How Two Friends Turned Abadoned CASTLE into a 4☆HOTEL | by

[@QuantumTech]

What a project from Francis and Benoit! If you want to check their whole journey go visit their youtube channel. And if you would like to book a stay at the Chateau Du Theil, you con book on their website! BOOK YOUR STAY: link.qformedia.com/chateaudutheil // KZbin CHANNEL: link.qformedia.com/yt-chateaudutheil

[@AnotherWittyUsername.]

It's lovely I guess, but if I'm spending good money to stay at a castle I want to see antiques, lot's of bare stone, medieval weaponry on the walls and maybe a suit of armor or three. This is just not the castle fantasy that most people have.

[@Sunshine-zl2py]

Coincido contigo, un castillo es un castillo por dentro y por fuera ,por lo menos deve dar esa sensación.

[@DEMPSEYwalker-m5x]

What a shame if this was in the UK no way would you get permission to destroy a historical building and totaly destroy it for a hotel its like a plastic disney failure

[@twilightingX]

I was thinking exactly the same 😖

[@Sunshine-zl2py]

Mi crítica no es que se convierta en un hotel,es que preservaron el exterior como castillo y modernizaron su interior y el frente del restaurante apartandose del concepto de castillo y por otra parte la decoración puede decepcionar para pretender ser lo que se promueve .

[@poo2764]

We have 30,000 Castles in Ireland, and what these two young men have done I will say is awesome! ☘☘☘☘☘☘☘Erin go Bragh. Vive la France and to all EU. I wish you Francis and Benoit all the best in your future!

[@davidanalyst671]

This is the second or third time this channel picked up a project I have been watching over the years. These guys are awesome, and I hope they make good money on this project.

[@siong3800]

I appreciate this channel finally do the talking instead of me reading a bunch of subtitles.

[@namaranico7044]

Das prächtige Schloßhotel möchte ich unbedingt besuchen👍💜💋

[@GeraldMiller-mp8fc]

Too much clash between modern and stonework. The restaurant should have matched the castle.

[@davidanalyst671]

why dont you go repair your own chateau and show them the proper way to do it.

[@GeraldMiller-mp8fc]

@davidanalyst671 you have no sense of historical preservation and must love Trump's bordello sense of design

[@zumbazumba1]

@@davidanalyst671 As soon as i find a small loan of 4 milion dollars and a castle for sale i will !

[@Sunshine-zl2py]

​@@GeraldMiller-mp8fc ¿ Y que tiene que ver Trump y donde esta ese burdel ?

[@Sunshine-zl2py]

​@@davidanalyst671 ¿ Por que no respetas la opinión? Si me hubieran prestado todo ese dinero hubiera hecho algo mejor, no le hubiera quitado en ningún lado el aire o la ilusion de castillo por ningún lado.

[@angelocerrone3070]

I never expected this to be 0:04 such an ambitious project! Kudos to Francis and Benoit for their perseverance and successful completion of a truly stunning masterpiece.

[@franciscowashington2155]

E uma reforma muito grande desse castelo 👍👍👏👏💪💪🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@Lars-d7g]

I was so excited when I started watching this, but my excitement quickly turned into horror. The interior is the absolute worst and most tasteless r @ pe of an old building I've seen in a long time. I was literally gasping while watching them completely destroy this building. Absolutely horrible and insane to watch something with that much potential end up looking this bad, boring and basic. The interior hallway between the rooms looks like a cheap 2 star public housing building from 2001. The bathrooms, the wallpaper, the tiles... all already outdated. I'm in shock. I cannot comprehend how tasteless it turned out. 30 years from now this whole building will be demolished and people will shake their heads at how extremely poorly this was executed. 0/10 straight to jail.

[@michellebrewer6302]

yes, certainly no saving anything basically except some walls, may as well of built a new structure, they ruined this 1

[@zumbazumba1]

You would expect from inside to look like and actual castle ,with wooden floors ,beams on ceiling ,old furniture with a mix of bare minimal modern like a toilet and showers. But noooo lets make a new modern cheap hotel for 3x the price of building a new one.Abomination.

[@fennec13]

I agree, the interiors didn't have to medieval or rustic, but this 90's, really crappy Motel 8 / office center is frankly really off-putting ! The warmth of wood and natural products (not slabs of cheap looking tiles on floors) are my biggest gripe. It looks cheap, as if these guys ran out of money, which is sad, cause the outside loos like nice except the terrible modern restaurant.

[@laurielaurie8280]

What a transformation! It turned out beautiful!

[@MartaVinas]

Hola. Desde Uruguay los veo. Que divino!!!! Que precioso grupo de trabajo. Hacen maravillas....

[@mavisabah9691]

Tebrikler mükemmel bir tadilat oldu. Başarılar ve bol kazançlar dilerim. Çok çok güzel oldu.

[@Carmelitass]

Gracias a estos jóvenes emprendedores el mundo va mejorando, mucho arte y pasión han puesto en la rehabilitación de ese castillo.

[@percypowers9070]

Great Job! Only critique is I thought the rooms would be more .. castely

[@ronkuypers1224]

There is barely anything left of the original buildings.That is not a restoration it’s a demolition

[@MrCaudron]

That's the problem when the wood is dead, and all the rules for being an hotel.

[@totorvdr5994]

Heureusement, ce n'est pas un monument historique.

[@Mrdruggedalien]

It was a wreck, the guys just saved it, dont cry.

[@houariakoriche1212]

مشاءالله النتيجة كانت روعه ❤

[@cattigereyes1]

That was just sad. Sorry but the narrative is an epic fail.

[@markschattefor6997]

Look at those I/H beams at 29:40, in Europe they are used as temporary support for concrete floors, because the can handle weight, but what they absolutely can't handle is fire, but in the greatest country on the disc they use them as permanent structural feature. Ask your local firefighter if he/she/it/x likes those things and why they/them /x don't.....

[@peggymckenzie6754]

Congratulations you two. A job well done. Be proud. thank you for rejuvenating an historical building and grounds.

[@MuhammadAhmad-db6sf]

I really like this type construction house's videos this give me motivation to do good work for everyone i really appreciate this channel which have no racism and showd love to every nation just support knowledge or unique things...😊

[@shereemorgan1430]

Congratulations on your accomplishments! Bringing back to life a piece of history. I hope that you will have many decades of success. Happy Holidays!

[@Sunshine-zl2py]

Y tu pones el culo en tu comentario ,cada cual opina según como piensa ,desear que les vaya bien es una cosa y otra cosa que no preserven realmente lo que es historicamente un castillo por dentro y por fuera porque de eso se trata ser lo más creativo posible y luego de sobre 4 millones invertidos .

[@LotharGrieb]

Unfortunately, there is not much left of the energy of a castle. Of course, in terms of craftsmanship, this is a great and commendable achievement. But sometimes less is more.

[@Bora-d9o]

Wunderschöne Restauration des Gebäudes Die Investition wird sich bestimmt auszahlen.

[@erikak2044]

Sie werden Pleite gehen.

[@abergethirty]

It's chateau not a castle.

[@40davegardner]

Castle is literally the English translation of the word Chateau.

[@hellyehthecowsaremad]

Two friends with no construction experience.....surrrrrre - looks awesome though

[@fatihertan2459]

muhteşem oldu...emeğinize sağlık....

[@Gotham7320]

He seguido este extraordinario proyecto desde sus principios, y ha sido un largo camino de 5 años llenos de retos y de superación. Aún tienen trabajo en una estructura anexa del castillo totalmente nueva de estilo contemporanio, es una extensión semi enterada que albergará el personal, y los acabados de los parkings para que puedan entrar autobuses. Lo cual ha significado un trabajo increíble de remodelación de la entrada del recinto, y de toda la parte trasera del restaurante para todo el servicio de entregas de los proveedores. Cuando empezó el proyecto, creo que nadie hubiera podido imaginar el increíble resultado final....Impresionante !!! Bravo a estos dos emprendedores por haber hecho realidad su sueño de forma tan brillante....Châpeau....

[@MrIMMO90]

Brilliant work👍👍👍

[@loneschmidt-nl3eb]

It's so well done boys, what a unique job you have done big congratulations on it. You can be so proud of yourself. With love to you to boy's. From Denmark. Lone❤❤❤😂

[@ernestocarlosmartinezlozan6805]

Espectacular quedó el castillo Felicidades una obra de arte

[@M.V.2]

Lavoro molto bello, ottimo risultato. 🔧🔩🔧👍👍👍

[@сергейжуган-э8х]

Как раз вовремя построили , сейчас марсиане прилетят смотреть на ваши красоты.

[@olgadoroshenko-rp3iv]

Почему марсиане??

[@сергейжуган-э8х]

@olgadoroshenko-rp3iv А что там делать европейцам , цены будут соответствовать вложениям , а у нас кризис и Украина .😬

[@JohnSmith-gq9gn]

@@сергейжуган-э8х WE have a crisis in the u.S. too. They keep stealing all our money and laundering it in Ukraine.

[@Lunagemina]

Connaissez-vous l'adage -"Un châteaux on en restaure un , on en restaure dix" . Je pense que ce château ne serras pas le seul de leur vie; je pense que dans trois ans ils vont nous présenter un autre projet. Bien à vous!

[@YvesHERAULT]

Avec beaucoup d'argent c'est plus facile aussi....😊

[@Gotham7320]

Ben heureusement qu'ils ont maitrisé de main de maitre tout le projet. S'ils ne s'étaient pas impliqué eux-mêmes dans les travaux et recherché différentes sources de financement et de main d'oeuvre de beaucoup de groupes qui sont venus plusieurs étés pour les aider, ça leur aurait coûté minimum 2 à 3 millions d'euros supplémentaires (dixit Francis dans un des épisodes de leur chaine KZbin). Et puis les banques les ont suivi pour ce qui est un projet commercial qu'il faudra rentabiliser.

[@ericjacquemin-perceau5527]

Magnifique restauration !!! Les deux amis peuvent être heureux de cette fabuleuse réussite. Champion et respect 👍👍👍💯💯💯

[@miebrus79]

nice nice nice well done !!!

[@stroyant7896]

excelente idea de hacerla hotel de lujo,recuperar esos millones es cosa de dias

[@bryantsalmon2]

Complexed is a stretch, but hardworking and research, yes.

[@Mordred352]

Welcome to Disneyland !

[@romain993]

Magnifique vidéo qui représente bien le défis du château du premier jours à maintenant.

[@ЗаидКурбанов]

Отличное работа 👍

[@Димбор]

Из замка в постоялый двор :-( . Первый владелец замка в гробу перевернулся.

[@noussoul]

Благодарю за эту потрясающую историю! Огромная работа! И отдельное спасибо за комментарии за кадром, у вас редко бывают такие видео, хотя именно голос помогает лучше понять историю.

[@normanseagull4027]

Why didn't they just buy a new build? Possibly one of the most unsympathetic "renovations" I have seen. Depressing.

[@torunnjohannessen4515]

Dedication, hard work but not at least love for architecture and history ❤ congratulations 🥂 I wish you success and hope I one day will visit you’re beautiful hotel 😊

[@TLWMC]

Amazing accomplishment for sure, but for me this misses the mark. I would not consider this as staying in a castle.

[@evamaczko1389]

Gratulálok ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@zumbazumba1]

What a genious idea-from outside it looks old and from inside it looks exactly like any other cheap motel with generic cheap motel walls and furniture.To ruin something this old should be a war crime. They could have demolish everything and build a new hotel for much cheaper.

[@SPICY_BEAR]

Absolutely incredible restoration!! 😮🤩

[@Genesis-007]

Incredible

[@lldragon]

i watched them all time they done something absolutly unbelivible with that chateau

[@whatthe6532]

I watched them all the time. They done something absolutely liveable/loveable with the chateau.

[@ronyantz7349]

I have a question why didn't they paper the roofs and steeples before putting wood strips and sleight tiles?

[@twilightingX]

The arch would not have been done like that. The stone blocks should be angled wider at one end. So they slot neatly together. Those are just oblong blocks with a lot of ugly cement filly the huge gapes left at the top.

[@margeebechyne8642]

They rescued a bit of history. Then made it modern with a lot of chrome.

[@rosileneanderaus8131]

UAU 😃👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😍❤️

[@kakashiorochimaur5261]

Amazing

[@tomebegern3629]

Bitte gerne mehr auf Deutsch

[@soccymountain]

Wie heißt das Material, dass wie Asphalt glatte Oberflächen ermöglicht aber dabei wasserdurchlässig ist?

[@ralfhartmann5050]

In welcher Minute kann man das sehen? 🤔❗ Schau mal nach LUWADUR

[@Gotham7320]

Tiene varias denominaciones, pero aquí habla de Urbalite. Lo vi instalado en una residencia privada tambien en Francia. Es un producto que a diferencia de asfalto de carretera es ecológico, no huele a hidrocarburo como el asfalto, sobretodo cuando llueve o hace mucho calor, se puede eligir el color, y permite una mayor y más rápida infiltracion del agua en el suelo. De aspecto es como granulado de asfalto de autopista, pero de color.....Eso sí : Producto carísimo....

[@soccymountain]

@@ralfhartmann5050 vielen Dank für den (wertvollen) Hinweis!

[@soccymountain]

@@Gotham7320 Muchas gracias por el consejo. Sin embargo, no he podido encontrar nada bajo URBALITE. ¿Existen otros términos o nombres comerciales?

[@Gotham7320]

@@soccymountain su denominación exacta es URBALITH. Es un revestimiento tintado, permeable y con bajas emisiones de carbono

[@antolinijeanfrancois7]

Où vont les eaux usées ? Recyclées ?

[@tokarukora7272]

That building was stripped of all its character. Not even the garden was spared. Really sad.

[@mata9154]

Sorry, boys and girls, its looks like disneyland ...

[@whatthe6532]

If the spire slips or tilts 2 people on the scaffolding would be lost to history.

[@duaneayers6117]

Looks Great 👍🏼. Why they didn't put in heated floors makes no sense. It would be a part of the stay. People don't like cold floors.

[@davidanalyst671]

thanks karen

[@tracylloyd1124]

Not a castle and not friends.

[@jwserge]

Правильно ли я понимаю, что у них совсем не было денег и они ничего не потратили на восстановление этого очень скромного Замка? :))) Просто "два друга".... наверное два студента :)))

[@l_7911]

В начале вроде же сказали, что 2млн бюджет был, а в итоге он вырос многократно.

[@jwserge]

да? О, я тоже хочу, чтобы у меня БЫЛ изначальный бюджет 2млн и чтобы он многократно вырос :)))

[@l_7911]

@@jwserge Ну там сказано, что к проекту проявили интерес люди из 26 стран это так называемые "донаты", а еще 2 человек вложили инвестиции и стали со-владельцами....как-то так.

[@jwserge]

Можешь точно перевести? - понимаешь ли, что означает: The two friends *took on personal debts to secure the purchase.* Once *they were all in,* a thrilling journey began.

[@l_7911]

@@jwserge ""Двое друзей взяли собственные сбережения для безопасного приобретения , однажды они вложились (можно и так "вложили все что есть"), и увлекательное путешествие началось.""

[@alex-travel]

😀👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@alirax4058]

👍 Thank you

[@saberint]

down vote just for the narration.

[@viperexpress305]

$170,000 but you need to sink in millions !! 🤔

[@nournourelyoume9010]

Beau travail les hommes bonne courage pour d'autres projets

[@pauless1123]

Maravilloso... muchísimo éxito 👏👏👏👏

[@niteananimation7733]

Special

[@neilpatterson1615]

This is NOT a restoration. Its barely even the same building with the ugly carbuncle attached to it. The interior has ZERO thought of the history of the building. Still its marginally better than leaving it to collapse 😊

[@jimzucker]

thanks god someone sees it. Also call it like 2 friends restoring a castle. these dude had millions to spend. they outsourced all work. it was a business investment and of the chateau remains only the exterior look

[@Gotham7320]

@@jimzucker Estos tíos como dices tú no tenian millones...Les han prestado los bancos y los han ayudado muchos grupos de voluntarios durante todos estos años. Pero para un proyecto de hotel es obligatorio respetar muchas normas de fabricación, de acondicionamiento, de seguridad dentro del edificio, de dimensiones de los espacios...hay muchas restricciones obligatorias de cumplir. Si no cumples, no hay permisos de explotación. Asi de sencillo. En cuanto a la restauración, visto el estado del edificio cuando lo compraron, poca cosa se podía hacer de algo que estaba a punto de derrumbarse, y que finalmente no era realmente un castillo, mismo si tenía su aspecto. La parte exterior se ha respetado, y a dentro no había absolutmente nada, si no ruinas...

[@JerryHall-d8l]

Liked to see you do better Mr. Critic

[@jimzucker]

@@JerryHall-d8l i'm not capable of doing better, mr "protect the youtube's millionaires"

[@gunlindblad6816]

That is a rediculous comment. It is like you haven’t watched. There is a huge part outside, all the sonewalls being redone. Is it something wrong with that to?

[@kastilpola4723]

Une super vidéo mais gâché avec la pub chaque 3 minutes

[@jonrichardson7881]

Hi to the both of you I've just watched your chateau transformation it is beautiful and top job I love the restaurant and all the on seats bedrooms in the hotel 5 stars to you both

[@mikelive5971]

Full gut renovation, shame

[@User-l1d7d]

You shame

[@fennec13]

100% gut job. a pretty wrapper left with craps inside. Quite disappointing.

[@User-l1d7d]

@@fennec13 шо ьи написав?

[@fennec13]

@@User-l1d7d - I am saying that the building has been hollowed out - this is called a "gut" job - like an animal with all the internal organs removed: It is then hollow inside. The exterior has a certain character. But the interior is now changed. The connotation - is that the change is NOT for the better.

[@User-l1d7d]

@@fennec13 що думаєш про україну?

[@dominiquesv8818]

Je elle suivi du début à la fin je trouve ça superbe ni quelle 👍👍👏👏

[@lenarivkin9917]

Шикарно!

[@TheWadetube]

The final look is nice, but they tore down so much of the original stone work , good tiles, mirrors, and much of the history. Rotting wood is one thing but they gutted the place and ran the price up to many times its original worth. I am not there to offer better advice but contractors want MORE work so want MORE torn down. They could have spent one million and built a nice castle down the street.

[@baer1204]

Wow 😱😱😱😱😱 !!!!!! TOOOOOOP !!!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@DaveAwesome]

I think this is pretty awesome. Save our castles!

[@jwserge]

ours ??? :))) Aren't you mixing up about anything? )))

[@DaveAwesome]

@@jwserge humanities castles. They are our history.

[@mchaelmontaudouin484]

Wow juste magnifique une dinguerie 😍🤩👏🙏👍

[@lllccc8813]

they totally look nervous lowering it

[@BOULUCKY]

😮😮

[@jeanhawken4482]

I have been watching their progress on their channel. This presentation is rather awful.

[@DiscoveringSpain]

What's there channel name, I can't watch this it's awful

[@DmytroRakov]

Варвари, така була неймовірна будівля. й що вони з нею зробили. Сумно

[@nphipps9406]

congratulations

[@SonOfGod1972]

Wow,superb,the attention to detail in everything is incredible,well done 🤗🤗

[@IbraDawoud]

woow

[@Nobe_Oddy]

This was AMAZING!!! What an AWESOME TRANSFORMATION!!!! They put in SO MUCH hard work and it looks like it has PAID OFF because everything I've seen is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!! - One thing tho... WHY didn't they show us they Tower Suites???!!!?? They were touted as the the two Suites that were going to make this a FOUR-STAR Hotel AND THEN THEY DIDN'T EVEN SHOW THEM TO US!! 😢 - Maybe they just weren't ready to be shown to the public just yet :)

[@NashAvi-k9h]

Amazing transformation!

[@reneeluva6319]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@gouldnj]

Fascinating. I prefer the AI narration to the distracting text you put in your videos.

[@davidmacwilliams9441]

it's really Super God Bless your Business .🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@temmyfishing6649]

VERY GOOD JOB

[@yolundansapanadam]

👏

[@EvanIsmail4115]

❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤

[@carolmyers6678]

What a shame.

[@lidakuracova9481]

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