Ep 139 | Become an Owner of a 16th Century Château for €50! | French Farmhouse Life

This is the unbelievable story of how you can become an co-Châtelain of the beautiful château de la Mothe Chandeniers for just 50 Euros!!
On October 6, 2017, the start-up Dartagnans and the association adopt a château launched the crazy idea of collectively buying the Mothe Chandeniers in order to save it and propose a new model to preserve the heritage. This fund-raising campaign is the largest ever for a heritage project in France.
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[@victoriakaltz8637]

Love you educating us on all these beautiful, historic chateau! Thank you! You have a great voice and do a fantastic job narrating ❤

[@maggiecraigie8114]

Exactly what I was going to say beautiful voice.

[@jillphillips3227]

What a jewel! It will take an absolute fortune to restore but I hope she gets adopted by someone who loves her! Great vlog! Cheers!j

[@jenniferpayne8432]

The chateau is the "her"

[@LaughingInTiny]

So, this is my favourite chateau, but this information is only partially true. The group is not planning to restore the Chateau, even though that was the story they raised money with. They have done a massive amount of work to stabilize it and turn it into a park so that people can visit it and not be in danger. However apparently they have no further plans to bring it back. This is why it still looks the same years after they started fundraising. Their website does tell some of the story and for those who speak French there's also more info on the government website as well.

[@greenb5716]

Well narrated. Always educational!! You are the best. Thank you!!

[@myhillslife27]

Anna has been very quiet lately I hope is ok and well.. Thankyou for sharing, may 2024 be good to you both and the feathered and fur family. xo xo Jane , Aus

[@juliatownsend2324]

The architecture is lovely. How could you renovate something on that scale is beyond me. Thank you Peter for another interesting ruin.

[@sallystites2946]

You have such a lovely voice. Great for voice overs and book audio.

[@woodsew]

Wow! Thank you for sharing this history lesson

[@garyc5483]

Great to see these videos Peter. BUT the vocals are a bit muffled and then you put music over it. I have Misophonia which makes it very difficult to separate the speech and music. Using the subtitles is a pain as I miss much of the video. Thanks for sharing. ATB regards from the UK

[@leighevans1489]

I paid the €50 a number of years ago ! Can’t wait to visit my chateau 😊

[@gloriagavaneli9862]

Such an amazing building. Hope it can be saved thanks once again Peter for a very interesting story

[@barbaramurfitt6295]

What a sad sad story… all that workmanship and all the hours in creating what was once a beautiful building. And now it seems it has a future where happiness may once again be shared within its walls. All very interesting, thank you for sharing. Best wishes for a healthy and peaceful 2024. 🍷🥂

[@formermichiganian]

Beautiful chateau! Glad to hear it's going to be saved. The music was phenomenal! I had to look it up and save the piece here on KZbin. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@carolinerimmer1362]

OMG this is absolutely gorgeous- and devastating- thank you so much for sharing this ❤️ Many koala hugs to you all including the animals ❤️🇦🇺🐨

[@judydee7644]

Thanks for bringing this chateau to our attention. Collecting all those photos at least documents part of her history. Appreciate your research as I know how much investigation it took. This could be a channel that should stand on its own for us history buffs.

[@judydee7644]

@@francesco245 A chateau is generally described as "her".

[@lavignemorte]

Thank you for featuring Château de la Motte Chandeniers. This is local to us, we live just outside Loudun about 10 minutes from the Château. The Dartagnans group have events almost every months throughout the year. It's definitely worth a visit if your in the area.

[@corieddings5713]

What a beautiful place, so glad they have a solution to save it.

[@claudiamann7111]

What an incredible chateau. I sure hope it can be saved. That will be a monumental undertaking. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@ErickHumboldt]

Let s be serious, rebuilding is impossible 😂😂

[@cherylwhite9196]

How sad, yet enchanting! Looking forward to updates in the future. This is such an extravagant undertaking, & I'm sure, will take years! The Chapel is still so beautiful! Thank you for sharing!❤

[@Lapie3]

Next project for Dan?

[@robinfereday6562]

Dan who

[@user-iu2ny5iq2r]

​@@robinfereday6562the guy who is renovating a burnt out chateau, try googling Escape to the Chateau. Dan Preston.😊

[@garyc5483]

www.youtube.com/@escapetoruralfrance

[@alliejones9864]

@@robinfereday6562Dan Preston from Escape to rural France

[@user-sp7em4te5c]

История , это наше все !!!

[@PatriciaBride]

Glad you two are back! Missed ya❤

[@peterwhite9261]

Incredible chateau. Incredible story.

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

Happy New Year to you both. I hope these beautiful buildings do get restored...a great idea re €50 to help the plan along.

[@Mime_Mama]

Enjoying these chateaux and their history Peter!

[@myhillslife27]

What an extraordinary building! The details left and the features are in such an enormous amount! I would love it to become restored for the purpose of apartment accommodation as its such an issue these days. it would be a superb community opportunity for living

[@carolynhoover9444]

Great narration❤❤❤❤❤

[@goldenineke]

That’s amazing. Thank you Peter.

[@myhillslife27]

PLEASE! keep us up to date Peter! lovely footage!

[@johnoleary528]

Beautiful building. Many thanks for this well informed video 😊

[@daynight4902]

BEST WISHES TO YOU

[@annettesharrock1236]

What a lovely Chateau gone to ruin yet again Peter. Thankyou for the narration you really good at it. All the history about it was well searched😘

[@susankerr85]

Thoroughly enjoyed your video...Thanku🎉

[@williamwatterson8711]

It's amazing what the international bourgeoisie can buy and do.

[@deepressland7779]

OMG, you would have to be a billionaire many times over to be able to afford to restore that structure - whether it is worth it, is an entirely different story, of course! Is it "listed" or, whatever the equivalent is in France? TBH, never really going to happen, is it? Those slanting exterior stairways/balconies reminds me of scenes from "The Serpent Queen" - extraordinarily beautiful and intricately built by true craftsmen. I personally am always amazed how structures were built/erected 2/3/4 centuries ago without present day technology and machinery. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

[@cherylholasek2193]

What a shame this beautiful chateau is left in ruins. It would take someone with a lot of money and patience to restore it. Thanks for the videos 😊😊

[@jojo_inthemitten36]

Wow! So glad to hear that it’s going to be restored. What a load of work to do though! Thanks for another great video!

[@mandyedgar4663]

Wow ...Been long time hope you are both OK...I must have missed the but when you said we are having a break all the best for the New Year

[@lw7240]

Beautiful ❤

[@dawnbutler2846]

Thank you for something so different and moving. Makes me think of Dan restoring Chateau Chaumont destroyed by fire and hundreds and thousands of us are following his progress. The problem is there are many such Chateaux in France in a sad state. We are lucky in the UK we have the National Trust and Historical England which tries to save properties for the public to visit for a Membership fee or admission fee. Happy New Year to you both and look forward to more interesting places to visit etc. 🍷🍷🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@evelynbyrd4961]

Thanks for showing....e

[@briansoccerdad4153]

This chateau was built by my great great grandfather

[@mariavilaneidevieiracosta5450]

SPECTACULAR CHATEAU.👑👏👏👏👏👏👑👏👑👏👑👏👏👏👏👑👏👑👏👏

[@buffy5kt]

Fascinating! Thx!

[@doriskuhberger8559]

Thank you for sharing. Love and Blessings to you all. ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏 Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘

[@j4ck3ss]

beau chateau

[@coyotedust]

I would donate, but I got to see improvements on the structure first.

[@annslivinginparadise]

What a nice history.. is there any way to contact or to purchase this chateau? I am interested to it.

[@judydee7644]

Serious interest in buying or just investing?

[@dianeglimes3169]

Any progress on restoration

[@estellealexandre8988]

Ce sont des voleurs .ne faîte pas confiance. Ils ramassent de l'argent mais ils ne font aucun travaux depuis le temps font ça le château serait rénové. Vous n'êtes que des voleurs.

[@scotchette]

Je ne comprenais pas trop l'affaire?

[@dl924]

C'est vrai, il n'y a aucun travaux depuis le temps !

[@lionelvigneresse4563]

Il n'y a qu'un homme au monde capable de sauver cette ruine et de rétablir ce monument dans son état d'origine , et dans les moindres détails...dans un temps record : c'est Daniel-James PRESTON.Il serait ravi d'acheter et de réaliser cette performance sur cette demeure ruinée du XIXe siècle.Mais il faut faire vite avant que l'arase ne soir endommagée par la végétation. Lionel VIGNERESSE.

[@sallymoffit3751]

❤

[@joubertcronje35]

How does one buy

[@wychan2004]

It will be good to rescue this chataeu... but not much is done... and soon this chataeu will be with mother nature

[@al2207]

only 10 millions needed for immediate repairs

[@user-sp7em4te5c]

Каждая деталь имеет значение.

[@angelagalloway5486]

No thanks the Freemason symbol was over the fireplace 😮

[@toddekstrom7963]

Beautiful place…but at 72 years of age, I’d never see restoration completed.

[@sheilamccarthygavin1512]

Id love to buy this give me info

[@ItsaWonderfulLife2]

its in the description Sheila!

[@Nico-rw1uo]

50eur ok, but you need at least 15 millions eur to make a good renovation.

[@karstenjohansen6881]

Restauration approx. €10 million 😅

[@JLR1957]

How very sad 😢

[@christinecox8073]

Very interesting shame it’s a ruin thanks so much for sharing

[@andreatushingham6712]

Why is the sound so poor.

[@jackiestewart5062]

The sound is perfect for me.

[@andreatushingham6712]

@@jackiestewart5062 I've watched this channel before, but the last 2 videos I can't watch even with sound on full 😭. Will try another device

[@newfineart]

It'll cost you $25-50 million to restore it

[@markallen3293]

I hate to see the Grand Dame in such a state.