Moulin du Couesnon - The Renovation
About Us
Paul & Donna have backgrounds in the fields of Construction and Property & Facility Management respectively. They met and married in the UK in 2003, then bought a 400-year-old cottage to refurbish in central Scotland. And over six years they extended it from two bedrooms and one bathroom to six bedrooms, three reception rooms and four bathrooms and this is when they both realised their love for renovating old buildings.
They moved to Dubai in 2008, where for over 10 years Paul was Chief Commercial Officer working on many projects with major development companies and Donna was a Property & Facility Management Consultant working on projects throughout the Middle East.
The French connection
The scale of this renovation on the Mill is huge but thankfully Donna & Paul have a track record of renovation projects and prior to this project co pleted an ambitious renovation of a Chateau in the Deux Sevres region of France.
When Donna and Paul viewed Château de Saugé in March 2018 they immediately fell under its spell and spent the following 5 years refurbishing this beautiful building and its private grounds. They created a luxury B&B, a Holiday Home, a Business & Events Centre and a Vintage Tearoom.
