I found out how and where the chateau fire started! 

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I had to laugh, poor Nick 😂

Hard to look at, but awsome at everything he does.

Down and out former heavy metal rocker trying to get by in the world by being a chateau gardener and all-around handyman. It's tough work but 5 quid a day would help, if you can spare it. 😂😂

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British TV daytime ads 😂 1:49

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after so many years the Britons still think in pounds. Not fully integrated yet, what a shame

@@johumm455 no just the older ones....and......we will never be integrated into the fourth reich ..hence brexit

The dogs freeranging amongst the work is a testament to careful breed selection. I giggle seeing their ability to dodge the equipment with zero drama.

Yep, they're sheep dogs, ever alert, they miss nothing.

It has to vibe said I'm a cat fan, I like dogs but I do just love your dogs. No fuss just dogs living their best life doing dog things around the chateau..not a fan of them if they are cuddled carried and generally a complete nightmare..yours are perfect..you have done the best job as an owner

I agree. When you have a blank slate it is the perfect opportunity to modify the layout and use of space to suit your needs. Our lifestyles in the 21st century are very different from 19th and early 20th century lifestyles.

The Chateau is 'Inscription sur l’inventaire supplementaire des Monuments Historiques' - ISMH. In other words, a Listed building. So any modifications have to go through a process of approval. Besides - Dan has said he wants to put as many of the original features back as possible.

@@Idrisbach I understand and can appreciate the thought, but the building, as a survivor of a complete "gut job" fire, there isn't much available to save. it is a surprise the building has survived as it has, (Understand that my cousin has a chateau near Avignon that has been brought back from the dead some 75 or 80 years ago. Not always possible or reasonable to get tied up with bureaucracy

Listed building rules and regs mean regular inspections for compliance beyond standard uilding safety. The chateau will be better built than most modern buildings.

I think it's not Dan' s idea ...

Many People, including me, offered help. But Helaas! I guess it's not his idea of this project. I can't blame him!

Sometimes (too many) volunteers slow you down instead of helping you out.

Dan’s place is in the middle of nowhere. There is no electricity, no water and no sewage. Where would volunteers be accomodated ? Another yurt? How would they be transported, fed, cleaned, entertained?

And it’s Dans mission I suppose . I wouldn’t want volunteers at that stage or ever really. It’s his Kingdom for now maybe We love you Dan good man keep strong Dan the Man😂bisous

The chateau has a further 8.75 (2033) years to go until my estimated completion, the landscaping can be "Worked In" when the structural work is complete around about 2025/6. The structural work should, at present, take top priority. It might be that Dan has pushed himself too much on the structural and wants a break to gardening to recharge his batteries or whatever, but he (and Nick who may also want a rest) should concentrate on getting the other wings roof completed before Winter, he (...and Nick) has been making good progress, hopefully he will be able to return to it soon!?!

I love both. I first found Dan on Chateau Diaries as Dan the gardener. He did great stuff there. So happy he is showing us landscaping as well. Rocky soil can be such a witch to try and plant in, but once planted it usually has great drainage.

@@TomTomicMic the best time to have planted a tree is 30 years ago, the second best time is today. As John said plants, in particular any hedging being put in, take time to get established and fill in. Delaying the construction work for a few days won't alter the final outcome. It's been without a roof for decades, Dan is committed to finishing it. Delaying the planting until the construction work is finished however will make a massive difference to the grounds and to when the plants mature.

@@TomTomicMic Dan did explain why he was doing it now, a couple of videos back.....he knows what he is doing...🙂

To add to what everyone has said: He also needs materials. Steel is one thing, and he has allways had too little of it as they've iterated on how to put in the floors. An other thing is structural lumber: he's using 73x223 beams, and my guess is that they're not as easy to come by at your normal lumberyard as, say more normal sizes like 48x48 and 48x98. So yeah, plant when you don't have enough materials, and at the same time you get a break from the monotony of things.

Or maybe the job wasn't completed the first time around.... 🚬🔥 🤭💵

Oooh @ozrob76 that’s a horrible thought ….🙈

I think gardening is a nice break for Dan.

His background is horticulture so he understands planting is an important part to the overall estate. By the time the chateau is finished the grounds will be well established.

@@gigisielaff I agree. And while the chateau is coming to life, so will the view around the chateau.

that was good one 😂 indeed.

That was sooo funny 😂!

Les coms en Français sont rares. Pourtant, ça se passe en France.

@@CENTAURE1312et nous sommes nombreux a le suivre

481 mille ❤❤ le meilleur vlogger de tous notre Dan ❤❤

I has followed this project from the start and it is impressive how much Dan has restored that place this far. Besides it is great to learn about the buildingtechniques involved in a project like this.

@@NathalieRenduCountryInTheCity C'est vlé

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Dan, at present, is reasonably young and fit, most people would concentrate on the structural work as it protects the work that you have done to the Chateau, and also helps with carrying out works in the right seasons, for example doing the Roofs in Summer and Autumn rather than Winter like he did last year, it would be far easier and safer if he did, but what do we old folks know, it's his project but it will take its toll and that is a longer view, something "we" know about!?!

If my memory serves me well wasn't it Nick who, in the autumn, suggested the main tree planting to let them bed in during their dormant season? Brilliant tactic, what a difference and now they have flowering camellias in spring. They make an excellent team, two sides of the same coin.

He is overlooking his neighbor and included in the buyers contract was the planting of the trees. So they do not bother each other. It is a end of the road house you know, they just want quietness

That would have been between 1945 and 1960, while the original owner's daughter Gilberte Bardet owned the place. A newspaper article from 1960 suggests she had a massive drinking problem, which led to the demise of the château as a holiday camp for children. Apparently she saw smoke from small bonfires in the park, thought the château was on fire and the pompiers arrived full force, expecting they'd need to save dozens of children from the flames. I'd say if your drinking issues got mentioned in a newspaper article in 1960s rural France, they've got to have been quite bad. The article even mentions hospitalisation, which might have meant rehab.

Agree! Those plans as shown don't answer something I have wondered about since beginning this series.. The chateau ruin first looked to be symmetrical, but I realized early on that it is not. The ground floor window on the right side is doubled, while all other windows are single width. The plans shown in this video, which were made after the fire, do not show this. Why?

@@charlesyoung7436 Because they were simple sketches drawn during the fire investigation. All old photos from long before the fire show the asymmetrical window placement. It's still quite an odd design choice given the otherwise perfectly symmetrical facades though!

A St Bernard for the Bourbon at the end of a long day.

I have great respect for the Pompiers, there was an explosion in our apartment building and we were evacuated to the school, fed freshly cooked lunch and rehoused. Meanwhile my baby daughter needed more nappies. I was rushed through the town with blue lights and siren to collect more. Brilliant, compassionate and efficient.

Well we were told from the beginning that Mme. Mironnet was the only person at the château during the fire. She was asleep when the fire broke out and managed to save herself by knotting her bed sheets into a rope and climbing down from the balcony. Which isn't a small feat for a stout lady in her 50s or early 60s (one of the neighbours described her as "very much enjoying good food once she no longer worked as a model").

@@Ragnar8504 Thank you so much for the information!!! Im guessing adrenaline had to kick in at some point for the lady to accomplish this feat.

Very rare in France in my experience.

There’s just one God.

Yeah, it was awfully common. And smoke detectors in homes didn't really become a thing in most European countries well into the 2000s, if not 2010s. In Austria, new builds still usually have battery-operated smokes fitted, including the kitchen, and the first thing tenants/owners do is remove that one the first or second time it goes off during cooking.

The last weeks have been very weird on the whole country. Last week-end we had hot temperatures that we usually get in June and the very next day, it dropped to temperatures and weather like we're back in February or early March or something...

@@PB-Trinity Thats how my state NC (North Carolina) in the US is. It's hot for like maybe a couple of days during the spring then it cools back down to the 60's to low 40's all of a sudden.

Not only in France. Finland is experiencing the coldest spring (if you can even call it that) in ages.

@@jarmoluotonen yup same in Estonia

@@jarmoluotonen I'm in Canada and 3 days ago we had a mild snowstorm. It was 9 (C) the day after and 14 degrees yesterday. Today it's -3 (-8 with the wind chill) and there's a freezing rain warning.

you won't be disappointed !

Il a la flamme. Lol. 😄

The precise dates are 11th, 12th and 13th

Where I live it's 24 th of June, but it's only for annuals, not perennials.