A Man’s Dream to Restore This Castle Ended in Ruin

This incredible property was built in 1860. Almost 200 years later, we discovered it in a state no one could have ever imagined. We found this castle deep in the French countryside, surrounded by 22 acres of land. And from the outside, it still looks powerful. But the moment we stepped inside, everything changed. You can tell this place was being worked on. Not abandoned, but interrupted. There are parts of the castle that feel complete, almost ready to be lived in. And then right next to it, areas where everything just stops, like someone walked away in the middle of it. That contrast keeps coming back as you explore, and after a while, you start to see it clearly. This castle didn't get left behind because it was forgotten. It was simply too much to keep going. Let us take you inside this abandoned castle to understand what really happened here, and why a place like this was left behind. I believe we have arrived. Hey there, everybody. Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the Bros of DK. And we find ourselves today again in the beautiful country of France, where we have a very unique castle and property that we want to show you, of a very unique man, Karl Graf. Karl Graf bought this place in 1996. Bro, I am stunned by what I'm seeing here. Yes, and I think from this part, you can already see part of the story. Yes, this man is a true lover of castles. He explored castles all over France during his youth, and he always dreamed of living in one. And in 1996, he finally bought one. And with it, all these horse carriages, because he was a lover of purses, and also carriages. And the story goes that he wants to make a museum of it. Yeah, and it definitely shows, because he has all the equipment over here. Even the... Oh, you want to show the equipment first? Okay, yeah. In the moment, that's very strange. Even some of the costumes that a horse rider, somebody carried around, would wear. Over here, the proper attires and outfits to carry people. And there will be more mannequins of people. And he would dress them up with these clothes. I think there's parts over here as well. Yes, all stuff to create a sort of museum around horse carriages. Also around the castle and everything around it. But we even talked to Karl himself, and he told us that he's very sad and heartbroken what people have done to his castle. He doesn't have the money anymore. At this point, he's grown too old. He doesn't have the money to restore it anymore. But people keep breaking in and stealing stuff from his place. And I think it's a very sad reality at this point. Very sad. Yeah. Should we show a bit more of the horse carriage? Yes, let's please do that. And look at this one. This one's more fancy. I mean, it has leather and stuff. Maybe some royal transport or something. Is it still intact inside? Probably not. Yeah, there's a wonderful seats in there. They look like Chesterfield leather seats. Yeah, exactly. I'm wondering what age... Oh, watch out. I'm wondering what age that this... 1500. I think 1800. I think so, because it still has candle holders. Oh, wow. On that side. Oh, here also is a... Oh yeah, there it is. Ah, I see it. It's right over there. It's a bit hard to see, but yeah. All the equipment. And more saddles over here. Or are these saddles? This is not a saddle. This is to put on the front of the horse. Oh, to pull the carriage. To pull the carriage. I don't know the exact wording for all of this. But all the equipment for the horses is still here. An open carriage we have over on this side. All these levers and handles. I also love to see the wheels. Full wooden wheels with metal around it. I've never really ridden a horse carriage before, and this horse carriage is a cabriolet. True. The roof can come off. And a suitcase. Yeah, in the back you can store all your equipment. Isn't that absolutely incredible? And as you can see, even more horse carriages everywhere. So many. Oh, and there's even more horse carriages than just this place. We'll show you later. He definitely had plans to make a big thing out of this at some point. And this was a man with a lot of dreams. This one's special. That's a very special one. You know what this is used for? Yes, go ahead and explain. This is actually a hearse in the form of a horse carriage. Of course, back in the time people also needed to carry the dead people to the graveyards. And that was done by such a horse carriage. So as you can see here, the casket would be right in the middle of here, laid over on this, and then they would ride over to the graveyard and place it. That's a very interesting carriage. I've never seen one like this before. And in a great state. I mean, it's abandoned, deteriorated, but it's in good state. You can see that there's the cross here on here. The medical cross. Wow, we never talked with Carl about this part of his dreams. That's why we're not completely certain by why all of this stuff is lying here. Yeah, but we'll show more that shows that this was a passion of him. Yeah, that's that passion has unfortunately faded with the castle and faded with his dream. Here, then you can get a glimpse of the beautiful place. Look at that. Even statues in the garden that we'll show you later. The whole roof of the castle has unfortunately fallen in the room. A very sad reality, because I think it's a wonderful place. It's a really beautiful one, yes. 1860 build. Incredible. I really love this castle, and especially that it's so small. Yeah, I mean, if you subtract the towers from it, I would not even call it a castle. Yeah, it'd be more of a manor. Yeah, it's not very big inside, but it's very opulent. It's very beautiful. This is the outside of the barn. Completely overgrown at this point. Everything in this part looks very overgrown. But he had this massive property to realize his dream. And here we catch a glimpse of the front side. Karel is, like I said, still alive nowadays and he still comes here from time to time. But he is at this point very old and he is not able to come here very often anymore. I believe his last visit was not so long ago even. No, I think it was... He said to me like May or something. Yeah, yeah, I'm pretty sure that was it. May, yeah. Yeah, 2023. Yeah, he visited. But as you can see, he tried to renovate the front of the castle. Scaffolding is still there. It looks very old. Even the scaffolding is falling down. Yeah, sad. Should we show these wonderful statues here in the garden? Oh yeah, we definitely should. Wow, I love it. They give such a great feel to this place. Reminds me of Aphrodite with the cloth over here. This must have been a beautiful garden back then. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Way more beautiful than we can even start to imagine nowadays. I feel for the man. Yeah, and it has been a wonderful dream for him for many, many years. He said to us that he lived here for a long time and that he actually enjoyed this castle for a long time. But of course it takes money and time and skill to renovate and keep up even a place like this. Once you renovate it, you have work on it almost every single day. It's a hassle. And it's a lot of money to keep up a castle like this. Mr. Graff was not born into wealth. He came from a small village in Switzerland and his life revolved around horses. Training them, working with them, building a reputation through years of dedication. It was a simple life, but one that gave him a clear goal. But he had always dreamed of something bigger. Since he was a child, he obsessed with history and wanted to own a castle. In 1996, that dream became real. He bought his estate in France and moved here with his family, ready to start a completely new chapter. And he didn't just want to live here. He wanted to build something unique. The plan was ambitious. A park filled with horses, carriage rides across the land, and even a museum dedicated to historic carriages. When we explored the property, we could still see the early signs of that vision. Old carriages stored away. Equipment left in barns. Structures that were only partially finished. But then, reality hit. Restoring a castle like this is not a project. It's a financial burden that never stops. And the money he had saved over decades started to disappear faster than expected. The dream slowly shifted. From building something great, to simply trying to hold on. Parts of the estate were left untouched. And over time, the scale of the project became too much to carry. Mr. Graf spent the later years of his life trying to save what he could. But in the end, the castle remained unfinished. And eventually, it was left behind. Just like we see it today. And this is a small one. Can you imagine a big one? Yeah, a big castle must be crazy. I'm looking if there's any dates on the front, but we definitely know for sure 1860. And up there we can see a weapon express. With the drone you can see it even better. I would have loved to seen these gardens. With a little fountain in the middle. Let's see if we can find photos of it. Yeah. During its heyday. Hey, we were just talking to you about that we didn't film all the horse carriages yet on this property. That's because there is a trailer here on this property that it's still filled with pieces that he probably ordered. And it arrived and i think he never unpacked it. No, i believe that's the truck it came in. Yeah. Oh my god, there's multiple in here. I think it's like four horse carriages. Okay, let me try to go up. Really beautiful ones. Yeah. Okay, this is complicated. Can you see? Wow. Oh, wow. This is incredible. They look very very beautiful. It's very tight. Yeah, very tight space. Oh, i love this one. This one is still in an incredible condition. If you just come over here you can view it properly. Wait, let me switch with you. Yeah. Even still have lanterns at the front. Like the whole carriage still looks in a beautiful condition. Whoa. Oh, the interior is amazing. Whoa. Amazing. It even has mirrors on there. Yeah, on the side. I'm so glad that this is in here and it stays preserved because it's so beautiful. This wasn't a barn. It could have been a ship. I don't, i cannot even fathom why they never sold these or something to restore the castle. Yeah, sell them to a museum or something. This should belong in a museum for sure. 100% yes. These are very rare. You don't see them very often anymore. No, definitely not. Most of them just deteriorated with time. Wow, okay. I don't want to leave this but there's still a lot more to show in this place. So let's scoot out of here. Look at that and then we come to this side of the castle. Oh, the sun is sharp today. Another lovely statue standing here. It's the statue of David. Oh, is that the statue of David? Yeah, i'm pretty sure. That looks like it. Of course a replica but it is. Incredible. The statue with the castle in the background must be amazing. Yeah, i mean the sun is not helping but it looks iconic. He also has a boat standing in front of here. Quite strange for this area. Yeah, don't you think? There's literally no water at all. I think you have to drive at least an hour to encounter the first piece of water. But before we... I still want to show you the front of this place but before we go in this place we want to say that we have permission to go in here and we really want to stress and amplify that please stay away here. Karl cannot protect this place properly but he is very frustrated with people still coming here. That's why we want to do this. Karl to everybody watching and everybody exploring places, please respect Karl and leave his place alone. Here you can actually grasp the grandness of this place. And this, i think this is actually the front of the castle. Yeah, i think it's supposed to be the front. Yeah, looks amazing from this angle. Two staircases leading up to the front door and all the ornate designs on the windows. Absolutely incredible. Okay, imagine living in a place like that. Must be such an amazing experience. Time to venture inside and show all its grandness. Absolutely beautiful place. I think it's even four levels right? Yeah, four levels. And you're going to be surprised actually how big it is on the inside compared to how small it looks on the outside. Let me welcome you inside. And here, the first thing that we come inside, the basement, the castle. We've not really explored here much right? Not much, no. It's more of a storage space. Yeah, a lot of stuff you left here, like tools and equipment. Hey, what is it? Oh, i think these are the lanterns. There's another one on this side. Well, they are most likely for the front of the castle. You saw those two beams hanging over? Yeah, i think these are attached to that. That will be cool. That must have been incredible in the time. I mean, yeah, it makes sense. Like, why else are they so big? Wow, it looks like it's painted over, but wow. And really fireplaces all throughout this place. And strangely enough, there are not a lot of chimneys. No, that's true, only a few. Yeah, i've not counted how many there were, but there's only a few chimneys. This is a very common type of castle that you see in France. Like, the architectural style comes back in a lot of places like this. I just, i just quickly want to show this chair over here. Oh, i've never seen a heart-shaped design like this in a chair. Very beautiful. Here's some crawl space underneath. Like, it looks like a small wine cellar. Yeah, with bottles left behind. And this is the side of the castle here at this point. Okay, and even here you can already see how this place is falling apart. Very sad. You're not going to believe how bad the interior looks at this point. It's very, very bad. It's almost at a point where it's unsavable. Yeah, i mean, the floor that caved in, unsavable. I mean, it's pretty dangerous even walking up there. I always say, like, renovation wise, a castle is always savable, but it's an economic question. Do you want this? Like, is it worth saving it? It's a very old bicycle, a single bicycle. Never seen one of these before. Even the bell doesn't work anymore. Here we come into the basement. But that's a lovely corner over there. These were the Monacans you were talking about, right? And they were probably also bought for the museum that he was planning to build at some point. Well, what do we have here? We come into a downstairs dining area. Oh, this feels very old. I think this might have even been the kitchen at some point. Yeah, I could see that. You can see there is the stove underneath, the stone fireplace over there. Let's start with the fireplace. This is definitely from the beginning of the castle, built in that time period. It's literally part of the castle. Yeah. Undestroyable. You have the pots and pans still standing on top, and then the stove, the fireplace over here. Yeah, like we said before, there's almost a chimney in every single room. A bellow still hanging here. And you're going to notice throughout the castle, there's German writing everywhere. Greetings from Untersee. That means just greetings from, that's literally what I said. Yeah, Grüße aus Untersee. And that's because Karl is actually a Swiss man who just fell in love with French castles and decided to come live here at some point. Even another bicycle here in this corner. Oh, yeah. Can you imagine riding one of those? It's just a single gear. Yeah. Yeah. Clock piece hanging on the wall still. There you have one of the towers. I don't know, is there anything in there? Let's see. I mean, just a chair. There's of course four tower rooms in every single level. Yeah. And the dining table right here in the middle. We know this castle has been like going around and people have been visiting it for a long time, but we didn't want to because we know the owner and now we finally got permission. But this was the owner's car. It was an actually Rolls-Royce Phantom and I believe this is an 80 model, if I'm not mistaken. And here we say it's one of his sports cars as well. I'm gonna back up because it has the address. Oh yeah, of course. But this Rolls-Royce actually used to be on the property here at some point, but you can move the cabinet full of stuff. Okay. And you're also going to see a lot of wall clocks throughout this place. Let's go up. Yeah, let's continue. Or should we go down one more time? Is there something to see in here? I have no idea. Yeah. Like sometimes the levels just go a little bit lower than the basement itself. Very interesting. A lot of wood storage over here. I think this is a very primitive toilet. Yeah. Okay, let's make our way upstairs. Finally the first level of this place and you're absolutely not gonna believe your eyes when you see the rooms in here. But you just said that you saw a kitchen on the side. Yes. You're gonna just have a quick glance in here. Some dolls in here and everything. Yep. Very strange. Very creepy dolls. All of this feels very new. Yeah, probably a later edition. Yeah. And mold. Let's get out of here. Too much mold. This castle is not an exception. It's part of a much bigger story across France. There are around 25,000 chateaus in this country and only a small percentage of them are maintained or open to the public. The rest are privately owned, just like this one. And that's where the problem starts. Owning a chateau is one thing. Maintaining it is something else entirely. The costs are constant and without serious funding or commercial use, most owners simply can't keep up. That's how places like this fall apart. Not overnight, but slowly. One room gets abandoned, then another, until eventually the entire property reaches a point where saving it becomes nearly impossible. And when that happens, people walk away. And now it stands here, waiting for a future that may never come. Here we come into the entrance hall of the place. An absolutely magnificent room. Right now, but even more back in its time. But I'm gonna show this first, okay? Because this is bad. The whole beams that support the upper floors of this house are starting to break and fall apart. And like we said before, this is economically not repairable. No, it's just too much. The woodwork has fallen from the walls. In here there would be statues, I think. Yeah, for sure. Or vases maybe even. Absolutely beautiful. A lot of wood still standing here. Look at this massive safe next to you. Wow, nothing much of interest still in there. And of course on this side as well, an engagement or a statue. And here you can see the full hallway with one of my favorite features. This castle, which is the stairway that leads up to the second floor. Yeah, is that your favorite feature? That is... I think that's my favorite feature. Yeah, with the curtains draping over. It is beautiful, yes. We normally don't see this. I've never seen something like this before. But my favorite feature is definitely this beautiful chandelier. It's just... Of the whole castle? No, no, no, no. Of the hallway. Of the hallway, yeah. The arch style thing is my favorite thing of the whole castle. That is a beautiful chandelier. You can see dragons, floral patterns, the craftsmanship on it is just... They also have two grandfather's crocs right next to the door here in the hallway. And really nice ones, I must say. Carl told us that a lot of stuff has been stolen over the years in this place. But also they look pretty modern and not old, you know. They're not old old, I think. Yeah, they're a bit more modern. Yeah, also spinning on everything standing here in the hallway. I love finding these, but also very deteriorated, you know. Before we go further into that section of the place, let's head first over to this room. I think it's a small... Yeah, it is. It's a small dining area or a small sitting area maybe. And there's still a lot of stuff in here. Like even photos, as you can see. Probably of the family riding around. Some postcards of Paris as well. Oh wow. Oh, there's a horse carriage standing in front of the castle. In 1890. Yes. In winter. So in winter, yeah. But that's a motorized horse carriage. Wow. A motorized horse carriage. It's actually a vehicle. That's very loud. Very loud and has to be tuned. But there's a lot of piano. And this one is very beautiful. Just leave it. Before we started filming, I was just looking with envy at this depiction over here. It says, I can see, Musikaufnahme, which means in German, music recording in 1891. So they have this tube here going to a recorder and somebody's playing a piano with the candle holder. There's so many pictures still left in this place. Here we had a small collage of some of the horse carriages he probably acquired. They've also a crystal It feels like literally one push and it's all coming down. Yeah, we have to be careful on the upper floor. It doesn't seem stable. Should definitely not go to the corners. I think if we come back here at some point, I really want to meet Karl at some point and take a tour from him through his castle. But then it's probably going to be collapsed. Most likely. It doesn't seem like it's gonna last for a lot of more years. I don't think so either, unfortunately. Let's go to the next room. This again is a beautiful feature of the castle. The arch style doorway. Ah, look at this. This is, that's that front door, the front side of the castle that we were looking at, that I personally think is the front of the castle. Of course, most people would come in through there when they drove up with their cars. But it's a wonderful room. There's also some beautiful artwork. This hallway is so beautiful. Yeah. And I love these illustrations. Medieval towns, fortified walls and everything. Looks like Italy. No, France. Yeah, feel here. Yeah, it's so nice. It's like wallpaper with a relief. I don't know the English word. Yeah, exactly. And also the the woodwork on the walls is really beautiful. It really fits in this room. Every feature of this hallway just matches. French for toy chairs. Beautiful basket chairs. And the room itself is just marvelous. Dining room or living room first? Um, dining room. Dining room? Okay, we save the best for last. The best on the first floor. Welcome inside. The lovely dining room. And I really get a beautiful feeling when I step into this room. I think it's an amazing room in this place. What's the first thing that grabs you when you come into the room? For me, it's that huge bench. For me, it's the chandelier. Also, yeah. Yeah. Okay, the chandelier. Let's start with it. Because it's very different. I don't think it's the original from the castle. No, it's definitely not original, but I think it's very good. Yeah, it is. And then they like diagonally set dining table here in the middle of the room. Which surprisingly fits very well. Yeah, strangely it does. There's also a taxidermy bird on the wall. A pheasant. Let's go further with the dining table. Wonderful lateral upholstery chairs. Always I'm in awe about the ladder work on these pieces. Really beautiful. And then from here, they have this lovely corner with a lot of different things. Stands and also the fireplace itself. Which is, I think, one of the only fireplaces in the house. Which is still in good shape. And some plants on top of there. Oh, I love this over here. And then right above here, you have this wonderful drawing. And this is actually of the family. Yeah. Graaf, it says at the bottom. And Karl's name is Karl Graaf. That's true. So, that's probably the family drawing or something. It's not a weapons craft. Yeah, I don't know what this is for. Definitely see it's very important underneath there. I just love everything about this fireplace. The pfeifferkoning. See, all about kings and history and all those books he read. About castles, as you can see. Everything was about opulence and about stuff like this. Okay, let's see on this side. Here we have another piano. Of course. Should I try it? Yeah. Very soft. Oh, very gentle. I'm looking at this emblem on top of here. George Meyer, that's probably maybe from the previous owners of this place. Because Karl bought it in 1996. And your favorite feature of this room is the bench. I mean, you're right. It's really cool. I mean, you just cannot ignore this sofa bench something. Red velvet on there. Looks so opulent. And also, unfortunately, the ceiling has come down on it. All stuff is starting to fall on it. I'll show the ceiling in a second. I just want to show what's on the floor. I'm standing on a boardwalk. Another cabinet. Nothing in there anymore, unfortunately. Really incredible. Let's go to the other side. Thank you very much. No problem. Yes, and this really feels like a living room that fits a castle. Yes, definitely. Truly fits this place. And it's way, way more extravagantly designed. Looking at your innate wall molding, I would call it. It's also even on the doors here. If I close the door, you can see. If I can even close the door. Oh wow, the doors. I've never seen that all the way to the ceiling. It feels like more like a living area, but also a studying area and everything on it. Lots of books still left here. There's two photo albums still left here, with all the photos of this place still in there. You can even see this is in front of the castle. Here, that's immediately very important photos, because Karl was definitely doing renovation works on this place. As you can see, that's before, that's after. So he was insulating, renovating, as best of his effort as he could. See, there is a big patch here. Look at the fireplace still on. Oh, even with the children. Verbessering in die Küche, that means improvements in the kitchen. So it really tells a story, this photo album. It tells the story of the castle. That must have been how they bought it. It was already pretty deteriorated. Yeah, they probably bought an abandoned castle. Yeah, yeah. See, and even there, that's the dining space. Oh yeah, before it was completely designed. That's with all his children and his wife and everything. That's an incredible photo album to look through. Somebody's sitting in bed. The bathtub in the tower, yeah. Yeah, as she said, here it says thank you for the coffee, and she's drinking a coffee in the bathtub. Here from the... Oh, where are the horses? He was dreaming about having horses. My god, he had horses in the field. This photo album is just full of personality. I love it. I think this is one of the best ones I've ever seen. Oh yeah, the horses are in front of the door. That's so cute. Wow. Here's one of the horse carriages he acquired, and I was also looking at this flag. I don't know what it's from, but it comes back a lot of times in the photos. Yeah, it's like... And this is his Rolls Royce Phantom. Definitely not a poor man. Definitely not. Oh no, this looks more like a Mercedes 98. Oh, let's look at the other photo album as well, before we go further in this room. Oh, look at this. December 1995. That's probably the first day they bought it. So I heard from him 1996, but it could be 1995 when he first came here. Maybe he started looking at this place before he bought it. Okay, let's see. Oh, these are old photos of the place. Here you can even see the castle in the distance. Oh, with all the horses. This goes on forever and ever and ever. I'm wondering why he didn't take these pictures out of here. These are probably very precious to him. You can see renovation works and the castle itself. People are just looking at these pictures in awe probably. It's so sad it got to this. Look at this. He made a triple panorama collage of this. Oh, that's done really well. Oh, the castle in winter. My god. Yeah, you get the picture. It just goes on forever and ever and ever and ever. More and more pictures. The family and the renovations that happened in here. It's just awe-inspiring. And this, what I'm showing here, is the part they restored. Yeah. But it's already falling down. Fell again. That's no good. It fell down again, unfortunately. And did you see the drapes? The curtains? Yeah. They're also really nice. But yeah, I mean, take a look at this. The rubble over there falling from the ceiling. Over here we have yet another desk still standing. And then the fireplace right in the middle of the room. Isn't that just beautiful? Beautiful black fireplace. And let's now show this side of the place because I think it's absolutely beautiful. Yeah. We first have the chandelier here in the middle of the room. Crystal chandelier. Crown molding about there is absolutely incredible as well. Then we have the wing piano, the grand piano in this room. Wow. There's a doll standing on top of there for some reason. I mean, I guess it's cute. Oh, these are my favorite types of piano. I can even see inside. Piano over here, the strings. And I'm not an expert, but I feel like it's in a really good state. Yeah, they should take it out of here. Here again, more beautiful designs. Of course, what is a French place without a chasse longue? The best place to read a book. Once I get a house, I need a chair like this. I mean, they always look really comfy. Another nice pouf here in the corner. That's also from the same family. I think that's his brother if I was not mistaken. And a built-in book cabinet. Yeah, I love that. Really incredible. 1899. 100 year old, 125 year old book. Their covers look incredible. But as you can see over here, like they did repair stuff. Yeah. The ceiling is almost breaking, but yeah, they patched it up. They did intermediate work to try to save this place in any way that unfortunately failed. Let's go up. Yeah. To my favorite piece of the castle. Oh, that's so lovely. Isn't that beautiful? I love that so much. But like I said before, every single corner of this place has towers. Yeah. Also really bad towers. This one has collapsed already. Oh yeah, this one has collapsed for sure. I'm not going in, but I'm just gonna give you a quick peek over here. It's Jesus Christ. That's so unfortunate. It's really bad. And up there, let's be really careful. Yes, I will be very careful, but literally by any step we take, this place can collapse down. Because you have seen it on the lower floors. It's bad. It's really bad. Here it's coming down. Wait, let me move up first. It's completely coming down. There's nothing holding it. Bro, if you come over here, this whole window is literally falling out of the wall. Oh, wow. I'm gonna take teeny tiny steps here, because I feel like it's just gonna fall. It'll just fall over. Have you seen in here? Was that the... This part is so scary, but I mean, yeah, here's the collapsed room. My god, it's crazy. I mean, from the outside you wouldn't say it's totally collapsed, but from here it's just... The whole attic came down on top of this room. Yep. The upper floors are pretty bad. This is also a very, very interesting room. Here you can see that he was actually doing renovation work on the castle. The scaffolding still standing here. All this paint and everything he needed to work on this place. He was even doing some drawings here. Like drawing out some things. This looks like it once was a bedroom up here. Watch out. Yeah, sorry. That scared the hell out of me. Wow, this could have been a nice room, and I think I also saw it on one of the pictures. Every single room up here is kind of in bad shape. Here we have another room. Very small room. You smell the mold in here. Well, I'm not gonna stay too long in this room, but most of the things in here have been set up by photographers. For example, never ever would anybody sleep on a bed with a piece of wood underneath it. Oh, yeah, it's completely falling apart. Yeah, this place is just rotting away. It's so sad. Castles should never go. They should stay for eternity. It's our history. And then in this room, I believe Carl used to sleep when he was visiting the castle. Yeah, this room is most likely a sitting area still here. Everything around. There's even a couple of pictures here. Let me get close. Wedding picture. People riding a horse carriage. That's probably the one that's in the trailer. Even the children of him are depicted here. Everything is coming down from the wall. You can see that they used newspapers as installation material back in the time. That's a very common practice in those eras. Television and everything. Secretary desk that's falling over and bursting into the floor. Yeah, don't get too close. I'm pretty sure it's not as stable there. Yeah, it's just leaking over there. It's really rough. Can you also feel that the floor is just really moist? Yeah, and wobbling if you walk on it. Very wobbly. The bed kind of made. But the bed is actually really beautiful. I love that. That's a typical French bed. And right above it, it has depictions of these canopy beds and that is just... It's like it was a dream of his to have a bed like that. Yeah. And on this side, there are the curtains and you can barely see it because of the wallpaper. I have to get out of this room. There's too much mold in here. Yeah, there's bedrooms literally everywhere. A sad sight to behold. If there's anybody who's seriously interested in helping Carl renovate this place or buy it from him, who has passion for it, contact us. Write me an email and I will get you in contact with Carl and then we can work something out. I would really like to see this place. Should we visit the last floor? Yeah, let's go. Really careful. Really, really careful. This part just freaks me out with the windows. Yeah. The stairs feel really good. They feel sturdy enough for a change. Yeah. There's even another floor. Yeah. Was that a bed? You bastard. There's not much up here. Okay. You see like he did some work up here trying to insulate the place. It's like you start one project in this house and immediately the next one follows and the next one follows. Yeah, to the right here is the collapse room and then this is where the window was falling. I just want to have a quick glance. Oh, let's try this out. Oh, okay. I'll be careful. I should not swing around. Do not swing too much. It might even break. French castles, they never get older. They never do. This one was different. We got in contact with the owner. We asked him and we were allowed to come here, but unfortunately everything that happened to this place is super sad. If you want to get in contact with him again, write me and we want to thank him very much for the opportunity to film this place. Please like this video, subscribe to the channel, write a nice comment, check out the links in the description for the beautiful Brozo DK merch and we see you all next week in another amazing episode.