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Americans see French châteaus as money makers. Turns out they're money pits.
In October 2022, Dan Preston, an English expatriate and founder of the YouTube channel Escape to rural France, [12] purchased the château and started its complete restoration. [13] Preston's reconstruction was also featured in the television series, Help! We Bought a Village. In one episode he met Popeck in Paris and learned of his wartime ...
In 1887, the département asked for the removal of the château from the monument historique list because it could not afford the repairs required by the authorities. However, several restoration campaigns were mounted after 1909, especially on the keep. The château was eventually reintegrated into the list in 1921. [9]
They now risk being deported when their visas run out if they can't prove they're earning more than France’s required minimum wage of roughly $46,800 within the next two years.
Funding for restoration work was provided from various sources, including American Express and the Generali Group. [3] Subsequently, in response to an appeal for the restoration of the château, The Aga Khan donated €40 million, accounting for more than half of the €70 million needed by the Institut de France to complete the project. [4]
“Significant progress” has been made on the restoration work, according to a report last year by the Friends of Notre Dame de Paris, a nonprofit that raises money for the restoration work.
Under the Restoration, the château was returned to Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, the wealthiest heiress in France prior to the French Revolution following the death of her brother, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, in 1768 (the only two surviving children of the Duke of Penthièvre).
2003 saw the beginning of a grand programme of restoration of the castle, with the rebuilding of curtains to a height more than six metres, the restoration of the Tour de Brie, and the demolition of the 19th century house in the courtyard, allowing the partial rebuilding of the Tour Saint-Jean, according to archaeological documents.