When the owners of La Creuzette were flipping through the pages of a French luxury property magazine – independently from each other – neither of them anticipated the discovery that would ensue. Hardy – an ex-banker turned chef, tapestry expert and excursion leader extraordinaire – was catching a train from Paris to Auvergne, to join partner, Louis – a painter, storyteller and avid planter of peonies and bearded irises – when they simultaneously skimmed through the same magazine and stopped on the very page of le petit château. Upon reunion, with sheer excitement and joie de vivre, Hardy and Louis revealed their dream property to each other, that not only set their hearts racing, but reaffirmed their similarities in refined taste, too.
