This episode really opened my eyes to a whole new area of France. Hard to choose a fave on this one. The last one looked abandoned and that always gets my interests peaked! Thanks again!
In southern Ontario Canada, our little 1000sq ft bungalow on a small lot is valued higher than this chateau valued at 680,000cdn dollars. I think our whole parcel of land and house could fit into part of the main floor of the chateau!
It might be a chateaux it might not be a chateaux........ You need not go thru this every time methinks. Why don't you provide a description of the region? The highlights, things to do, that kind of thing. That would be helpful.
Yes it is a bit repetative, but you need to think that not everyone has followed the series and could jump in anywhere. So I feel that it is better to repeat it. As for regional tourist guides, there are plenty of others out there doing it, and I feel it would detract from the actual videos purpose.
Internet shouldn't be a problem in most places, there are some rural areas that are brilliant, but satelite internet isn't that expensive now. As for materials, some are more expensive, some are cheaper, some are different.
On the second one, that is not a pond , It is a permanent spring. This is where they got their water from. Every very old building is near a water source. A spring or a well. Some have cisterna for roof water to be collected in the event of a seige.
The "pond" could be one of many things, and yes most chateaux have some sort of water source near them, usually a spring or well, but usually a lot smaller than this. After all, it is only since the early 1980's that all of rural France has mains water. As for seiges, well this is a chateau that was built in the 19th century, it is not at all fortified. Sieges were a technic used in the medieval period ' (500-1400 AD).
I’ve been watching this series for a while and am loving it. These properties appear amazing but I am skeptical that these aren’t money pits. I live in Tenafly NJ in a house built in 1865. Original leaded glass windows that are drafty, bronze plumbing that leaks, leaking every thing. Maintenance can be monstrous. For context, looking today on Zillow the cheapest house in Tenafly is $619,000, a 3bed 2 bathroom 1600sqf needing serious upgrades. Most expensive is a 7 bed 9 bath 10000sqf on a acre for $7.25 million What’s the catch?
There is no catch as such, but these are chateaux that are in rural areas and quite a few of them need renovating, which in some cases can cost a lot more than the purchase. They are not for every one, but thank god there are some people that buy them and restore them and keep the history alive.
@@FrenchEstateAgent So they are just in the Boondocks (in French terms) and need allot of work. What is the tax situation? Are they expensive to hold on a yearly basis? What is France's position on foreign ownership? Could I own one from the US and just visit it in summer without French residency?
Taxe situation? If you mean annual taxes, being rural areas, I would guess about 1-2,000 € max per annum. And yes any one can buy a property in France. After that for the use of it, if you are not a european, then the 90 in 180 days rule applies.
@@jamesbenjamin8078 so where does it say that when using an accepted foreign word in English that you must use the original languages pluriel form over the English one? When speaking French I use the French rules, so when speaking English it seems logic to use the English language ones. Or maybe I am pedantic !
