors anywhere on the grounds. There are two (2) pergolas areas available for use as a dance floor, one is 22' x 22' and the other 42' x 24'. Both are covered for protection against rain; you may put a dance floor on these concreted areas.
  • No Chocolate Fountains Allowed
  • Candles Must Be Dripless. We suggest large candles placed on plates under globes.

    Live Oak Trees To Reserve
    To reserve La Maison Gautier The Old Place , "The Old Place",
    please send us a Check or a Money Orderwe now require people to hire a Security Guard or Policeman for their event. We only furnish a man that directs the cars where to park, (the security deposit to book your event is a non-refundable deposit - refer to security deposits above for rates) and mail this to the address below. Make sure that your check or money order is made out to: La Maison Gautier "The Old Place" and please make sure that you write the date of your event at the bottom of your check where it says for, so that you can receive credit for that date.

    Mrs. Camille Gautier
    1402 Roosevelt Street
    Pascagoula, MS 39567
    (228) 769-0662

    Please do NOT send cash through the mail.

  • Included In Your Rent
    1. Parking Attendant: to direct guests where to park cars.
    2. CLEAN UP CREW: They will be responsible for cleaning both restrooms, emptying the trashcans, mopping all the floors in the house, cleaning the fireplace mantles, wiping down the tables in the house, and cleaning all the mirrors.

      MANAGEMENT: Will take care of the galleries around the house, the concrete areas, the grounds and the parking area.

      THE KITCHEN: Must be cleaned by the caterers before leaving, they must take all the trash accumulated from the event with them.

      THE RENTER: Is responsible for removing all their decorations, personal items, any accumulated boxes/trash from the brides room, etc., upon vacating the premises.
    3. White pedastals (8 count) for plants and ferns.
    4. Palms (2 types) are located around the house (ferns, you will need to rent)
    5. Wood Park Benches (5 count)
    6. Trash Cans -12 (large) with heavy-duty trash bags
    7. Large heat buster fan
    8. Kitchen includes: New electric oven, garbage disposal, (2) microwave ovens, large refrigerator, large cooler located outside the kitchen on the gallery, (2) 12-cup coffee makers
    9. Banquet Tables:
      Wooden banquet tables (6) 8 ft. and (2) 6 ft.
      These tables are located in the house and are provided for caterers/food use.
      Banquet tables (20) - 6 ft. available for outside or inside use.
      Other tables (3) - 8 ft. available for outside or inside use.
    NO CHAIRS (You will have to rent chairs)

    Full Kitchen
    Central heat and air
    Palms and pedestals!
    Parking Attendant Provided
    New Floor Length Custom Made Draperies
    Tables included

    Spoil yourself with our Luxury Hospitality
    and its "Beautiful View"

    • All rates subject to change at any time
    • We accept Checks and Money Orders
    • No Credit Cards accepted
    • Clean-up Included! For the Main House Only - Kitchen to be cleaned by the Caterers

    Cancellation Policy:
    We understand that plans do change and should this be true of yours, we respectfully request your advance notice. The security deposit to book your event is a non-refundable deposit, and the final payment is non-refundable.

    Hurricane Katrina Updates

    We continue to make repairs to the Old Place daily. The inside of the house has now been painted in pastel colors.
    • New Floor Length Custom Made Draperies now hang on all the windows in the rooms.
    • New Exquisite Crystal Chandeliers hang in the large main room of the house. Fans in the other adjoining rooms have been replaced with chandeliers in an antique design.
    • Three large Gold Framed Mirrors have replaced the one older ones over the fireplace mantles.
    • A newly constructed Covered Pavilion measuring 24' wide x 42' in length with a concrete floor has been added at the back of the house. There are four (4) 52" fans with lights provided in the Pavilion.
    • Two New Handicapped Ramps have been added at the entry of the galleries and the new Pavilion.
    "The Old Place" is open for business, and we strive daily to make it a better place for the Gulf Coast.

    Booking Calendar

    For a current up-to-date availablity for reserving La Maison Gautier, please visit
    Calendar at Yahoo.




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    2800 Oak Street
    Gautier, Mississippi 39553
    Tel. 228-497-1222   228-769-0662


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