Tessa Rowland

Thanks for taking so much time to help us on this and I understand your point - All we were really going to try to do is rent somewhere, bring a nanny/au pair with us and pick up some seasonal work.  We are not really seeking to gain enormous profit from it, just have a bit of time and fun from our busy lives at home.  We are hoping to perhaps drive out over Easter next year to sus it out and it would be great to meet you for a beer - Perhaps we can pick your brains further then!  I'll let you know if we are definitely coming.  Tess

Thanks Mikep, That's really helpful.  I shall look at your friend's website and try to contact her.  I know what you mean about the children.  This is why we want to research it in good time.  Funnily enough My husband Roly (Paul) and I were talking about coming out during this season to find out as much as we can.  We have skied in PDS a few times as well as many other places and just think it has a really nice family feel to it.  We would definitely do some sort of work but are unsure as to how much - we want to have some fun too!  Roly who's having a slight mid life crisis at 40 would be taking a sabbatical from work here and I wouldn't mind taking a sabbatical from looking after the kids full time!  I'm only 34 and feel like I have been doing it forever! We both love skiing and have done it from an early age - it's too expensive to take our lot for a week at a time so how brilliant it would be to get them skiing like little demons in one go - they might learn a bit of French whilst they're at it!  I'm waffling now but I have to say we are really quite serious.  It might even become either a regular or permanent thing!  Any advise on perhaps buying property and prices?  One of the villages near Morzine would be great but not sure even if those are out of our reach. Tess

Just come across this site which is fantastic!  We are a family of 6 wanting to, rather madly, do a ski season probably in Morzine.  My husband and I are both seasoned skiers and now want to take our girls and little boy to do the same thing.  We have been to France on holiday many times but have no idea really about living there on a short term basis.  We would take the children out of school for the spring term and enrol them into a local primary school and would really like some advice on what to expect.  The children will be 9, 8, 7 and 5 by then as we are looking to go for the 2010/2011 season.  Has anyone done this before? Any tips would be grately appreciated!  Tess