Couple Buys and Renovates Crumbling 15th-Century French Chateau, Here’s How It Looks Now

Couple Buys and Renovates Crumbling 15th-Century French Chateau, Here’s How It Looks Now
Courtesy of Château de Bourneau and The Intrepid Chatelaine
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Sharing a mutual dream of one day restoring a historic property to its former glory, a hospital doctor and an engineer uprooted from their life in Scotland to start a brand-new adventure in France. They single-handedly took on the restoration of a dilapidated 15th-century château. Three years on, the building is by no means finished but is radically transformed.

Erin Choa and Jean-Baptiste “JB” Gois, both 34, met at a university in Edinburgh and gradually their friendship blossomed into a relationship. JB, who is originally from Burgundy in France, fell in love with the city of Edinburgh and spent nine years, instead of one, perfecting his English while Erin developed her career.