The Chateau Diaries #331 PhiPhi is squirreling the place up one cache-pot at a time

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In the video titled “Ladies and Gentlemen we have a boiler room” from 9 months ago the construction of the boiler room is shown with the specific comment by Amaury and repeated by Fanny that the pink plasterboard is fire rated (2hours?). He intends to put a second layer of same plasterboard over what he has done. Then in his workshop, just have the cheaper plasterboard backing on to these fire resistant boards. There is print shown on plasterboard which I couldn’t decipher.
Amaury discusses the required fire door (facing courtyard near where cars parked) and secondary access (presumably from rear of the boiler room but not really
shown).
Could @JackSpratt Mr Spratt advise us please if having fire resistant Plasterboard on one side of a wall and an ordinary plasterboard on the other side is legal and within recommendations ?
My bloke says that is an absolute no-no in Australia. If that is what Amaury intends to do, then he needs educating and taken off the job.
 



Rewarding the sychophants, giving hope that other devout cultmembers fans may be equally rewarded to be able to dine with La Jarvis. :sick:



I was going to say the same thing. Crème Chantilly is just sweet whipped cream.
Nothing special. But a plate of raspberries and whipped cream for €14,70 - for that price you'd almost believe the cream came from a golden cow.


That much for raspberries and cream is bonkers, even if it’s crème de Chantilly on home territory! I thought the whole menu was a tad pricey for what you get…duck, a bit of potato gratin, a leaf or two of lettuce and not much else is 24.60€.

All down to location, location, location and knowing what your market will stand without wincing! The Lalande ethos for the frightful B&B soirées, just in infinitely more agreeable surroundings and with better food!
 
She will use this video to get patrons and Gooder to plant what is more likely than not patently false/incomplete/ misleading info in the cd comment sections. Her pal Ron will probably post tonight, as will stalker Wendy, and other sycophants.

What about the investigation into the death of one man and the serious injuries sustained by another less than one year ago at the dump? What about your orange fencing that is still up? Why was the sewage drained from a street location instead of the area in front of Mummy/Pottie’s apartment?

She is using her normal control by chaos, smoke and mirrors, conflicting- incomplete statements/ confusion strategy. She is full of tit. The heating engineer asked her to employ an attorney to sort out the situation? I am certain that she already retained the services of an attorney in November, 2023 thru today to help her and the other 2 hapless Dump owners navigate the myriad of issues surrounding working conditions at the dump, the roof incident, the injuries and death of other workers at the dump, and investigation into such, etc.

Don’t you love how she pulled her typical “ poor little eternally victimized orphan princess is taken advantage of by the big bad local government and contractors” crap and then plays the plucky, cold little 50 year oldi princess “ We've had cold winters before and we can have another cold winter.” She has already made several scripted comments about how cold it is at the dump, and she will continue to do so, as she hides trips away from the dump from viewers as well as broadcast elaborate vacations taking over the next five months to escape the cold, cold Dump ( likely traveling several times to London, the south of France, Venice, Japan?, Scotland, morocco, and South Africa, at a minimum.

She used this strategy before many times, e.g., waiting on approval to add windows or doors to the Dump, Ñutty and Gerry apartments, the company that never showed up to work on the terrace in March, 2023, all of the delays on the not so grand salon, the multiple surveys taken on project after project so the project will never be started, all of the surveys, meetings, estimates, and money set aside to restore the lake but yet nothing has been started for years? The rendering? She can’t even clean out or sweep and clean up the attics at the dump, even after millions of dollars/ euros have poured in to help her clean up the dump, restore the dump, etc. for 5 years. She lied and stated that a company was going to come and address the bulging wall in the side of the dump three or four years ago in a video with chamber potty, but nothing has ever happened and she claimed that they just never returned. What about Ian? She made up a lie about why he was no longer at the dump that she put out through comments on the CD section and then never mentioned him again. Once Nick started working with Dan, he hasn’t worked at the dump in the past year, harvesting wood, cutting wood for the wood burners, did they ever cut down all of the rotten trees that were hanging over the road?
People with any sense gradually disappear from her life. What has happened to all her old and "good" friends whom she knew for many years? There was the Georgian chef/musician and his aristocratic friend; Mason and his sister; David, (in lycra, who cooked); Donna, who came with David; Ian, the sailing electrician. We haven't even seen Kim for a long time. Are they all just unwilling to stay in a freezing, crumbling hole? They all provided food and cooked for everyone while Fanny did nothing. I guess they have finally come to their senses and realised that their sweet little princess friend was really a vile monster who never paid a penny towards her own house and just expected all and sundry to do everything for her. If so, good for them; they have managed to separate and protect themselves from undoubted harm, unlike Marie, Natti, Hanni, etc., who will, no doubt, end up under a bus if they are not careful.
 
Another filter rendering her unrecognisable. A 50 year old trying to look like a teenager. How very sad!
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@jagdude99
1 hour ago
What will they buy today?


WTF? Philip put down the sweet wine and go to sleep..
@christigardner-bj4do
1 hour ago
Please suggest to Phillip to make a coffee table book with pics and juicy tales of his table settings..I would certainly buy one.

@thomasdesjardins3338
24 minutes ago
How many turtles died for these desks?


WTF?
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@CarolynRobinson-u3j
1 hour ago
Absolutely love your commentaries Stephanie. It makes your little journeys so interesting and fun. You rival anything the BBC can put together lol.
I guess Carolyn is Caroline's twin sister. Fanny wouldn't last 5 minutes on the BBC!
 
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This Ron guy sure gets around.
People with any sense gradually disappear from her life. What has happened to all her old and "good" friends whom she knew for many years? There was the Georgian chef/musician and his aristocratic friend; Mason and his sister; David, (in lycra, who cooked); Donna, who came with David; Ian, the sailing electrician. We haven't even seen Kim for a long time. Are they all just unwilling to stay in a freezing, crumbling hole? They all provided food and cooked for everyone while Fanny did nothing. I guess they have finally come to their senses and realised that their sweet little princess friend was really a vile monster who never paid a penny towards her own house and just expected all and sundry to do everything for her. If so, good for them; they have managed to separate and protect themselves from undoubted harm, unlike Marie, Natti, Hanni, etc., who will, no doubt, end up under a bus if they are not careful.
I would love to think she's lost all of the people in her circle and while it's true that it appears all the old gang are no longer around her, I would just offer that we just don't see them on camera anymore. If it were me and I appeared on her vlog, knowing how all of you here can find out ANYTHING would give me pause! I suspect that people don't want to be shown...for reasons.

But seriously, we thought that Nailberry couple weren't around them anymore, when the year before, they were featured somewhat prominently on her vlog....people saying she'd lost them as friends and then, out of nowhere, there they are. Remember when everyone was asking where the woman who carries around the doll was? She's NEVER on camera, but then, suddenly, she's shown briefly on a Patreon video at John's house for some sort of luncheon party.

I think Stephanie is careful to put these things out in the public domain, maybe a little more free on the Patreon videos - despite the fact that those Patreon videos are published here.
 
I don’t understand why Fanny would tell patrons she has been told to lawyer up.
Who is the case against?

This could be great news for Tattle as maybe as Fanny is so famous…she will make the papers.
Fanny could never work for the BBC especially as she is dating her volunteer, but mainly because you have to be on location early every morning when shooting and wine and a long lunch does not happen for low level presenters..

Snorts would not be up early enough to deal with the hair system so that it’s camera ready either.

Ron is a creep
 
Another filter rendering her unrecognisable. A 50 year old trying to look like a teenager. How very sad!
Lest we forget.
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Mr. Spratt is our hero - please give him a hug from all of us hags and witches who know ZERO about heating installations, plumbing, septic systems, etc.!

Thank you, he said from what he could see/what was shown he couldn't understand the problem. The only other concern he thought they may have would be it's proximity to the main living areas.

The regulations change quite frequently, so it maybe why they're not happy with the plaster boarding and allegedly Aumary was going to double board it. Have we seen the finnished article? Perhaps it's still not sufficient. Mr Spratt also said before he left this morning, there is the other possibility they want a sturdier structure than that. Who knows.

@tarteauxfruits deserves credit too as is also in the know and I am with their thoughts, that a proper 'plant room' is required. Fanny went down the commercial route and that changes a lot of things.

She has the means to keep calling the inspectors back until it's to standard, which is why something doesn't seem right. They as in Shitoo Squad, are arguing the toss over something.

What really ticks me off is her continuous running down of French Artisans and Authorities, making the unenlightened think that everything is tit and runs at a snails pace.

For someone who professes to LOVE living here so much, she's not selling it as such.

Don't like it here Fanny when you're told NO (because you're so use to getting your own way), then do us all a favour and piss off and take that thing with a brillo pad for hair with you!
 
This Ron guy sure gets around.
I would love to think she's lost all of the people in her circle and while it's true that it appears all the old gang are no longer around her, I would just offer that we just don't see them on camera anymore. If it were me and I appeared on her vlog, knowing how all of you here can find out ANYTHING would give me pause! I suspect that people don't want to be shown...for reasons.

But seriously, we thought that Nailberry couple weren't around them anymore, when the year before, they were featured somewhat prominently on her vlog....people saying she'd lost them as friends and then, out of nowhere, there they are. Remember when everyone was asking where the woman who carries around the doll was? She's NEVER on camera, but then, suddenly, she's shown briefly on a Patreon video at John's house for some sort of luncheon party.

I think Stephanie is careful to put these things out in the public domain, maybe a little more free on the Patreon videos - despite the fact that those Patreon videos are published here.

I think there are probably occasions when there are friends (using the word loosely) at Lalande who remain unseen, either by design or sheer fluke. In any event, what Stephanie shows In the vlogs is a cobbled together, mishmash of days, working to the same formula of using parts of random days to seamlessly (!) segue through morning, noon and night in each vlog. Quite honestly, I don’t think the timey-wimey, knotted knitting of chronology matters, other than being slightly dementing. It certainly exercises Tattle’s collective grey cells in trying and work out the time line! Loads of vloggers splice together content filmed over different days or use stuff that’s weeks old. Look at the Fleuries - I can’t believe the kitchen revamp took the amount of time it appeared to take but it provided sporadic content for months on end.

Someone who’s not be seen in ages is Bubble Girl, PJ’s alleged dearest friend. Philip did go to her birthday party but, otherwise, she’s disappeared off the Lalande map. Apart from that couple that visited earlier this year, does the prancing twerp ever see any of his other friends or has he deliberately cut ties with his Maastricht life? Have his friends given up on him, now he’s lording it over a crumbling heap in the middle of nowhere? Questions, so many questions.
 
Could @JackSpratt Mr Spratt advise us please if having fire resistant Plasterboard on one side of a wall and an ordinary plasterboard on the other side is legal and within recommendations ?
My bloke says that is an absolute no-no in Australia. If that is what Amaury intends to do, then he needs educating and taken off the job.

He was fine with the double skin interior but wasn't sure on the normal stuff on the outside but like he said that's what the likes of QUALIGAZ are for, to ensure everyone's safety at the end of the day. He did say it's possible they'd want a proper wall built on the exterior. At the end of the day, if they've said it doesn't conform, then just do what you've been asked to do. If all it is is change the exterior plasterboard for the fire resistant stuff, just do it. FFS, tit or get off the pot! They do my head in with the lack of accepting responsibility.

Sadly, I honestly don't think Aumary has got the experience. He may be precise in his work but who has he worked for in the past? Who have been his clients? Has he only ever worked for family, who of course are going to sing his praises from the rooftops. If the latter is the case then he believes his own hype and like his touched cousin, will not be told. I could imagine him throwing a strop being told to dismantle it and rebuilt to the correct specifications.

Another line of thought, did Nathan quote to build the boiler room and to save money Fanny's said Super Chippie will do it and now it's wrong trying to dodge the blame because he's spat the dummy that his construction that took FOR EVER is wrong.

Without being there and getting a full proper look at the room and hearing exactly what was said by the inspector we'll never know will we.
 
Thank you, he said from what he could see/what was shown he couldn't understand the problem. The only other concern he thought they may have would be it's proximity to the main living areas.

The regulations change quite frequently, so it maybe why they're not happy with the plaster boarding and allegedly Aumary was going to double board it. Have we seen the finnished article? Perhaps it's still not sufficient. Mr Spratt also said before he left this morning, there is the other possibility they want a sturdier structure than that. Who knows.

@tarteauxfruits deserves credit too as is also in the know and I am with their thoughts, that a proper 'plant room' is required. Fanny went down the commercial route and that changes a lot of things.

She has the means to keep calling the inspectors back until it's to standard, which is why something doesn't seem right. They as in Shitoo Squad, are arguing the toss over something.

What really ticks me off is her continuous running down of French Artisans and Authorities, making the unenlightened think that everything is tit and runs at a snails pace.

For someone who professes to LOVE living here so much, she's not selling it as such.

Don't like it here Fanny when you're told NO (because you're so use to getting your own way), then do us all a favour and piss off and take that thing with a brillo pad for hair with you!
Why did it take Amaury a year to figure out there was a problem with the taj mahal of boiler rooms? He hasn’t done crap at the Dump for the past year. Stephanie and stated they were going to be inspections done by the end of January, 2024, and then he could be completed and turned on. Has she known about these issues For the past nine months and done nothing? I can see her holding back on appropriately fixing any deficiencies in the boiler room so she can have an excuse to post pone completion of the heating so she will not have to pay to turn the heat on in the winter of 2025 and also be able to shield knowledge of any ongoing investigation that might actually be stopping them from doing any additional work on the heating system from patrons and viewers. Who thinks that the not so grand salon work will actually start as promised in November, 2024 and be completed?

I bet sleazy Ron will be the first person to spread the excuse for the delay in heating in the cd comment section and blame French authorities. Ron did their bidding and planted the rogue fox killed all the chickens storyline for Stephanie. Sleazy Ron is so thirsty.
 
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Thank you, he said from what he could see/what was shown he couldn't understand the problem. The only other concern he thought they may have would be it's proximity to the main living areas.

The regulations change quite frequently, so it maybe why they're not happy with the plaster boarding and allegedly Aumary was going to double board it. Have we seen the finnished article? Perhaps it's still not sufficient. Mr Spratt also said before he left this morning, there is the other possibility they want a sturdier structure than that. Who knows.

@tarteauxfruits deserves credit too as is also in the know and I am with their thoughts, that a proper 'plant room' is required. Fanny went down the commercial route and that changes a lot of things.

She has the means to keep calling the inspectors back until it's to standard, which is why something doesn't seem right. They as in Shitoo Squad, are arguing the toss over something.

What really ticks me off is her continuous running down of French Artisans and Authorities, making the unenlightened think that everything is tit and runs at a snails pace.

For someone who professes to LOVE living here so much, she's not selling it as such.

Don't like it here Fanny when you're told NO (because you're so use to getting your own way), then do us all a favour and piss off and take that thing with a brillo pad for hair with you!
I wonder how capable Amaury really is. He has been made to look like the hero as he has often managed to rescue them and put some botched jobs right. However, when it comes to something more complicated and out of his skillset, maybe he is unable to carry the work out successfully. Yes, he has carpeting skills and is able to create panelling, despite taking ages, but I wonder if he maybe botched a few other jobs when he had a business in the UK and that's why he ended up in France. It's one thing doing work for your family but when it comes to other clients and having to meet statutory regulations, perhaps he's not so capable and efficient. To give him his due, in order to save money, Fanny has always asked people to do jobs for which they were neither qualified, nor skilled enough. She did this with Ian, the builder; Ian the volunteer electrician, and Selmar. In the end, whatever it is, it's Fanny's own fault. Amaury will, no doubt be stressed out again and that's probably why he's ill.
 
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@skdoremi6666
1 hour ago (edited)
those were not "women" sculpture, we call them sphinge from the Greek mythology, you recognise a sphynge when you see wings and the lion feet on the tables, in France they represented the mistresses and concubine sometimes


@sue7190
3 hours ago
I think you and Philip should form a production company and pitch a series on the chateaux of France to Channel 4.


@KMoss-v5s
3 hours ago
In a restaurant iPhone on the table....Philip ..really? A man of class and etiquette ....

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@mireille4751
3 hours ago
How do you take pictures of the food without a phone or a camera?

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@susanakurdi3563
5 hours ago
I prefer your vlogs on life at lalande, I found this much more like an history lesson.

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@3_3645
9 hours ago
Please say a prayer in the chapel for everyone affected by the hurricane and it's destruction in North Carolina and Tennessee. A town became an island. No way in or out other than helicopter.

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@LaReynedEpee
3 hours ago
Unfortunately prayers do zilch and are not a substitute for actually doing something tangible about it.

@3_3645
39 minutes ago
@LaReynedEpee I don't agree with that comment

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@LaReynedEpee
1 minute ago
@3_3645 Quite happy to do empty gesturing, not so keen to actually do something about it. And if you do believe in God, surely the hurricane was his work?


@lindaraterink6451
6 hours ago
Looking at this splendour, it always makes me wonder are there people rich enough today to build something like this? It just seems impossible.

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@LaReynedEpee
3 hours ago
There are a fair few billionaires around. I doubt that any of the current crop have much creativity and imagination in them, however.
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@dianemiller7994
8 hours ago
That was a great tour. Thank you so much. I do have a question? How do so many dishes break at La Lande? I’ve been married for 51 years and broken 2 dishes in all that time. I have broken plenty of glasses though.


🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮controlling loser Philip put down the dog and answered from the chateau diaries account
@TheChateauDiaries
3 hours ago
So far I can only think of 2 porcelain plates that have broken during the past four or so years. What I was referring to is that the other soup plates I bought at auction in the past, came with 2 chipped plates (: - Philip
 
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