Jacqueline Couteaux

Owner of the location Chateau Champ Ramet

The 2011 purchase of Champ Ramet was a coup d'achat de coeur . This was on the one hand led by my passion for historic buildings and their renovation, but I also longed for a nice place where I could be with my family and friends in the summer months, to gain beautiful experiences and be together. I myself have four children who were still young at the time, but with an eye to the future in which our family might grow with grandchildren I was looking for something with space and lots of nature around it. I found that on Champ Ramet. In this place I was able to use my experience in renovating and furnishing buildings. I have renovated the chateau to a modern standard with all the comforts for the guests, but at the same time maintaining the authentic style, which is reflected in the entire interior and decoration of the building, the property and the rooms. I picked up where the previous owners left off; I finished the furnishing of the outdoor kitchen, renewed the roof and electricity, and later tackled the isolation. Through an old photo album that was still at the neighbors, I was able to imagine how it used to be here, and to carry out the renovation in such a way that the authentic character could be preserved. Neighbor Pierre Antoine has undertaken this renovation.

The former owners used the mansion as a wedding venue, allowing guests to stay in the gites. Others have also settled here in the Morvan, after staying at from Champ Ramet. For example, my sister has settled in the village and she also provides gite rental at home. Two other former guests of Champ Ramet have bought the Pastor's House in the village and have started a chambres d'hôtes there . So the circle has expanded, because people think it's such a nice place here. This also means that there are always extra options nearby if needed.

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Since my husband Ton has come into my life, we ​​have 7 children together, and it has really become a family home for the summer. The two summer months are wonderful, but the property deserves more. I am happy and grateful that I have met Lotte on my path again, so that more meaning can be given to the mansion and the shutters can be opened again outside the summer months. In this way the house gets an extra purpose. I see it as the pebble you throw into the water, causing more and more circles.

In the spring and autumn meaningful retreats at Champ Ramet, that sounds like music for the future. We will see how this will crystallize. It is beautiful here with the cows and the colorful rose garden across the road, the clear starry skies. French moss grows on the trees, which can only grow in oxygen-rich areas. Nature can reallyoffer room to be creative again. In this way we contribute our bit.