Her disappearance had plunged an entire country into mourning. On July 16, 2023, Jane Birkin died at the age of 76. The artist has died of a stroke while she was at her Parisian home. Outside of France, she regularly recharged her batteries in Lannilis, a commune in Finistère (Brittany), where she owned a home.
In the early 1990s, Jane Birkin acquired a second home in neo-Norman style. Named “Kachalou” (for the first names of his daughters, Kate, Charlotte and Lou), the 460 m2 building has no fewer than 14 rooms including 9 bedrooms and a heated swimming pool. It was put up for sale at the price of 1,890,000 euros after his death.
Writer Aurélie Valognes bought Jane Birkin’s house
A year after Jane Birkin’s death, her Lannilis estate was sold. According to The Telegramthe buyer is the successful writer Aurelie Valogneswho until then lived in Dinard (Ile-et-Vilaine). She is particularly known for her work Granny in the nettles.
If the purchase price of “Kachalou” has not been communicated, The Figaro specifies that three buyers have come forward. Aurélie Valognes, however, was the most responsive. She was apparently won over by the building because of “his calm and quietnessThe 41-year-old now wants to make the place a “house of women writers”.
Lou Doillon shared photos of the move to Brittany
A few weeks before the sale was announced, Jane Birkin’s daughters emptied the Breton house. Indeed, on July 15, Lou Doillon shared photos of the actress’s moving.To say goodbye. Goodbye to all the roofs, to all the places, is to say goodbye to all the us, to many of me.” she said on Instagram.
A move full of emotion for Jacques Doillon’s daughter, since her mother lived 30 years of happiness in Brittany. She therefore had to say goodbye to the property, its 6,000 square meter garden and its private access to the beach. A page that is turning as a new chapter opens for Aurélie Valognes.
