We Bought an Abandoned Château in France!!!! 🇫🇷 | Meet Tom & Damien

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We’re Tom and Damien, a married couple from Vancouver, Canada, and we just bought an abandoned château in France. After years of dreaming, researching, and planning, we finally found the one: a historic château in the heart of the French countryside. It's big, beautiful—and in serious need of love. This video is the start of our journey. Before we even step foot in France, we wanted to take you behind the scenes of what led to this life-changing decision. In this first episode, you’ll get to know us a little better—who we are, why we’re leaving Canada, and what we hope to build in our new life in rural France. We share our vision for restoring the château and turning it into a wedding venue and event space where people can create lifelong memories. We’ll be documenting everything: Château renovations Navigating French real estate as foreigners Design choices and challenges Life in the French countryside Running a business in France Restoring historic architecture Community and culture and the behind-the-scenes of starting over in our 30s Whether you’re dreaming of moving to France, fascinated by château restorations, or just love real, unscripted stories—this channel is for you. About the project: Goal: Full restoration + wedding and events business Long-term plan: Sustainable heritage preservation and community connection We’ll be posting weekly episodes as we take on this massive (and emotional) renovation project. Subscribe to join the adventure and see the château transform week by week. We would like to say a huge thank you and CREDIT to the Urbex community and in particular some creators like Cover photo by Florent Devauchel MERCI https://www.florentdevauchel.com/chateau-poseidon/ @Youffz for his beautiful drone shots and pictures! MERCI Darbians Photography : https://www.darbiansphotography.com/chateau-poseidon-urbex MERCI @TomETRobin (Urbex Videos - Un Château abandonné Intact) MERCI @LOiseauLybre (Urbex Video - Château des secrets Partie 1 & Chateau du Laitier MERCI) @pochurbex (Urbex Video - On visite le château secret) MERCI @UrbexConcept (Urbex Video Chateau secret Urbex Insolite) MERCI @MessyNessyChic (Urbex Video - Who will rescue the ruins of this French Fairytale Chateau) MERCI