scoobie

hi, we are considering buying a studio in the Allemont area to rent out and use for ourselves both during the summer and ski seasons. we are planning to visit said property soon, if its not sold before hand.   we recently ski'd in val d'isere and wondered if anyone could share their thoughts on Allemont, particlularly rental possibilities, skiing are there many brits in the area, in fact anything about thearea would be welcome.   i look forward to your replies 

thanks for your messages so far, one or two things i didnt mention - i am a teacher so get all the school holidays (while this is good it also means i can only go away in the more expensive school holiday) the florida property is being spearheaded by an english company - and while we would only pay our cleaning, electricity bills etc for the percentage share that we own, we didnt know about the tax etc. this is apparently a sure thing - we are guaranteed our profit at the end (should this be a warning to us - i dont know) with regard to our dog - shes quite used to staying in our local kennels which just happen to be owned by a friend  and with the girls around at the moment she could stay at home if all else fails.  we just feel so despondant about  our country and the way it is run etc but need to make sure that we arent doing this just to swap one set of problems with another 

hello all forumites.  ive been going to france on and off for about 25 years, my parents owned prperty in the perpignan and Argeles Sur Mer area but came back to UK 5 years ago.  we have two girls, one at uni and the other going in 18 months time.  we've just spent christmas in Val D'Isere skiing and loved the area etc. on coming back to UK ive been informed of a studio with small garden for sale (not in Val D'isere)  and am very tempted, we would be able to use/rent it out during the summer as well as using it for skiing in winter.  It is part of the bigger plan because when the younger girls goes to uni we would love to have a few of these rentals, move out there and run them from there.  my hubbie gets an army pension that would feed us sufficiently each month so would need to earn enough for day to day living costs etc.   the problem is that we will have to remortgage the house to do so - also neither of us speak french but german!! (we cant find anything for sale in Bavaria) On the other hand we've been invited to buy a part share in a condo in Florida, 8 minutes from the beach which we can use for one month of the year.  it is a new build and will be sold after 10 years with each of us taking our profit.  we can afford to do this because we have the downpayment and then have to pay a certain amount each month.  we would not have to remortgage the house and dont have to learn another language. the problem is we all love skiing, france is closer, we can take the dog - need i continue??  i think i know what i want to do but the reality of it is frightening. can you persuade me?