Sorry I cannot take this too seriously. Anyone who states that they love Fanny’s shittoo must be lacking in perception. What is there to love in the crumbling car crash of a propretry.“The great thing with a garden is; you can always start over”
A comment lifted from the Chelsea Flower Show flog, some very good points tbh.
The answer to the initial question is that the English lady got a Belgium designer to plan a French garden.
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100 miles is a long trip here when you consider the small roads and numerous roundabouts we have.And Fanny wasn’t really in their vlog…just Phillip lol
1.5 hrs one way to work. I heard a quote something like Americans think 100 years is a long time and Europeans think 100 miles is really far lol
Perhaps he suddenly realised that in Germany, he's not going to impress anyone with driving a BMW.Any mention of the “BMW”???
He loved to throw that in as well!
So impressive!!!
She definitely rents the whole chateau out to the previous owners, the Nadilac family at least once a yearYes, you're right. I think it was when she was hosting one of her world renowned (irony alert) music workshops that she said something like that. I'm going to search back. If she had more than 15 guests she was breaking chambre d'hote regulations. Silly Fanny. If you're going to break the rules you shouldn't be daft enough to boast about it on camera & post it on line. But that is your arrogant nature - flaunt Covid rules, don't file taxes. Silly numbers don't mean anything to superior being Stephanie. But hey, Al Capone thought like that & it didn't turn out so well for him did it.
My garden aesthetic is quite different, and I live in a sub tropical Zone 10. However, I think Davey’s rejigging of the entry parterre and the pleached trees is inspired. Despite serious limitations he’s added a sense of arrival and a scale previously lacking.“The great thing with a garden is; you can always start over”
A comment lifted from the Chelsea Flower Show flog, some very good points tbh.
The answer to the initial question is that the English lady got a Belgium designer to plan a French garden.
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Interesting. In all my time living in Northern Ireland I've never once heard that.I think it’s how she says it as it’s very childlike and irrating, whereas the Irish way is charming - It’s a normal Irish thing to continue to call your parents mummy, mommy, mammy, daddy into adulthood and throughout your life.
@LadyRosalie. Thanks Lady Rosalie. I agree with your assessment. Johnny has been, it seems, enjoying the circus and has provided free entertainment!! Amber comes across as a whiney narc!! He has certainly won the public over, and hope his career gets back on track. He is an amazing actor.I think Johnny has a good chance of winning. Got caught up in the lawtube stuff on YT and some of them were in court and it sounds like their best guess on the reactions they saw from the jury is that most of them are team Johnny. I love the idea of Johnny winning and being awarded $7M and then him giving it to charity. I do think that even if he doesn't win, the court of public opinion has been very much on his side and if the studios are paying attention they will see that and know he's cleared his name even if some legality or something keeps the jury from making him the winner. The courtroom antics and crazy witnesses and blunders by lawyers and the amazing judge, it has been super entertaining. I think there will be a verdict before the end of the day tomorrow. If not I think that means things look less good for Johnny.
Now that is even better than an upgrade!!
Except this isn’t a chateau nor did it need a sense of arrival. It was a working farmhouse and vacation home for the de Nadaillac family until Madame la Fanny simply HAD to have it. It might be a chateau in name but it was always a fortified farmhouse in reality.My garden aesthetic is quite different, and I live in a sub tropical Zone 10. However, I think Davey’s rejigging of the entry parterre and the pleached trees is inspired. Despite serious limitations he’s added a sense of arrival and a scale previously lacking.
What is it called?Nobody asked. but Dana's new channel. Oh dear!
Yes. I was wondering if they collected taxe de séjour for their booked/paying guests? Once upon a time it was up to the Mairie/municipality whether or not taxe de séjour was to be levied. But it all changed a year or two before covid. All letting properties are included. So it doesn't matter if it's a gîte, chambre d'hôtes, hôtel, shed at the bottom of the garden or boat, caravan, tent. Any property that is available to rent, taxe de séjour is applicable to each "body" of majority age. The owner of said property is responsible for collecting the monies and paying it over at the end of each season. You can either collect it as an extra amount to the rent you charge or include it in the booking price. Can't remember how much it is now, maybe €1,20/€1,50 per day per person? It pays for local tourist offices, advertising of the area/region and such like. And they check and have access to the booking websites etc. In fact, companies like Airbnb, VRBO, TripAdvisor etc., are legally bound to supply this information. And it must be included on your personal impôts, if you are not a business. Everything is checkable!Exactly. The location of that property away from prying eyes suits Fanny so she can go about her business without scrutiny. There is always an ulterior motive with everything that she does. Loking at the rules of chambre d'hote/gites etc there are a number of reasons why she is deliberately muddying the waters with regard to private/rental accommodation & possibly why she has little interest in expanding the business because of pesky regulations.
An entirely different regulatory and tax regime operates for hotels. Plus she will need to be more formalised in her business operations, risk assessment, hygiene certificates, fire safety etc..all open to 'outsiders' having to come into the property. I reckon that areas of that place wouldn't past muster in terms of electrical safety & certainly that kitchen would be condemned as not fit for human food prep!! Income Tax, social security. VAT all higher if she expands.
Interesting article from 2019 from a property sales company: https://www.french-property.com/news/french_business/hotel_or_chambre-dhote/
"Some chateau owners seeking to run a chambre d’hôte are being advised that their property must be classed as a hotel, with significant financial implications.
Many people have been inspired by the adventures of Dick Strawbridge and Angel Adoree on the Channel 4 television programme 'Escape to the Chateau'.
The code de tourisme limits the size of a chambre d’hôte to a max of 5 bedrooms, accommodating a max of 15 persons. Beyond this threshold the property is considered to no longer qualify as a chambre d’hôte.
In 2 recent cases that have come to our attention, the local council & prefecture have been unwilling to accept the registration of the properties as chambre d’hôte on the grounds that the property exceeded the bedroom limitation.
In one case, the owners were not proposing to provide regular bed and breakfast accommodation, but to merely let out the property for occasional weddings, with the provision of overnight accommodation included in the package.
Even though the owners might not be obliged to run the business as a 'hotel', they were subject to the public access building norms of such a denomination.
The owners have therefore been faced with the choice of either carrying out very substantial works to bring the property to the required standards - health and safety, fire, and mobility access - or of abandoning the project. The cost of the works in both cases were estimated at over €200,000."
Also I wonder if the local Maire is interested in what is going on at the chateau? It would be dreadful if the town was being deprived of the visitor taxes that each person should be paying to the town.
For the attention of shit hot PA Nati : here's the info you need for doing the paperwork pet.
There is a specific form (Cerfa N° 14004.01) for you to complete, which you can obtain from your maire. You would be best advised to send the information by recorded delivery or deliver by hand, in order that you can obtain a formal acknowledgement of receipt of the information.
There is a fine of around €500 if you fail to declare, although the authorities are not particularly draconian in their enforcement procedures.
I used to drive up to 2 hours to work when I lived in the UK. It was no biggie. I worked on contract and went where the work was (and the money!). Now I live in France I find it highly amusing that the locals find driving 20 minutes (18km) to the nearest big town a long way and make a day trip of it100 miles is a long trip here when you consider the small roads and numerous roundabouts we have.
No one can resist a nibble of freshly baked baguette on the way home, it’s normal behaviour in FranceVery true. I still don’t understand why they can’t put in a bit of effort and at least bring bags with them to put the bread in…. I couldn’t believe she was eating pieces of bread on the way back from shopping with Grant and it had been laying on the cardboard box from the store.
Amazing actor. My favourite Johnny Depp films are Secret Window and The Ninth Gate.@LadyRosalie. Thanks Lady Rosalie. I agree with your assessment. Johnny has been, it seems, enjoying the circus and has provided free entertainment!! Amber comes across as a whiney narc!! He has certainly won the public over, and hope his career gets back on track. He is an amazing actor.
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