About

We welcome every guest at Château de la Ruche as a friend. After all the château is our family home. We live here with our two sons Rufus and Laurie, our dog Monty and our five cats. In 2017 we sold almost everything we owned in the UK, packed up what was left and moved to France to restore our petit château. We have carried out most of the renovation work ourselves, with much-appreciated help from family and friends. We opened the chambres d’hotes in August 2018 with just one room. Since then we have renovated two more guest rooms and have completely restored an old outbuilding into a spacious self-catering holiday cottage.

Our journey here at the Château has been followed by Channel Four in the UK for a series called Château DIY. Filming the show has been another huge adventure. It was great fun and we’re so excited that Channel Four felt that our little renovation project was worth all the effort that goes in to making these programmes. We feel so fortunate to have this record of our time here and of the progress we have made in rescuing this beautiful house. You can catch up with all of our episodes on 4OD by searching Château DIY.

We have so many plans for our home and you can follow the restorations on our Instagram and Facebook pages. Or of course you could come and see it all in person by booking a stay with us.

We look forward to hosting you soon

Best wishes

Rebecca and Tim