The Chateau Diaries #232 Daffodils are not the only micro thing at the shatto

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The minimum hourly gross wage is now at €11.27, representing a monthly wage of €1,709.28 on a weekly basis of 35 hours. I was thinking in dollars, but you are right…she is likely paying the absolute minimum wage plus room and board, or in some cases paying in kind (lumber), or limiting hours to 1-2 days per week. We know she’s cheap. I’m commenting more on the fact that she needs to hire such a huge team instead of doing some work herself. some Tattlers have also mentioned labour laws in France, which I know little about, but maybe there are rules for contractor and service providers.

Even with the BNB, her property isn’t self-sustaining. Without thousands of dollars in donations, how could she keep it going, even with the vlog….unless she and co-owners dig into their own pockets. Really, she has no business plan. even famous celebs can lose thousands of followers in a day….while she has been like Teflon, her channel could easily fall apart, if for example the algorithm changes.
 
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Thank you for watching this so that I maybe don't have to. I can't deny it...I feel betrayed by this family. They've let me down.
But as I read your synopsis, I felt a tinge of relief. They see la Lande for what it is. Let's hope they see Philip for what he is, as well.
Maybe I'll watch this in the morning, when my cats wake me up again at the crack of pre-dawn!
 
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I suspect this is why Herr Nuti can't get her Porky Mitts on the candies and biscuits in those Cadeaux packages fast enough- and why Amaury looks awful- he's living on a diet of Marlboro Reds and Tim Tams! The only time there is food in the Shitoo is when someone brings it or she's filming a vlog. (Does she even reimburse Amaury and Herr Nuti for the bolangerie trips?) If it weren't for Kirsty planting the massive garden, they'd be in an awful state. Even the B&B guests get the bare minimal (Fanny is too cheap to hire someone to even clean their rooms during season), but pay a song for it.
 
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I love that Bob from PV said “it’s halfway to completion or halfway to disintegrating”. That pretty much sums up all of Lie Lande
 
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OMG that is sooooooooo scary. My intuition was telling me that you were having a difficult time. I do not post much here, but I do worry when great people like you disappear longer than expected. So good to see you back... rest and get well.
 
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I bet Fanny wished she had that sex toy to play on in the gardens at Lalande - she'd get more use out of it than the Jardain Anglaise

I wish they hadn't cut the Mum out when they were driving up to the shitoo - wonder what she really thinks of the dump

Since when is 2.19 minutes a very long drive? And they took a 1 hour rest stop??? 2 hr 19 min (172.7 km) via D951

Dad, without saying a word, tell us what you really think about the shitoo!

PV Mum, best RBF ever!!!

The shitoo is not unspoiled. It's dead quiet because you're in the M of BFN and Fanny has destroyed the landscape!

Snorty in his natural habitat: bringing the cheque after dinner and setting the table for the lunchtime rush.

Kim Raad wearing a sexy backless black number and Fanny wearing a gawd awful 1980's 'Not Pretty in Pink' number

The Bunny Ears aren't adorable - they're filthy! (Ladies avoid at all cost)

Snorty - Architectural Expertise????? (What is that girl smoking????) I just want to slap Snorty - really hard!


 

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You're welcome! I don't think they are a bad lot- if anything, they seem to be very organized and have a solid business plan. I don't think they really took Snorts seriously, but felt they had to film his arrival to be polite (he only came for the day, luckily, but suspect Fanny sent him in as a spy to get him out of the house and he's a nosy little twat) and stay in good graces with the rest of the Chateau-verse. With Bob (Papa) on board now (don't underestimate this guy- it's the quiet ones to watch out for!), he sees things as they are, and his facial expressions were a dead giveaway when he arrived to LaLande and started inspecting the facade, and made the remarks about the tennis court, while glancing at the terrace stairs and swamp in disapproval. I would love to see the unedited version- Bob- "This place is a dump!" Carolina, "Dafuq?!? Why is there no breakfast- just a filthy kitchen?!? Do they all sleep until noon?!? Who actually runs this place?" Maruca, slapping Penelope's hand at the Easter lunch- "We don't know the hands that made it nor how long it has been sitting out. Put some food on your plate to be polite, but do not eat a thing. Yes, you can eat the pre-packaged candies to tide you over. We'll buy you a snack on the road."
 
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Crowds wait outside Boots for hours after demand soars for new anti-ageing cream hailed as 'Botox in a jar' that experts claim could help facial burns and scars
  • Over 94,000 people signed up to waiting list for an anti-ageing range from No 7
  • And countless queued outside Boots stores up to two hours early on Wednesday

You just know Fanny is either on that list or made a quick trip to her local Boots in London (or both)
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Bob's face says it all!
Notice the chain across the top of the crumbling terrace steps.
 

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I love that Bob from PV said “it’s halfway to completion or halfway to disintegrating”. That pretty much sums up all of Lie Lande
Thread nomination , courtesy of @MadameChat and Bob (thanks, Bob!) : "Lie Lande- it’s halfway to completion or halfway to disintegrating!"
 
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I love all the comments asking when she's going to get off her ass and do work around the chateau. Two weeks from never my dears! She left filthy, faded curtains with holes in them, on the windows of her London flat for two years after pointing them out. She could have used any of the five thousand curtains she's received in the gift grab. She could have used fabric she owns and sewn them up at the farmhouse and taken them with her to London. Her schtick is petulantly doing nothing and being a loser to spite her parents. She consults experts and pays for plans knowing full well she's going to actually destroy the room/wing/land in question. It's her Eff you to mummy. Over and over and over again. Gives her a little thrill disappointing all the people who DARED have once ounce of expectation from her. The very NERVE! She'll burn it all to the ground bit by bit is my guess.
 
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I thought Lalande Kirsty's surname was Wyld, as her Youtube channel is called Wyld in France, so maybe this other Kirsty is one of BG's cronies.
I got a recent YouTube comment and wondered if it was from Kirsty’s “secret” YouTube profile.

 
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Bob's face says it all!
Notice the chain across the top of the crumbling terrace steps.
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The state of that place looks like its been abandoned for 20 years
 
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Just out of curiosity...
From about 6 years old on, it was my job to set the table. If the fork was askew my mom would ask, "What would Emily Post say?"




Wazzup here with the napkin under the knife...?
 
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I know I keep bringing this up, but some of those plates are so far gone, that I am positive they stink to high heaven. The glaze has failed and they soak up foul dishwater. They are unsuitable to eat off of and probably unsafe as well. Display them, fine. I love the look of distressed transferware. But good grief do not serve food on them, especially to guests.
 
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Oh wow sounds horrific …. Much rest and speedy recovery xxx
 
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I have been trying to infiltrate sub comments on the vlogs, not sure if my banishment is forever. No way to tell really, but I feel a little lighter Pretty sure I have been cancelled for good though..
 
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What a mess, who painted that staircase? This place is a shambles!
I thought that ! Also on the left looks like all the plaster is flaking off - wouldn’t go buying and hanging new lights till the walls had been sorted
 
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How shocking! Glad you are on the mend. How lovely that your boyfriend and MIL are looking after you so well. Please get heaps of rest, and let your loved ones care for you.
 
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