Ok, well, there we go, she has finally enraged me enough to come out of lurking and to start posting. Instead of raging on and regurgitating what has been endlessly repeated on here since the day I started reading here (around thread #2 - those were the times! Came here initially to figure out the name of her first husband. And the first video of hers I ever saw was "How I could afford to buy at age 29" - had me rolling my eyes hard and I wish I would have stopped then, instead of tumbling down her fairytale), I propose a few videos for those actually interested in the French heritage and "Château Life".
- If you are interested in French castle yt channels with loads of renovation content: Chateau du Theil
(Their financing scheme also seems a bit shaky and yet more transparent than Jarvis's. Big plus: They actually project plan, employ French workers and make huge and fast progress)
- Also this documentary on several owners in the Loire valley
You'll see that they are all struggling in coming up with ways to finance the upkeep of these buildings - and all the solutions they have developed. (Frankly, I do not mind Jarvis using youtube as an avenue. It changes from weddings and tourism, escpecially since her castle is not very precious, historically speaking. It is more and more the way she goes about it! I so miss these random videos from the early days, published 1.5 years after filming! I digress ) And, you'll also see what a properly
restored building looks like. (I don't mind her batshit crazy style of "the ugliest parts of English cottage style intermixed with absurdly expensive cloth in randomly carved out gîtes" - it's rather entertaining and why not, you do not need to keep with original style. It is, however, not restoration. And neither is a pool. Which, why would you need that if you plan on getting the lake back, anyway)
- In another documentary, again the financial strain is talked about, especially in combination with the emotional baggage when you and your siblings inherit such a building. The videos show how her story is not reliable. Just to be clear: I don't need for her to only focus on project management and financing in her videos. But if she chooses to talk about these kind of things, e.g. how to buy or her monthly running cots or her staff, her information needs to be true.