We find GOLD at the Chateau! - Doing It Ourselves
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- My name is Michael Petherick and I live with my family at Chateau de la Basmaignee in north west France.
My brother and his fiancé bought this building with some inheritance money three years ago and we are slowly restoring it to live in, and run as a business.
It’s always a financial struggle to keep the place going and we have to work hard to keep our heads above water, but we love it and wouldn’t have It any other way.
When they knew that they were buying the château, my brother asked me if I would like to move over and take part in their new adventure... so I packed my bags, gave up my life in England and moved here to help bring this place back to life.
We do all the renovations ourselves including construction, decorating and collecting antique furniture that we buy cheaply to restore. Our goal is to fill the château with beauty and life as it once was.
I have a passion for history, art and all things old.
These videos are a series of stories about my life and experiences living in a French castle.
We film and edit everything ourselves.
I’ll be showing all aspects of life here, from renovation and DIY, to crafts and baking, art, daily life and a bit of fun thrown in for good measure. There’s much more to see and our journey is still just beginning.
Help me to keep making videos and restoring this building by visiting my patreon page.
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Follow the château behind the scenes on Instagram
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Visit the chateau website
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Find me on Instagram / picturepetherick
Link to my friend Stephanie’s tour:
• TOUR THIS MAGNIFICENT ...
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I love that you let us hear all the lovely outside sounds and don't play distracting music throughout your vlog--thank you!
Laurie Anne agreed!
I have heard many birds that we don't have in the states.
Laurie Anne completely agree, such great videos to watch and don’t feel like they have been edited to within an inch of their lives haha
Grateful not to hear any distracting music. I adore your vlogs, a great big thank you.
Yes, I agree.
"We had so many potatoes we didn't knew what to do with them"
Me, a cultured person: boil em, mash em, stick 'em in a stew
Having lived in Ireland I am sure he knows tons of potato recipes. :)
Is this a lord of the rings reference
Globy yes it is
yessssssss
Whats taters precious?
Is this like a new community in youtube now? The chataue community? 😂😂
open your purse, lemme see YES
Yes and I’m fully here for it
chateawuwiwieu*
YESSSS!
Chateau Life - ua-cam.com/channels/8h4pmwOKIAeTRD9jze6hMw.htmlvideos
The Chateau Diaries - ua-cam.com/channels/yqPuqFXuAP5GMwRNFg5hpA.htmlvideos
Yes amazing
Yall better put in a DOPE library, and it better have one of those ladders with the wheels.
Yes!
1234tinman1 yes lots and lots of books.
In Episode 1, he showed the "library." It had 2 shelves of books. Big whoop. And a wardrobe with the cleaning supplies. I do hope they improve that room somehow.
Imagine going out one day and EXPECTING to find gold at the back of your castle!
I'd be happy to walk out to the back of my, um castle, and discover a stream with flowing water.
ijeleo92 And actually finding it
We had a media mogul here in Australia (not Murdoch) who found rubies when installing polo grounds on his country estate 🙄
@@jennifercampbell7698 being rich real just makes you richer wow
Find you a man who’s this excited to show you his favorite trees.
He got a “tree book” for Christmas! God, I love him 😍🤣
Indeed so!
This also really doesn't seem like a bad place to be in a quarantine haha
This feels like a BBC show. How is this not on BBC. So good
This is such a fantastic idea for a series, following people searching for chateaus and te-building it. Such an insane thing both things aren’t more thought about really, wich is when you know when an idea is good, when you go like ‘how didn’t we all thought about it before?’ 😍
I wonder if Michael should invite Ruth Goodman for some pointers about Chateau living. 😐
꧁ C ꧂ there are several British tv shows that restore chateaus and castles...love those shows
TV is passé. As far as I know everyone is far better off on UA-cam, as it can actually generate an income. And they have full creative control and own all their own material.
It is better.
So I did a little digging on those wildflowers and I think they're called Lathraea clandestina, or purple toothwort. Hope I helped :)
I agree. "Lathrée clandestine" in French
HaylieBuggy ha digging! Punny
Anna Hattis Honesty, didn’t realize I did that until this very moment, Thank you XD
I thought it looked a lot like wild sage
J.D. B I thought that too at first glance, but I think the sage is too small and too high off the ground to be the same plant. I’m not an expert though so I could for sure be wrong.
I want to know who the family member with the invisibly perfect camera skills is! I vote mom since I haven't seen her on camera yet! 😂
It’s Olivia his 11 year old niece
@@sherriepetherick5451 Really?! That's amazing! 😀
Someone told. ..
The camera person should get credited in the video 😀😀
Your niece does an amazing job as videographer. Well done all.
i saw the toilet paper on the string of pearls and spit my tea out.
Don Smith Before I saw that part of the video I read this comment...I had no idea what you were talking about but all I could think of was that maybe they had used pearls to make a toilet paper holder or something as part of their decoration to make it seem fancy😂😂
@@evealexandra4367 no , during this rigged pandemic, finding and owning toilet paper, was like owning Gold, they were hamming it up, since she own's her own Chateaux, "Chateaux Diaries"
@Don Smith love the idea of what Stephanie does with pearls because i had a pearl beads from mardigra festival. So I'm going to use it for decorating.
The camp is fabulous 🤣🖤
That interlude was extra af and I loved every moment. His excitment and love of trees is just adorable. This is my new favorite series on youtube.
baby Ernest should be treated as the heir to the castle like the future king!
Ernest Le Dauphin!
Rename the chateau: chateau de Ernest
Antonio Sousa Machado 😅😂
so glad that the younger generations are interrested in renovating old places, of course I'm jealous but you deserve all the pleasure in renovating and living in this beautiful chateau. May you be blessed, stay safe.🍾🥂
HUGE shout out to the camera person! The camerawork combined with your lovely, insightful demeanor has made this series incredibly immersive. Thank you for giving us something to look forward to! 😍
Agreed!!!
You could tell me he’s Elijah woods long lost English cousin and I’d believe you
I wonder if the wild boars are looking for truffles growing on the roots of the oak tree. Those truffles might be worth more than gold in the stream! It seem like they were rooting pretty deep just to get acorns which usually lay on the surface...
Michael S true.
Lol! The telephone in the woods was priceless! Thanks for showing the trees. Beautifully done. (Sigh of bliss)
Honestly a cinematic masterpiece, the phone in the woods? Brilliant.
This video was done so so well. Michael if you keep going with YT, you will certainly have millions of followers in no time. You truly have a gift in storytelling and cinematography!
"Even Mr Macron wouldn't dare defy Mummy" - Best. Line. Ever.
Crying with laughter.
I love your channel ! I’d also love to see some renovation videos.
Mr Macron would probably try and marry Mummy...
@@towhitby1 Hahahaha
A month ago I would have said it was a travesty that you're not appearing in the new series, but this proves you dont need the likes of channel 4 and Dick and Angel to make a fantastic product. Congratulations guys. Absolutely brilliant
Fill me in, what are you talking about
getstuk there was British series on British owners of French chateaus called escape to the chateau DIY that I believe the Pethericks were involved with.
I like them too Dick and Angel.
Michael like the first episode this second one was brilliant. It made me giggle which is what we need at these strange times. The telephone call from Stephanie Jarvis while you were down panning for gold was brilliant and SO funny. Can't wait for the episode 3 next Friday. Hope you all stay safe. X
I love how you have so much space to have large dogs but still stick with the tiny puppers 😂
Michael. My second comment is about your copper beech trees. Again, when I saw them I immediately reacted to the fact that when I was in California in the redwood forests, they refer to the circular growth pattern as Fairy Circles and believe that the circle of younger trees grew from the "Mother" tree which eventually died and left the young trees growing from her roots. And finally, the third comment is about your oak tree. The wild boars are possibly not only digging for acorns, but for truffles which grow on the roots of the French oak. That would be worth more than the "gold"!!
Oh that’s very interesting! Never thought of that. It’s very fertile ground on the estate so maybe you’re right.
Yes, I forgot to mention the "Faire Circle." True about the Truffles! Another form of gold!
Thank you for bringing up the circle of trees! Now I know it's called a Fairy Circle. There's definitely a special significance to having 8 trees in a circle and that space is special. There's a deeper more spiritual meaning. Wish I knew what it was. Too bad so much of the old lore has been forgotten.
Cottage core is quaking. Behold Chateau core.
My kind of core
The phone call from Stephanie was brilliant. Loo paper is more valuable than any precious metal in most parts of the world these days. Great scenery around your Chateau. Keep up the vlogs, until next time❤️
Adored it! Hilarious bit of fun. Really brightened my too quiet quarantine day.
🧻🧻🧻😅🤣😂
Sure it is !!
Forget to add...Michael you are an incredible and endlessly talented young man...France should be glad to have you!!
If that was the US you’d find uninvited people down at your stream one day panning your gold, lol.
if that was in the US someone would've come in already and destroyed everything to grab all the gold out. Just like the scrapers do to abandoned buildings in the US.
Is the US still crawling with prospectors?
@@Sebbir Lol I've never met one and I don't know anyone who would purposefully trespass to pan for gold 😂 I think our thieves are much too lazy for that
nah they'd get shot if they did that
With metal detectors. They’d night hawk the creeks.
Oh. I am so jealous of you all, having these beautiful chateau's. I have subscribed to all 3 channels and love them all. I can't get enough. Absolutely beautiful.
Michael, can you give us a bit of the history of the chateau and the region of France it is in? Love the vlog so far! Thank you!
And how far you are from Stephanie!! I need a map please!!
@CaptainTAE look at the Château's website, there are all the information there
www.basmaignee.com/
@@_galterius MERCI beaucoup
@@lauretteguerbette557 😜 de rien
Marilyn Bentley before the scene with Stephanie, it said she was 250 miles away.
This is brilliant! Love this quirky family & their restoration effort. I really need these silly laughs over loo roll & potatoes & just the general escape of a castle (casual) in this utterly wild time in history. Waiting for more episodes in quarantine with heaps of popcorn ✌🏼❤️
I actually grew up panning for gold with my father in the 60's just downstream from you.We did have some success,some rather large nuggets.My father used some of the proceeds to buy a brand new caddilac in america and have it shipped/imported into France.I think that quarry pond is probably full of huge nuggets that have built up over the centuries . You could find a trained and experienced diver with a metal detector and take a look.
Yeah, I was thinking that! While they still had tons of gold in Europe left naturally, they were too busy looking under every rock in the "New World" with slave labor instead. No one ever bothered to look again, until this Ol' Chap.
I loved when he said that he was gonna take us around the garden and show us his favorite trees that was so wholesome. also I can't believe being able to find gold on your property. also imagine playing hide and seek throughout all the buildings and outside wtf
Haha so true!! But not that surprising when talking about a very old country such as france.
@@Alexfolledemoi Its the same age as Scotland :-))
The phone call to Stephanie was absolutely hilarious! Good job!
,,If we find gold we would be rich'' said the man with a Chateau with land rover and Mercedes in front of the house :D
1) I don't know about the Mercedes but as for the chateau and the RR, he doesn't own either of those his brother and SIL do. 2) They're not rich, if they were they wouldn't have to host weddings and stuff to be able to "keep their head above water" as Michael's said and they'd be able to afford to do all the necessary structural and leak repairs immediately instead of having to wait until they can afford it
@@keandric2765 It is a matter of prospective. But if you (or your family) have a property like that, I think 99% of humans would say they are rich :D
@@Rafuschka You're only basing that assessment based on what it looks like Now after they've spent 3 years working on it, not what it looked like when they bought it. Based on the photos and footage Michael's show it seems like it was in Rough shape when they bought it, derelict in a lot of places. I wouldn't be surprised if they bought it for the same cost that a normal middleclass - uppermiddleclass home would cost. And part of the reason they've been able to Afford to do the work they've done so far based on everything they've said is because they've done almost all of it themselves; not only all of the renovations and maintenance/ cleaning but making all the curtains, doing the upholstery themselves, Michael said that Billy and Gwen had been collecting the furniture for like 5 years (probably from thrifting and antiquing) and restored it themselves. Also, as I mentioned the only way they're probably able to afford the taxes and maintenance and renovations and stuff for the place is by hosting weddings and renting out the guesthouse and things. The only reason they were probably even able to get the chateau was being of an inheritance (so I read someone say) and if they were just some average boring couple they probably would've bought some nice townhome or something in London and people would've thought "oh yeah that's nice" but it wouldn't have been anything out of the ordinary. Now, Could they have money / have already been upperclass before they bought it? Yeah sure of course. All I'M saying is that if you do something like this right [make sacrifices and save up, take your time to do your research, find something cheap that needs a lot of work, do said work yourself, host events to have the property pay for itself (or at least break even), maybe even go in with a number of family members or friends on a project like this, ect], you do Not have to necessarily be rich to do something like this :)
@@keandric2765 Don't get me wrong, I grant that to them, I just thought it was a little bit ironic to say that quote because they look so rich now. I did not see the progress they made before.
Did you read the video description?
Hahah you & Stephanie are so funny 😂 I love it! Who’s needs reality tv when we have Michael & Stephanie ❤️🇨🇦
You and Stephanie are producing the ONLY good things to watch at the moment. Both of you are so entertaining and full of tasty historical nuggets. Pure perfection!
Dude get a metal detector, you could also find artifacts
I agree ! People may of buried goods before war for safe keeping
Patti Oyler 😅😂
Yes! Metal detectors would be amazing on this estate! 🤎💰💎⛏
This channel is a lifeline during COVID... thank you❣️
Thank you algorithms! Episode one was recommended to me today, loved it, subscribed. Episode 2 on my feed a couple of hours later. Hilarious phone call! Loving the show from Washington state, USA! Shared with a friend ♡
Those Lalande intermezzo's are really golden!! And that operators' voice just cracks me up every time 😂
Thanks a lot for these little gems!
This young channel is such a breath of fresh air! Instantly subscribed!
This is amazing, but where are the videos about the restoring part? i would love to see those
i love where you and Stephanie are going with this, so clever, the phone in the forest....
I just discovered this channel today, and I have to say these are the most professional looking videos I've ever seen on UA-cam
Hello, I really enjoyed seeing all your favorite trees! I'm a tree lover too!
Stephanie and her toilet paper necklace sure made me laugh! You are doing an awesome job with your videos ! 😊💙
Oh my, oh my. That scene at exactly 18 seconds in the vlog intro. This is what artists seek a whole lifetime for. Just breathtaking.
loving this series! Keep them coming!
There might still be hope for your cherry tree. We nearly lost our nectarine tree due to ivy infiltration so we decided to cut the ivy back and the dead part of the tree just for a tidy up. Well, a year or so later it started sprouting from the bottom up and we now have nectarines again. We don’t know much about gardening but we certainly learnt a lesson about Ivy.
I have just come across your channel and Stephanie’s and can’t stop watching - they are so enjoyable.
Wish you well 🌷🌷🌷
from Hobart
I'm obsessed with with wholesome and quality content. Thank you for this joy!
Imagine being a kid who grows up in a castle
Abhinav Bhise I was just thinking the same thing about the stream. We had a creek behind our home when I was growing up and we spent hours playing in it. A babbling brook is music to my ears.
I've been an architecture nerd for years but even if I weren't, I'd still watch just to see and hear you, Michael!
I love the production on these vlogs. They look like a freaking BBC program lol. Loving it!
Love it, Michael! 😘
In the intro when Michael is walking in the grass, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve expected him to begin twirling as the drone flies overhead. Please, will someone make a silly man happy?
So glad you and Stephanie are keeping in touch during this weird time. It will be wonderful to see more of your beautiful home and see the sunshine as we enter a rainy time in here in the Pacific NW in the USA. Thank you for sharing, see you next Friday!
Cindy Hammond “March winds bring April showers bring May flowers & June roses.”
Hope you’re staying safe!
The chateau has been beautifully restored, lots of work is evident. Love the grounds. Best of luck and I hope you have success with finding more gold.
Omg! The phone call with Stephanie was so so funny!! Well done, loved your video Michael, thank you for sharing with us. 😊🤩🤗🤗
I haven't laughed so hard in ages. You're brilliant. I'm so happy Stephanie talked you into creating videos. Can't wait to see the next one.
Two episodes and I’m already hooked. Don’t you dare stop! 😁
Imagine having a quarantine there((
Cute doggies! Like how the lighting on the outside of chateau looks at night.
Wow! It's like watching a movie/tv show. Exceptional work, as always Mr. Petherick. I don't know how long it takes you to make such a vlog but it is really outstanding . Thank you from Montreal.
Don't dig up all the tennis court, just cut out squares and rectangles of the black top in different sizes, leaving a wide enough walking path of the court top, then build up a small wall about a foot tall around your cut-outs and then back fill the holes with rich soil filling up to the top of the little wall and voi-la, there you have it, a country raised garden!
Goodness, such a great episode to pass the quarantine, both Michael and Stephanie make me laugh out loud :)
You are way too precious! Not a lot of people care about individual trees lol. Also, love that your family is embracing the outside world just as much as your lovely chateau!
I love all the trees. They’re part of the family.
I love the music chosen for these vlogs. It was funny with the telephone call from Stephanie, I guess Michaels phone was plugged in to a currant bush 🤣🤣🤣🤦♀️ Lol. That is a good idea for the gold panning for guests, something different. I enjoyed this vlog too, I think I will enjoy all of them! 👍
3:05 "Or we can have servants!"
Honestly, I don't think anyone would mind being someones servant if they got to live in a place like this.😂
I wouldn’t mind 👋🏾
I know right, especially if they are like the gardeners, I would offer just so I can live in the cottage 😂
Well done Michael, that brightened my evening loads. A good balance of humour, views and information. Looking forward to episode 3.
The Cedar tree is so beautiful, as are the other trees, and actually the whole place is beautiful!! 😊
That view of the chateau from the field! 😍
I love to see that you take me to see trees! As a 17 year member of Arbor Day, I’m all about trees. If you have to cut one, plant at least two more.
I have my two chihuahuas with me while Im watching your vlog. So great to see your little dogs trying to follow the golf cart. Love the close up of your little dog, soooooooo cute.
Love the fact that you and your family will take the time and resources to put the chateau back to its French style original, architectural glory. God Bless you and good luck! I’m a fan already.
Thankyou.. that was Great! All on total isolation here but what a lovely piece of escapism and to dream of escape we will. x
Great to find this Chanel whilst in lockdown here in South Africa. Keep making the great programs and as a keen gardener it is fantastic to see it grow. Thank you.
Beautiful trees, they can tell a story, over the years they must have seen so much.
Great video
This seems like a dream, honestly, I feel like this is a perfect movie filming spot😍
you are such a charming young man and i love your interaction with Stephanie, and your projects and creativity...cheers!
Okay, so I'm officially hooked on watching this channel. Thanks so much to you and your family for taking us on this journey of restoration and exploration of your estate....such a lovely reprieve from the drudgery we are all going through globally at this time. Cheers, mate!
Thanks again Michael, this is keeping me entertained while I’m self isolating. Stay safe everyone, cheers!
What amazing grounds Michael. How lucky you all are to live in such a beautiful place. You are all working so hard to bring the amazing Chateau back to life. Love your channel. Stay safe. X
Absolutely brilliant, I’m crying with laughter 🤣👍🏻! You two should definitely do more sketches together! 👍🏻
Dear Mr. Petherick, thank you for this lovely vlog. It is so beautiful there. I felt as though I were accompanying you, your family, and your little dogs throughout. The wildflowers and creek are so pretty, and the gold panning, an adventure! I love the trees. It is fun to think about who planted them, and all the people who have enjoyed them over the years. I think some fruit trees only yield fruit every other year, but I'm not sure about 2 years. I hope the cherry isn't completely gone. The segment with Stephanie was adorable! I completely love both the little dogs. I look forward to seeing your next vlog! Stay well, safe and healthy.
🙏🏻💗🙏🏻
Absolutely loved it. I had a good laugh from your skit with Stephanie.❤
Love this! My husband and I lived in Southwest Belgium for a time about 10 years ago, and seeing all this is bringing back so many fantastic memories!! Keep it up!
Enjoy the quiet beauty of the forest, flowers, stream. That Cedar!! Such a civilized place where unpasteurized milk can be drunk - lovely for Ernest!
Thank you for the views of our greatest treasure, the beauty of our planet.
I can tell your family will be getting on board with your vlogs and I look forward to more. Panning for gold, old fashioned phone calls, beautiful trees! Oh my I want more.
Surpassed with laughter here in NYC. Stephanie with the toilet tissue roll on a string of pearls... so perfect at this time in history. I am so excited to see where these videos take us. Thank you for a glimmer of fun and festivity.
I love the cameo appearance by Stephanie. 🍸🍸Keep up the good work!
Officially my new fav channel! Thank you for your whimsical and educational videos. I have thoroughly been enjoying them. I really loved the tour of the garden....I tell my husband all the time that I am frustrated botanist, LOL. Please keep the fun videos coming!! xxoo
Great vlog Michael 👌⭐ lovely to see a surprise guest appearance 📿🧻🥂👑💛 - thankx for a good giggle guys. Stunning Chateau and gorgeous grounds. Persevere - you'll find those big gold nuggets yet. Beautiful blessings Mandy 👑SA
I have to say that I agree with the person who said she appreciates that you don’t play the awful music and we can hear the sounds of nature. Love this adventure and the beautiful scenery.
The beautiful flower is Lathraea Clandestina or Purple Toothwort. It grows in the woods near streams and is native to Europe. Lucky you for finding gold! I am in San Francisco. Sometimes we go panning in Gold Country but have only managed to find Fool's Gold!! Stay healthy! We are sheltering in place. My husband's family is in Versailles though and we are desperately worried for all our family and friends in France.
In France, it’s known as « clandestine » ... nice job on the identification.
Excited for the continuation of these vlogs! Would love to learn more about the backstory of why/how you are living at the chateau. Maybe a QnA would be interesting just to get us up to speed on everything 😊
Woodpecker. Lol. 🐦 Loved the bit with Stephanie.🥂☎️ Thanks for making me laugh!😂
I my goodness, how funny the phone calls were, and when said she has moved on from gold, and held up her pearls with a roll of toilet paper, I lost it.😂😂😂🇺🇸
Your channel popped up in my thread yesterday and I watched your first episode -- I believe I've struck gold here hehehe... I love the cheeky front to this episode. TYSM for all your hard work. Your grounds are AMAZING and it's exciting to see everything. HUGS from West Virginia and continued success.
I LOVE that you love the trees and the land. It makes my heart happy!