Why The World’s Most EXPENSIVE Chateaus Are In VILLEFRANCHE SUR MER.

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @rexlawrence1168
    @rexlawrence1168 Год назад +3

    I am sorry you were unwell. This is a very cool video. I really like your jacket; probably more than the villas.

  • @vikingsystem
    @vikingsystem Год назад +7

    Happy New Year! It's great to see you all recovered and ready for more adventures, stay safe and of course, stay charged :)

  • @brian9480
    @brian9480 Год назад +3

    Love this kind of video. The history of your area is second to none.😊
    Keep them coming 👍

  • @rubyrom
    @rubyrom Год назад +2

    Ahhhhh...Villefranche, miss it.
    So lovely to see you back on your adventures ♥️

  • @TheDarkLandsMusic
    @TheDarkLandsMusic Год назад +1

    do a video bargain basement property in VILLEFRANCHE!

  • @michellesimmonds-nutt9409
    @michellesimmonds-nutt9409 Год назад +2

    Happy New Year to you both , another fabulously entertaining vlog, you brighten up our grey weather here in the UK 🎉😂

  • @buyinthedip
    @buyinthedip Год назад +1

    Great to see Monaco again! My friend had a Flat in Monaco, and I can vouch for them being minuscule. Hope you guys are feeling better after being unwell, (Malade) You always bring a breath of fresh air to your viewers! Ty!🚙

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      Thanks. Yes I was taken aback just how small and dark many of them are

  • @FRanceSource
    @FRanceSource Год назад +2

    Happy New Year and glad your health is on the mend. Also glad you allowed yourselves to dis-connect. Much deserved though I know we weren't the only ones who missed you. Thanks for today.

  • @cmgosh37
    @cmgosh37 Год назад +3

    Terrific episode to start out the New Year. Love yours & Mr Boos investigative research of some housing history of the French Riviera. Very informative. Twiggy looking great as always. Thanks again for sharing your adventures!!

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад +1

      We’re just nosey! Happy New Year

  • @MikeinNice
    @MikeinNice Год назад +2

    Totally absorbing! Thank you Tim and Mr Boo. Bonne année ! I wonder who bought the zoo on Cap Ferrat and what did they created? I do know for a fact they did not like a guy on his run taking a photos of the public notice board about the project ... very intimidating!

  • @Bbird7101
    @Bbird7101 Год назад +1

    Hi and thank you for sharing your life in France with us once again.
    Could you make one of your little cameos about the implications of living in that beautiful country under the Schengen Agreement.
    Best wishes for the coming year to you both.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      Thanks. Do you mean the current visa arraignments for non French nationals?

  • @Keneka
    @Keneka Год назад +3

    Glad to see you are both looking well ❤ happy new year 🎉

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад +2

      Well ish!

    • @Keneka
      @Keneka Год назад

      @@MeandMonAmibetter than you were both looking in your last video anyway, hopefully you’re coughs will be gone soon and you’re be back on your riviera adventures ❤

  • @ioakimmakis9288
    @ioakimmakis9288 Год назад +1

    happy new year... it is in Monaco where the sale of a penthouse smashed world records... talking about the Tour Odeon penthouse..

  • @JimTheCorsa
    @JimTheCorsa Год назад +1

    Happy New Year Both.
    Really enjoyed this video. You mentioned about the “stories for another time”, please tell them. I love it when you’ve done vids on the history of the Riviera. Have watched your “Incredible Walks” series a couple of times.
    Glad you’re both feeling better

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад +1

      Thanks. I have plans to do more.. I have many plans..

  • @Murphy252000
    @Murphy252000 Год назад +1

    Yes, yes and more yes, your back, love it

  • @kristynwatters1913
    @kristynwatters1913 Год назад +1

    Wow! I have missed you guys! Thanks again!

  • @RonaldJHElzenga
    @RonaldJHElzenga Год назад +1

    Have a good healthy 2024 and may your wishes come true..thanks for the show around some of the villas we only can dream of..🎉😅

  • @androidstaffs
    @androidstaffs Год назад

    Just watched my first 2024 installment of your adventures after a gruelling day at work. Glad to see the AMI in action once again and of course yourselves.The last couple of days it's been near freezing here in the Midlands and I have not used the AMI today as the local climb to work and back was a struggle. Maybe next week I'll try again. Anything below 8C and it's not an easy trip. Motorists here are not very forgiving and show no mercy. Again thanks for a few minutes of pure escapism and relaxation. Thanks again. Sean.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      I can imagine it’s tough in the very cold. We occasionally get a sense of how slow it can go

    • @androidstaffs
      @androidstaffs Год назад

      Thanks for the response. Hope you're keeping warm. Have you seen the SILENCE 04 quadracycle car. Very nice looking, just wondering if it's popular over there as they sell them from a dealer in Birmingham.

  • @ChrisLedgerUK
    @ChrisLedgerUK Год назад +1

    Happy New Year to Tim, Mr Boo and Twiggy.
    You mentioned SAFRA and I worked for the bank that bought the SAFRA Republic Bank and then the Mr.SAFRA that made a small fortune from selling his bank died in a fire at his flat in Monaco 😮 and the butler did it!!

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      And there’s another story behind that!

  • @GerryPowell-r6s
    @GerryPowell-r6s Год назад +1

    Bonne Année les deux et la petit chien,Twiggy, glad you are recovered😍😘

  • @stevegee7593
    @stevegee7593 Год назад +1

    Happy New Year, glad you are feeling better.

  • @LouiseL7740
    @LouiseL7740 Год назад +1

    Happy New Year Tim and Mr. Boo! Lovely to see you back after the holidays...I felt your pain having been sick with that nasty what ever it was over Christmas too. The cough, congestion, and fatigue was awful. Mine lasted from the 19th-30 which is short considering some are saying they still cough after 3 weeks! Drink loads of ginger/honey/turmeric tea and you will blast the last remains of that nasty bug to smithereens!...I loved your trip to these villas and to hear of their history. Incredible! One wonders what people do in enormous palaces like these? They take up so much real estate, yet I'm sure that most of them are empty 90% of the time! What does that do for the economy in the area? Mind you, the taxes they pay must be out of this world! .....Get well soon!

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      Everyone seems to have had it and it was bloody horrid!

  • @antcullimore3550
    @antcullimore3550 Год назад

    Happy New Year Twiggy, Mr Boo and Tim. We have really enjoyed your tales for the past couple of years - hope there is plenty to come! Hope those nasty coughs go away soon.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      Happy new year! They’ve gone, just!

  • @lindaanderson9719
    @lindaanderson9719 Год назад +1

    HPpy New Year so glad you’re both better. Loved that tour and a nice change. Love looking at other peoples houses and what houses they were. Love little Twigs on her blanket that was such a kind thing to do . I particularly love Mr Boos face behind you sometimes after your comments it cracks me up…..looking forward to 2024 adventures, staying charged. Xxx

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      Thanks Linda. Twigs loves her blankie!

  • @John-y2i4e
    @John-y2i4e Год назад +1

    Hi,glad to see you both out again,happy new yr

  • @motorhomers-r-us
    @motorhomers-r-us Год назад +1

    Fab vlog ……..good to see you both meaning 2 of you back at it after your horrid illness Xx

  • @e-trippingwithadamgebbett8024
    @e-trippingwithadamgebbett8024 Год назад +1

    Lovely holiday homes. However, we have still got Sandbanks and posh Blackpool. Lytham St Annes.🤔

  • @andyshacks7812
    @andyshacks7812 Год назад +1

    Oh if I had €45m! That villa is perfect- not too big. No harm dreaming eh! Glad you’re both now fully recovered and Happy New Year to you too ❤

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад +1

      And to you Andy. Not sure I could face the gardening bill!

  • @oogie-boogie
    @oogie-boogie Год назад +1

    hope you feel better soon

  • @CatherinesChronicles_
    @CatherinesChronicles_ Год назад +1

    Amazing!!

  • @frigbychilwether
    @frigbychilwether Год назад +2

    Hi, great to see you back. Great video - fascinating subject. If and when I buy the villa I'll invite you round for a cuppa :)

  • @jackoneil3933
    @jackoneil3933 Год назад +2

    Sometimes less is more. Thanks guys, hope you are doing well.

  • @mrmitch5054
    @mrmitch5054 Год назад +1

    Happy new year gentlemen

  • @bobbyrudki3851
    @bobbyrudki3851 Год назад +1

    Welcome back guys, Happy New Year and I hope you had a nice birthday Tim, keep em coming and until them stay charged

  • @debrawood1053
    @debrawood1053 Год назад +1

    Great video. Really informative. Loved it.

  • @AndrzejK86
    @AndrzejK86 Год назад +1

    That’s what French Riviera is all about. Great video guys 👍

  • @redsnappa7837
    @redsnappa7837 Год назад

    Happy New Year / Bonne Annee boys! Tim wearing a natty new shirt... Christmas present?

  • @siofra-k9u
    @siofra-k9u Год назад +1

    Very happy New Year and many adventures thanks for the beautiful videos

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      Happy new year!

    • @siofra-k9u
      @siofra-k9u Год назад

      @@MeandMonAmithank you, it has started well, my ami arrived this week, I am now testing and installing them, but I cannot get the decorative rims on the wheels

  • @peterpopperry4408
    @peterpopperry4408 Год назад

    Happy new year glad you are better

  • @ribohne
    @ribohne Год назад +1

    Nice one. All that driving and no charging necessary.
    I knew a Monaco, 'part time,' resident and as he was never there, he would leave the appartement lights on timers, as the neighbours were not below snitching on, Well, anyone , really.
    It's a sort of police state. Most of the wealthy faun over the royal family to a ridiculous degree. I was told by a resident, that on the princes birthday, they checked on whether you displayed the Monaco flag. If not, it was noted. Not sure if true , but?
    Read the book' PALACE' by Christiane de Massey, one of the family, for a better idea of how dysfunctional they are. It's like Dallas by the sea.

  • @nicholasroberts6954
    @nicholasroberts6954 Год назад +1

    Don't led astray by the renaissance ceiling painting and gold leaf.... You know the owners.. When in residence... Can't sleep at nights from tbe "Audacity" of the decoration

  • @Cheval288
    @Cheval288 Год назад +1

    Glad to see your both feeling better!
    Twiggy looks very content.❤
    King Leopold was a extremely nasty character.
    In 1899, in his 65th year, is when he took Caroline Lacroix, a 16-year-old French prostitute as his mistress, they had two children.
    When he died after being together for ten years, she inherited a fortune. She spent in one day on clothes, the equivalent in today's money over 3 million dollars.
    All blood money from the Belgian Congo.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      Indeed I think the slave stuff was pretty nasty too

  • @tomaszbanasik9463
    @tomaszbanasik9463 Год назад

    Happy New Year! Interesting episode, how about the other way around? For regular Europeans, how expensive is the Riviera?

  • @parkview113
    @parkview113 Год назад

    Thought you might be interested to know that I returned my solar tracker to EcoFlow with a full refund . It was really unsuitable for an exposed UK site and had several faults the worst was a "dodgy " USBc connection into the equipment which became dislodged into the control unit meaning the internal battery coul d not be charged from the mains t o get it going. Personally, I would not recommend getting one - it takes a half day to assemble or disassemble , but the idea is a good one ... back to moving panels around against a scaffold tower base...

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      That doesn’t sound great. It’s a good idea but maybe needs another go?

  • @RS-bn9rx
    @RS-bn9rx 7 месяцев назад

    Has Mr Boo considered doing an episode on the value and adventures of his scooter??

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  7 месяцев назад

      He will he has much to say!!

  • @dlschgo
    @dlschgo Год назад +1

    To your health!

  • @archiegoodwinjr
    @archiegoodwinjr Год назад

    Many episodes ago you mentioned one of the most modest forms of housing in Cap Ferrat, cabenons designed by Le Corbusier. By coincidence, Le Corbusier admired cars from Avions Voisin, founded by the two brothers who built planes in WW1 as well as the villa in this episode. Mentioning the villa now is timely. Because it is deemed historic (surely due to the importance of the Voisins and not the architecture) the villa's exterior could not be changed. Right now in Paris, preservationists are fighting to save the Pavillon des Sources from demolition by the Curie Institute (that wants to expand). It iis where Marie Curie conducted experiments.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      Thanks. The voisins were interesting weren’t they? I think the house is historic architecturally though. But I may be wrong

  • @petefitzgerald3129
    @petefitzgerald3129 Год назад +1

    Really enjoyed the video, however I have a question which is totally off subject... Where did you get that multi coloured jacket?

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад +1

      Me Boo bought me it from ASOS two years ago

    • @mikehipperson
      @mikehipperson Год назад

      @@MeandMonAmi I thought it was from a clown's outfitters?

  • @annedodd5888
    @annedodd5888 Год назад

    Good to see you back again & in fine fettle ( bar Mr Boo’s cough)
    Happy & healthy 2024. Who looked after Twiggy when you were down & out in Villefranche?
    Those villas and gardens - aside from the Russian / Ukrainian connections now are stunning pieces of architecture and landscape gardening, How could an owner not spend time there admiring it all. Too busy counting their filthy lucre!!

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      She looked after us. Yes the idea that such glory is only seen a month or two a year is sad

  • @antibash691
    @antibash691 Год назад

    Bonne année à vous deux et à Twiggy 🥰

  • @davidmarshall5596
    @davidmarshall5596 Год назад +1

    Mister Me and Mister Boo and Elton and Twiggy 🐶🐕 'Russian Banker' 😂😂bloody excellent Tim! 👌how the other half live eh??? And they say crime doesn't pay 🤔🤔mmmmmm...far be it from me to say that some of these properties are bought with 'dodgy money' 😉😉 love Twiggs blanket 🐕🐶 good to see ya survival of the Christmas lergy Tim & Mister Boo.😊stay safe and well and obviously stay charged ❤😅🎉

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      All honest and above board!; Happy New Year!

    • @davidmarshall5596
      @davidmarshall5596 Год назад

      @@MeandMonAmi I believe ya ! Happy New Year to you all too 😊

  • @Jamienomore
    @Jamienomore Год назад +1

    Happy New Year my Friends. I know 2024 will be a Great Year for you both. 🚙

  • @richardbas2948
    @richardbas2948 Год назад

    Tank goodness both of you are alright again, however be careful with that cough though! Maybe you should have a little more rest and warmth inside guy's....
    But these house prices are rediculous, don't you think? Living in Monte Carlo well... Do you want to go back to living in a flat? I won't! Those flats in Monte Carlo are smaller than a counsel flat and they pay a sh*tload of money for it! Be well soon, guy's and give a cuddle from me to Twiggy ❤️

  • @wendydreaney8763
    @wendydreaney8763 Год назад

    Any news on Santo Sospir?

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      Still closed to the public I thjnk

  • @phonepower66
    @phonepower66 Год назад +1

    Good to see you both back on the road . A little surprised your palatial palace was not on the tour ? Stay charged.

  • @nicholasroberts6954
    @nicholasroberts6954 Год назад

    Clearly, Cap Ferrat and Cap D'Antibes are the "Because-you're-worth-it" land to Elvis's Graceland.

  • @larshelmin
    @larshelmin Год назад +2

    The last house is a good opportunity for squatting, what is the real owner going to do about it 🤷‍♂

  • @uweinhamburg
    @uweinhamburg Год назад +1

    Nice to see how the other 0,000001% live. To be honest, i prefer your reviews of restaurants with a bill of 50-70 € 🤣🤣😉
    Anyway, nice to see you again and have a great 2024 and of course - stay charged!!

  • @Anthony-w7i5g
    @Anthony-w7i5g Год назад +5

    Unless they fly out they have to travel on the same roads and walk on the pavements as the rest of us.

  • @nicholasroberts6954
    @nicholasroberts6954 Год назад

    If "There's something going on that defys explanation" in the UK ... You can guarentee that the National Crime Agency will be giving it a stiff ignoring... Juste le meme chose en France? Aussi, le meme chose en Chypre. Que se passe ?

  • @peterc6888
    @peterc6888 Год назад

    We are all dying to see the “Villa Moi et Mon Ami”😂

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      You’d need a very powerful lens!

  • @nicholasroberts6954
    @nicholasroberts6954 Год назад

    Spoiler alert... YT mods took out my post speculating that the French State's need for extra dosh at this time could be related to high altitude events in the Bay of Biscay in November last.

  • @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px
    @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px Год назад +1

    ..so at least the blu-tack wont be so melty (tim the tight-wad buy some 3M tape) 😂

  • @halitosis75
    @halitosis75 10 месяцев назад

  • @akirantanen2944
    @akirantanen2944 Год назад +1

    Guys your were left hungry on this one...😮

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад +1

      I know! Still at least we saved money towards our purchase!;

    • @akirantanen2944
      @akirantanen2944 Год назад

      @@MeandMonAmi so you have made a decision...

  • @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px
    @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px Год назад +1

    Lads, I was mulling over how hot our glassroof tesla gets, & how flipping quickly! as it is january & neither of you are coughing up a lung anymore please do so!e research into buying a small bit of vehicle wrap to diy fit (use some decent isoprrop alcohol as a degreasant & starttakinf some measurements before & during the melting season, I am of the opinion that whilst it will be a sauna still, you may knock off 8-10c if you pick t he most light & heat reflective (maybe a pearlescent white) design, of cours e you could pay for it to be done professionally but tims northern relatives 'd be turning in their graves, + much less fun watching you engage a pro compared to the video of all that swearing as tim gets to grips with the project & mr boo keeps the coffee coming, ..i'd like to say it's merely similar to aplying an oversize protective screen cover for a tabet computer, but I leave all that to the wife! 😉
    NB: I did see a nice thin stripes muted deckchair rainbow of colours on a few wrap ordering sites which I think would suit Elton, more coastal than pride, & certainly muted in comparison to tims favourite plaid check lumberjack-ian style shirt.

  • @Cup_Cake_LVR
    @Cup_Cake_LVR Год назад

    ❤❤

  • @stevenfennell7020
    @stevenfennell7020 Год назад +1

    That was interesting. Those places look cheap compared the 1.5 billion dollars Donald Trump says his Florida villa is worth.

  • @pepperpepperpepper
    @pepperpepperpepper Год назад +6

    These prices are laughable compared to Mar-A-Lago, that's worth one billion dollars! Many people say...

  • @470danadidas
    @470danadidas Год назад

    Happy New Year to you both and Twiggy. Great video and start to 2024. Ironic isnt it? Well to me anyway, that Ukrainians own such sumptuous porperties and their countrys in ruins!

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад +1

      I think to be fair the super rich of any country play by very different rules to everyone else. In 1942 the casino in Monaco was still open (with war across Europe)

  • @stephen10.
    @stephen10. Год назад

    Monaco is not a good city for living, a small flat with the same standart than a normal flat in province costs 10 time more !

    • @AndrzejK86
      @AndrzejK86 Год назад +1

      But you don’t have to pay income tax. „Living” in Monaco is business.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      I wouldn’t fancy it

  • @booms7258
    @booms7258 Год назад

    Can you buy me one while you’re at it 😅

  • @Martin_Siegel
    @Martin_Siegel Год назад

    The next owners will be African warlords and the likes moving down from Lac Léman (Lake Geneva) 😇

  • @isthisnew
    @isthisnew Год назад +1

    can't russians just be rich and buy a villa? why do you think its always nefarious

    • @charlsalash
      @charlsalash Год назад +2

      It is difficult to become wealthy in Russia if you are not on Putin's side. Now, you might ask: what's wrong with Putin? But I will stop here.

    • @AndrzejK86
      @AndrzejK86 Год назад

      @@charlsalashI guess everything is wrong with him. He’s mass murderer and biggest thief on earth.

    • @natalieharbin
      @natalieharbin 10 месяцев назад

      It would be nice to look at American and British thieves’s villas.

  • @jimdepereira985
    @jimdepereira985 19 дней назад +1

    Israel Englander bought Villa Maryland.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  18 дней назад

      Thanks. Good info. He’s certainly spending heavily on it!