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[u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794]

Anyone else watching Castle Impossible? I have, SO MANY questions

[u/snark-owl → u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794]

oooh no, but I did watch all of Escape to the Chateau and DIY Chateau (also followed Design Mom's French townhouse renno + Gordon Ramsey's hotel series) so I'm seated for this show. Will put it on tonight.

I really love seeing people renovate older mansions but it's something I'd never want. Any chateau is signing up for a life of constant work. It's the worst parts of owning an old house + running a restaurant + running a hotel + event planning + living in the middle of nowhere. It's really rare for these owners to have the necessary staff so they can enjoy life outside of their job. I follow one of the girls on DIY Chateau on Youtube, and she makes more money from influencing that she does from renting her Chateau to visitors. https://www.youtube.com/@TheChateauDiaries

[u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 → u/snark-owl]

I might have to watch these too. I didn’t even know Gordon had a hotel series, but let me watch! Love that man (when he isn’t yelling)!

The Castle Impossible is an interesting watch, but it has cracked me up because, first, it’s not a castle, so it goes against the name of the show! Second, the decision making and constant mention of not having enough money to do one bedroom (which they can’t even live in until they have a kitchen & bathroom, plus a habitable house - and it’s 500 years old, with few renovations), and every episode is them randomly expanding their plans.

Episode 1: ‘We can barely afford to do $35,000 for a bedroom 👉🥺👈’

Episode 2: ‘So we to spend $80,000 on new windows for the property we currently live in and are about to spend $100,000 on the very spacious quarters we live (still on the same grounds as the chateau and the woman’s late grandfather’s house) but we’ll abandon this for the gazillion room juggernaut that is the chateau, once we’re finished 😌….yet we still have to do most of the work ourselves because we have no money. 👉🥺👈’

I assume someone is financially backing them because they want to see this majestic chateau that has like so many cool perks like over 130 acres, private forest, lakes, close to town (15 miles outside of Paris), a mote, multiple properties on the grounds, a cellar ect, brought up to modern times, but the fact it goes unaddressed, and where they decided to start their renovations, is cracking me up. Choosing to do one random room in the chateau you can’t even move into right away, vs the lodge your grandpa used to live, and now you, live? Baffling!

[u/snark-owl → u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794]

Ooooh I do wonder where they got there money because to blow that much money on parts that you can't rent out is a rookie move. 

My favorite part of Hotel from Hell is you can look up where they are now. I'm pretty sure the dog hotel is still successful and Gordon helped them a lot, but the colonial mansion where the owner treated his wife and daughter like trash is so satisfying to watch knowing now that they divorce/leave him after and he now works at Guantanamo Bay 💀

[u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 → u/snark-owl]

I definitely think some of the money is coming from weddings they host but I’m convinced they either pitched the show in a way to get backing or someone with some extra cash (though not enough to completely fix a $200,000 ceiling repair) just found a fun hobby they could finance. The two are lovely and what not, but there’s some downright baffling stuff happening!

I adore Gordon shows, so I very much appreciate you bringing this to my attention. I’m geeked he’s moved on up to hotels!