Our first booking & Châteaux Road Trip to meet some of the Chateau DIY couples!

As we get our first EVER guest booking, we had to make ourselves scarce for the weekend so agreed to pop down to meet up with some of the other fellow Château owners near Alençon, from the Channel 4 show, Chateau DIY. It was a very frosty and cold weekend, which made the whole trip all the more magical - like a scene from Narnia!
First we met up with Tim and Rebecca ‪@chateaudelaruche3863‬ (check out their amazing Instagram account @chateaudelaruche) who greeted us with tea and cake as we discussed the ins and outs of owning a Chateau. They are much further along the journey than us, so it was just the motivation we needed and to see and hear all about their hard work to make a succesful business.
There is also a great tour from Stephanie ‪@TheChateauDiaries‬ which covers way more than we managed during our time there due to over excitement! • INSIDE AN INSTAGRAMMER...
We then headed down to meet Terry and Ash who are the proud owners of ‪@chateaudelalacelle‬
They have been busy working on their "400 Guest Suite" for months, which we were lucky enough to get a tour of before it's grand reveal to the world.
We thought our place at Château Trois Cloches was a project, but all we can say is WOW! Their's is something else!! Its inspiring to see the contrast between the original state of the Chateau, and the rooms they have finished. We ended up staying for some Normandy Pommeau (sort of like a light apple brandy), and discussed life in France in their finished quarters. We chatted in front of the log burner with the dog and cat sat on our laps. It was a lovely evening and nice to share stories and the problems that inevitably come up owning these places. Chris is now obsessed with wood panelling, and inspired by the amount they have at Lalacelle!
It was so nice to get away for the weekend and have an inspirational trip. It was great to see two very different projects, but both very lovely couples who are as mad as us for following their dream.
And the thing we all had in common? - its always worth it in the end, and we all have no regrets whatsoever!
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*Chateau DIY is a spin off show of Escape to the Château - the popular show with Dick and Angel.
A bit about us - We are Chris (the tall one) and Jolyon (the less tall one). We met working at the Foreign Office, and got married in another Château south of Paris in 2018. We have both always separately had a dream of living in a Château, so it was a match made in heaven. We also have our gorgeous St Bernard, Bo, - she loves Trois Cloches, and can regularly be seen working in the garden, digging, or moving branches for us. The end goal is to have a beautiful Chateau available for big groups to hire, or the perfect location for a wedding! We try to capture as much of the renovations as possible for KZbin, so do follow along to see the transformation. We are big believers in bold maximilist design, which fits with the Chateau's Belle Époque era. Château Trois Cloches translates to Castle of 3 Bells. So ding dong, come and ring in the changes with us x
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