Escape to the Château
Discussion
Mercdriver said:
Gluttons for hard work, hope they film it if they do go to Oz.
Some of the things she asked for I would be digging my heels in and saying no, DS just has can do attitude and goes and does it, probably instilled my military training.
Kids are getting some life training from them, seem like very nice kids
Strawbridge Jnr could do with a few less of his mums cakes!Some of the things she asked for I would be digging my heels in and saying no, DS just has can do attitude and goes and does it, probably instilled my military training.
Kids are getting some life training from them, seem like very nice kids
normalbloke said:
pquinn said:
The whole thing is about as 'real' as Made In Chelsea and the rest, so treat all their achievements in that light.
Yes dear. I suspect one may have more substance than the other somehow.Unless someone knows differently and can say with certainty that they don't actually own the thing in the first place what is not to admire?
Assuming that they do own it then however they have done it, they have made & been paid enough money to completely renovate that place.
Its obvious that they will have employed a lot of labour over the years & spent huge amounts on materials as well, but regardless, its quite some achievement to have ended up where they are. If its been paid for by making TV programs then so what?
Mercdriver said:
Gluttons for hard work, hope they film it if they do go to Oz.
Some of the things she asked for I would be digging my heels in and saying no, DS just has can do attitude and goes and does it, probably instilled my military training.
Kids are getting some life training from them, seem like very nice kids
Don't forget they need to keep it interesting for TV. Giving everything a bland modern finish in magnolia is not going to cut it for 9 series.Some of the things she asked for I would be digging my heels in and saying no, DS just has can do attitude and goes and does it, probably instilled my military training.
Kids are getting some life training from them, seem like very nice kids
Mercdriver said:
Doofus said:
This. They are not renovating a chateau in Australia.
Ah, that would make more sense, keeping their chateau going, and income, until a buyer is found and visiting other buildings in France to keep income going, very astute business people I think.
We have a house in France, now our primary residence, actually within 30 minutes of the house for sale.
I suspect it will be on the market for a considerable time. We are just a little too far from the channel to easily make it in a day from the south coast. The area is ok, but nothing that sets people alight.
As for escape to the Chateau, little more than fantasy!
We know the cost of doing these things and there is no chance our man Dick did much more than pose for the cameras. The new roofs on the outbuildings got no coverage, but would have consumed over €100k without any other work.
The wedding business might work, although it is a bit 'iffy' relying on UK only customers, but it certainly would not pay for the renovations.
All credit to then for making it all work - but without a TV production deal there is no way any of this makes financial sense - let alone when COVID gets in the way (and remember that the restrictions in France were considerably stricter than the UK.
In short, its TV, it has zero validity in the real world!
I suspect it will be on the market for a considerable time. We are just a little too far from the channel to easily make it in a day from the south coast. The area is ok, but nothing that sets people alight.
As for escape to the Chateau, little more than fantasy!
We know the cost of doing these things and there is no chance our man Dick did much more than pose for the cameras. The new roofs on the outbuildings got no coverage, but would have consumed over €100k without any other work.
The wedding business might work, although it is a bit 'iffy' relying on UK only customers, but it certainly would not pay for the renovations.
All credit to then for making it all work - but without a TV production deal there is no way any of this makes financial sense - let alone when COVID gets in the way (and remember that the restrictions in France were considerably stricter than the UK.
In short, its TV, it has zero validity in the real world!
Pete54 said:
We have a house in France, now our primary residence, actually within 30 minutes of the house for sale.
I suspect it will be on the market for a considerable time. We are just a little too far from the channel to easily make it in a day from the south coast. The area is ok, but nothing that sets people alight.
As for escape to the Chateau, little more than fantasy!
We know the cost of doing these things and there is no chance our man Dick did much more than pose for the cameras. The new roofs on the outbuildings got no coverage, but would have consumed over €100k without any other work.
The wedding business might work, although it is a bit 'iffy' relying on UK only customers, but it certainly would not pay for the renovations.
All credit to then for making it all work - but without a TV production deal there is no way any of this makes financial sense - let alone when COVID gets in the way (and remember that the restrictions in France were considerably stricter than the UK.
In short, its TV, it has zero validity in the real world!
Does anyone really think that you could purchase a derelict, 50 room chateau for the cost of a flat in the home counties and not need a massive bag of cash to renovate it though?I suspect it will be on the market for a considerable time. We are just a little too far from the channel to easily make it in a day from the south coast. The area is ok, but nothing that sets people alight.
As for escape to the Chateau, little more than fantasy!
We know the cost of doing these things and there is no chance our man Dick did much more than pose for the cameras. The new roofs on the outbuildings got no coverage, but would have consumed over €100k without any other work.
The wedding business might work, although it is a bit 'iffy' relying on UK only customers, but it certainly would not pay for the renovations.
All credit to then for making it all work - but without a TV production deal there is no way any of this makes financial sense - let alone when COVID gets in the way (and remember that the restrictions in France were considerably stricter than the UK.
In short, its TV, it has zero validity in the real world!
They run the wedding/events business, glamping and Angel's vintage items shop from the chateau as well as having Dick do a lot of the work with mates and it still wouldn't be possible without the TV money, but I don't think they've ever made out that it is?
Unlike several shows on Discovery, for example.
Pete54 said:
We have a house in France, now our primary residence, actually within 30 minutes of the house for sale.
I suspect it will be on the market for a considerable time. We are just a little too far from the channel to easily make it in a day from the south coast. The area is ok, but nothing that sets people alight.
As for escape to the Chateau, little more than fantasy!
We know the cost of doing these things and there is no chance our man Dick did much more than pose for the cameras. The new roofs on the outbuildings got no coverage, but would have consumed over €100k without any other work.
The wedding business might work, although it is a bit 'iffy' relying on UK only customers, but it certainly would not pay for the renovations.
All credit to then for making it all work - but without a TV production deal there is no way any of this makes financial sense - let alone when COVID gets in the way (and remember that the restrictions in France were considerably stricter than the UK.
In short, its TV, it has zero validity in the real world!
Err yes it does. They have a substantially renovated Chateau to show for it.I suspect it will be on the market for a considerable time. We are just a little too far from the channel to easily make it in a day from the south coast. The area is ok, but nothing that sets people alight.
As for escape to the Chateau, little more than fantasy!
We know the cost of doing these things and there is no chance our man Dick did much more than pose for the cameras. The new roofs on the outbuildings got no coverage, but would have consumed over €100k without any other work.
The wedding business might work, although it is a bit 'iffy' relying on UK only customers, but it certainly would not pay for the renovations.
All credit to then for making it all work - but without a TV production deal there is no way any of this makes financial sense - let alone when COVID gets in the way (and remember that the restrictions in France were considerably stricter than the UK.
In short, its TV, it has zero validity in the real world!
Besides, have you seen how much they charge for a wedding??
As a Chateau owner I thought it was a great show whilst it lasted... of course hugely subsidised.
Mr Dick Strawbridge's moustache made me itch. Despite his facial hair he is a competant engineer and I learnt a few things from him.
However the spin off Escape to the Chateau DIY was a littlle more realistic and I preferred that one. In that series there were some excruciating examples and lots of real world issues which we too have experienced.
At the end of the day its 1000-1500 Euros a square metre to deal with these places, if you can stomach that there are some wonderful lifestyles to be had.
Mr Dick Strawbridge's moustache made me itch. Despite his facial hair he is a competant engineer and I learnt a few things from him.
However the spin off Escape to the Chateau DIY was a littlle more realistic and I preferred that one. In that series there were some excruciating examples and lots of real world issues which we too have experienced.
At the end of the day its 1000-1500 Euros a square metre to deal with these places, if you can stomach that there are some wonderful lifestyles to be had.
AndrewCrown said:
However the spin off Escape to the Chateau DIY was a littlle more realistic and I preferred that one. In that series there were some excruciating examples and lots of real world issues which we too have experienced.
At the end of the day its 1000-1500 Euros a square metre to deal with these places, if you can stomach that there are some wonderful lifestyles to be had.
I preferred the DIY show too, mainly because the houses were often more attractive to me than Dick and Angel's one. Some of their projects were really interesting, the lift installation was a highlight, but others just seemed like filler to pad out a series.At the end of the day its 1000-1500 Euros a square metre to deal with these places, if you can stomach that there are some wonderful lifestyles to be had.
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