The Great Cost Of Maintaining A Historic Mansion | Country House Rescue: Bantry House | Real Royalty 

I have watched programs on the same channel showing country estates being rescued more efficiently in England .To make a living out of one's property one needs a serious amount of commercial drive and very good ideas which will make the place highly profitable.Be clear-sighted , one cannot do things by halves.

Wishing you well and great hope for the future! Such a fantastic property.

You mean “debt”, not “dept”.

@@judeirwin2222 , why, oh why do people feel the need to correct a minor spelling error? Are you so perfect? We all know what the nice comment was about. How anal ppl are that pick apart a minor insignificant error. So what. It's rude.

@@yellowstonekv959 Some of us still place a value on the English language. Others - especially children of the digital age, think "anything goes", and wallow in the degradation of grammar, spelling and syntax with sad abbreviations and overused words. "Lol", "ppl" "lmao" and so much more unoriginal dumb and dumber pap are eroding the richness and splendour of our most valuable legacy. Ignore this trend at your peril. "ppl".

I'm so glad to hear that! I didn't really pay any attention to the publishing date. Thank you.

@@kingdomrunt it is too expensive to make a follow up video 10 years later because of climate change

Yes and it would keep them on their toes too.

Oh yeah, that's right. Boy, that "climate change" thing they made up sure is like trying to describe the smell of the color 9.

@@kingdomrunt I wish I could be around on the moment that you realize we truly are destroying our home. I wonder what it will take from you, destroy or kill? On the day it happens remember me and my words.

I'm soooo jealous! Congratulations!💕

It's now run by her sister and brother

I'm surprised that they haven't already

@Orrong 5 Thats what social media managers are for! They could even hire someone where their pay is a percentage of the profit the channel earns :)

Any recommendations for such a channel?

@@geoffpearce3953 see The Chateau Diaries. Huge changes since she started her RU-vid channel.

@@sheilaghk6350 chautsu

Absolutely horrible. Nothing was saved? And what about the estate today.

I’m so sorry.

So sorry for your loss, I lost everything too, all my family pictures my mother's antique doll my mother's wedding dress everything! I still have a hole in my heart.

I lost everything too!

Oh gosh, terribile..people do not really understand unless they have a family pile in their blood. It is tiring running an estate on limited funds. I have difficulty showing my home, it seems an unwelcome invasion of people who really ask the dumbest things.

Sounds like the invasion of Bantry Bay was successful after all! Sophie let the French in, occupying the house for 2 months! Shameful! 😂😂😜

What sort of program do they have for landscape architecture?

That is not a lake but Bantry Bay. It is a long inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Whiddy Island provides some cover for Bantry House. We stayed there for two nights in May of 2018.

@@jarradt08thomasmlg20 So your a self lover. That’s 😞. U love attention whether it’s good or bad. Full of pride and envy of others and no kindness in your heart except for yourself. Dude u really need to take time and think about how dark your heart and evil your mind is that u would comment such ugly words. I’ll try to remember u in my prayers.

Yes @Philip HEMA, unfortunately many have been and are being lost.

Did they actually mention the cost? It's why I watched (tried to. yawn.) but I didn't hear it.

If you go to their website it looks like it’s really thriving!

@@KandeShack yes, I agree! The first thing I did before watching the video was to Google to find out how it is faring today. I was so excited to see that they offer a lot of wedding packages. Ten years later and they are apparently profitable at last!

Hello Charlotte, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

@@trevorjennings720 oh yes never got it and don’t worry about it. Fit and healthy.

@@MTknitter22 That’s good😊. I hope you’re having a nice and a wonderful day today??

@@trevorjennings720 oh yes

@@MTknitter22 Ok😊. If I may ask Charlotte, where are you from?

They would love it too, I'm sure! But there are so many of these homes, and many of them have not been as well kept up as even this one. And when they come in and want to film, they want it to be ready to go as a location. It really is a catch-22. This home is absolutely stunning. I was pained myself hearing about the dining table! As the one person said, you must think of everything you can to keep things thriving. It is such hard work! I am glad they are doing well!

Hello Victoria, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

Sophie was a bit lazy… am I wrong? She didn’t even bother to dress up for the dinner.

Hello Linda, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

Late? LOL! She is 10th generation. Even if they had fixed absolutely everything (which would be impossible as they couldn't fund it), it would already be time to start back at the beginning of the list. Without constant upkeep and maintenance, it will end up in shambles like some of the other ones on this series. Hopefully she will see your post and can contact a local guild! It is a stunning location. I wish them well!

Oh free labour! Are you a simple person? 🤣

Thank you, also, from New Hampshire, USA!!❤️🙏🌹🇺🇸

The biggest reason for the precarious state of these country houses is death duties. The rot started during the First World War and was compounded by the Second World Way. As a class the Aristocracy lost most young men. Because there was so little time between the deaths, the death duties were astronomical.

@@michaeltutty1540 I am American and just looked up death duties…it was only on the inheritance of a property? Or am I not understanding how the death of all these young men in war fits in. They were leaving properties in their wills?

Our family in Norfolk area, many of these are lost due to high cost of maintenance.

​@@1onecrazycat UK has quite a high inheritance tax, but they can mostly be circumvented by giving the inheritance at least 8 years before passing. The inheritance tax will still be relatively high, but in most cases affordable. However, I would like to point out that its's not the main reason why the country houses began to struggle. Before the wars labour was cheap. The country houses could afford tens of maids and footmen, several cooks, a butler an under butler etc. They had more staff than what they actually needed. People couldn't really complain about the long hours, poor working conditions, poor pay, poor living arrangements etc., they needed to eat, and they had nowhere to go. This began to change after WWI but the most significant change happened after WWII. During the war many of the country houses were turned into hospitals, schools, children's homes or they were simply left empty and neglected. After the war when families returned to their estates, they were in poor condition. Countries began rebuilding. Material costs went way up, and governments prioritised cities and factories over country houses, so country houses struggled to get the materials they needed. Because the losses had been so great, and countries were rebuilding in such a huge scale, they had a wide spread labour shortage. This meant that all of sudden former country house staff members had a choice. Many moved to take up jobs that paid better, and the country houses simply could not afford to compete. So country houses lacked the staff that was needed to run them and they could not get materials or afford them. Many families simply could not afford to renovate or to maintain their ancestral homes, so they abandoned them. I would like to add, that before the war because the class divide was so huge, country houses were ran inefficiently. The families could afford not working at all, the land was not used to its full potential, they had more staff than was actually needed and they lived in luxury. Because of this many of the estates were actually money pits and when money became tight the families didn't know how or couldn't afford to make the estates profitable to maintain the country house. Also after the war many break-troughs were made in farming, dropping profits. In many cases the profits from farming were no longer enough to maintain the country houses. So families had to come up with additional ways to make revenue, and this is when opening country houses to the public became a thing. The working class all of a sudden had expendable income and better working conditions, which included off days and holidays, so they started travelling.

@@KNYD Thank you so much for this thorough answer, I do remember some things now from Downton Abbey and that everything seemed to change during and after the war. May I ask how did these families become so wealthy to start with? Sheep farming?

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townhall is my suggestion. for lease a large part of the building and that would surely pay for the upkeep. would not any mayor, counselors and staff wish to work in this type of elegance.