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San Francisco, California, 59-year-old California, 59 and Roland Salvato, after living 64, was ready for a change.
Salvato worked as a project manager for about 30 years, Moberg worked as a marketing adviser. After working on their own companies and the Roman group, they decided to start bed and breakfast in the villages.
“We have lived in San Francisco and have experienced everything that the beautiful city offers and wanted to change,” said Moberg CNBC does it. “We love travel and entertainment, so we thought this could be an interesting second career for us.”
The Chateau Foundation refers to the 12th century and other parts of the property were built in 14 and 15th centuries.
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The idea to start bed and breakfast did not come from the desire to make money. Instead, they were looking for a problem to attend Salvato and Moberg in the next chapter.
“We have clearly made good money, but it was not the target of our lives,” Salvato says. “Experience is more important than material wealth. Any investment is valuable to the interest of interest in our lives.”
The couple began searching for a new home, there will be no place for many guests, but also looking for a property for animals.
“I knew I always wanted to move to the country. I just didn’t know which country,” Salvato says.
They looked at Spain, Portugal and North Africa, but in France and the rich history called them. Also helped Salvato talked to French now.
Before the couple went in, Chateau had not been updated over 50 years.
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The country, looking for a perfect point, was in a way that ends in a city called Druelle Balsac. They found a Chateau who feels perfect here. The estate of 6,458 square feet was included in 736,000 euros (about $ 835,000) and three bedrooms and three-half bedrooms and a basic chater in four bedrooms, two bathroom guest houses.
The Chateau Foundation refers to the 12th century and other parts of the property were built in 14 and 15th centuries.
In 2017, Moberg and Salvato sold their apartments for $ 1.45 million in San Francisco, and used the cash to buy cash. They put the remaining money on repair and living expenses. Chateau had not updated or any updates in 50 years.
“We decided, first of all, we want to make great great for us, because we must live here, we must be comfortable,” Salvato said.
One night in Chateou starts at $ 187.
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The repairmen began in 2018 and still continues. To date, the two assessments they spend about $ 332,000 over the work – including the dining room, living room and kitchen.
But the property takes a little income for them. On the night, he could open the invitation to visitors for $ 238 and had three rooms in three rooms in Chatrau.
‘A very expensive French lesson’
Horse The fortress of the balzas, The couple offers long, yoga, cooking, booking arts, drawing and drawing and drawing and drawing comprehensive workshops for each person for painting and painting.
The couple renovated the cuisine in 2020.
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The seminars help to stay out of bed and breakfast, this is usually their busiest season. Last year, Chateau hosted 60 guests and had $ 22,000 in revenue for documents examined by CNBC. The estimated monthly expenses of the couple are utilities, insurance and $ 2212 for Wi-Fi. They paid about $ 2,000 in the property tax last year.
The work is still profitable, but the income helps them to get them.
“It does not sound a small amount of money, but it really really helps you cover the costs of Chateau we want to really do,” Moberg said.
The couple began repair work in 2018 and has already spent more than $ 300,000.
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Bed and breakfast use their deposits to pay for living expenses until you get a profit.
“I think this can say that it will be a very expensive French lesson,” Salvato says.
Although he enjoys being a guest in Chateau in Cheat, but the most proud of the property they could breathe a new life.
“We are simply prosocial for this inheritance of this inheritory in this history,” says Salvato.
The main chater in the main chater and three and a half bathrooms, four-rooms, there are two bathroom living rooms.
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Conversions to USD were made using conversion rates from 1 euros to $ 1,13 per euro on June 2, 2025. All amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar.
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