A broken kitchen, sewage stress and an incredible water discovery
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2023
- Huge frustration with the sewage system and a broken kitchen but progress on the coach house and discovery of an amazing water source!
We are Marc, Amy, Clement and Juliette, a French-English family restoring a 33 room medieval chateau and huge estate in southern France. Follow our award-winning, historically-sensitive restorations and our journey towards self-sufficiency and sustainability, with plenty of laughter along the way.
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A lot of lovely people are saying how nice it is to see us again, suggesting to me that they’ve missed our recent videos. We’ve put out one video a week for the past 7 weeks so if this is the first you’ve seen for a while, don’t hesitate to go back and check. They should be in the playlist ‘all videos in order’ and I think they’re all in the playlist ‘Coach House Restoration’.
This is Jerry writing first of all to thank Marc, Amy, Clement and Juliette for welcoming me in to their home and lives the past several days. They are a lovely and loving family. Marc and Amy have such an original and ambitious goal to return the chateau property and buildings to being a useful and beautiful addition to their community much as it must have been in the past. They love and honor the fact that they have been able to become the latest stewards of this very special place and I feel so privileged to be able to spend time together and to have them share their vision. I hope each of you reading will subscribe and follow them as I have been doing. The real joys and struggles they share on this channel inspired me to want to meet them and see for myself what they are doing. It is all so much more than what they can share on UA-cam given the ambitious scale of their plans including the grounds. Reintroducing biodiversity to over a hundred acres is not as easy to show as something more limited in scope. There are hundreds if not thousands of feet of stone walls to excavate and repair. Invasive plants that have taken over and need to be strategically removed or managed. Basic infrastructure such as an eco friendly septic system, updated heat, plumbing and electrical work across numerous buildings. It is ambitious but I have no doubt in Marc and Amy’s ability to achieve this. It will be a great opportunity for you and I to learn along with them. So join me in joining them on this journey. Thanks to all who read this.
Hi Jerry, I think it’s wonderful of you to take the trip from Seattle to meet this wonderful family. I have been following them since they started the channel and I find them to be an intelligent, kind, loving, ambitious family. I respect them for what they are doing with this beautiful chateau. I hope more people subscribe and support them because their videos are really wonderful. -Stephanie from New Hope, Pennsylvania
You’re the best, Jerry. It has given us a renewed belief in our project to see it through your enthusiastic eyes these past days!
Tx for sharing. I love their use of permaculture techniques and ideas on sustainability. It's wonderful and so many things
So very well said Jerry
Here in the USA we have issues with the Emerald Ash Borer, I don’t know if that is a problem in France.
Forget the bucket brigade to move the gravel...set up a slide . Get a large diameter , thin walled plastic pipe, cut it in half and use it as a slide . Much easier than buckets or trucks. Love your chateau and grounds. Cheers from Canada.
Such a great video, thank you for showing us through the eyes of a guest.
Brilliant!
Sadly the distance is too great for that. The time and money involved in creating a chute that long would be prohibitive. Also it would require us to hand-shovel several tons of pebbles into the chute. The advantage of a large machine is that it can scoop up large amounts of stones in one go and transport them down the dangerously steep slope.
How fun to have a guest! I envy him. I’m sure it’s a fascinating tour to see everything in real life. Best wishes for a speedy date with the equipment needed for moving the stones.
Being mad as a box of frogs is better than being normal. Love your channel.
Can't wait to find
out what happened to the palm trees!
My late partner helped develop a similar filtration system using stones and aquatic plants to clean up a regional ammunition factory started before WWI. Explosives were contaminating the groundwater and leeching out past the property boundaries of the government facility. It's amazing what nature does to keep itself healthy if we let it.
Oh how interesting! Marc's niece is a geologist working for the French military to do something similar on their sites!
Hey Amy, I completely understand you living with the mess in the kitchen. We've washed dishes in the bath tub before, had the refrigerator in the dining room for weeks and had the stove in the middle if the kitchen before. It's not easy when we are all in a hurry to have our houses in order especially when we have small children. Just remind yourself it won't be forever. Hugs, Kathy 🇺🇸
Absolutely! Been there! 🇺🇸
So very well said. Many of us have lived in the midst of construction and it is definitely not fun, BUT as you said, it does NOT last forever (just feels like it during the process🥴)
Ah, Gerry is lovely…how nice for him to visit you….The spring is a superb find. X Dottie
Hi Marc,
I helped build a cliff house the slope was about 45 degrees, we used a slide mainly to slide bags of concrete and gravel and timber, we framed it with side rail and the deck was form ply , later used in the build, but you could use second hand corrugated iron from other building sites,/ council tip. Support it with stakes and frame every 2-3 m. Good luck from Aus
That sounds like a great solution! I think the problem is this is a single job rather than a longer term building site so it’s not really efficient in terms of time or cost of materials to build anything just to get the pebbles down. Also we’d still need to shovel several tons of pebbles by hand. One of the things we need the machines for is the bucket to scoop them up! We simply don’t have enough time available on top of everything going on here to devote to the alternative solutions so we’re just going to need to find somebody else to do the work or wait!
👍all good , if I lived in Europe , you’d be just down the road, a couple of days I would have done it for you. With such a big big property the work load would be high, good luck. Best wishes from down under.
The idea of the tiles around the bathroom sounds amazing if you have the time, Amy! It was so nice see you chatting & showing Jerry around to see where you’re up to on projects. I love the feel of your property and home.. & your “rambling videos“!!
So enjoy your Vlogs. Don’t get discouraged. Your content is wonderful and I think the relationship that you and Marc have is fun to watch. For those of you out there who are watching what does it hurt to subscribe? I think you should help out these very hard-working individuals.
One of your most entertaining vlogs--thank you all!
So nice that you impressed Jerry so much that he went to visit you!
Enjoyed this video lots!💯
It is great learning about your projects, even when you are experiencing slow downs that must be irritating. You both display such good humor in the face of all the challenges. Also, the creative and innovative spirit of your approach is refreshing. Cheers and keep going!
Thank you for going over the sewage treatment technique you are/will be installing. This might sound odd, but it will be a joy watching how the project progresses. It sounds like a wonderful idea for an off-grid property. I have seen one other that was built on a slope. Once the aquatic plants and reeds had filled each pond, they looked wonderful in the landscape! Best to all of you.
I am always so inspired by the two of you! I watch and think, " my goodness look at all they are doing! Surely I could get to that spark room." Then just accept that you two are so much better than I am! I adore the smiles, laughter, and joking you do. You make me smile, and I thank you.
With joy and hope,
Audri
Wonderful having Jerry there getting to know you all. Take care ❤.
You could dig a well where the spring is, we had a hand dug well, it was stone lined from many , many years before but today you could get a concrete sleeve to insert into the hole . Once you finish and cover it , it settles down and we kept a trout in it to keep it clean. Once the trout got big enough it became breakfast and we put a little one back in.
Lovely video.🥰🙋🏼♀️
what a lovely visitor.. thanks for the vlog; always a joy!
Love the tiles! Amazing that you got the skills to do that Amy. Great find , the spring, Marc!! 💚🌿🌸
The tiles are beautiful, looking for to seeing them installed. Sounds interesting with all the plans. ❤
What a great episode, so fascinating, the discovery of another spring and great progress with the tiles!
That format was a joy to watch! Your tiles are looking fantastic! Could you ask your Mairie about local volunteers to help with the septic system?
You should look into installing your own ram pump at your spring to pump your water to containers at the top of the incline. It's a cheap and easy method to utilize. What wonderful news to find a spring!
Interesting! I wonder if there’s enough pressure in the flow of this water. It seems to be more of a trickle.
Great to see you again, meet Jerry, and continue with all. It's a miracle to see so much multi tasking with two young children around...Till next time !
Welcome, Jerry! It was fun to see the walk-around, but that sewer situation must be insanely frustrating for both of you :( It sounds like what you're making down the hill is a giant composting toilet, haha! I wish you could just ROLL the rocks down the hill, but perhaps they're not boulders, but little ones. I do hope that situation is resolved soon. You've done so much, and with so little time to do it.
You’re right, they’re little pebbles so it would take an awful lot of rolling!
Jerry is spot on about the room in the coach house, look at the beautiful room and don't focus on the 1 unfinished wall, what ya'll have done is amazing and hard...
L'endroit où vous habitez est tellement magique qu'il mérite tout le temps que vous passez à le restaurer. Parfois je vous envie mais quel boulot.... Vous arriverez au bout de tout cela sans problème. Vos enfants ont une chance inouie de grandir dans un tel environnement. Encore bravo😊😊💯💯
Merci beaucoup 😍
❤ just want to leave comment to help you guys. Nice to see you interact with Garry, who seems like a very sweet and gentle soul.
Sooo happy to hear that you were able to take a well deserved vacation. Really enjoyed listening to Marc talk about his forestry management strategy. Not that anyone would wish you misfortune, but the flip side is that it does make for great content for your channel.
Amy, I always enjoy watching everything you and Marc get up to. It’s a real treat to sit down, with a cup, no let’s make it a mug, of tea and immerse myself in your world. Thank you for sharing all your trials and tribulations as well as your successes. Looking forward to your next video. Until then, thank you and take care🙂🙏🏻
That’s so nice to hear - thank you!
Really love hearing about your journey and your insights. Great blend of history and innovation!
What a great (secret?) find by Marc. And all because he noticed the Acacia trees were bigger in that area! You did a great job of filming too Amy and I never detected the ‘panting’ in the background.🤣🐕🦺 Jerry must have had an enjoyable and fun time staying with your family, we know you are both ‘What you see is what you get!’ type people and that comes across the screen as being the lovely people you are.🥰🙏🏻 for more subscribers!
Thank you! Poor Jerry got the full ‘what you see is what you get treatment’ including me in my pyjamas for most of the weekend, Pepper slobbering all over him and Juliette co-opting him as her own personal servant!
@@Chroniclesofrosieres 🤣🤣👌❤️
Oh, I didnt know commenting helped too! Wish I could pop by and babysit the kids for you!But Australia’s a bit of a hike for the day 🙋🏻♀loved todays real life check! Xxxx
So excited to find out what happened to the palm trees! As always, thank you for opening your home to us!
I am so glad that you had a great family vacation. I look forward to future videos. They are so much fun! 🎉
I’m glad!
Really enjoyed your video,so much fun! It's interesting having someone new there asking questions and somehow bringing a new perspective. If you're wondering are you as you seem in your UA-cam videos...NO! You are even sweeter than I thought!!!! Especially Marc, who often seems to come across as a...how to put it, hm, a brat? or an uncaring naughty child? My heart goes out to you about this kitchen mess! I can understand this terrible delema. Remember to count your blessings. It really helps to combat stress and feeling down about things you can't control. Im preaching to myself too. Oh, I wanted to let you know I'm subscribed and I liked your video!
Marc is definitely funny!!! He has a fun sense of humor! Has me in stitches. Love you two together 💕💕
Still enjoying the journey with you at Chateau De Rossiere!! Thanks for dealing it with us, your viewers.
Well done on all fronts! SO good to have someone from the outside come along to give you some perspective on all that you have accomplished!
Your sewage system sounds almost like the one King Charales had installed at Highgrove. There was a special on TV not too long ago.
It’s basically the same, yes!
Just great, love your dynamic, totally your own style, uniek, love the tiles.
I am praying for your family. And i'm praying that you are can get into the coach house. And get the sewage problems fixed.
God Bless you Dear. The struggles of in between living. I enjoy your upbeat spirit and nature. Nice to have a visitors set of eyes on all you have accomplished as well as sharing the vision of the future. Brilliant
That was me, I think for the row of tiles. It will be a finishing touch for the room.. Yes!!
Lately, I've been watching on my tv (firestick) and cannot comment. Although I am subscribed, I wonder what those of us watching on tv's does to the analytics. Well, at least the views get counted (I assume).
I've got restoration experience (currently living in the 2nd 18th century New England Colonial home I've owned/renovated) and child-care experience too. So, if you're up for another visitor (not sure what led Jerry there), let me know. 🙂
And also ... I have a lot of experience tiling. -- That's laying them, not making them. Up to now, I would never have considered making them. So it's really interesting to see how it's done.
Mark finding springs is my favorite kind of video
I missed the livestream! Mid-day Saturday is pretty busy. It's nice to have another tour and explanation of the sewage ponds. I wonder if you should set up a slide or chute for getting stones down the slope - rather like what is used for tipping rubbish out of windows. As for the kitchen - can you get Ikea appliances and then move them across to the coach house?
So nice to see you again, and get a little caught up on your many projects! Also your guest from Washington, our home state as well! How very exciting about the discovery of the spring! The tiles are amazing, I love the flowing top edge! Can't wait to see them put up! Looking forward to seeing what you did with the palm trees! Till then, take care and God bless you!
Oh and I like your shirt! I have one exactly like it! 🤗💞
I love watching your channel and I’m so thrilled by the great discovery Marc made. What a terrific thing for Jerry to come and visit you. I hope you can move forward with the septic system so you can move into the coach home and have a better functioning kitchen and bath and a safe place to live while work is being done to the chateau. I think you need a metal chute to send the gravel down the hill. You also need helpers. I hope you can get some volunteers to help you along the way. Many hugs. xx
Ah, the trials and tribulations of chateau life! You are both doing incredibly well, considering you have 2 very young children. I am so glad you all got away for a family vacation. Thank you for introducing Jerry to us all. It was nice to meet him. I very much like the analytical approach you have in your projects. Amy, those tiles are looking really good. Pepper is such a good dog. ❤
I continue to be amazed at how much you know about building, restoring, plants, irrigation, and much much more! YOUR TILES ARE GORGEOUS! WELL DONE!!! You compliment each other! Glad you had a wonderful vacation from all this! ❤
:)
Bisced(?) tiles look really good.
:D "...the scientist..." Your common rapport is so genuinely affectionate. 😇
I am so happy to see and hear all of you!
Great find, the Spring will add much to your life when completed. I enjoyed the tour. ❤️🙏
Another delightful story from "The Adventures of Marc & Amy"! Bravo! 😍
Yay!!! 🎉 My first premiere!
What a tease…Palm Trees…can’t wait to see how they are doing.. Really enjoyable thank you Amy and Marc…x Dottie
Can I send some Palm seeds from the Paurotis Palm we have growing in our area. Tons of seeds. Grow quickly
Finding a Spring is wonderful!
I would watch your channel just for the intro and the chicken chasing after the digger!
Such an entertaining and interesting vlog, love you guys and all your projects, your amazing Chateau will be even more beautiful! Your tiles are just lovely!! 💖 xx Thank you for sharing your journey xx
Gosh, finding that spring is such a boost isn't it? I've been following the sewerage vlogs with much interest, because I have a septic tank here in New Zealand. The laws around the installation of runoffs for yours sound very familiar, the soak pit for the runoff for mine was supposed to be straight forward, but was anything but! I was advised to plant flax bushes around the soak pit part of it, and fruit trees along the outer perimeter to aid with absorption/filtration. The flax is flourishing, haven't got around to planting the fruit trees there yet! I'm so impressed with what you've achieved with it all though, it's such a mammoth task. Amy, your kitchen of your dreams will come, I know how frustrating it can be but at the end of the day, these things take time and effort, and it won't be long before you're moved into and set up in that beautiful coach house! Much love and big hugs xxx🥰🤗🥰
Thanks Karen!
Lovely ! Following the progress is fascinating.
You guys are such a joy to watch. Your sense of humor is marvelous. Your enthusiasm is contagious. Lioove you .
You're very kind - thank you!
Bonjour Marc Amy Clement and Juliette how lovely to see you I missed the live but here we are 😍Gerry a welcome guest Marc I’m impressed into the water yes it tastes good quick runnnn a swarm of bees life on a farm at the Chateau your eccentricity is what I love about you both always uplifting I shall catchup with your videos we await a storm here in New Zealand have a fabulous weekend do not despair my darlings step by step all will be ok Amore💖💖😘😘🥰🥰👌👌🌟🌟
I find it fascinating that in the same video you find a new source of water and and show how you are going to get rid of 'used' water! It all has to happen.
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You are a both very talented and very knowledgeable! Love your sense of humour!
Also I really like and agree with Jerry- your personal touch has much more meaning. The tiles you are making are going to be beautiful and will be enjoyed for a long time. A labor of love! Creativity at its best. Take care, glad to hear you all enjoyed a holiday and got refreshed. Stay goofy 😊
Definitely agree with Jerry. Wonderful idea, Amy 💕
Love your handmade tiles!! So beautiful! Can't wait to see the decorative ones!!
You could use those interlocking bottomless buckets which builders use to remove rubble etc from the top floors of tenement flats. Then you could just put the stones in at the top and let gravity do the work. Love your vlogs.
I love the mood in your videos, especially this one! ❤ Never let go of your mirth, cheerfulness and friskiness 😊
Always a TREAT to watch you two and the goings on at your castle. (TeeHee). Beautiful property with magnificent views. So glad you both can laugh at the struggles it takes to make daily life worth it all at the chateau. 😊 Always nice to look back at your accomplishments, little by little you’ll get there.
Always so happy to see a new video waiting to be watched. You guys make even the simple tasks seem interesting. Keep up the good work
I always love to watch your vlogs. They are so interesting,and amusing . I can't understand why more people aren't aware of your channel
omg Sounds like something my father would also say about me! lol , So great to get to see through the eyes of someone watching like the rest of us . great idea !!!
Loved the vlog Amy. You seem more relaxed in these videos since you started. I love the work you have done and the tiles are fabulous! Wow! To take on “hand made tiles” is amazing.
Blessings to you and your beautiful family!!! 💙🐶🙏
Really enjoyed the tour 😁
Great update, thank you I so enjoy your videos. Don’t know how you do all you do with two small beautiful children. Hello from New Zealand.
Subscribe people ! Doesn’t cost you anything!
Yes yes yes,,Amy tiles!! Ot will be excellent for bathroom! What a great idea to show your visitor and it looks like you are all having a great time! Yay!❤ ❤😊
Hope you sort the stone sewage system etc out soon 🤗🍀👍💐
Love Sue❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤
So glad you were able to have a good family holiday. This was a lovely video today. All the best.❤
I am so happy for you that you found a spring!
You may need to start moving rocks with a wheelbarrow! 😂😂😂 So you can get that sewage fixed and get into your coach house kitchen!!!
I can barely walk up that slope let alone push a wheelbarrow up it 😂
Hope viewers ideas help. I would have no idea. Love your tiles, It will happen, just keep hanging in there doing what you can. Glad you had a lovely holiday. Well earnt. Best wishes.
Amy that is a very ambitious project of making tile that goes around the entire room. I know you can do it and I know they’ll be beautiful because the designs that you have done are absolutely breathtaking. In my opinion it will certainly put your mark on the bathroom. I can’t wait to see what the finish project is no matter how long it takes. Bravo Amy I would celebrate the flaws to. They look fabulous just looking at them in the rough form. I have been wondering about the palm trees because they weren’t laying around the out house. Thank you Marc and Amy.
Best of luck with all you do.
Great watching your vlogs, one day I really hope to be able to come and see the property up closer, and meet you both and your beautiful children, keep going your doing a fantastic job.
I do enjoy seeing any of your updates!….. understandably… you cannot video every.. single thing…. But any tidbit is enjoyed…..
Hats off to yourself and Marc with anything you lay your hands upon. It can’t be easy…. But.. we.. your supporters are here to cheer you on!
Continued success in all your endeavours….
Looking forward to whenever you may share again….
We’re here… we’re patient…. We understand the enormity of it all.
Be well… 🙂❤️🇨🇦
Thanks!
As for a slide to get the rocks to the sewage pond, brilliant idea. Several ways to acco.plish it depending on what's available.
It’d be a lovely solution but sadly the distances are too large. It would be exorbitantly expensive to hire and we’d still have to shovel tons of pebbles by hand into the chute!
Another great vlog. You are both so inspiring.
Oh what a blessing Marc has find the spring what a bonus for you. The tiles turned out amazing Amy well done after the trial and error you done it Parfait😘😘
In the Midwest of the U S. we had a wooded property. When my husband would cut down a wild cherry tree and the next year it had sprouts and would grow a new tree!
That natural spring is such an interesting find! Great video x
Its a gravel filtration system?everthing about your chateau is so interesting. You both are fascinating people..😊
You’re very kind. Thank you! It’s Reed filtration.
Worth the wait…….
Wow what a great find: a spring!!!
Man, I hope you can get the rocks installed soon! You have an interesting plan. I hope you can get it implemented quickly!
The tiles are amazing!
This is so interesting -- Marc's knowledge of the eco system is impressive. I look forward to seeing that tile pattern intalled. And thanks to Jerry for putting in his comment to describe how much more is going on at this chateau than what is possible to show. As I understand it, making a comment also helps the youtube stats so I'll be sure to add my comment to each one I watch. Of course I'm subscribed.
Thank you!
nice to see you i thought you had stopped posting I'LL look at your past videos and your tiles are lovely