Oh sweet Lord he is so useless- Stephanie must understand at this point she has put her brand on the line by backing this empty mirror- Philip has neither the experience or finesse to navigate these waters- I wish she would focus and not throw it all away. Clearly the reason I am here (we all are here?) is because I’m disappointed. Stephanie has a real talent hosting and engaging people in a delightful way- or HAD I guess- now she is a caricature of herself- because maybe she was overwhelmed by her sudden popularity and she didn’t believe it was just her charisma alone that made her Diaries successful. But it WAS her charisma and her diligence with vlogging that made it a success. The waters have been muddied, the leeches are attached and she is drowning.
At this point, both Stephanie and Phillip are just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. They will go down at some point.
I don’t understand where the Jarvis family came up with their wealth. Her father came from a modest background. They way mini apron talked about her upbringing, it didn’t seem like she was indulged in her youth. The Jarvis family purchased a large estate home and turned it into a private nursing home for Alzheimer patients.
This is all 100% speculation but I was trying to figure out how Isabelle and Don Jarvis could come up with enough money to own and sell a couple of nursing homes, have enough money to retire at 50(ish) for mini apron, own various homes, and give Fanny about a million+ dollars to have a London apartment, ½ the Shittoo, and put $300,000+ in restoration fees into the Shittoo. They lavished Fanny with tons of expensive gifts and furnishings throughout her lifetime (the grand piano Fanny didn’t know how to play), etc. Then still own a home in England, a beach house in Africa, an apartment in France?, etc. I remember something about her father being injured. Did he receive an insurance payment since he could not longer work or did someone else injury him?
It seems like the Jarvis family also received a lot of furniture and items from their previous occupants of the nursing home, e.g., the cocktail corner cabinet, grand piano, furniture in the bedrooms at the Shittoo, etc.
Prior to the vlogs, the Jarvis family certainly didn’t seem to throw anything away or donate anything to others. Fanny comes by her hoarding honestly. I think it may have been from her father. He seemed to spend money constantly at auctions, antique stores, brocantes, etc. during his lifetime.
Were the Alzheimers patients privately paying for their stays in the Isabelle nursing homes?
I don’t know how that works in England. If the did run a private pay nursing facility, Isabelle probably got to hand pick which people she admitted for care. Did she admit wealthy patients with no immediate families or few living family members? Did some former patients give them their furniture upon their death or if they downsized or had to sell their homes to be admitted for Alzheimer’s care? Did the Jarvis family charge very high rates for wealthy patient? Did former patients leave their properties or monies to the Jarvis family?
I ask that because we had a minister in our town that would target widows or elderly people who didn’t have many close relatives around, befriend them, and suddenly when these people died, the minister was receiving a lot of bequests in their wills and became very wealthy.
As with any financial issue with the Jarvis crew, the waters are always murky.
At this point, both Stephanie and Phillip are just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. They will go down at some point.
Thank you tattler graciemckitten.
