Live in the big city? For him, it’s over! Last December, Stéphane Bern had decided to leave the capital definitively in the company of his darling, Yori Bailleres, disgusted by the evolution of this city and by the aggressiveness and ambient violence.. Instead of the large historic buildings, from the Eiffel Tower to the Sacré-Coeur, the host therefore moved to a very atypical, quiet place, by acquiring a former military college, located in Thiron-Gardais in the Perche. If they live together in this immense domain, it will unfortunately not be necessary to get too used to these many walls.
By buying the college of Thiron-Gardais, Stéphane Bern has effectively undertaken to restore the premises and to create a museum in the old classrooms which punctuate its corridors. He spent €300,000 to become its owner in 2013, then €4 million, in all, for the restoration. “Ruin“by this transaction, he had to mortgage his Parisian apartment, located in the Pigalle district, sell his furniture and borrow money from the bank over 25 years. This explains why all this is not recorded in the will of animator.
This property and its domain will never fall into private hands after my death.
“The house is not a castle but a college. That’s what I like. We are in education and transmission and not in power and glory, explains Stéphane Bern to the newspaper The Parisian, on the occasion of the release of his book The Rediscovered Life of a Royal College. It is essential to share the heritage with the public. This property and its domain will never fall into private hands after my death.. I have created a foundation that will open the entire estate after my visit.” If ever the mower were to separate them, Yori Bailleres should therefore pack his bags and find a new home. This is how, in any case, they would respect the last wishes of his dear and tender, as well as the agreement he had made by obtaining this former military college.