The Chateau Diaries #110 By the way, her Dutch love child is a talentless Prig

[Hemerocallis]

Exactly right. When I used to do photoshoots (way back when), the clothes were held together at the back with bulldog clips, and occasionally gaffer tape.

Found this illustration once in a catalogue......

Do you think that the lady runs in circles when you wind her up?

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[john eccles]

I wouldn’t say SJ and Philips footwear choices are well considered. I mean WT raging F?View attachment 1029521View attachment 1029522View attachment 1029523

I love Fannys take on Woody ( Buzzlightyear)

 

[Trengilly]

Where did she put all that stuff that was in the room which has now been cleared out for the china pantry? Move it up to the attic? SJ just moves crap from place to place.


Here's a shot of the dirty kitchen kettle!

I'm so confused... this place offers bed and breakfast, along with dinners. We've seen the pantry, the kitchen and the mouse faeces, does the local council not do a health and safety inspection? Any intel as to how we can alert the local authorities to the health hazards captured on film?

 

[Lady Avonlea]

I fail to see why anyone thinks that the pantry is a suprise to Steph or done without her knowledge ? In at least two of these vlogs Dan says he has discussed with Steph wall finishes, "the girls" helping, clearing it out etc.etc. Steph is only in SA, at the other end of the phone, she has not gone to the Moon with no communication, she will want to know what is going on with her pile and that her chateau is still getting air time or fans might all forget about it and loose interest or even worse search You Tube for alternative vlogs whilst she swans off, she knows that would be tragic.
I can see that it was probably Dans idea from when asked to do cooking there as Fanny does not see these things.

Dan started the work when Fanny wasn’t there to overrule him. If he stops working on the pantry how does he/she explain that to viewers, so Fanny has to go along with Dan finishing the pantry and pretend that she’s directing the project.

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FRK placed this as an advertisement on her IG stories...

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I’ll be so *is%ed off is one of FRK’s patrons sends her this ring!!!

 

[Patriciarella]

Interesting that, in that video, she showed a small copper basin that she said was going to be put in the downstairs loo that hadn't yet been done at the time. It didn't eventually go in there so I suspect that, like everything else, she'd forgotten she had it. She is constantly buying new things as she forgets what she had stored for a specific purpose. I know that wasn't a gift but the gift givers are mad if they believe her when she says what she is going to do with their gifts. She'll just forget about them as she does with all the stuff she's bought in the past. She will never change. She's probably wasted thousands buying stuff that is then stored somewhere and forgotten about and replaced with new purchases. She certainly knows how to get rid of ,money and, as has been pointed out, the YT income appears to stretch a very long way if it covers all the salaries plus the rest of what makes up her lifestyle. I am surprised her accountant has not had a breakdown trying to conceal what seems pretty obvious to us!

I rewatched when she showed her red dining room from 2019.
1. She has material to make curtains but not completed, it’s 2022.
2. Wanted mirrors on wall. She just threw them away in attic clear out.
3. SJ put electricity to ceiling during renovation. Later when Snorty added chandelier they complained it was not centered. She put it there!
I love that Dan is getting something finished, I liked when Thomas cleaned the laundry room. Action, complete something with all that money, again shame on you SJ.

 

[Concrete Blonde]

Suggestion for the next thread title: I'm just a snigolo and everywhere I go..... People know the part I'm playing! LOL!

Yes, I did sing that

 

[Lady Avonlea]

Interesting that, in that video, she showed a small copper basin that she said was going to be put in the downstairs loo that hadn't yet been done at the time. It didn't eventually go in there so I suspect that, like everything else, she'd forgotten she had it. She is constantly buying new things as she forgets what she had stored for a specific purpose. I know that wasn't a gift but the gift givers are mad if they believe her when she says what she is going to do with their gifts. She'll just forget about them as she does with all the stuff she's bought in the past. She will never change. She's probably wasted thousands buying stuff that is then stored somewhere and forgotten about and replaced with new purchases. She certainly knows how to get rid of ,money and, as has been pointed out, the YT income appears to stretch a very long way if it covers all the salaries plus the rest of what makes up her lifestyle. I am surprised her accountant has not had a breakdown trying to conceal what seems pretty obvious to us!

There is another downstairs loo through a door in the winter salon (I think it's beside the fireplace and behind where the large Christmas tree is usually placed). I recall Fanny saying the toilet is not used and needs to be fixed, although in a video I recall seeing a chap come out of it - so who knows. Just another thing that doesn't work properly at the shittoo, and of course Fanny would buy a sink years before she plans to install it.

 

[Perplexed bee]

I rewatched when she showed her red dining room from 2019.
1. She has material to make curtains but not completed, it’s 2022.
2. Wanted mirrors on wall. She just threw them away in attic clear out.
3. SJ put electricity to ceiling during renovation. Later when Snorty added chandelier they complained it was not centered. She put it there!
I love that Dan is getting something finished, I liked when Thomas cleaned the laundry room. Action, complete something with all that money, again shame on you SJ.

Have you forgotten the awful Wedgwood project? Finishing something, just for the sake of finally achieving something on TV, well it isn't always the best option, if it's done by SJ. I'd say, she should stay in London and hire a project manager for a while... but then she can't sell her chateloonie image to her worshippers, and even they might get bored of her girly-giggling trying-on-dresses sessions (better option for this, e.g. the Clueless movie)

 

[Concrete Blonde]

Men love that crap!
We have a store called Bunnings Warehouse my husband Loves it !!! Hates shopping but adores Bunnings !

Lowest prices are just the beginning my man loves it too. Would never set foot in any store but Bunnings! Actually Total Tools is the big favourite

 

[Lady Avonlea]

Agree with you in all points but the copper basin will go into the loo behind the winter salon, she even says it in that video.

It's a small 2 piece guest loo in the winter salon. Surely it wouldn't take much to make the loo functional and install a new basin.
Just do it Fanny - you have the money to do it!

 

[MadameChat]

Welcome @Shmalla, here are some comments from Julia Leach's latest flog...

Burberry4U
12 days ago
Girls, how is the VISA situation going? When are you going back to France? How was it to be back in the US for Christmas?

Lady of the Château Productions
12 days ago
The visa process was set off course by government delays due to current restrictions, but it is now back on track! We will post another video explaining our experience and everything we know about the process of Americans getting French visas. We hope to be approved this spring and then officially move to Puy Vidal as soon as possible!

Neil Hartley
12 days ago
Thanks for the update. Lovely to see the topiary from the air. Will Penelope be able to carry on working as a digital nomad from the château?

Lady of the Château Productions
12 days ago
Great question! Unfortunately you can’t get any kind of French visa and work for an American company. So she will have to choose between having extended vacations in France while working, get a tech job for a French company, or working at the chateau. Having a tech job in a company with a French branch to would be the smoothest transition for her and anyone else considering the move

It’s seem to be the norm that people buy homes in foreign countries without any due diligence and without learning the language and actually get irate that the inhabitants don’t speak English. We watched one program where a couple bought a hole that was excavated under a Spanish subdivision under the misguided idea that they were buying a cave dwelling

 

[Concrete Blonde]

I'll be going to bed with David Lee Roth's "Just A Gigalo" stuck in my head now. Thanks tattlers

Me too!

 

[Espe]

can't sell her chateloonie image to her worshippers,

New name: chateloonie - love it!

 

[Albee]

I think the cleanliness and order made me re look at my shed and garage tool storage, Tattlers should try it, I have even colour co ordinated and sized my wardrobe hangers ! Thanks Am friend of Dan.

I’m watching The Home Edit. Have spent the day sorting and colour coding everything

 

[KiKiGee]

It's a small 2 piece guest loo in the winter salon. Surely it wouldn't take much to make the loo functional and install a new basin.
Just do it Fanny - you have the money to do it!

You are correct.
These comments from 12/21. I do believe that the problem is frozen toilet water. This strange answer from SJ is very telling.
Funny, Tallulah P was asking about dishes in the attic.

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Tallulah P
2 days ago
Question: do you worry about the china cracking and checking in the cold?

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The Chateau Diaries
16 hours ago
No, I’ve never worried about it. I’ve never seen it crack from cold (except if in contact with water such as a toilet if the water in it freezes)

 

[JackSpratt]

My issue with Dan is that he refers to others like Stephanie and Amaury a lot more than Annaliese, and with more warmth. I think the snippet he left in of her saying goodbye was disgusting, could he manage to crack a smile at the mother of his children or give her a friendly farewell? No, he was very short with her interrupting his important vlogging, but still thought it suitable to include it to flesh out the storyline of forgetting to go to school.

I dunno I just don't get the sense he treats her well and if he does he needs to balance out the way he's shown relating to others with how he relates to her, even if it's just speaking about her positively on occasion. I don't wanna watch someone who prioritises their own interests over the family and does a shoddy job of caring for his children on the occasions he's in the driver's seat.

I thought that too, not expecting a huge display of PDA but a simple response with a 'see you later' would have been kinder rather than a look of mild annoyance. Very disappointed.

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[arthur]

I'm so confused... this place offers bed and breakfast, along with dinners. We've seen the pantry, the kitchen and the mouse faeces, does the local council not do a health and safety inspection? Any intel as to how we can alert the local authorities to the health hazards captured on film?

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DDETSPP de l'INDRE

Cité administrative Boulevard Georges Sand - Bât A CS 30613 36020 CHATEAUROUX CEDEX

Tél. : 02 54 53 45 00 fax : 02 54 07 15 21 mél : ddetspp[@]indre.gouv.fr

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DDETSPP de l'INDRE

Cité administrative Boulevard Georges Sand - Bât A CS 30613 36020 CHATEAUROUX CEDEX

Tél. : 02 54 53 45 00 fax : 02 54 07 15 21 mél : ddetspp[@]indre.gouv.fr

Liste des directions départementales de la protection des populations (DDPP) et des directions départementales de l'emploi, du travail, des solidarités et de la protection des populations (DDETSPP)

Contacts et coordonnées des directions départementales de la protection des populations (DDPP) et des directions départementales de la cohésion sociale et de la protection des populations (DDCSPP)

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re :health controls :

(a) Le consommateur constatant ce qui lui semble être une anomalie, par exemple dans la chaîne du chaud ou dans l'état de propreté de l'établissement, peut en informer deux services de contrôles officiels en matière d'hygiène et de sécurité alimentaire :

> la direction départementale de la protection des populations (DDPP) : cette structure rassemble depuis 2010 les agents de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes ainsi que des services vétérinaires. Parmi ses nombreuses missions, la DDPP veille à la sécurité alimentaire du consommateur à tous les stades de la filière ;
> la direction départementale de la cohésion sociale et de la protection des populations (DDCSPP).

(b) Lors du contrôle sanitaire de l'établissement, si l'inspecteur constate effectivement un ou plusieurs manquements aux règles d’hygiène ou aux bonnes pratiques d’hygiène alimentaire, il peut décider des sanctions suivantes :

-mise en demeure : le responsable se voit notifier l'obligation de corriger les manquements ou défauts mineurs dans un délai précis ;
-procès-verbal : des infractions graves sont constatées, pouvant entraîner la saisie des denrées impropres à la consommation humaine. Un procès-verbal est établi et transmis au procureur de la République ;
-Fermeture administrative : cette décision à application immédiate fait suite aux constats gravissimes que peuvent relever les services de l'Etat. Des suites administratives et pénales sont alors généralement engagées à l'encontre du responsable de l'établissement en question.

roughly : seeing sth wrong (food, kitchen ....), you could ask for an inspection (all premises, fridges ....) > DDPP of Indre
(b) = sentence & fine

 

[Clara Burnett]

I think Dan was motivated to clean up the pantry because he was so disgusted with it when cooking at the shitoo. Notice how he often prepped the food at his place and just brought it over to the shitoo for final prep before plating up. The pantry wasn’t on SJ’s to-do list, but it was on Dan’s. Also, it’s cold out and probably he found it too hard to lift the wooden beams for the pergola by himself, so Dan decided to do the pantry instead when SJ couldn’t interrupt and drag him off to do something else.

Either way it's not his call. He's hired to do certain jobs and I read the fact that he chose to do something else as a sign of his undue involvement with her HMN. Like I said, I've seen it happen over and over again, people thinking they can decide what needs doing in her shittoo. It never ends well.

I fail to see why anyone thinks that the pantry is a suprise to Steph or done without her knowledge ? In at least two of these vlogs Dan says he has discussed with Steph wall finishes, "the girls" helping, clearing it out etc.etc. Steph is only in SA, at the other end of the phone, she has not gone to the Moon with no communication, she will want to know what is going on with her pile and that her chateau is still getting air time or fans might all forget about it and loose interest or even worse search You Tube for alternative vlogs whilst she swans off, she knows that would be tragic.
I can see that it was probably Dans idea from when asked to do cooking there as Fanny does not see these things.

I did not say it was done without her knowledge, I said it wasn't on her list of priorities. There's a huge difference.

 

[LaFrancaise123]

Dan's vlog :

Amina
1 day ago

Dan, I hope Stephanie is remunerating you fairly for all the work you do, you’re doing an amazing job on the pantry at lala lande Certainly putting your many talents to use and have done so much more than anyone would have expected. I hope Philippe joins the hard workers like you and Amaury and helps out with maintenance/ repairs and Reno’s upon his return.
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Lizzybean
1 day ago
Philip is employed as an editor, cameraman and purchaser of stuff.


Amina
14 hours ago
And Sound effects specialist (behind the camera) as well as table setting expert advisor

 

[john eccles]

Afforded myself another little titter this morning. I have been interested as to what The One Ball Wonder would have as a job description in the 17th century French Court. I knew that there was a 'pis boy' who wandered about carrying a bucket for the elites, but on reading the toilet practices that existed at the time, was an eye opener, or should I say nostril opener. They basically emptied their orifices where they stood in the chateaux, surrounded by opulence. Maybe that explains Fannys crappy yellow bedspread and dying box hedges. It was common for the ladies of the court not to wear any knickers, in order to make 'toiletting' more simple. Well done Fanny for continuing age old traditions.