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I thought she was ok actually by far the more sensible one

Take that back got a bit further in lol

they are like a negative characture of the landed gentry!!!

@@lunity1111 Not really. She wants to have fun... not save the house.

Oh she is dreary

😂😂 Same!!! Like why are those two so stingy and the woman is like “throwing a tantrum” like a kid, their hospitality is nonexistent 😂🤣😂 the husband is like “I’m losing money if I don’t charge for the trial” and I’m over here like.. how much are you making again with an Empty hotel? 😂😂😂

“No more money in the pot” but won’t take amazing advice on how to fix it. I unfortunately think they are going to fail and I hope someone purchases the location and makes it successful

You are darned skippy!

I couldn't stand them. 😂😂😂

Nor me pompous………….

Yes, u can see how purplish-red her face and neck look in a lot of shots.

Yes, I don't know how he kept himself from uttering a few choice words and storming out himself when confronted for the umpteenth time with her negativity and rudeness, and his cloud cuckoo-land 'hooray-Henry'-style idiocy. They both seemed lost in their own bubbles of some sort of class-based entitlement, in which they'd lost touch completely with current realities. They desperately needed a fresh pair of eyes but they couldn't see or didn't want to know that what they proposed to offer- a casual, family/friendly style of hospitality in a semi-derelict, once beautiful country pile - was not marketable for the price they wanted to charge. They could at least have listened respectfully to Simon's expertise on room/ hospitality prices, and offered their own alternative ideas for potentially profitable events if they didn't feel any enthusiasm for the one he suggested. But in the end, even the 'jazz club' turned out to be nothing but a one-off private party for friends. Possibly the idea of doing anything that smacked of business or commerce, involving having to mingle with, and horror-of-horrors, even serve the (potentially non-posh) general public, actually just revolted them - thus the curiously defensive attitude.. As with a lot of entitled people born into privilege, they wanted to have their lovely place to live and money to roll in from somewhere, but in the end weren't prepared to put themselves out, in the slightest, to earn any of it.

I think theres quite a bit of drinking that goes with their thinking.

With elbow grease and a determined, steady effort a lot could have been done over 40-50 years towards renovation and generating additional income.

So true, sadly. I couldn't even get to the end. I only hope these people's children aren't as insufferable as they are.

@@MizzAugust7 🤣🤣🤣

@@MizzAugust7 Could be drink I suppose, but I honestly thought Francis had a head injury, as for Kisahndra...menopause maybe?

oh my I was just comin to the comments to make a similar comment lolololllll

@@asabovesobelow7981 How fast can u pack? Can't wait to get there...she's the ultimate life of the party, isn't she?

She needs thrown out on her rear end. No man should have to put up with a wife like that

Alcoholic ?😊

Mind she has spent 20 + years living with him.

Sad for the house, but rude people like these deserve to loose everything. The house will certainly outlive them and will be restored to former glory, as soon as someone with a good heart and soul takes over.

@@Vontharau47 wise words

They did the show just for the publicity, nothing more

Lovely couple. I’d love to be there with fists full of cash to hand them! Absolutely, Not. I can’t imagine spending an evening there. Overpriced with arrogant owners would not stack up. Looks to me like a truly miserable evening. Poor Simon. They really wasted his time & talent. He should’ve walked out early on. They treated him terribly.

@@Gecko.... Like they do on all the shows they appear on, I think they hope someone will feel sorry for them and just hand them money.

Or the 4 kids instantly wrote off the dilapidated mansion and flew the nest and moved straight into new builds. Could actually imagine Arthur, Edmond, Humphrey and Matilda doing that tbh

Oh, don’t feel sorry for them. Other shows featuring them make it clear they’re hideously unruly and entitled.

Actually the 4 kids are just as entitled & idiotic as their parents, there’s a whole documentary on them called “F***ing Fulfords” all available on youtube

@@rainbowlady1532 That would be the sensible thing. These 'aristocratic' families are hanging onto something that is long gone, the idea that they need to keep the family seat going for the next generation. Why? To what end? I understand years ago when their titles meant something and came with power and influence.

They do come with influence and power @@Gecko....

They’re selfish basically

@@meganr9280 both selfish and arrogant, it seems to me.

The situation is clearly not as bad as made out, I think they just pretend it is to get on these types of shows for the publicity. The house is pretty much secure with a non-leaking roof, they seem to be able to service their debts with the revenue from their farms so they are just happy drifting along in their house with the odd wedding making them some spending money. Maybe the next generation will have some more drive to realise the houses full potential, that's the way these artistocratic/gentry families work, they get 1 good heir who is finacially responsible then 1 bad heir who squanders the money, and so on.

The twilight zone 😳

@@Gecko....no their son has no drive.

Uh he put three radiators in one room. He's not a serious person.

Yes, I’ve seen them on past TV shows & it really does appear that they agree to go on them in the hopes that some super rich person will just give them the money for repairs, etc, or that the government will cough up.

I very much doubt he has done a days work in his life. And before anyone says, organising for repairs to be done on your own house is not work.

I believe you could be right. I assume the TV Show paid them $$$$ for the show. That’s all they wanted.

Right? All I kept thinking was even in the first 3 minutes was why didn’t they power wash the outside? Those windows are atrocious. Ugh 🤮

Once again, we/ve been shown that MONEY CAN'T BUY CLASS! Costs nothing to be classy...u feel better and so does everyone around you!

They should both be embarrassed by their rude, arrogant and undignified behavior. They deserve to lose the home.

You are quite quick to jump to conclusions. Not that quick witted yourself if you base your understanding of a person you never met on a scripted television show. Haha, this world is really something isn't it? I can attest to Francis Fulford not being even close to "dim". On the contrary - quite clever. He's laid back, not a go-getter business minded sort of person. It's not in his nature. A lot of these estates are built with a big cash flow in mind. After the modernization of the western world at the turn of the last century (ca. 1900) these families have had to pay for the upkeep with little to no cash flow. Inheritance- and tax laws have done a great deal of damage as well. Although these laws are on their way of being modernized. Slowly, all too slowly, but still on it's way.

@@wisdomseekertv Are you Francis Fulford?

@@truthseeker444 That's cute

Kishandra was born in Tanzania to a colonial administrator family.

so you're saying that if someone is raised on a council estate they don't have etiquette or manners? How jolly rude.

Well stated. I believe you’ve nailed the situation perfectly. 👏👏👏

except her friends talk bad about the house when they leave.

Exactly what I'm seeing they want the lifestyle but don't have the money.

Exactly!

I do get the impression she married the house, and what she thought would be the lifestyle, rather than Francis..and now comes across as rather bitter that the future she envisioned didn't pan out the way she planned.

@@annA48126 It's possible that Francis was handsome, funny and charming when he was young, but we'll never know. Anyway he's just a ridiculous drunk now, so I don't blame her for her disappointment and bitterness.

Quite a few of these have made a successful business if it. But it tends to be the younger ones. Many of these shows have documented a battle to get the older ones to let go of the reins. No young ones around in this case.

Well said. These types of people anger and astonish me

​@@fromireland8663Offspring were mentioned were they not?

I would suggest if she was not tied to him financially they would have divorced years ago. If she sticks it out, he is likely to pop his clogs first and her and her kids get the place. Sell up, move to a nice modern Penthouse or regular 5 bedroom

Totally agree 💯💯💯💯💯

stephenclayton3072 Actually thought the shepherds/cottage pie with rich gravy and broad beans looked pretty tasty especially for lunch on a cold winters day.

What a disgustingly awful human she is

She's definitely comes across as a cow at times

Seemed as if they wanted an instant no effort solution which would miraculously happen around them.

@@jasperhorace7147 Of course!

I don't think she had anything to contribute...she walked around the estate like a scowling petulant child who also appears to have a problem telling the truth - or communicating like an adult

She seems ditzy and with nothing to add.. she is more interested in having fun than saving the house.. I totally get why he shuts her up.;

It's because he's so freaking arrogant.

Yep, and do people really drink $100 worth of alcohol a night? I'm doubtful, unless they are really high rollers, and those people would demand nicer facilities.

Yes, the emphasis on all the alcohol you can drink made it clear what he found important.

Yes, unfortunately.

There is no rush as they got money

Not going to lie but this place is one of those places I'd like to visit before I pass on. Something very intriguing about this mansion.

@@rainbowlady1532 right on! it was in the same family for 800 years, but it's not that pretty lol I would rather go to Chatsworth or castle Howard

It’s not fun talking about money???? She must be on something. She can’t be bothered???

uber karen

What parents allow their children to broke as many windows as their children have? Its unfortunate that they inherited that house! If the entire family are anything like them, well them, the house should go to someone who's going to maintain it.

He's an equal piece of work, arrogant and unrealistic. He may very well be the reason she's so annoyed, stuck in a marriage she can't get out of. Why pick on the woman alone?

@@virginiamoss7045 - It’s not a blaming the woman thing. She’s uptight, unhelpful, bratty, resistant to change, self entitled, no charisma, “I want it all my own way” attitude & was seemingly born with a broom up her backside. So yes, she is a piece of work. Of course we can get into the equally dis-likeable characteristics of him as well. Bombastic, a sense of self importance, a total ineptitude to see the blindingly obvious, lives in a fantasy land & a cringe to watch (let alone spend any social time with) to mention but a few …. My point is this, just because someone points out the flaws in her it doesn’t mean he has been exonerated either. I haven’t read through all the posts, but I’d take a guess that he’s got a bashing too without anyone saying “Why focus on the man?”

@@virginiamoss7045 I usually try not to post negative comments about people but I have to say this: His porch light is burned out, or in other words, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. She does seem to have to at least tried to make some money with her house by decorating rooms that are supposed to be rented out. I think if they had been more teachable and open minded I wouldn't have made this comment, but it's almost impossible to feel any sympathy towards them because of their clueless arrogance.

His complexion and his necessary drink may be a clue.

I thought I was the only one who thought Kishanda is a secret drinker thus her inability to be up in the morning. Her moodiness was also strange.

What a waste, in every way. Rude and greedy people. They will reap what they sow.

They did the show to get free exposure for their rentals but didn't want any help, they're too arrogant to listen...

That definitely was a strong possibility.

Makes me think of a Rowan Atkinson character! :)

Inbreeding can have upsides!!!

Harry Enfield would love him in his sketches

I was thinking that the male heir does seem a bit off, perhaps from inbreeding

First cousins at that. 😂

Haha!! Right?! 😂

Wait - are they Seriously cousins??

Exactly what I was going to say!Centuries of marrying cousins and there you have obviously mentality unwell English aristocrats on full display 😅

The property is still in the family according to the website.

I thought I recognized that man!

PLEASE!!!I would appreciate it very much if you could tell me the name of the reality show

@@michelleduplooymalherbe2837 LOL, I had read that there was a reality show but didn't know the name of it. I googled "Fulford Manor reality show" just now and see why you asked me for the name. What a hoot, those Brits!

@@michelleduplooymalherbe2837 Family appeared in two hit shows - 'The F*****g Fulfords' and ' Life is Toff'

She has an active instragram that is still posting pictures as of this month.

He’s a dummy. Has failed every entrance exam he’s ever taken from Eton to Color guards. No Uni either.

can be found on Wikipedia - they are still owning it

@@michaelprazak7923 What state is it in? Any photos?

@@samanthab1923 Google it

@@samanthab1923 they still haven’t sorted the great halls wallpaper but they are trying to rent it out for events

@@izzyfarmer2500 I happened to see the house on a ghost hunting show on YT. It looked the best I’d ever seen it. The Lord of the Manor on the other hand seemed well oiled.

For the money. But they’re making money being their psychotic selves

I have my doubts that two elitists would agree to acting like such arses for a program.

@LQOTW which is why it is most likely staged /scripted.

Now have a country that cares more about guns then kids lives, let's face it if the U.S had stayed part of the Commonwealth they would have all the things they want like free health care and gun control and affordable education.

It was for freedom of religion.

I have a name for Kishanda, but it ain’t Princess!

Imagine being so lazy that you won't get a ladder and pull the wallpaper down yourself and repaint rather than look at that for decades.

Kishanda, the mother, has been known to try & solve the family's financial difficulties by gambling on horse races. I am thinking that's not a good solution.

It would be interesting to hear what the bottom line is on their finances, but the wife, Kishanda, didn't want to say. I wondered why she and Francis invited poor Simon there to begin with. The free stay idea would have generated good will and future business.

@@twistoffate4791 They just wanted to be paid for being on the show

@@samanthab1923 You're probably right. That's the best explanation.

Remember a lot are scripted too

​@@lunity1111lol if that's all scripted why aren't other owners humilitaiing themselves in this show?

And what does the book say? Full of arrogance? It’s a real pain to watch them, destroying their heritage... 😮

Wait but the rooms have linen 🤣🤣🤣

They don't want to put on the heating?

"Linen is much better than cotton"... they ain't posh.