Villa Cheminée: France's Silliest Holiday Home

Recently, I discovered what might just be France's silliest holiday home: a small two-story house built on the top of an industrial chimney. So obviously I booked a night there immediately.

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[MyRegardsToTheDodo]

For some it's a house on a chimney. For others it's the house with the biggest wine cellar possible.

[marlenekarpp]

"if one of you likes being surrounded by nature and the other likes industrial power plants" - my bf and I looked at each other and starting cackling, we felt so called out ! He grew up in the countryside and is fascinated by industrial buildings, whereas I grew up in an industrial region and love nature :D

[francisboyle]

I think they should fit one of those seat lifts to the stairs. Not only would it make the house accessible but Tim could do a video about the worlds longest indoor monorail.

[glennejones]

I have seen this! What you didn't mention is that this is just one of many quirky artworks in Nantes and the estuary area, all listed on the voyageanantes website. There's a giant sea-serpent skeleton just offshore at Saint-Brevet-les-Pins, a sailboat flowing over a dam at Le Pellerin, even a house IN the river at Couëron - and many more! A great day-trip from Nantes, or, if you're lucky, from the Villa Cheminée.

[herrmeistermann]

I liked the fact that the pillows are red-white striped like the chimneys.

[IntyMichael]

If you not have mentioned that this supposed to be a chimney, I would rather have guessed that this is a house on a lighthouse. 🙂

[dampf]

This must have inspired some people here in switzerland. They decided the best place to build a house was located on top of a old grain silo.
And in contrast to the Villa Cheminée it has excellent public transportation access, being located right next to the small railway station of the village

[Luubelaar]

My late husband would have loved this, simply because it's bonkers.
If I ever get to France, I shall have to go here, even if I don't stay there. This is indeed very silly, and I'm here for it.

[davyman]

This is awesome but to be honest, considering this is France I would be incredibly surprised if it WAS the silliest house in France

[Is_this_username_unique]

A. "I just stole a part of that big chimney over there."

B. "You'll never get away with it."

A. "Don't worry. I hid it in my cellar."

[Tojazzer]

Entertaining and informative yet again. A 'reverse Santa'! I'm going to be laughing at that all day.

[philsharp]

This should gets stacks of likes. It must have felt like a very short visit as time just flue by.

[MrGreatplum]

There’s a challenge now for you Tim… stay in the silliest house in each country! 😜

[Daffsnewell]

Reminds me a little bit of the House in the Clouds in Thorpeness, Suffolk.

[Naeddyr]

Where did the chimney come from? Was it left-over casted sections from the power plant? Was it a bespoke chimney?? Did they genuinely make a huge, empty concrete cylinder just so they could plop a house down on it and rent it out for a surprisingly reasonable amount of money?

[kastandlee]

Lovely! My wife and I would love to stay there. I would like to watch the seashore, and she likes the industrial stuff. (I bet you didn't see that coming!)

[LucasLechat]

So nice to see you around. Not far from here, in Nantes, there's another original little dwelling available for rent. In Nantes, Micr'home is a kind of modern shack, wedged between two buildings.

[stevehageman]

... "So obviously!" Ha, ha, ha, Thanks for sharing this.

[benjaminb]

I was in Cordemais yesterday for a hike (I live in nantes) and I never heard of that house 😊

[ericmosher]

this has been the best three minutes of my Sunday.