To enter simply subscribe to our YouTube channel link below and share this post on your Facebook wall before 1pm Wednesday 3rd April and we will announce the winners live later that day. She appeared on Dragon's Den in 2010 and was offered £100,000 investment from Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis for developing her website and business. No sponsorship, no hidden work crew when the cameras stopped rolling, just two people with an average skillset doing their best and hopefully you will think the same as we do; we did ok! Cookies Websites use cookies that have been placed on this site by its operator: EpisoDate. The property is a 19th-century chateau in the Pays de la Loire region of France. Greenwich-born brothers Michael and Billy Petherick and Billy's wife Gwendoline, all in their 20s, spent just over one million euros on Chateau de la Basmaignee in the Loire.
Her French mother and Londoner father, who had converted a historic building into a care home for Alzheimer's patients when Stephanie was a child, moved in too. Enjoy the show and please be kind with your comments! Nic and I have been best friends since university. I like many other armchair apiarists mistakenly believed that it was just a question of removing the queen and then the others would follow and indeed this can be the case. They are visited by Dick and Angel Strawbridge, who themselves were subjects of the original Escape To The Chateau. It has been nominated for a broadcast award. The first three years were hard - we lived amidst constant building work as we tore down walls to rediscover the original proportions of the rooms, removed asbestos, created a huge new sewage system, dug hundreds of metres of boreholes to install geothermal heating, and redid all of the plumbing and electrics.
Philip and Angelina Baillie-Smith, two London estate agents in their 30s, are currently leasing 13-bedroom Chateau du Bailleul in the Loire for less than they make renting out their three-bedroom flat in London Bridge. In the spin-off, the pair give advice to others following in their footsteps. My parents, Nic, Michael and I were all living in insane discomfort -10 degrees in the house during our first winter , but I was loving every minute. Planning permission: once they've got this, chateau owners can claim up to 40 per cent of renovation costs from the French government 1. Once this was complete, Stephanie was determined to do the more minor and all the decoration herself.
Please set an alarm and add Escape To The Chateau: Diy to your favourites, so we can remind you by email when there's a new episode available to watch. But in the 19 th century — probably because it gets so cold in the winter — they added internal partitions, which blocked the light, so it was very dark inside. To enter simply subscribe to our YouTube channel link below before 1pm Wednesday 3rd April and we will announce the winners live later that day. Dick Strawbridge and Angel Adoree completely renovated Chateau-de-la-Motte Husson to make it into a stunning family home Where is Chateau-de-la-Motte Husson? It was as they started their house hunt that Stephanie realised that with their combined budget, and the exchange rate in their favour, they could realise a dream of hers held since childhood — to become the princess of her very own fairytale château in. I did not know that Michael was pointing a camera up my skirt or that Phil was striking a leer n the same direction. Everyone thought we were mad.
But Lalande is a happy place and it gave me the strength to carry on. Spring is in the air, the sun is shining and we're feeling happy at the Chateau so it's time to share the love. The trio have already spent 40,000 euros on trying to renovate the run-down castle into a holiday destination and wedding venue in their first year living there. You have to really think how you can make the chateau work for you. He should not have been up so late! Buyers must obtain planning permission for any work they plan to do, but the French government will then pay up to 40 per cent of the total bill for restoration and even ongoing maintenance. In the late-seventeenth century, the de Lalande fell into the formidable hands of Anne Marie the Duchess of Montpensier, known as La Grande Mademoiselle for her refusal to marry, based on her belief that women were enslaved by the institution. It costs £5,870 to have use of the castle, and it is currently extremely popular.
Did you miss an episode of Escape To The Chateau: Diy but don't you wan't that to happen in the future? The first episode of Escape To The Chateau: Diy was broadcast in May, 2019. Looking forward to the next series. Follow Stephanie's adventure on her Instagram and her YouTube channel,. Unhappily they had to be destroyed as they were living in a part of the Chateau we rent out, often to families. The day that this episode was broadcast also turned out to be the day that neonicotinoids were banned from pesticides, because they kill bees. The death of my father sent me into quite a tail spin, and work on the château stalled for a while. Actually we love bees and are planning to start making our own honey this year to go with our jams and ciders.
The buyer then pays the balance on the purchase price, along with the notaire fees — around one per cent of the sale price — agency fees, and the French property tax — similar to stamp duty — which is 5. Spin-off series in which Dick Strawbridge and wife Angel lending a hand to fellow Brits who run chateau businesses in France. The pair have proved so successful with their 45-room restoration project that they are now advising other foreign owners in France. You can withdraw your consent at any time. The deposit After signing the compromis de vente, the would-be buyer must pay a deposit of around 10 per cent, which will be held by the agent or local notary. It's a far cry from when Johnny was renting a home in Bethnal Green, while Ashley lived in Pezanas in the south of France.
Spring is in the air, the sun is shining and we're feeling happy at the Chateau so it's time to share the love. And recently was involved in The Biggest Little Railway In The World on Channel 4 alongside host Claire Barrett. We thought about it and decided to say yes. Should you, too, fancy buying yourself a slice of French history, you should realise that the process is somewhat different than in Britain, but the following five steps should help you. The compromis de vente In Britain, contracts are exchanged at the very last minute. I love nothing more than bringing this magnificent building back to life, welcoming people to our home, and letting them discover the magic of this place. The acte de vente After searches have been carried out, buyer and seller will be asked to sign an acte de vente to complete the transfer.
Enable cookies Change your cookie settings Marketing cookies We need your personal information processed by Google AdSense, Google DoubleClick, and Amazon Associates to personalize ads and, in particular, to ensure that the advertising on our website will be shown primarily to those users who may be interested in advertised content, services and products. The show has been sold to at least 18 different territories all over the world and counting and seems to be going from strength to strength. The small chateaux start at £150,000. In quick succession, Nic had to move back to London for work, Michael and I split up after 10 years, and my mother and I found ourselves at Lalande without them. Although he never saw the château fully decorated, his paintings now hang throughout the house. So there was little choice but to do what we did.