Whats your motivation?

Why come to live in another country? change everything that you know, have a limited or no understanding of the language, have a total feeling of vulnerability. Is it just for the fantastic view, the opportunity of giving your children the gift of being bilingual, the outdoor life or the attraction of living in the French Alps?

I don't know what my original motivation was to move here, I know we talked about it for a long time, but the actual move away from everything I knew was hard, but what a revelation, meeting people with the same aspirations of the mountain life, being welcomed by the community, the school and the neighbours. Here really does feel like home.

The motivation to start chaletdoctors came from the problems we experienced when buying our property here in the Haute Savoie, Using local agents is great to get a look at the local properties but that is it. No answers to the hundred and one questions that you have, No help with the all the extras such as insurance, phone lines, builders, furnishing, managment, letting and just about anything else you can think of.

Being on the ground so to speak, also having gone through the process ourselves gives you a great insight. Hopefully that will help you avoid some of the pitfalls.