The Chateau Diaries #164 Dan The Man is Done and Dusted

[MRShavershamsdress]

But if Jason shows up her on Tattle on day, we need to act impressed. And say we like his clothing and artistic photos taken at the Dump. And of course, talk about the plant he carted to Lie Lande,

Best thing I can do for the poor sod is give him the name and number of an excellent therapist!

 

[Trollda]

Well, the money is going somewhere, and it's clearly not being spent on LieLande. And who gives a guest carte blanche to choose furnishings and decorate their house?

I imagine Fanny will want to wallpaper over those stenciled walls...

LOL

 

[graciemckitten]

I just read Zed's comments on Oli's Just for Men flog and he is definitely being sarcastic

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Marilou
15 hours ago
I’m so glad this house found you to look after it and restore it. A lot of work certainly but I have a feeling you two are the right people to do it. I’m really looking forward to seeing the progress, and thank you for allowing us to be part of it!
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Michelle Willems
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Marilou
5 hours ago
@Michelle Willems I don’t recall Patron being mentioned- where have you seen that? Don’t put ideas into peoples’ heads! I always unsubscribe if they go down that routeView attachment 1444900.



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Michelle Willems
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Hazel Fisher
4 hours ago
@Michelle Willems why buy something and expect others to pay for it



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Michelle Willems
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Zed Blackheath
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@Michelle Willems Caroline Gooder on CD just said there will be a Patron account and volunteers.






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Zed Blackheath
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@Michelle Willems they are doing it for the community and the world as the vlog said. Bet you're feeling grateful.






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Michelle Willems
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@Zed Blackheath I am so grateful they are so considerate of the world. Are you going to join their Patreon?



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Michelle Willems
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@Zed Blackheath that woman is so well informed, it’s uncanny!



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Zed Blackheath
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@Michelle Willems yes of course it is our duty. The world needs Oli and Camilla to save this building. Think of the benefit to the local community, it is such a selfless act. Caroline said they are not rich they have sold everything in the UK to commit to restoring this gem. It is a lifetimes work and they will be getting Patreon and volunteers. Are you going to be a volunteer?
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Zed Blackheath
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@Michelle Willems can't you bring the kids?

A Patreon account and volunteers for Camilla and Ollie? They are following the Lie Lande code of grifting: something for nothing. Let the games begin.

Unfortunately she reeks of desperation and ill manners. To her corrupt narcissists' mind she believes everyone wants her aged bits. Not even PhiPhi is that brave. However he is the court jester and plays his role like a D actor.

And keeps her liquored up regularly.

 

[billybudd]

IMHO people with that amount of money to spend should think twice before they start to talk about how a local community benefits from their presence. They should have put the work in first before starting to show off...

If the place actually is San Pere de Ribes, it sounds like the gentrification into a second holiday home place of old mansions -- many Spaniards returned to town after making their klepto fortunes in the Americas -- is already well underway. Sitges, for 50 years the hippie Ibiza, is 10 minutes away.

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www.catalunya.com

 

[MRShavershamsdress]

I imagine Fanny will want to wallpaper over those stenciled walls...

LOL

Get the crayons out!!!

 

[Pyke]

One day she will most likely inherit Gerry’s home and assets.

Can't wait Steph driving around France to Chateaux, Mansions and Auction Houses with a Taxi sign on roof versus her soft top Merc of today. She could pick up fares en route for extra spends.

 

[Isabelle6541]

It is going well so far…

 

[C'est moi]

The plot size as per Ollie's comment doesn't make any sense. One hectare equals more or less/rounded up 2.5 acres. There's no way the house stands on a plot that size. Ollie isn't the brightest spark plug under the bonnet but this is intergalactic stupidity.

The whole idea is intergalactic stupidity. While it might be a commendable project in theory, the practicalities, difficulties and expense of restoring an entire listed building, with all the constraints attached, are an immense undertaking. All the difficulties compounded by living In a country where you don't speak the language, haven't a clue where to start and, most important of all, don't have an entrée into the multi-layered and possibly murky waters of officialdom and burearocracy.

The honeymoon period of camping in their historic shell won't last long.

My land is 1 hectare and the house footprint takes it over that. In France they don't include the house footprint in the land size. There is no way that Strong's plot is a hectare. A hectare is the size of a reasonable small holding. I suspect he's always had a problem with size...

 

[Princess and the Pea]

In the Chateau Diaries live chat, whoever was running the Magical Mystery Tour channel said Oliver & Stephanie’s YouTube travel channel will be out soon. I hope it either doesn’t come out at all or doesn’t catch on and fades away.

Fear not the Fanny & Oli show will be coming soon according to Oli. They've already got vlogs in the bag Using Patron money to feather a new nest quite clearly.
Valerie Thompson
20 hours ago
Oh so there is not going to be a travel channel with Stephanie now then?

Magical Modernist Mansion
20 hours ago
There is - we have over 12 vlogs filmed but it has been all systems go with the house purchase. Won't be long now! Within a month.

 

[Albee]

Clara Burnett, post: 10888965, member: 176095
Depends on who you ask. Camilla would most definitely calls her an ex and emphasize it's all in the past. The rest of us however know very well how Stephanie Jarvis treats the boyfriends from before and isn't choosy when it comes to love or laughter with anyone, because that's her life.


oh yes, i remember now the highly uncomfortable eating chocolate scene in bed video I think it was ollie and wondered way back then. Personally, I don't recycle exes, and once they reach that status ex it's ex-communicate every aspect because you just don't throw an emotional ex-relationship in a new partner's face that closely.

My husband says he is gay. So I told him they did share a kabab in Venice. So he said ‘ah they’ve been scewered ‘

 

[Panhandle Princess]

I imagine Fanny will want to wallpaper over those stenciled walls...

LOL

She’ll have to have the paarfact Murano chandelier also and Snorts will find one on eBay for a “bargain” or someone will send them one magically!

 

[Jeeves]

I'm sorry to disagree with you on these topics. Catalonia has never really felt to be politically, culturally and linguistically part of Spain and indeed it never was. Its history shows several attempts at being an independent country, and in fact Catalonian culture can't be identified with Spanish one. There is a distinct and peculiar Weltanschauung which can be also seen in all its artists, more revolutionary than fascist.
During the Spanish Civil War Barcellona was the heart of the republican and revolutionary forces opposing Franco's nationalist army. A lot is said about it in Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. The place paid a heavy tribute of blood to its independence dream.
So Catalonia was everything but fascist. And they have always taken good care to stress their differences from Spain.
Modernist is the term for Liberty, Jugendstil and Art Nouveau in Spain, but is not the Modernism or Rationalism or Art Déco as it is intended elsewhere. Spanish Modernism perfectly overlaps the Liberty aesthetics, which is not fascist. That came later.
Italian fascist art is better identified with rationalism, and fascist propaganda. Mussolini imposed some strict rules regarding it, like for example the inspiration by ancient Roman art, as ancient Rome's graandeur was what he wanted to recreate. Beside this, part of Italian fascist art were modernism (not in the Spanish sense), and avantgarde movements like Futurism and Rationalism, which all sustained fascist ideology. Quite the opposite of the free, rounded, natural forms, flowers, animals and decorations of the Art Nouveau.
Architecture was one of the fields where Italian fascist art was better expressed. You mentioned Asmara, but a similar town, called Latina was built from nothing after the reclamation of the swamps in the Pontino countryside. Or the EUR area in Rome, built to celebrate the 1942 Universal Expo.
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I can't imagine where you can see any resemblance to the Magical Modernist Mansion.

Thank you - always good to hear from someone with some real expertise.

 

[C'est moi]

I did wonder if you would be affected by the fires, glad you're ok. A friends neighbours went out for the day and came home to find the hedge between them and the other neighbour had self combusted. Luckily they managed to keep it under control until the pompiers arrived by using her swimming pool water.

Thank you @JackSpratt It's always a bit of a nightmare at this time of year and the silly season hasn't even started with the mass influx of grockles!

 

[Pyke]

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Don't forget Ollie was the one who drove to the wrong Chateau LL when his wife sent him off to paint and play with Fanny!

Yes I remember that it took him hours to get there, his arrival was filmed for the vlogs, yet he is pictured at HMN in older photographs so it was not his first time of him going there, clueless does not know where he is / has been, but says it in such a quiet, polite way with a smile you have to feel sorry for him, he reminds me of a forlorn puppy.
We could have a whisper-thon between Ollie and Amuary.

 

[billybudd]

Teaches “emotional intelligence!”

Lacking real emotion and any inkling of intel, obviously this career path shines as a beacon to clueless Ollie.

 

[Jules100]

The good news about Magical Mystery Mansion’s new YouTube channel is that Tartlets that are for some reason blocked on any or all of Stephanie’s channels are free to comment and voice their questions or concerns in a new place of life, love & laughter …until you get blocked again.

 

[howlingwolf68]

It is going well so far…

Where did you find that gem

 

[Princess and the Pea]

..and you can bet they got a pretty penny for the property they sold in the UK, anyone able to check? Yet now plead poverty... 'How will be pay for it Cinders'...

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[Kickintheass]

Placa Mercer in Sant Pere de Ribes. The square the house is on has a one way system. Doesn't look like Ollie has any off road car parking as the gates look really narrow and it would be a nightmare for builders vans, skips etc. Not sure if all the green space (odd shaped) at the rear all comes with the house. Definitely not even half a hectare from my viewing of Google maps and street view. Interesting to see on street view what SJ didn't show. The motorbike and scooter parking area under the corner of the house. The dining area of the local bar/restaurant against the garden wall (just to the right of the tall gates.

 

[billybudd]

The Catalonia mansion walls and or ceilings reminded me of Selmars white outfit with the black birds / swallows flying upon the shirt and trousers,.....you know the one ?

Yes. The total Angel DJ Porn Smarm floaty see thru leisure suit.
And the 3M ceilings are rocking all those vibes -- Thomas Kinkead, guys, well-observed.