Château DIY

The new series continues. From crumbling ceilings to time-worn turrets, British families discover what it takes to buy and renovate beautiful chateaux in France. In the picturesque Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Jon and Carmen are diving into a new project, renovating their Roman-inspired swimming pool, which, currently, only the local frogs are enjoying. Meanwhile at the beautiful Château de Joli Bois, Ben and Vanessa are struggling to assemble flat-pack furniture that's on a chateau scale: a new sauna and shower room. And in the picturesque hills of the Dordogne, at Château Domaine De Le Barde, Tim and Krys have wallpaper to hang, bridges to fix, and gardening tasks to complete before they host their largest ever event.

 The new series continues. From crumbling ceilings to time-worn turrets, British families discover what it takes to buy and renovate beautiful chateaux in France. In the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Christina and Sassan want to transform an old storage room into a library. But with plasterboarding to complete, walls to paper and panel, and lights to install, have these DIY newbies set themselves too much of a challenge? Meanwhile, at Château du Puits es Pratx, Tim and Sasha are busy with another wedding, including the complicated task of creating a confetti drop from the main floral displays. And in Lot et Garonne, Jon and Carmen get that sinking feeling as they try to complete their swimming pool renovation. 

The new series continues. From crumbling ceilings to time-worn turrets, British families discover what it takes to buy and renovate beautiful chateaux in France. At Château de Lalacelle in Normandy, Terry and Ashley are reinstating their centuries-old formal gardens, but with a kilometre of irrigation to lay, eight huge flower beds to create and over 450 tonnes of gravel to shift, this is gardening on a chateau scale. Meanwhile, it's supposed to be moving-in day for Nick and Nicole at Château des Vieilles Vignes in the Dordogne. But after two years of backbreaking hard work, are they finally ready to settle in? And at Château De La Ruche, Tim and Rebecca want to expand their cutting garden so that their chateau can bloom with fresh flowers. 

The new series concludes. From crumbling ceilings to time-worn turrets, British families discover what it takes to buy and renovate beautiful chateaux in France. At Château de Lalacelle in Normandy, Terry and Ashley are approaching the end of a major garden makeover. But, with the local mayor on the way to an open house event where everything needs to look amazing, there's still metres of pathways to complete and planting to finish. Meanwhile, in the Haute-Vienne, Sharon and Tim are updating a guest bedroom and have challenged each other to see which of them is best at hanging wallpaper. And on the banks of the Lot River, Jon and Carmen are renovating an old children's treehouse into a stylish adult gin house.