Messages posted by : Iceman
The rules are be nice and friendly. Strange question..... |
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Hello peeps, it's been a while! Iceman has been busy elsewhere, but now back where I belong :)
I have an odd question....for a friend....for 4.... I have "a friend" that is considering throwing in life in the UK and moving to Europe with his wife and 2 friends. The idea is to buy a B&B/small hotel in a resort that is good for skiing and also summer hols too. They would rather keep away from just buying a chalet and renting out to guests and using as a second home, more of a full move to Europe (yes, they are aware of new Brexit requirements - but lets put all of that to one side at the minute). Few questions to anyone who may be able to provide some info: 1. Where on earth do we find businesses for sale. Our friend Google has found some websites, but there's not much out there. 2. One of the interested parties seems to think that they could rent a property off a owner and then sublet during the winter months to paying guests. Basically, rather than buying a property yourself, rent from someone instead. Does this kind of thing exist? This is still in the early stages at the minute, wont be looking to buy anything for 18 months - 2 years, however the planning may take that long in itself. Any thoughts - please dont mention the brexit implications etc at the minute. They want to focus on looking at what is out there and whether it is within budget :) Icy |
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Thanks staff. Have to be fast to get past Icy :)
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Advertising your own place on a thread about something not even linked to the resort. Sure that is against rules or the spirit of them.... [It is! Post removed, thanks for your understanding! The staff...] |
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One of those reviews are likely to be mine! We went to Sauze in March '19 and unfortunately it was not a pleasant experience. In Jan '19 a terrible accident happened when a young italian girl fell off the side of a run and died (the news story is on this site). That made the resort very twitchy.
The blue and red runs back from sestriere were closed all season, this meant that if you are not competent on steep icy blacks, you couldn't ski the full area. However there's no refund/part refund on your lift pass Whenever there was the slightest breath of wind, all the lifts would close meaning that if you were staying in Sauze you could only ski in the main area. One day there was only 1 lift open - the previous evening it had snowed a lot. It seemed the whole of Italy was on the one run! The lifts are pretty old fashioned and slow. No moving caprpets, stand there and lose the back of your thighs. No lids to cover from the elements. Under normal circumstances I could live with this, but with the other issues it made things worse! To make things worse, the ski bus service is 2 euros per trip (not per day!). I don;t know any ski resorts that charge for a ski bus. My wife learnt to ski in Sauze about 6 years ago and we loved it. They now need to invest some money to make it competitive with the rest of Europe. We won't return until things improve - it may not be what you wanted to hear. Drop me a message if you want to know more! |
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We have just returned from an average week in Sauze in Italy. When I have a bit more energy I will do a full trip report - all in all it was very icy, windy causing many closed lifts!
While we were away our thoughts went to where to go 2020. We have all done many places in Europe and were wondering what it would be like to go across the Atlantic. Whilst it is likely to be more expensive than europe, we don't really have a feel for what a 'reasonable price' is. £1kpp, £1.5k pp, no idea? Tour operator or DIY, drive to resort from hotel or ski in/out. I know this is pretty broad, but are there any useful pointers? Icy |
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Where are you staying? |
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Looks like snow is on the horizon. I'm now getting giddy :) |
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