Château DIY
Season 6
Many Brits have moved to France to buy crumbling French chateaus to renovate into stunning homes. This series follows their progress and sees them try to use their homes as a business for events, etc.
Where to Watch Season 6
30 Episodes
- Episode 4
E4Episode 4Kent couple Lydia and Gary embark on the adventure of a lifetime trying to find a chateau that could also be run as a donkey sanctuary. Ben and Billie start a complicated project creating a new honeymoon suite complete with a luxury bathroom. However, coping with the wonky walls soon gives Ben a headache. - Episode 5
E5Episode 5Ben and Billie have a tricky task on their hands as they push to install the jacuzzi bath in the honeymoon suite's bathroom. Ben and Vanessa breath new life into their very own ballroom with gold leaf and a hand-painted ceiling fresco, complete with paintings of their children. Meanwhile, at Chateau La Perriere, Karen has lots to learn as she takes over the reins from the caretakers. - Episode 12
E12Episode 12Angela and Steve continue to renovate their Monet suite, but the decision to install a bathroom in the bedroom leads to further problems. Amy and Marc start to reinstate a medieval well in the garden at Château Les Rosieres, and Alison and Zion visit a derelict place that has lain abandoned for years. - Episode 14
E14Episode 14At Chateau de Lalande, Stephanie and Gerry go bold with a colourful project in the tower staircase that Stephanie wants to turn in to a pigeonniere - a place to keep pigeons. In cognac country, Sarah and George are under pressure renovating a bedroom in time for a wedding in just a week's time. Cameras also return to Chateau de la Ruche, where Tim and Rebecca's gite conversion has moved on to the next stage. - Episode 15
E15Episode 15Tim and Krys embark on a massive, exciting new venture as they leave their old chateau and start work on an abandoned and forgotten building that had been taken over by squatters. Tim and Sasha try to create a winding `path of discovery' through their massive bamboo forest to reveal a hidden view. - Episode 17
E17Episode 17Matt and Helen hope to attract wedding parties by converting their orangery into a reception venue, putting pressure on Matt's DIY skills. Sarah and George begin to convert their cellars into a tasting venue and even find time to learn some cocktail making tips at a local distillery, while Ben and Billie's ballroom restoration gets under way. - Episode 24
E24Episode 24Angela and Steve's wine store conversion gets even more challenging, as planning permission means they must create a stone arch for the three-metre-high new doorway that matches the other doors at the chateau. Abbie, Clive and Karen get inventive with the bar area in their function rooms and their top-of-the-range LED dance floor arrives, while Edward faces his fears as he attempts to fell a 100ft oak tree that is threatening to damage the building. - Episode 25
E25Episode 25As Angela and Steve come to the end of their wine store conversion, they get inventive to safely install the heavy three-metre-high double doors and have some creative ideas for the interior. Arguments bubble as the finish line comes into sight for Abbie, Clive and Karen's function rooms. Near Bordeaux, Edward tries to help Anna learn new DIY skills as they try to make glossy entrance signs for their chateau. - Episode 26
E26Episode 26Debbie and Nigel think creatively when it comes to fixing a wonky fireplace. In the far south, Sasha creates a xeriscape garden with her daughter, Lily, while Tim embarks on a challenging and unusual project to build a vast tunnel to provide shade for flowers entirely out of bamboo. - Episode 29
E29Episode 29Questions are raised in the south of France when mortar refuses to set during Janet and Philip's ambitious turret project. At Chateau Lagorce, Anna and Edward hope to make the dream of their six-year-old son Charles a reality when they try to build a tree house on a grand scale. Plus, Ben and Billie's ballroom restoration project reaches the decoration stage - meaning Billie must face to her fear of heights to paint the ceiling. - Episode 30
E30Episode 30It's a huge day at Chateau de la Fare when Janet and Philip's new turret is finally ready to have its spire installed. The pressure builds in the run-up to the reveal event where they've invited the local mayor. Having struggled with months of delays caused by the winter floods, Julia's new pool is nearing completion and she's determined to bring her artistic talents to the project.
