This week I reveal exactly how much it costs to run a chateau! If any of you are dreaming of owning your own French chateau one day, this video is crucial viewing for you! I break down our monthly costs, so that you can work out exactly whether or not you can afford to make your dream come true. But I will add one important point! If we’d known exactly how much Lalande would cost us over the years, we probably wouldn’t have bought it. But we muddled through from month to month and now we’ve paid off the mortgage and we’ve been here for 15 years, and I hope we’ll be here for many, many more. Sometimes you need to take a chance in life to follow your dreams. Most of us are capable of far more than we realise So, if you’re dreaming of owning your own castle one day, don’t let this video put you off, instead, use it to make a killer business plan and prepare soundly for your fairytale Escape to the chateau with ’The Chateau Diaries’ In 'Sundays at the Chateau', chatelaine Stephanie answers all your questions about life in the 16th century Chateau de Lalande, in the heart of rural France