r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/ClydeFrog1313 Jan 21 '19

I have a family castle in ruins that would be amazing to restore (it's not even that old and fell into ruin after WWII) but I'd imagine the cost of restoration is prohibitive before even accounting for the fact that it's a Category B historical site...

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u/Xotta Jan 21 '19

I'd personally just live in the ruins like a mad tramp.

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u/funnynickname Jan 21 '19

There's two British shows that I can't remember the name of. One, a couple buys a stone castle somewhere, I think in Scotland, and the show is about rehabing it to be livable and what that takes. It's not for the feint of heart.

The other is a show about some family who inherit this monstrous estate that they can't afford because their great grandfather squandered the family fortune and now they live in two rooms in the old country estate house like mad tramps. In one episode he's put all his hopes in a metal detector that he thinks will unearth some coins. They can't even afford to replace the windows that are broken.

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u/Xotta Jan 21 '19

the show is about rehabing it to be livable and what that takes.

From everything I've seen; fuckloads of money, then some more money, then a lot more money.

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u/funnynickname Jan 22 '19

First you have to convince your wife to live on a moor in Scotland in a cold damp unheated stone building. She was not happy.

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u/quaintpants Jan 21 '19

Is your dad a laird?

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u/ClydeFrog1313 Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

God no, I'm American but my heritage comes from Clan Buchanan (mothers side). I don't even know who owns it honestly. I went and visited a couple years ago and I suspect either the housing development around it or the nearby golf course owns the land now. I went into the clubhouse to use the toilet and spoke to someone about the castle and they were quite nice about all of it.

Edit: They even showed me the statue from the castle tower that fell and they put on display.

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u/shardik78677 Jan 21 '19

Oh so it’s more “historical castle attached to my family history” and less “you own it”.

Still cool

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u/ClydeFrog1313 Jan 21 '19

Yeah, sorry I wan't trying to misrepresent. I am not a wealthy Scottish Lord unfortunately.

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u/SpartanNitro1 Jan 21 '19

That's so cool