The Chateau Diaries #235 If she blinks at 100 miles per hour, it's because she can't hide her lying eyes

Dragomiroff said:

Last night, I said to @Jules100 that I was pulling back from CD and Tattle and would have to decline the invite to appear on the new podcast (I know you will all be terribly glum to not hear my RP accent - soz) but then the latest instalment hit my YouTube feed. I need to spew my bubbling bile. This devious wench! She really is a piece of work.
Most of you have already highlighted the lack of leadership with leaving EVERYTHING to the last minute. But in that recent instalment we truly got a glimpse into the gravity of destruction of that HMN. SJ claims weeds grew up in 2 days and yet she yanks out half a meter of the crawling variety from the courtyard… she highlights her dock invasion, which is most definitely months in the making considering the volume and height… we saw the state of the finish in the bnb rooms with window panes missing, bedroom furniture damaged, paint chipped, cheap drink making facilities, communal areas looking battered… What is this woman doing? What is Natalia’s role if she is the BnB manager? Does she just overlook these discrepancies or is SJ not willing to pay for them when they’re brought to her attention? I don’t understand how this can be allowed to happen with the amount of money coming in each month to comfortably remedy these issues? The astounding negligence - is it any wonder why Mmakhotso Moloi was neglected? The state of the stables is the true sentiment SJ feels for her own home - to allow rooms to fill up with debris like that attracting vermin, storing boilers which are loaded with chemicals is simply dangerous. It long stopped being funny this is just neglect - plain and simple. Where is the evidence that Stephanie Jarvis is improving this property? - all I’m seeing is more and more damage being caused.
And those kitchen cupboards are a lethal health risk. I was in NYC last weekend and was struck with food poisoning - I’m relatively resistant to under cooked food but it got me ferociously. The point is those doors harbour all manner of bacteria. SJ just doesn’t care about anything or one but herself. I’d be truly ashamed to welcome anyone into that building. Volunteers and staff are living there in that state - the hotel inspector needs calling in and condemning it. SJ has only just ordered colour coded chopping boards for meat, dairy, fish and vegetable prep - WTF?! How?
I have a litany of other points to make, but my cortisol levels are rising and so I’ll end it there. That episode compounds what we have been all saying for YEARS! It’s a dump top to bottom. I wonder if SJ decided to show this now, in the knowledge she can get away with anything and yet the money still comes in from the merry band of Patreons? It’s beyond me. She needs a therapist, project manager and a team of contractors.

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KyBourbon said:

Well said! Just think of it this way…if Stephanie had hired professional cleaners (let’s assume 4 cleaners working for $25/hr each, for 20 hours (each person over a few days), it would have cost her $2,000. That’s only 0.05% of the money she collects through Patreon annually. There was absolutely no reason to leave all this work until the last minute, and there’s no reason she couldn’t have hired cleaners to assist the others. Instead, we’re supposed to sympathize with the plight she herself created and marvel at how hard they worked through the night to get ready. Then Stephanie’s deluded fans heap loads of praise on her and Philip, saying how wonderful they are. Unbelievable!

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TorontoGWM said:

Have a heart, Ky. The woman spent 2-3 months in intense, deep grief.

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Kickintheass said:

@JackSpratt what is your hubby's take on the slow water delivery to the guest wing. My oh says Nathans solution is going to cost as they will be constantly circulating hot water by pumping it to the wing so the hot water will need to be constantly heated.

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Lady Avonlea said:

Could they have considered electric tankless water heaters for the bathrooms?
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Cleo's Asp said:

Fanny needs to grow up and become a responsible adult; how much chance is there of that happening?

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LadyRed said:

Say what you will about Mummy, but one can not stay sane with the amount of dump which ends up all over the place. Every year we see a couple of room clearings, and that is the ones Fanny chooses to show us, and without fail more rubbish appears in another part of the chateau. The state of those stables! Remember how that space looked like not that long ago when Amuary cleared it and organised it as his workshop? Gone are those days! Just how does one amass so much garbage in such a short time span and lets it pile up like that?

I don't wish this upon anyone, but between the sketchy electrics and what is essentially kindling, this place might just go up in flames ones of these days.

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lolander said:

Why bother. There seems to be a constant influx of volunteers willing to take the role of a responsible adult. She will eventually wear them out, when they realize their work goes in vain she'll send them packing. If they don't understand to leave a smear campaign will be launched. Rinse and repeat. Sorry, feeling a tad cynical today

She must kick herself for inviting her cuz to the heap. He's difficult to get rid of. Now when he's moved out Tantinette&Oncle will pay a visit, I see a storm rising, why else Isabelle the jinx has been summoned all the way from South Africa?

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Kickintheass said:

I was beginning to think it wasn't possible to hire skips in France and that trips to the dechetterie were the only option. My initial thought was that the skip wasn't big enough for all the crap in Lalande. They are putting stuff in it that should be recycled. My builder husband uses his digger to ensure he maximises the load in a skip by pressing it down with the bucket.

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KitKat_theNewRat said:

It really looked like any kind of packaging was literally dropped into the stables without a second thought. It seems so careless considering that somebody, i.e. Amaury, actually wanted to use that space.

Also about the weeding; didn't they use a weed torch in the past?

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graciemckitten said:

Fanny is all over the comments on Dan’s latest video, posting under one of her latest favorite aliases, Sgirl. Why is she so controlling and intrusive in answering questions and comments on Dan’s you tube channel. Sgirl is the equivalent of Caroline Gooder on Dan’s YouTube channels. Why does Dan not tell her to knock it off and stop answering questions on his YouTube channel?

Fanny has enough of her own crap to deal with on her Dump. Why is she always stalking other chateau YouTube sites and answering questions in their comment sections?

Nathan seems apprehensive when he encounters Fanny at the Dump. I think he knows she is going to try to get him to fix all other “emergencies” at the Dump which are outside of plumbing and heating, She does not hesitate to call contractors to get them to rush over to the Dump on their day off ( yet Fanny took months off to focus without being disturbed by others).

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Tea with lemon said:

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graciemckitten said:

Lazy ass Potts also moved into the Dump in November, 2022. He had 3 to 4 months with no F1 races. Why didn’t he clean any of the crap out of the stables? He is as entitled and useless as the little orphan princess. What do the 2 grifters do instead of cleaning up their Dump? Party in Dubai.

Baghead came to stay at the Dump in February. Why didn’t he help clean up his Dump?

Fanny partied in Austria, London, Paris, and Dubai instead of cleaning up her Dump.

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LadyRed said:

I'm with Isabelle on this one.

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