The first night

It had been a long wait for our first real home in the Alps. We signed on the dotted line on 7 November 2003 and the story began....

Empty and unloved for the past few years we had a mammoth task ahead, cleaning and painting to get chalet damo ready for guests when the season opened. At that stage the chalet was still in  two separate parts and had just one bathroom on the first floor and on the ground floor. First  job was to put a bathroom on the top floor and update the kitchen.

Our first guests arrived on 2nd December 2003...Avoriaz was open and we had a metre of snow in the garden. Baxter our first German Shepherd loved it....

2004 we updated the chalet to change the configuration to include the ensuite bedrooms and open plan dining room and lounge as it is today...