Australian Family Spend Two Years Renovating Abandoned French Chateau The incredible story of a family who stumbled across an abandoned french chateau during a holiday before spending two years renovating the property (and exploring its secret tunnels) karina and. The team at messors, which ran the workshops for two years, also explained that the salon’s 18th century french neoclassical interior was, in fact, inspired by 16th century venetian palazzos.
Australian Family Spend Two Years Renovating Abandoned French Chateau A castle has stood on this site for several centuries. the first one was destroyed in 1580 during the wars of religion in france. fantillon de sales, the catholic lord of gudanes was besieged in the chateau which was badly looted and all but demolished. the castle wasn’t rebuilt until almost 200 years later, when, in 1741 the marquis louis. Karina now oversees the renovation process while her family remains in australia. “there have been many challenges: trying to speak french, filling out paperwork, dealing with the historic. July 1, 2019. when perth couple karina and craig waters hired a car and headed on a scenic drive towards the pyrenees, they weren’t seriously expecting to buy an 18th century, 96 room chateau. Apr 13, 2018. a few years ago, the australian couple craig and karina waters fell in love with an abandoned castle, dating back to the 1700s. they decided to take over the castle, which is situated in a lush landscape at the village of château verdun in southern france, and restore it. read more →.
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