Did anyone grow up with a castle for a home or second/vacation home?

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Anonymous wrote:My friend grew up in a real castle in England. Her father was responsible for all of the castle's maintenance.

Do you mean a folly? there are no "real castles" in England that are not populated by or managed by the BRF or just ruins.

There are manor and great houses that have original castle parts attached to them and look like castles. I read the sale advertisements for fun sometimes. Here's just one site...

https://castleist.com/castles-for-sale-in-england/

Wow. Some are selling for 1.5 million. That gets me a shack in Chevy Chase

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend grew up in a real castle in England. Her father was responsible for all of the castle's maintenance.

Do you mean a folly? there are no "real castles" in England that are not populated by or managed by the BRF or just ruins.

There are manor and great houses that have original castle parts attached to them and look like castles. I read the sale advertisements for fun sometimes. Here's just one site...

https://castleist.com/castles-for-sale-in-england/

Wow. Some are selling for 1.5 million. That gets me a shack in Chevy Chase

As the lady with the castle in her family will tell you, it's the taxes, utilities, and repairs that will get you.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend grew up in a real castle in England. Her father was responsible for all of the castle's maintenance.

Do you mean a folly? there are no "real castles" in England that are not populated by or managed by the BRF or just ruins.

There are manor and great houses that have original castle parts attached to them and look like castles. I read the sale advertisements for fun sometimes. Here's just one site...

https://castleist.com/castles-for-sale-in-england/

Wow. Some are selling for 1.5 million. That gets me a shack in Chevy Chase

As the lady with the castle in her family will tell you, it's the taxes, utilities, and repairs that will get you.

And cleaning. I’m betting even a small castle needs more than a biweekly cleaning lady to keep it in order.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend grew up in a real castle in England. Her father was responsible for all of the castle's maintenance.

Do you mean a folly? there are no "real castles" in England that are not populated by or managed by the BRF or just ruins.

There are manor and great houses that have original castle parts attached to them and look like castles. I read the sale advertisements for fun sometimes. Here's just one site...

https://castleist.com/castles-for-sale-in-england/

Wow. Some are selling for 1.5 million. That gets me a shack in Chevy Chase

As the lady with the castle in her family will tell you, it's the taxes, utilities, and repairs that will get you.

And cleaning. I’m betting even a small castle needs more than a biweekly cleaning lady to keep it in order.

Fort/castle owner here. I wouldn't say our place is very clean. It's almost impossible to wash the walls so we just cover them in tapestries. Once every decade or so the walls that get pointing are power washed. I thought that's why we have canopy beds, to protect from falling debris. Thick wool rugs to not feel the uneven floors. There's definitely centuries of grime here. It's the glue that holds this place together.

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OP, you might like the book A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth's Castle by Liza Campbell. Published in 2008.

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In Britain, yes.

Cold, never enough heat, and frequently damp. It's also very rare in part for the aforementioned reasons.

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My father used to drive a limo for a man who owned a castle and ate lunch with him at his castle a few times.

Remember One Day at a Time? Pat Harrington who played Schneider owned a beautiful castle in NY off Taconic Parkway. My dad took us up there to see it.

Younger people don’t remember but he was an amazing famous singer be One Day at a Time so he had a lot of money. Was beautiful it is still their. .

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend grew up in a real castle in England. Her father was responsible for all of the castle's maintenance.

Do you mean a folly? there are no "real castles" in England that are not populated by or managed by the BRF or just ruins.

What? Of course there are private castles in private hands in the UK. Usually owned by the aristocracy, those who survived the introduction of the income tax last century. It's the same all over Europe.

https://anglotopia.net/british-history/the-fiver-five-british-castles-still-in-private-ownership/

And the article doesn't mention it, but there are smaller, but real castles, still owned by private individuals.

NP- I follow Julie Montagu (who used to be in Ladies of London) and she and her dh own and manage Mapperton Estate. It's interesting seeing how much work and money goes into maintaining a castle.

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Anonymous wrote:Not OP, but if any of you who have castle experience had part of it open to the public (as a hotel or museum or whatever) what was that like? Did you love or hate that people came to your home or was it so big you basically didn’t notice?

18:49. My great-grandparents' castle is now in government hands, with one relative living in one wing. It's a huge, historical place, way too much to maintain for just one family, even a wealthy one. The relative lives in the most modern wing, but parts of the castle date from medieval times (the dungeon), and ancestors just added to it over the centuries. It's a tourist attraction. I assume the relative has his own way of coming and going, unseen, not through the main gates or main courtyard, but I've never inquired.

As for reaching other people in large homes, thank goodness for cell phones! Before that there were walkie-talkies. When we had a permanent staff, there were bells. Otherwise, my uncle has a VERY LOUD VOICE

Your uncle most likely needs a hearing aid.
He has become a master of lip reading and cannot hear normally so he talks loudly to be able to hear his own voice

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend grew up in a real castle in England. Her father was responsible for all of the castle's maintenance.

Do you mean a folly? there are no "real castles" in England that are not populated by or managed by the BRF or just ruins.

There are manor and great houses that have original castle parts attached to them and look like castles. I read the sale advertisements for fun sometimes. Here's just one site...

https://castleist.com/castles-for-sale-in-england/

Wow. Some are selling for 1.5 million. That gets me a shack in Chevy Chase

As the lady with the castle in her family will tell you, it's the taxes, utilities, and repairs that will get you.

And cleaning. I’m betting even a small castle needs more than a biweekly cleaning lady to keep it in order.

Fort/castle owner here. I wouldn't say our place is very clean. It's almost impossible to wash the walls so we just cover them in tapestries. Once every decade or so the walls that get pointing are power washed. I thought that's why we have canopy beds, to protect from falling debris. Thick wool rugs to not feel the uneven floors. There's definitely centuries of grime here. It's the glue that holds this place together.

Not to mention throwing all those rushes out after a banquet and hauling in fresh ones.

JK, but my second cousin lived in a Scottish castle for a few years (she works in banking and lived there for a few years), the owners lived there and usd part of it for income.