Have we BOUGHT an ABANDONED VILLAGE | near Château de Lalacelle. Ep 71
Bonjour à tous,
What have this crazy British family gone and done now, with a beautiful abandoned 18th century chateau to fully restore the family take a little timeout to look around another project. A abandoned village, 15 minutes away from Chateau de Lalacelle. You may think the chateau is a lot of work being abandoned for over 40 years, but this village is a little more, with the last person to live here in 1936, its a mammoth task for anyone to take on, do you think it is worth saving?
If you are Interested In the village, please message Gerard,
gerard.angelis20@gmail.com
If you like our videos please subscribe to our channel and hit the like buttom on the video as It helps us massively 🙏🥰
And If you would like to join us on our family journey restoring this once abandoned château, then please just follow the link below, 🥰
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
/ chateaudelalacelle
or,
Help us with,
www.buymeacoffee.com/Lalacelle
Address
🏰 Château de Lalacelle
95 le château
Lalacelle
61320
France
About us,
We are a family from the North-East of England following our dream to restore a beautiful abandoned french Château. We discovered the heart stopping Château De Lalacelle in summer of 2020, this beautiful architectural monument Is set in the countryside of North-West France.
The moment we visited the Château we all fell in love, from the beautiful sweeping landscape and forests, to its stunning untouched interiors and magnificent spiral staircase in the turret.
Unfortunately Château De Lalacelle has been abandoned for a number of decades so will need a lot of restoration and DIY.
Please subscribe and follow our families journey, with the up’s and down’s in moving from the UK to rural France and restoring this beautiful building to its former glory.
/ chateaudelalacelle
/ chateaudelalacelle
#village #renovation #restoration #abandoned
I was speaking to my husband about this opportunity and he asked me to ask Rob if he does buy it, we would be willing to buy one of the small buildings to refurbish and be a part of the new renovated village.
That would be a wonderful idea 😍😍
I would also be intrested in buying one of the buildings to renovate and maybe a second one to open as a bakery/Cafe. I bake breads and am a cook. What a wonderful place.
That is an exciting idea!❣️
Also Rob, I grew up on a farm, I can milk cows and goats to make butter, cheese. Being single, I don't need to convince anyone to go.
I wish I was 30 years younger, I would be in on this so quick. I hope you all can find a way to make this happen.
I’m thinking 10 not so deep pocketed people with $150k in free cash each and the ability to easily spend an additional $150k each over the next 5 - 10 years could make a go of it by forming a partnership if returning it to a village is the goal. As a retired architect and general contractor I would probably approach this project a bit differently than others to do something unique. I have the money, inclination and skill to do it, but at 70 years old, not enough time to enjoy it or finish it without a lot of help. But, I would love to spend the rest of my life there every day working on it none the less. What a great project. Folks forget the only resource we all have that is in short supply ….is time and it takes few prisoners. Count me in if it looks like there will be a group of folks taking the huge project on. Terry should have been an architect but he will train himself to be one in the end anyway.
carefully picked working work working people who arent travelers or shoppers etc carefully selected hands on working people amiable etc
I love your idea. I'm a small business adviser specializing in food service venues. It could be restored and turned into a vacation or wedding/events destination. With the acreage, a small cider orchard could be planted for an on-site cider mill and bottling facility, a few acres for goats to make cheese, breads baked in the bread oven, and small cottages and a spa and small cafe with formal and wild gardens. Throw in a few RV parking spaces and you're good to go. If a partnership were formed, it would allow for quicker and more beneficial focused restoration and thus, a speedier opening time.
From a fellow septuagenarian: eloquent sentiment and post.
@@kirasmom9637 turn it into a commune.
Loved your thought and interest... Sad such an interest should be shelved for want of time (though i can fully relate to it) Let me know if i can help motivate you :)
I’d love to know the history behind this hamlet and why it was abandoned and when.
To us over here in the USA, that’s 12. 1/3 acres and the boys are right, even if it were just empty land, you wouldn’t be able to buy land for $100,039.00 Such-a deal!! I live on 3 acres in North Central Florida and cleared land goes for more than that! I say go for it Rob though I don’t know what your line of business is or your money source. At 70 I look back at my life and sadly there are too many lost opportunities I now wish I’d acted on. I didn’t “Go For It” when my heart wanted to, caution won the day and now I live with my regrets. Always say “What’s the worst that can happen?” and if you can live with whatever that is.. your path is clear. My very best wishes are with you all. 💕🐥💕🐥💕
Potentially a beautiful place but there's easily a minimum of five years work, probably nearer 10 years. Well worth the asking price of €100,000 but it will cost at least another €1,000,000 to get it into any sort of shape. Whoever buys it will need deep pockets and lots of time.
Yes definitely, we said 500k just to get it half sorted, but what a beautiful place 🥰🥰
Buy it, even if you can't start renovating it right away. Buy it!
Bonjour! There is NO DOUBT in my mind that if Lalacelle were near completion Terry & Ashe would have been drawing up a contract then and there! The land - beautiful, the buildings (gulp) defo are a mammoth task but can imagine this fully restored. ROB, you already know you have a LOT of fans on here and wouldn't it be awesome for you to have your own channel (along with the little pig) as you restore a deserving part of French history. Just saying.
I would be interested in buying this village with Rob and renovating it with him. I speak French and have lots of volunteers who would love to help.
You both said “absolutely stunning!” At the exact same time. You two are on the same wavelength.
We are 🥰🥰🥰
I want to be a part of this. It’s absolutely amazing… to bring a whole village back to life would be incredible! You couldn’t do anything like this in Canada either because it doesn’t exist. The history, the bones of the structures. Amazing!
That's a lot to sort out. But for the price it is amazing. Ah, to be 25 again.
You'll have a beautiful resort when you are finished.... I was already thinking the chateau was too small for your plans! It looks to only fit family guests and maybe two suites. The village will give you more options for those not wanting to camp out on the land around the chateau. Of course, that should put the building of cabins on hold... which should give you more privacy around your homestead too. This will work, but you'll be bringing in more help, right? The British Invasion all over again!
Je suis française et vraiment pas du tout gênée que vous achetiez de vielles pierres pour les voir revivre et vous le faîtes si bien de plus on sent vraiment une veritable passion de votre part pour l ame des lieux alors bonne chance dans votre transaction les proprietaires terriens savent reconnaitre les personnes courageuses quui meneront le projet jusquau bout
Beautiful place which was problably linked to the château. Just a little precision : this group of houses cannot be considered as a "village" in french but a "hameau" (hamlet). A village, is bigger and - generally - has a church or a chapel.
It’s like Sleeping Beauty’s castle - asleep for 100 years and covered with vines🏰
It really is 🥰🥰
That’s definitely a huge project to take on. What a wonderful concept of having like minded renovators making it pretty and functional again. Hope it gets the TLC it definitely needs. Thanks for sharing 😍😘
Absolutely yes. It's worth saving. I've seen worse and that was saved and now lived in. And to think the gentlenman came to you means that word is getting around. Your reputation is spreading and Lalacelle is back on the map. Well done. Keep up the good work. I hope Rob buys it. Whoever buys it, all the best in bringing the village back to life.
Check wells...you need a lot of good water. Droughts could continue for awhile.
That village will be magical! So much work, but it is just amazing! It gives me Beauty and the Beast vibes.
It is stunning 🥰🥰
Those diamond shaped door knobs! 😍Such beautiful potential!
I know I loved them 😍😍
Rob, I’m already committed to supporting your KZhead vlogs about the restoration, and I’d buy you loads of coffees to see you through this undertaking. If you find a couple of like minded investors, it would be quite possible, as you’d share the larger cost of the restoration, and the work load. If someone doesn’t start something here soon, it could be too late.
Please save this beautiful hamlet.I have never seen such huge corner stones !
A once in a lifetime opportunity! Jump! You would regret walking away forever. Best wishes from Michigan.
So excited for you Rob! Terry & Ash, you two are the most positive and reassuring gentlemen. Anyone would love to just be in your presence. Let’s crack on! Keep us informed on his decision. ❤️ From 🇺🇸
I wish you'd found this property 20 years ago. I'd say as fun as it is to dream, it's basically only good for salvage now. Run, Rob, there are chateaus all over France that would become stunning under your hand and not take 5 years to come to fruition. Love you guys.
OMG I can barely keep from crying at the state of these buildings. What an incredible project!!!!
It is absolutely amazing 😍😍
There was some beautiful and creative filming in this video; thank you!
Thank you so much 🥰🥰
Oooo I want to come work. Will work for food!!!
This would make a great business ventur. So many possibilities
Watched this video again to get another glimpse of the beautiful gray, white and blue wallpaper in one of the rooms of the main house.
I hope things go the way you want Rob however I think you’d need a team of people to help you 😊🇦🇺
A small village to rebuild the village.....a lot to do.
Rob is such an unassuming fellow, he already has a huge following on this show. If he did buy the village, he would have a flock of volunteers ready and waiting to help, have no fear of that.
OMG, you three were like the three muskateers, full of old nick and having a lot of fun!
I look at this property and think What Terry and Crew could do with that!!! Spectacular!!! 😁❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶👏👏👏🇨🇦🇫🇷
Some of the buildings are in a terrible state but if you can look past the crumbling walls, holes in the ceilings etc. This is an amazing place. 'A hamlet' that with a vision and plenty of very hard work for many years will be a beautiful place. I think Rob is floating in happiness just looking at the buildings. I can see a dream for someone or for 2 or 3 people investing in this. Wishing you all the best of luck whatever you decide to do, I love seeing the restoration work you have done so far. Go for it Rob even Terry his family and Ash are only up the road, you would class them as family now. 💕🇦🇺
I wish I was 30 years younger. What an incredible project this will be for the right person!
Thrilling choice of music to explore by
Wow, as Terry said, "Beautiful and enchanting".....the old stone and brick structures covered in ivy, broken doors and windows with their antique brass handles.... What's not to love about these wonderful old places where generations of families lived, worked, and grew old. It is definitely a mixed feeling of joy for the beauty and sadness for the abandonment of these once thriving homes. Would love to see this property brought back to life once again. True, 100,000 Euros is unbelievable for a property like this. Thank you for sharing.
All the best with your decision Rob looks like a few people would love to join you. I love this channel and the family, it has been magic watching the old buildings brought back to life. I have some feedback from my experience of watching the vids... and that is not so many close ups when revealing a room or looking around... some are great for B roll but too many makes me fast forward the vid to the wider view. ❤🙏
Another one of Terry’s “Just” jobs! He is a master visualizer sans doute.
Thanks for bringing us along while you explored. What an amazing village.
It is quite eerie sometimes in how one door closes and another opens up with multiple opportunities. Good luck Rob and to those of interest in said opportunities! 🥰👏
Happy 41st birthday, Ashley
I have the vision like Terry and can see how the main house can be reclaimed. It will be an amazing property when finished although there's going to be an awful lot of hard work. Still as the Chinese saying goes... many hands make light work! I'm certain there's a place or two for a sympathetic chandler or two which Terry will already be bearing in mind followed by the occasional visit to a Brocante or two!
😂😂 you know me to well 🥰🥰
A run is a ruin keep your money in your pocket. You have enough dreams to finish in your chateau. Things are changing financially now for everyone in the world. We love what you are doing in your chateau focus on that. Let the village be as it is. No one needs a headache that big. Dont take on a project that will take years and years of your time and lose all your money doing it. Save your tears for joy not sadness and bankruptcy.
Agreed 100 %.
LOVE your positivity, Red... ...really encouraging...!!!! Your comment is, mostly, complete nonsense - and in any case, they gave no indication at all that they were even considering buying it - did they!! ..in fact, quite the opposite!!
The land alone is worth the price, and if you only ended up with one house, at least you would have the stone from the others which may need to be demolished, to rebuild with. Nothing wrong with refurbish the main house and extending that over time.
...think you are teasing us again!
😂😂 you will have to see 😉😉
Some buildings are quite derelict , rotten wood collapsed staircases, & floors. The amount of mould in the walls caused by years of water infiltration from a failed roof would cost an absolute fortune just in materials to repair, let alone the labour. There is a good reason that Frenchmen stay away from such huge financial money pits. For every problem you can envisage there will be many more major issues that will arise. When nature reclaims houses, trees that have plant themselves within a structure will pull moisture into their roots, thus affecting the ground the walls sit on. After many years of abandonment ,you’ll often see major structural cracks, or bowing outwards of exterior walls. I would not buy this village before having a structural engineer evaluate each building.
Finally,,, an intelligent fan comment. ANYONE willing to take on a project like this would have to be INSANE!
Jean , I totally agree with you , anybody wanting to take this on would have to be mad or extremely rich . When I see so many English coming here to restore farmhouses, chateaux , I ask myself are all the English rich .
If anyone can bring it back to life it’s your family!
Thank you so much 🥰🥰
We all know just how capable you all are, just do it! But, barter the price down! Lots of work costing lots of money, that has to be mentioned. Do not show too much eagerness either!! Play it cool! 👍👍👍👍👍
Yes I would say the price had to be lower 🥰
Wow! How great would it be to renovate a village. Rob if you buy it, you will need a youtube channel so we can come along on the journey. Can't wait to find out if Rob takes on the huge challenge.
Oh wow. You guys are the dream team! Can't wait to see it!
Thank you very much 🥰
It's beautiful but heartbreaking. I am thinking and imagining what it was like for those people who lived there............
Wow the possibilities are endless, but so much work just to clear it and see exactly what you are up against. It’s fantastic x
It is a amazing project 🥰
Ten year project? You can do this¡ wow!
Those buildings are right at that edge of no return. You can save then now but it’s going to be a lot of work. I hope Rob can figure it out.
Remember, build it and they will come..he’ll! We will come fir a holiday! 👏👏👏💗💗💗
I am here guys! Waiting with bated breath!! Sooooo excited for you!! Go lads! Amazing! Show us!!! 👍👍👍👏👏👍👍👍
You guys, this is going to be a big task and will be an absolute wonderful place by Christmas time 2024. I can see gift shops, an inn, a restaurant or two. A wine store/beer Coffee Shoppe, a chocolate Shoppe, and a bakery, vegetable and herb gardens. Is there a chapel for weddings? Topiaries, garden shop, How many buildings? A lot of work! I’m excited to see you start. Lots of parking space and a village green. French blue and white and stone, of course. Do you have to register it as a village, legally? Or can it be part of the Whole estate?
Christmas 2024??? More like 2034 I would think😮
It is so nice to see these abandoned historic properties getting a second life in France. I cannot believe how reasonable they are to purchase. Nothing like this is available in Canada for these prices. Wish I was younger .
But there’s no work there in small places why the French move to towns and cities I’ve lived in France and still do at times
They are reasonable to purchase because it could take a million to bring the village back to where it needs to be. Taxes alone may be killing the current owner.
Wow amazing, can't wait to see it. Wishing you all the luck in the world with your new project x
Oh wow what a lot of work but beautiful land.
So sad that something so grand was just left to decay😢
This amazing hard working family are just like us working hard to support their lives , they are to be commended!! Support this lovely family !!!!!
So cool! ! Wow ! Love this!
Wow. You would need some real money to get these up and livable and years. That is so sad.
How incredible. What an opportunity for people who are builders, electricians etc. What a find.
Sunday Is finally here. I Adore the hands of the skilled Carpenter caressing that beautful Door!.
The village is absolutely spectacular! And the video editing! 👏🏼 bravo! Beautifully done! Thanks for taking us on the tour.
I can invision it brought back to life. I won't comment more till I hear someone bought it. Thanks for the tour. You guys got to keep Rob to yourselves.
What an amazing project for you all,and so many people in the comments are wanting to join you in this endeavour! AMAZING OPPORTUNITY! 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
What a great find! Gosh, I hope Rob will seriously think about this....a village!!! Fixing that up would be an exciting vlog!!!! Thank you for taking us along!
Rob has very kind eyes. Glad you have a loyal friend such as he.
Get it Rob! One life!! Enjoy it doing something you love 😃😃
What an interesting vlog. Great for a family. Everyone gets their own property to renovate. I hope Rob gets it. Nice Chap and good skills.
I have just started to watch “ I bought a village” on the tv. Fabulous .
Hi from Brazil IT is wonderful! Great opportunity! IF I was yonger I world like to have a cottage
Omg. I have just found your videos. I am binge watching. Obsessed. What a fantastic job and amazing effort and commitment you are making. What an amazing family. I am in aw of your vision and hard work. Can’t wait to catch up and be up to date. So excited 😍
Absolutely amazing!😉 If Rob does proceed with this what a wonderfully, frustrating, exciting, aggravating, enchanting, expensive, amazing adventure it would be. 😍 I'd subscribe!
Great music to go with the large house.!!!!
Would have loved more of a wide shot of the rooms and buildings!!
Can't wait to see this please up and running 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Looks beautiful
Would the French government allow this to be revised and renovated for commercial use ? How much planning and approval would be needed to go forth ? Oh and I loved the way Rob was kicking the tires and checking under the hood so to speak. Some drone shots would have been good.
You guys!!! Seriously? You bought a Village?!!! WOW!! Cannot wait to see your transformation as you guys are so good!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
No we did not get it but maybe something for Rob 🥰🥰
Incredible! To think it's just been sitting there for decades. I watched and wondered what it must have looked like when there were people living there. Still looks beautiful tho
What a stunning building needs alot of work but good luck rob hope you get it xx
OMG that definitely is some project ! It’s such a shame,these beautiful buildings are left so long,to deteriorate! I was feeling overwhelmed just watching,I wondered how Rob was feeling! 🥰💕
What an amazing and beautiful project, the possibilities are endless, If a group of people all joined in it could be life changing. Go for it , life is so short🤗
Definitely has potential but a hell of a lot of work and money to renovate it.
Yes a beautiful place but a lot of money 😮🥰
I love seeing buildings, exterior walls, etc. made of stone, it's one thing that we don't have here in the states. Thanks for including us in your exploration of the villiage.
Wow that was fun and my back hurts just looking at the work to restore those buildings. Price is enticing but to old to do it now. Teri and Ash have the young vision to see past the rubble at its beauty.
Oh my gosh what a marvelous wonderland 🤩 the comments show a great deal of enthusiasm and ideas to help whomever signs on purchasing that land. If only I were 30.. yes!!
absolutely amassing, I hope Rob get it.
So sad how this has been lost to time ... This must have been grand at one time. Amazing property, Sad. The stone work on the building is amazing, so beautiful!
Wow! A lot of work!
Love you guys!
Ohhh!!!! If I was younger and had a more adventurous spirit I would be signing on for this. What beautiful buildings and the potential to have a very successful market garden with all the land. Amazing, simply amazing.🇨🇦
Clearly it was ‘Amazing’
OMG - this is SUCH an amazing project! And the price, simply incredible!! This has so much potential and opportunities, it's hard to know where to start, thinking about all of them! I don't think there will be any issue in the owner selling it after this video - great job guys, showcasing the buildings and land! Would be very interested to know if Rob does decide to buy - if he is looking for partners/associates/tenents/etc. It's a huge project to take on by one person 🤗
Terry, I loved the music you picked & at @11:03 loved the hand in shadow & spooky music. Terrific video. You guys cheer me up so! 🥰😘
Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed that part 🥰🥰🥰