Hi,
Can anyone offer any advice regarding the possibility of leasing a chalet, to run on a catered basis for ski and summer months? Both my fiancée and I have worked several seasons in the northern alps, and though we cannot afford to buy we have enough money to potentially lease.
Any advice or suggestions would be hugely appreciated.
Dave.
Leasing a chalet, year round.
Hi there,
I don't have much to offer except to say that it can be done, there are quite a few chalets I've known of that are run in this way, and though I am not sure that you'd make loads of profit, you could certainly get yourself up and running as a business.
I'd probably approach a few agents in the areas that you're considering and see what they have to suggest. Also sometimes people are happy to lease their (normally self-catered) chalet for a full year or a season, and we get approached fairly regularly with these requests, so they must get some success - probably worth trying (NB not us!)
I suppose the main thing is establishing yourselves as a business when you may not have that much time to get going. Far from impossible though. Good luck!
I don't have much to offer except to say that it can be done, there are quite a few chalets I've known of that are run in this way, and though I am not sure that you'd make loads of profit, you could certainly get yourself up and running as a business.
I'd probably approach a few agents in the areas that you're considering and see what they have to suggest. Also sometimes people are happy to lease their (normally self-catered) chalet for a full year or a season, and we get approached fairly regularly with these requests, so they must get some success - probably worth trying (NB not us!)
I suppose the main thing is establishing yourselves as a business when you may not have that much time to get going. Far from impossible though. Good luck!
Chalet la Foret, Chamonix