As we enter the final weeks of skiing for 2013-14, buyers of property in the French Alps are reminded to check the length of the winter sports season in any resort where they consider purchasing. Every year ski resorts will set an official opening and closing date for the forthcoming...
Posted on 19 March 2014
What not to buy in a ski resort? If the number of people I see leafing through property brochures in the ski resort of Meribel, where I have been living for the past year, is anything to go by, then owning a ski chalet or apartment is clearly high on...
Posted on 12 March 2014
A national campaign to encourage more people to give skiing or snowboarding a go has exceeded its targets just six months after its official launch, with over 10,000 people in the UK doing a one-off ski or snowboard session or six-hour course. Ahead of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games...
Posted on 11 March 2014
Thrill seekers have plenty of black ski runs to choose from in the French Alps, but now they can get their kicks dangling up to 250 metres above the slopes, thanks to the opening in February of the world’s highest zip wire in Val Thorens. Called ‘La Tyrolienne’, the 1,300-metre...
Posted on 04 March 2014
Celebrity sightings in the French Alps in February, including Paul McCartney and Leonardo DiCaprio, are a sign that the passion for skiing aroused by the Sochi Olympics has reached all levels of society, said estate agency Skiingproperty.com, adding that interest in purchasing a ski home is expected to rise this...
Posted on 03 March 2014
For David Windell, an accountant from West Sussex, owning and renting out his chalet in the Savoie region of the Alps enables him to pursue his two passions in Iife, skiing and paragliding, for five to six months of the year. David bought his six bedroom property in the village...
Posted on 26 February 2014
British buyers and existing owners of property in the Alps are enjoying not only great snow conditions right now, but also a favourable exchange rate. The interbank rate hit £1/€1.22 on February 14th, the second time it has broken the €1.22 barrier in three weeks, meaning the rate hasn’t so...
Posted on 14 February 2014
With the Winter Olympics in Sochi due to kick off this weekend, many winter sports enthusiasts and owners of property in the Alps have been inspired to head to the ski slopes. When travelling in France, it is often unknown what conditions or terrain you may face on your journey...
Posted on 05 February 2014
Owners of ski homes with aspirations to pack in the nine-to-five day job one day and move to the French Alps to teach skiing should ensure they have all the necessary qualifications before realising their dream. Cases of British and other foreign visitors to the Alps being apprehended by the...
Posted on 04 February 2014
Britain is pinning its hopes on its fastest girl on skis, Chemmy Alcott, to bring a medal home from the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month, but how many of us know she developed her passion for skiing in the French resort of Flaine in the Haute Savoie region? Chemmy...
Posted on 29 January 2014
