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It has 11 bedrooms more than dozen bathrooms, lawn big enough take day and half to mow, 800 windowpanes clean—1600 if you count both sides. 60-year-old Aussie Suzie Jackson dreamed of buying and renovating a dilapidated former French mansion – almost literally. Suzie Jackson of Melbourne bought a castle in France and renovated the flamboyant old house. Until I went to bed one night and had a brain wave. “I literally drank one at two in the morning, I don’t know, what do you call that?” He told nine.com.au. ” ‘Why don’t we buy a castle not far from Paris?'” “So I woke my husband up said, ‘I had this idea,’ and he said ‘great idea,’ he probably just wanted to sleep. “But the idea of buying a castle was born.” And the hunt has begun. Chateau de la Carriere is located near Laval, an hour and 15 minutes by train from Paris. Castle ten times larger than an Australian flat Now working job running his own financial planning business from which he is retired, Jackson was able to spend time away from home in Melbourne looking for a chateau, which was essentially big house the French countryside. Many of them, originally belonging noble families and passed down from generation to generation, have been abandoned years and are up for grabs those who want buy them. The search was confined to the Loire Valley, and after eliminating dozens of options, Jackson remembers driving down the driveway to see another. She said she knew right away that this dilapidated mansion was special. Suzie Jackson from Melbourne blended modern and the traditional while renovating castle. But any romantic ideas flew out window in 2014 when the couple actually bought Chateau de la Carriere near Laval, an hour and 15 minutes from Paris by train. Not only were there issues like dampness that were worse than they thought, but also the size and scale of the nearly 1,000 square feet of place. The original castle was inherited by a noble Irish family in the early 1800s. Rebuilt in 1838, current house has 35 rooms, excluding 11 bathrooms in main building or fairytale towers. Then there are multiple outbuildings and a large attic. While it was habitable, it had to be overhauled after years of being vacant. Work in the garden, which now has a pool and walled garden. It has so much grass that it takes day and a half to mow with ride-on mower. ‘Totally crazy’ move Jackson said that although the castle may seem “cheap” to purchase, renovation bills should not be taken lightly. “You buy a cute ‘little castle’ for a few hundred thousand euros and you think ‘wow,'” he said. “But it will still cost you the same amount in business. “It’s true that it’s not just an old building, it’s also big. “For example, when go to paint, you don’t go and buy a few boxes, a palette.” The dining room welcomes guests who may soon be staying in the French cottage. Jackson managed the project using local artisans. This is despite speaking only what he describes as “tourist French”. “I said to myself, ‘I’m not going to stress the fact that I don’t speak French,’ which is totally crazy,” she said. And any mishaps related to the language barrier were luckily avoided. “I remember writing all words in English with the cleaner and then putting French equivalents,” he said. “I thought I could point out the words. “I showed it to the cleaning company manager. “‘I have tell you, you’re about to ask your cleaner clean the house with sugar,’ she said.” The castle’s kitchen had been renovated for a while, but it needed an overhaul. In fact, had used words explain that he didn’t want cleaner to dust the house, but rather that wanted you dust house with sugar, just like you would make a cake. But Jackson has a background in restaurants and because he loves to cook, he said trading in food helps relieve the pressure. Along with Aussie charm. “The French love Australians,” he said. “‘How many times a week do kangaroos deliver the mail?’ He said, ‘Are there any crocodiles roaming the streets?'” Eight years later, renovation was completed, including the redesign of expansive two-acre garden by Australian designer Paul Bangay. Australians can taste the chateau life It starts at $425 a night, including breakfast. Jackson is even toying with the idea of starting a “castle school” for others who surf the Internet, dreaming of capturing a French country mass. It will ensure that they do not dream about operating costs, especially in winter. “It costs €2500 a month to run our heating and we kept it on the lowest setting possible,” he said. But he now admits that the castle life with a cockerel, five cats, and chickens is largely a fantasy of his dreams. “It has a nice energy and you feel like you’ve been in a bubble,” she said. How to buy a french chateau Patrick Joseph of MyFrenchHouse.com helps expats around the world, whose clients