Anyone want to buy a French chateau?

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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,424
    Nice pad (s) :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 58,151
    15 minutes of fame eh, Berni? :)

    Unfortunately too far from the ski slopes for me.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,195
    You'll miss it.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 21,831
    Nice place in a great place
  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    Chris Balfour, runs Pyractif (http://www.pyractif.com/index.html)
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,685
    Thanks, but have got one already.

    Well, not quite a chateau...
  • mamba80
    mamba80 Posts: 5,032
    very very nice, was it ever a time share exchange? because many years ago, we stayed in a Château tower in Brittany, just like yours, cant remember exactly where though.

    i do prefer the farm house in the Lot... might be to do with the price :)
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,924
    mamba80 wrote:
    i do prefer the farm house in the Lot... might be to do with the price :)

    The one in Montcuq... somewhat famous for its name.

    The Lot is lovely, can't wait to get back in a couple of weeks.
    “You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”

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  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    Pinno wrote:
    You'll miss it.

    I know, terribly, but I won't miss all the mowing!
  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    mamba80 wrote:
    very very nice, was it ever a time share exchange? because many years ago, we stayed in a Château tower in Brittany, just like yours, cant remember exactly where though.

    i do prefer the farm house in the Lot... might be to do with the price :)

    No, not as far as I know. It was a B&B before though.

    Although the price is obviously higher, the potential returns from this place are excellent; mini-boutique hotel, weddings, receptions, etc. and the Gatehouse would cover all charges and taxes plus a full time gardener.
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 3,949
    Looks lovely. I like the way the article dismisses the referendum at the start. Surely with that looming any potentional UK buyer would wait until it's over?
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    Looks just fabulous and best of luck with the sale and the next adventures.

    If you're open to an offer of £8.43 in cash, then I have those funds available right now here in my pocket.
  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)
    ...take your pickelf on your holibobs.... :D

    jeez :roll:
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 8,718
    FishFish wrote:
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)

    Unless you are 17 yourself sounds a bit odd tbh.
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    FishFish wrote:
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)

    You may say what you like. Whether it is appropriate to say it is another question.
  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    FishFish wrote:
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)

    What can I say, she has great genes....!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,921
    FishFish wrote:
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)

    Unless the photo is 3 years old.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 58,151
    Ballysmate wrote:
    FishFish wrote:
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)

    Unless the photo is 3 years old.
    I wonder whether FishFish has ever played for Sunderland?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    FishFish wrote:
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)

    What can I say, she has great genes....!

    At least your missus looks good for 45 (can I say that?) :wink:
  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    joe2008 wrote:
    FishFish wrote:
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)

    What can I say, she has great genes....!

    At least your missus looks good for 45 (can I say that?) :wink:

    And I don't is that it?!
  • metronome
    metronome Posts: 670
    The photo of your chateau with the pool in the foreground. wow!!!
    tick - tick - tick
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Looks like my dream home, with the turret. Care to swap it for a cottage in the Scottish Borders? :D
  • FishFish wrote:
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)



    thats creepy...seriously. keep it to yourself... :roll:

    how old are you?
  • joe2008 wrote:
    FishFish wrote:
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)

    What can I say, she has great genes....!

    At least your missus looks good for 45 (can I say that?) :wink:

    not as creepy, but still not quite right... i imagine the op would prefer it if people kept it to themselves...nothing better than weird strangers on the internet commenting on how attractive they find your kids and wife....
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,685
    Garry H wrote:
    Looks like my dream home, with the turret. Care to swap it for a cottage in the Scottish Borders? :D
    My brother was trying persuade me to go to Thurso for a holiday instead of my 'chateau'. I pointed out that on average Thurso gets 1085 hours of sunshine a year (and that's with the longest days in June being comfortably over 18 hours), compared with 2350 hours for the 'chateau'. Tough call.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Garry H wrote:
    Looks like my dream home, with the turret. Care to swap it for a cottage in the Scottish Borders? :D
    My brother was trying persuade me to go to Thurso for a holiday instead of my 'chateau'. I pointed out that on average Thurso gets 1085 hours of sunshine a year (and that's with the longest days in June being comfortably over 18 hours), compared with 2350 hours for the 'chateau'. Tough call.

    I bet that your 'chateau' doesn't have a nuclear power plant right next to it though!
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,685
    Garry H wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    Looks like my dream home, with the turret. Care to swap it for a cottage in the Scottish Borders? :D
    My brother was trying persuade me to go to Thurso for a holiday instead of my 'chateau'. I pointed out that on average Thurso gets 1085 hours of sunshine a year (and that's with the longest days in June being comfortably over 18 hours), compared with 2350 hours for the 'chateau'. Tough call.

    I bet that your 'chateau' doesn't have a nuclear power plant right next to it though!
    In France there's never one too far away: mine is Tricastin. French 'lectric bills give the percentages of power generated by different sources, and nuclear is currently running at about 80% of total.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,249
    joe2008 wrote:
    FishFish wrote:
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)

    What can I say, she has great genes....!

    At least your missus looks good for 45 (can I say that?) :wink:

    not as creepy, but still not quite right... i imagine the op would prefer it if people kept it to themselves...nothing better than weird strangers on the internet commenting on how attractive they find your kids and wife....
    I was half expecting lewd comments about the dog.
    Lovely looking place, good luck with the sale.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    In France there's never one too far away: mine is Tricastin. French 'lectric bills give the percentages of power generated by different sources, and nuclear is currently running at about 80% of total.

    You lucky sod, you have it all :wink:
  • Veronese68 wrote:
    joe2008 wrote:
    FishFish wrote:
    The 17 year old looks quite cute. (Am I allowed to say that?)

    What can I say, she has great genes....!

    At least your missus looks good for 45 (can I say that?) :wink:

    not as creepy, but still not quite right... i imagine the op would prefer it if people kept it to themselves...nothing better than weird strangers on the internet commenting on how attractive they find your kids and wife....
    I was half expecting lewd comments about the dog.
    Lovely looking place, good luck with the sale.

    dog? o yeah... id have him on my knee any day

    the other stuff is still creepy