The Chateau Diaries #155 Snorty is a big time vlog killer! Just like 11 year old preserves he is not good

[Beachgirl]

I just hope we can get DaphneReloaded, St. Kathy of Lidl (FKA Queen Kathy) and Queen @Jules100 there on the same day kicking off in the marquee with pitchforks and burning torches calling for her head.
tumbler to the terracotta tiles, all the better

And if someone could gentle nudge themselves into the SA vase for it to accidentally tumble to the terracotta tiles, all the better

She would also need extra insurance for an event incase of any accidents.

 

[Summerbaby]

I’ve seen this name changing tactic in small companies in the US. Get sued for something dissolve the corporation, re-incorporate under a new name, same industry, same assets, same directors, screwed victims. Sound familiar?

I know exactly where you are coming from, personal experience of exactly the same.
I worked for a very short time with a father/son enterprise (think Ns, fraudsters, scammers, scum of the earth types) under the guise of being "ethical". As it transpired, the son had even previously been featured on Esther Ranzen's, That's Life programme : That's Life! ran on BBC1 for 21 years from 1973 to 1994, becoming one of the most popular shows on British television, reaching audiences of more than 18 million. During that time, it expanded the traditional role of the consumer programme from simply exposing faulty washing machines and dodgy salesmen, to investigating life-and-death issues.
I hated both of them so got out asap. BUT, before I did, daily practise was to repeatedly create new companies whilst dissolving others on a constant turnaround basis and using all the same directors etc, which right from the word go, I thought was exceptionally dodgey.
Even the FBI were eventually on their tails regarding Pay Day Loans companies in various states within USA, operated from the UK, obviously! BUT, the pair were all about "off shore" accounts too, wouldn't you know it?
The son really fkd over his first wife in being able to hide so many of his assets off shore when they divorced via that route, unfortunately, she ultimately ended up an alcoholic - no wonder! And the son then went onto to have at least 4-5 more children by various employees too - marrying one but mostly mistresses. Jeez, much worst than any kind of soap opera, you couldn't make it up. I personally found him absolutely grotesque both in looks and personality/nature, mainly personality and of course, he always knew that I knew, what he truly was - thank God!
I even discovered some years later that my name had been mentioned in google searches in connection with them, thankfully, only that I was the "enigmatic xx".
I also recall having conversations with other employees that payday loans were simply taking advantage of the most vulnerable and poorest of the poor within any society and therefore, the practise should be illegal because of the interest rates involved - once in, you never truly were ever able to get out or, pay off your loan scenario! Truly horrendous.
Me and my big mouth, because many of those same employees were shareholders in the original Pay Day Loan companies that the father and son had initially created. Even if I had known that fact, I would still have stated what I thought and how I felt, regardless!

 

[billybudd]

Even 200 people, although small in terms of number of total patrons, is a fairly large crowd of people. To be successful, Fanny should have been planning this event for months before now. This is going to be a fiasco, along the lines of that embarrassing display as a Christie’s Tastemaker. This event will end up being a metaphor for how SJ approaches everything…no plan and by the seat of her pants. Except this time it’s live, with no chance to edit out the bad parts. And you’d better believe there will be plenty of “pink phones” carried by patrons to capture the experience. This thing has disaster written all over it for SJ. We heard she tried using her lawyers to shut down Tattle, but this event may end up causing more damage to her channel, her Patreon, and her brand than she ever thought Tattle did…and all by her own doing!!!

Yes, Patreons' cellphone cams are the kiss of death. Lots of that going around. Unless she makes them surrender cams at the door.

 

[CountessPompidoo]

OMG I'm a VIP!!!! I nominate this when it's my turn. @ComtesseRose

Congrats @Albee

 

[billybudd]

He's had more holidays in this last year than my husbands had in the last five! As you say he's working for one customer, not running jobs for several clients at the same time as working on bigger renovations. Definately a bit OCD going on there too. He'd have a fit is he saw inside the back of husbands van, that get's worse as the week goes on and by the weekend it looks like someones thrown a grenade in the back.

Give your husband my regards. I've been binge-watching The Repair Shop and thinking about all the things it means, without ever going offpiste into Big Idea Land.
One of the things it means is the honorable life of artisan workers, putting all their love and energy into solder joints. I love it when those guys take apart an old machine and either dis or bow down to the previous repairers and makers. Sometimes they say to the customer, your grandfather who made your mechanical toy boat was a genius. They can tell from looking at the circuitry.
Love it. Love it. Love it. All that honorable creative work to make sure things run properly, First law of heaven is order.

 

[Summerbaby]

Oh I hope he brings his bees ...... I am sure Squirrel Boyfriend would be allergic to them ........ perhaps they are "Killer Bees" and if so .... I would point them towards the Squirrel !!!

Let's also not forget that Amaury Richmond is intending to bring his "killer-type" dogs to the HMN soon too - comment made by PJ in the recent live chat.
So neglected sheep, chickens, cockrels, peacocks and their chicks, bees and, killer dogs - that will need to ultimately be caged up for the majority of the time because they could attack all the aforementioned. What an exceptionally peaceful place the HMN will be in the future - NOT!

 

[Albee]

Have you noticed all her new dresses this summer are some form of toille de joye?
I wonder if they are zara dresses?

Seems they are from h&m

 

[billybudd]

Honestly if this event happens it’s going to be a disaster and if it doesn’t, it’s going to be one too. She’s really boxing herself in with this one.

I wonder if Amaury will be forced to go shirtless for the entirety of the event???? “Don’t look over there, look at this hunk of man!”

Sadly I think Squirreltits will be having his out first.

 

[JackSpratt]

Give your husband my regards. I've been binge-watching The Repair Shop and thinking about all the things it means, without ever going offpiste into Big Idea Land.
One of the things it means is the honorable life of artisan workers, putting all their love and energy into solder joints. I love it when those guys take apart an old machine and either dis or bow down to the previous repairers and makers. Sometimes they say to the customer, your grandfather who made your mechanical toy boat was a genius. They can tell from looking at the circuitry.
Love it. Love it. Love it. All that honorable creative work to make sure things run properly, First law of heaven is order.

Will do. This year one of his customers had a copper French bath installed (like fanny has in her bathroom) and they wanted a heated towel rail. Husband made them one up from copper pipe so it matched, he was quite chuffed with himself.

 

[HalcyonOrganic]

Maybe Nicholas Fairtradecoffee could do the guided tours through lalande for the Patreon partey?

 

[mousepanda8]

I am in no way an expert on business and taxes but I found the company that aunty and uncle own with Anne in the UK in the gov website ( it is public knowledge)

It seems that the nursing home was pre-existing prior to the Richmond family and was ran by a A. Roden. The home was called the depperhaugh. The Andre Rhoden resigned as director in 2001 but now seems to be the accountant. The Richmond are the sole director of the company. It changed its name to the OAK GRANGE HOXNE LTD. in 2009 but weridly this only lasted from 28th jan 2009 to 2nd feb 2009. It does't say when it changed the name to the current one.

Anne Marie was appointed as a director of the company on 8th October 2015 but isn't listed on the official gov website until 8th June 2016. It has his address listed in Suffolk and was notified as a person with signifcant control in Nov 2021. ( note how does this legally work now as his main address is no longer in the UK)

I have linked the gov website - if anymore who is interested in this stuff has any insight please add.

OAK TREE BARNS LTD. overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK (company-information.service.gov.uk)

The only other thing is a outstanding legal charge attached to the company - it seems unpaid dues are owed to the bank from 2011 and may also include another company in these charges. - there is no £ defined in this.

 

[Summerbaby]

I agree, he seems like an extreme hobbyist. By that, I mean he is very good at it, but could he earn a living at it with the pace at which he works. He is pretty ocd and perfectionistic with his work. Which is great but does that translate into a real world income if he were working for customers who need the work quickly and he had to cover his own overhead of utilities, workspace, etc. He also gets to take many vacations and breaks, and sets his own work hours. Serving or answering to one master (one client) could ease up the pressure, however, at times with Fanny, could also increase it terribly since he has to drop the woodworking to tackle any other issues that come up at the Shittoo. He hasn't been working woodworking routine hours weekly at the Shittoo for the many months he has been there.

Maybe he is high strung or prone to anxiety if he had to produce the volume of work a fully employed craftsman would have to do without vacations or time limits. He may just be slow. He gets exposure on Channel 4 for his work. His equipment looks new, very pristine, and color coordinated. Fanny pays for his overhead and provides a workshop, materials, volunteer labor when needed, and exposure via the videos and channel 4 and he stays on the property and handles all of the daily problems, covers for her when she is vacationing, and is a character in her videos and tv footage, playing the genteel, loving, polite, adoring cousin, to make her look good and attract an audience. He likes the slow pace at the Shittoo.

I 100% totally agree. I've said it before, he is defo OCD. I honestly don't think he has ever truly worked in the real world other than been employed by Daddy/Mummy. Or, been a self employed carpenter - which most carpenters are these days outside of via a UK new build, long term project contractor. Not much of that going on in the area of the HMN!

 

[The Saint]

Maybe Nicholas Fairtradecoffee could do the guided tours through lalande for the Patreon partey?

Is that the guy from Edinburgh? I cant help but watch him in morbid fascination.

 

[Summerbaby]

OMG I'm a VIP!!!! I nominate this when it's my turn. @ComtesseRose

Very well deserved too.

 

[Jules100]

Did you notice she mentions quite often that they are having 'potatoes from the garden'? Needless to say that's another huge lie: with so many people eating there now they would need all the beds in the walled garden filled with potato plants in order to serve their guests. They don't. They buy them cheap in the supermarket. And I've seen them do it: buy the cheapest produce and sell it off as 'from the garden'.

I figured out the lie regarding the potatoes from the vegetable garden- for the amount of guests and staff there for dinner regularly, you would need a small paddock to keep up the supply. What a silly thing to lie over. Many of her patreons (and us) know this stuff, we have grown vegetables, cooked for the masses- this type of lying is quite off and a life long habit obviously. Clara, does her mother ever call her out on this?

I think when you take into account the serving size that Stephanie uses at Lalande, using the garden potatoes is consistently possible. Take one garden potato and if you cut it up the right way, everyone gets a lil piece. Like when the single green onion or asparagus or whatever, was sliced up and stirred into broth, everyone was able to share. It’s a very communal experience. Also, Stephanie doesn’t like fatties.

 

[LittleMore Cottage]

Too big to be a mouse, def a


Normally I would use traps with peanut butter. As you say always been successful before, but not this time round. So now I've set out bait boxes.

I use something called a "rat zapper" you bait it and when they enter they get Zapped. much less messy then a snap trap- also good for red squirrels ( that almost destroyed my attic) PS don't tell snorty IMO red squirrels are like rats with tails only more destructive

 

[mousepanda8]

I know someone mentioned Gerald's company so i found them too. They use the same A. Rhoden guy as the accountant.

The FRAMLINGHAM TAXI SERVICE LTD appointed gerald as director in 18th June 2003 and the old director ( yes A.Rhoden, resigned) and got the £2,084. 54 dividend in october 2004 and he seems to have the only 2 shares in this company. The company seems to have a 29,000 income this year and according to this document only has one employee ( I maybe reading it wrong)
They do not seem to have any legal proceedings.

FRAMLINGHAM TAXI SERVICE LTD. overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK (company-information.service.gov.uk)

 

[Eduardo35]

Does anyone have the photos of the daybed she bougth in london? As I was browsing around a upcoming Sotheby's Auction, I came across a similar looking daybed that fanny bought. The description and the look (it's also covered in a white fabric) of the daybed itself looks the same thing as the daybed that fanny bought. Idk if I was mistaken or it just a similar piece, but fanny stated that the daybed was previously sold in Christie's but when I look on its provenance I can't see any mention of it.

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/important-mobilier-objets-dart-et-orfevrerie/a-giltwood-lit-de-repos-louis-xvi-circa-1780-lit

 

[Frenchie0810]

I sincerely hope that her Patreon numbers nosedive drastically because SURELY at least some of the patrons must see how Stephanie Jarvis is manipulating them into thinking that she is being so "respectful and benevolent" when in actual fact, she is just scamming them in connection to their "alleged" long awaited, Garden Party.
And, let's not forget, that they are ultimately paying for too.
I have always maintained that Tattle Life isn't a hate site, well at least Chateau Diaries isn't, we are truth seekers and tellers!

I think this may be a ploy to gain more patrons. Idiots will sign up as patrons to attend, foolishly thinking she is really going to go through with this fiasco.

 

[Kotare]

I fear the "light lunch".
How can she possibly say eff you to the Patreons in food -- as she does to the Lalacelles, her volunteers, her b n b guests, and friends gathered for Easter?
Firstly, there will be one ounce or less of meat per person, if any, in the form of shaved supermarket charcuterie. I fear, however, "light" means no meat.
Ditto, supermarket cheese.
Big salads of the cheaper supermarket vegetables, like cabbage and potatoes. Possibly dressed with sunflower seed oil from the jarred artichoke hearts and topped with crumbled faux-truffle-flavored potato chips.
"Light" also means no dessert, and possibly no wine. Boxed rosé.
And I suspect she will be charging the Patreons for the food, as she does her friends. She asks her guests to pay €50 for wine and cheese. I suspect Patreons will be asked the same.
Meanwhile, this is what the tiny local restaurant, Le Relais du Facteur, serves as a boxed lunch picnic menu at that time of year for €10. And, I have to say, lentil salad with cold melon, chevre and blueberries is one of life's better pleasures. But for €10, the Relais customers also get cold ham or a frittata. And a gorgeous sounding strawberry mousse. What's good about lentil salad, ham, and strawberry mousse is it has a little shelf life in the refri and outside it. Unlike dressed veg, unrefrigerated quiche custard and pastry.



And here is what is available at the farmers' markets.

French seasonal basket - September 2018

En saison: What to put on your plate this monthBecause the French never eat strawberries in winter and even different types of goat’s cheese have seasonality...

www.connexionfrance.com

Apples, grapes, figs (700 varieties), raspberries, melons, greengages, plums, damsons, pears, blueberries, blackberries, mirabelle plums.

Aubergine, tomato, salad, lettuce, lentils, pulses, green beans, artichoke, carrot, courgette, watercress, salsify, sweetcorn, turnip, onion, pepper, fennel, cucumber, squash, cauliflower, chard, potato, pumpkin, spinach, radish, broccoli.

Herring, hake, mussels, red mullet, crab, red gurnard, sea bream, squid, Mediterranean anchovy, whiting, mackerel, sardines, shrimp, periwinkle.

As a top tier patron, I would be looking for meat and wine, not to put too fine a point on it. As well as local seasonal vegetables.

Figs with balsamic vinegar, mint and hazelnuts
Demitasse of red mullet ceviche
Ham with lentil salad and cold melon
Green beans and potatoes, a la Nicoise
Homemade plum ice cream, with grilled plums and Lalande honey
Summer pudding

I’m picking an egg and mayo sandwich, pickled herring and Speculaas cookies affair. An Anglo/Dutch collaboration rather than your froggoise. Snorty Hur,hur will be designated decorator ( go frigging figure!). He will naturally draw inspiration from dearly, departed granny’s afternoon provincial tea parties. It’ll be all paper Delft napkins and toothpicks in ceramic clogs