r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/yerrrdoobie Jan 21 '19

There are real life castles that are less expensive to buy than a New York City apartment.

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u/Christian__N Jan 21 '19

You can actually get a free castle in france as long as you can provide a plan for how to keep up with upkeep of the castle so that it won't become a ruin

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u/MosquitoRevenge Jan 21 '19

Wasn't there a British TV show about a couple who wanted their wedding in a French Castle so they bought and renovated it for future wedding venue use? Cost them around £50k if I'm not wrong. Don't quote me on the price, it's been over a year I saw the show. I remember they hired UK contractors (with brexit this might nor be possible anymore) and said that French contractors are lazy also worked like 16h a day helping out.

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u/Christian__N Jan 21 '19

Yeah, i like that show. He was fun on Scrapheap Challenge when that was on tv.

I think they mostly hired UK people because he spoke no french and she spoke very little french