Exclusive Tour of the Breathtaking French Castle 

Love your beautiful chateau! I’m glad that the previous owners left things that were original to the chateau. I enjoyed the interview style of the video. I think it’s great that you both have a vision, and are passionate about the renovation of the chateau!🏰

What a beautiful place youv got. Steeped in history, memories and tradition. Keep it alive and live in it! You are so blessed!

I suspect this was just the tip of the iceberg! Thank you for showing us around the chateau and sharing your plans for the next renovations. It is fantastic that you were able to buy the property with all its contents, especially the pieces from the original owners. It must feel like a daily treasure hunt, opening cupboards and finding new things! I don‘t know what part I am looking forward to most - your own private apartment or the blue suite - but I can‘t wait!!!

Oh my, I could spend a year just wandering and exploring the chateau to see what was left there. I’d love to read all the archived paperwork and housekeeping documents, but I don’t speak or read French! Just being able to find and research historical items would really make me so happy!

You not only bought a beautiful château, you bought a plethora of relevant museum pieces. Bravo for keeping the "family" together! Always enjoy your videos...even before you moved!

That salamander is the symbol for François I, I wonder if there's anything to do with him with your property. If you ever go to the chateau of Fontainebleau (where I used to live), you'll see them everywhere. You have such a beautiful chateau, and the outbuildings are really beautiful too. How fantastic to have that porcelain service!

It’s nice to see you both being your more natural selves in front of the camera. And also to learn more about you personally. ❤

I am just so amazed by the beauty of your chateau! Every corner reveals something else of interest and timeless beauty. The history just enthralls me. I just know that you guys are the perfect people to bring new life to the chateau, whilst preserving it’s history and charm. Bravo Denise and Brett, and thank you for bringing us all inside your family home and sharing it with us. ❤️

The prettiest chateau I’ve seen…although Dupuy is amazing too

The tall majestic rooms, the labyrinth of the old wing all your work is cut out precisely. You have already started and what a classy start. You are enthused and you will get it done.

It really is wonderful you were able to buy it complete with furnishings and historical records

You are my favorite channel to follow for renovating a chateau. Lovely couple with so much taste. 💝

Love the interview style in this video. Adore your chateau. Definitely going to be fun and games.

Salamander fireplace is beautiful. I certainly didn't think you were looking for anything like this when you were shopping for a chateau. This is a castle.❤❤❤❤ It is magic

I can't wait to see the whole Cheatue come to life. I love that wallpaper you put up last week with the scene from outside, and I love the paint color on the trim.

I honestly have to say your chataue takes first place for the most beautiful chataue on youtube.

What an amazing Chateau!! The more we see of it the more unbelievably beautiful it is. So historic! What an adventure this is going to be!! Thank you for sharing. Bev in Colorado

Great filming, you can see the house has already had a big dose of love and spit and polish, I can feel it coming to life what a stunning home and adventure, just in awe of you both and can’t wait to see you point your mark on it. ❤

You two are the nicest people I know, you both are not scared of a challenge and have humour with you both. It is just a stunning chateau you have bought with such lovely pieces left by the owners. Cannot wait to see more; Loved watching xxx😘😘

I am in awe of how beautiful your chateau is and how it is full of treasures. I think you have chosen well. You both compliment each other, which is a tremendous benefit going forward. ❤

Wishing you two all the best as you move through this adventure of a lifetime.

I loved how you described each others strengths and weaknesses. But are able to help each other with developing skills. I didn't realise how hard it would be to identify the property that had what you needed. i loved seeing all the history and pieces of life from the past that the previous owners left for you. It is part of the experience of a historical property. Wonderful video.

Amazing couple, beautiful property.

Terrific tour & interview. I can't wait to see what you do with the blank slate.

What a lovely video! 😃👍

Selling up and moving from Australia to France is tough anyway and you've taken on a huge project as well. It's overwhelming and an emotional roller coaster. But as each month goes by challenges become achievements and life begins to fall into place. It's taken us two years but we're now living our best life with no regrets. And of course these days access to social media media means it's easier to connect with others whose similar experiences you can share and learn from. Best wishes with all the work you have planned over the next few months. Maria et Rowan

Thank for the Tour , its a very Grand and upstanding Chateau one with more detail them most , u do it proud so many details and so much potential there to have .

You two crack me up, lol. As an aussie, I get you both. What a beautiful challenge you have before you. A place for business and a place to call home. There is plenty of history in this Chateau and years of renovations and certainly lots to do every single day. In the end, there will always be plenty of dusting 😂😂 awesome tour thankyou. Tell us a secret, any tunnels?

BEST TO YOU

Professionally created video, informative, personal and just fun. Loved it.

Yes, it will take you longer and cost you more - but hey, that's all part of being a chatelaine 😊 2 things.... security and insurance. And lots and lots of photgraphs of the rooms and contents! 😉 Volunteers are good when you have other rooms done. Would be lovely to have an archivist/ researcher for the chateau. Was there an older building there previous to this chateau? Who, what, where, when, how?? I know, a long way down the road 😁

This is one of the best/favourite chateaus I looked at, I’m loving watching what you’re able to do with it!

Thank you both for sharing with us a tour of your new home and vision for the future sounds fantastic. We would have loved to live in France. We have just built a house in Kerikeri and have incorporated lots of French themes and products within our home here. Look forward to your next update. Gaye and Brian

Such a great interview style of a video. Got to know you better and like you a lot. You bought a magnificent chateau and i expect to be constantly amazed with your renovations. ❤️🙏

What a lovely video. A beautiful chateau and wonderful that you could buy the entire contents. Best wishes from Australia.

You two are soo adorable!! Lots of love from Tennessee!!!❤

When these treasures come into the wrong hands, it’s only the dollar value, the sad thing is, the history is than lost, it must have been overwhelming for you to find all these belongings, all you need now is getting the title that once existed, staying there, for us it will not be an option unless you‘ve got a lift, we‘re in our 80‘s going onto 90 but it would be an extraordinary experience what I‘ve seen so far and good luck with all the renovations, the renovations will be fun, the business side of it will be stressful at times but without a business the project wouldn‘t support the entire strategy

You are very lucky to left you all these antiques! You must make a good clearing out of the rubbish and redecorate the rest. It is your home now don't keep everything in place, move things around make rooms once again beautiful and elegant. You have a great collection in your hand. Enjoy them!

Nous adorons ce château....❤ les tableaux sont magnifiques

You guys is a great team very charming and good sense of Humor, and what a beautiful Chateau.

I love the particular format of this video! You two are beautiful ❤

Ugh, how amazing is this beautiful property. I'm sitting here on the Gold Coast with all the rain, wishing I were there exploring 😊

Thank you Brett and Denise for a most wonderful and amazing tour of your chateau, it is unbelievable the items that were graciously left for you, these make up the history of this monumental place that we are proud for you as Aussies to have taken this on restoration on behalf of France and the French people. Looking forward to the coming months to see how your private residence is progressing and the up keep of your exisiting Chateau. Would be also great if Brett could run us through the outbuildings and the farming equipment that we find him driving around the grounds. Thank you, take care and God Bless you both 🙏😇👍🇫🇷🏰

The fireplaces are just stunning!

Fabulous video and you are both so lovely, I’ll be following you and cheering you on all the way!

Glad you followed your hearts and bought this lovely Chateau. Some are in such disrepair, with treasures long gone. You are fortunate to still have both.

Beautiful!! Stunning!! I feel sad for the last owners, selling such a beautiful chateau and all the objects inside, leaving so many memories and objects they loved behind. I'm sure you both will take good care of everything!

Thank you so much for the lovely tour, we highly enjoyed that. We enjoyed hearing about all the plans as well! It would be fun to know about who the people are in the paintings! 😊❤

So cool being able to see the history of the chateau - dinner service, house keeping records. Time and patience ..... oh and a sense of humour. Nice job you two

Wonderful to learn more about each of you and the chateau !! wow, so many treasures that you are rescuing and bringing into 'today' as a special location Love it

I do see how the whole place needs updated...But I think it will be AMAZING once you get it done...LOVE from Chicago

Thanks for sharing and telling your story about your move to France, and the tour around the property.

It will be exciting to witness the renovation. Great episode.

What a beautiful stunning home and business you will have. You both hit the ground running and have achieved such a lot already. Excellent Taste and I love that you have all the artefacts house keeping ledgers etc. It needs someone like you both to keep this beautiful building for the future. Love all you have done and your plans for the future. Bon courage❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏

It’s so incredibly amazing. How wonderful that you made this video and all your videos, so we can ll enjoy it. ❤

Magnifique architecture avec beaucoup d'histoire de France. En le dotant d'une touche de modernité mais pas de trop, pour fonctionner de nos jours, suivies de décorations faites avec sélectivité redonneront à vôtre château toute sa splendeur !..

I think from the various Chateau renovations I have followed you are very lucky to have been left so much lovely stuff. As you say the business side is something you have to consider as do most when they move abroad. I’m sure it will all work out beautifully for you both !

Many congratulations to you both on having purchased this magnificent Chateau! It's very exciting this Chateau and outbuildings will be restored to It's former glory. The previous owners have left you with many marvellous historical treasures; it will be fascinating to see you discover hidden gems as your project continues. ❤❤❤❤xxxx

Gorgeous on so many levels, love watching your adventures unfold. ❤

passion and hard work your both on the same page ❤

Please open the shutters when you're showing the beautiful rooms to let more light in. I wish I were younger and could help you renovate. 😊

Could u give a tour of the rows and rows of out buildings are they all cottages?? Also is there a pool or will u have 1?? Plz give a tour of the outbuildings they look like cottages u can rent for weeks at a time with a pool back there with them...😊

Wonderful video, Denise & Brett. The chateau is breathtaking. I'm sure there's many things you want to do to improve, but it's quite stunning already. You two are a great team!

Lovely couple. I wish them well with this wonderful project.

LOVED THE TOUR! Its 11pm here in Torquay Australia. My eyes are closing and i just had to watch this next episode. I think your castle is quickly becoming a fav with many.

You're doing a great job, enjoy yourselves and enjoy your new home!! Everything looks beautiful so far!!

Absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing your journey with us. Best wishes from South Australia 🇦🇺 xx

💕I hope all your plans & dreams come true for you both in your new home & chateau life leads to many new friends & with lots of family wanting to visit💕

That was a lovely interview & tour. I look forward to following your adventures. Your dog looks so happy following you too; one look from you and her tail starts lovingly wagging!

Excellent tour!

I would not even attempt what you guys are doing past the renovation, the maintenance, staff, taxes etc are the real issues and where most people run into problems. Perhaps once we have robots a lot of these headaches could go away, we hope. Anyhow, it is encouraging that brave souls like you have the courage to tackle this incredible project and saving what is a treasure from the past, best of luck!

Fantastic guys, can’t wait. Oi 🇦🇺

You both have such exquisite taste!! I imagine you both had careers in design, and development. Can not wait until you are finished. Hope you welcome a few guests in the future!

Beautiful couple.

This was a very good and interesting video thank you ❤

I can't wait to visit one day.

Nicely done video. Best wishes from Melbourne ☆

You too are so adorable and I so enjoy your journey, you are doing a wonderful renovation so far and so interesting. Cannot wait to see your apartment when it is completed. All is beautiful.

You guys should put those old housekeeping record books, in a library and open them up for people to browse through to see what the cost was back in the day. Love the video much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖 PS are you guys going to make that into a b&b? Like Stephanie from The Chateau diaries?

The oriental room would look stunning in emerald green against the black marble . ❤

Wonderful!

You really bought the jewel ❤

I love the format of each sharing your thoughts and stories.

Very interesting episode love it!!! Can't wait for more ❤

Like many others I watch this kind of video, because of my personal interest in historic properties and antique furniture and art and also to get inspiration for our own project. However I have to admit, what I like best about your channel is not the chateau (which obviously is glorious) but I love the chemistry between the two of you and your devotion towards realizing a common dream! Many couples break apart over projects like these, your grow stronger together and you complete each other..it's a pleasure to watch!

I never understand chateau owners who live in the smallest out building and not have the best suit of the Chateau to themselves or even create an amazing suit with there living needs in an area like the loft. You say you will be to busy to enjoy, I say rubbish, I say its all about the money. Why not just enjoy what your selling to everyone else, after all you own it. Its a stunning chateau, and if you gave a custumer something less they wouldn't complain as they would still be staying in the chateau. I just spent visited chateau Des Melalandes, it has exceptional gardens and the interior is a mix 1800 & 1930 no staying there. In all the times I've visited chateaus over the years, this one yesterday has given me more pleasure and enjoyment. And the €13 each was well worth the money. Bird displays, sword fight re-enactment, it was funny. So relaxed, gardens are beautiful, Amazing. I would love to say that about yours to. Best of luck. 💕

This was a wonderful vlog to watch and helped us to get more perspective of the project ahead.I can’t wait to watch your progress and achievements from Sydney, Australia. I can’t wait to see the spa! You will make it beautiful with your good taste. I saw some chateau owners/ renovators use a large white board that had written ‘to do ‘ lists which looked really helpful and organised. I would love to see how you plan out all the tasks and prioritise it all. I’d also like to see some of your local village and its features. Thankyou ❤

Ohhhhh beautiful… I want to stay here but I wana tour every single nook n cranny xoxooxox love this!!!

Beautiful chateau with original things. I am waiting for outbuildings tour as well

What a beautiful chateau. Thank you for the tour 😍😘

Wonderful guys !

I cannot wait to see the progress. Denise, do you have horses there? I noticed you had them in Australia.

It was very stressful for u to move all that way , and leaving behind horses and pets played into your feelings too . But we know the work has started and it's all going to take time to get it done but u will . ❤❤.

It's hard to not be grumpy when you are cold and damp. Summer is coming and the Chateau will be so much different when you can open the windows and shutters and let it breathe. What will you do with the started commercial kitchen? Will you finish it or change it? The room with the housekeeping books would have been the "Ladies" room. The Female Head of house would have used that room to plan meals with the kitchen staff, to order supplies and make schedules for housekeeping and Entertaining. In those books you will find what all the rooms were used for and by who. The running of the House was a big job with lots of staff. The planning for events, meetings, parties, right down to menu's will be in those books. How exciting to have them.. now you need a translator.

Really nice video 😊

Very pretty color on walls of blue suite

Denise, you are a remarkable lady, pace yourself....and Brett, man can you dream big! Denise, happy to see your family helping out in earlier episodes and your handsome threesome partners in crime. You've enriched their lives as well. Renovations are super hard on relationships and jokes abound on it, your relationship will no doubt evolve as a result but yeah, that's life for all of us, growth and change and the discomfort of it all..... Will be happy to see you, Denise happily ensconced in your business again, one that I can tell you treasure. All in all, how satisfying, the result of it all. Pace it all. Savour it all. You own it, it doesn't own you. .... hope to see the most beautiful wedding there sooner than later. ♥️🇨🇦 Maria

So beautiful thanks for sharing ❤

Are both dogs enjoying the chateau?

Beautiful chateau. Cannot wait to watch your renovation videos. Do you have a floor plan? It would be good to see what rooms you are renovating and where they are located. Hopefully we get a couple of videos a week 🙏 Denise, I can hear a bit of the Aussie accent. 😊 Good luck, and I'm sure the chateau will be renovated beautifully. Cheers from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 Not far from your Victorian property 😃