Sublime skiing

If you have five minutes whilst you're waiting for a call or drinking a coffee, fill it with nearly six minutes worth (i know that doesn't work) of skiing royalty - this new video from Candide. Its incredible, beautifully shot footage of the genius-with-the-broken-back. Sublime.

Property in Les Praz, Chamonix

I like les Praz - as a location to own a ski home in the Chamonix Valley it ticks a lot of my boxes:

1. A community - its got its own ski hire shops, bars, a couple of hotels and two good restaurants.


2. One of the few areas in Chamonix that you can walk to a major lift - Le Flegere.


3. If you fancy the bright lights of Chamonix centre for a flutter on 35 black at the casino or a night out its an enjoyable walk in the summer past the tennis club and a head down and march twenty minutes in the winter.


4. Some really pretty 'Hausmann' style properties (some rotten ones as well, but hey, that was the seventies)


5. The Golf course. we're dealing with a couple of large Chalets for sale on or near the golf course in Les Praz and its a wonderful location to live, open spaces and a ski across to the lifts in the winter, and walk your clubs around to the 1st in the summer - its a tight, relatively testing course and always in remarkable condition mid summer season.

If you're looking for a location in Chamonix thats quiet, yet convenient, look at Les Praz. We have a number of smaller apartments and Chalets there which we don't advertise on the website - contact us for details.

Credit Crunch? What Credit Crunch!

Its an interesting time to be in property sales, there are big liquidity problems, nervousness in the job markets, massive changes in attitude to debt, yet people are still buying their place in the snow. Why? well I believe 90% of our sales are lifestyle sales, the buyers don't NEED to buy their apartment or Chalet, but they WANT to. Normally this is because they love their skiing so much they'd like to do more, and by buying a place in their favourite resort they know they'll make the effort to ski more, discover those hidden powder stashes and revel in their residents lift pass discount. Its also generally a long term buy, something to be enjoyed with a growing family and passed on as they grow, as well as a great excuse to holiday with friends now and in the future.