 Poster: A snowHead
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Tonight's £114m Euromillions jackpot has got me thinking. If you came in to that sort of money, where would you buy your chalet?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Right here in Ski Amadé given that I have already made my home here. But I wouldn't buy a chalet, just a nice penthouse apartment for one. Not that I have ever bought a lottery ticket.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@queenie pretty please, and you can't because you have got to be in the UK to buy one
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I wouldn't buy I'd rent/lease for a season at a time in different resorts.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@holidayloverxx, I have never bought an Austrian one either!
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@queenie pretty please, lol...I just bought one for tonight
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@holidayloverxx, "EuroMillions is a lottery played across nine European countries - the UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland."
The clue is in the name 
@queenie pretty please, got to be in it to win it...
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Not a chalet. A Secret Lair like this one in the mountains above Verbier that I found last week (see the small square window in the top of the faux boulder?). Although probably a bit larger, as this one only accomodates one person, two at a stretch, albeit equiped with a log burner and seat/bed all fully insulated. Apparently, you can stay there if you can find it ...
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| DB wrote: |
| I wouldn't buy I'd rent/lease for a season at a time in different resorts. |
Buy one in a few resorts 
I've a friend with a chalet in St Foy. He doesn't rent it out so keeps all his stuff there. He usually drives but if he does fly needs no luggage. He also spends time in the summer there - as he said to me recently 'it's not a holiday home, it's a second home', which I think is the big difference.
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Chalet(s). Though to be honest I'd probably do a do a deal with a few hotels to leave gear there and be able to get a room at short notice then storm chase. You wouldn't want too many big properties I think - too much hassle with hiring and managing staff to keep them functional - unless you did a nixmap and got them to work fo nowt.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| DB wrote: |
| I wouldn't buy I'd rent/lease for a season at a time in different resorts. |
That was something else i'd thought of. Along with just chasing the storms.
I guess if I were to buy somewhere, then a long season would probably be important. So maybe Val D/Tignes if it were France.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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We are Stammgäste in a Lech-ski in/out.
Same room every holiday, gear stays in the basement in summer.
Kisses and a hot cappuccino upon arrival. Breakfast buffet to dream of, eggs served with a smile.
No hassle & all the fun in one of the world’s top destinations, at a fraction of the cost of owning something in the outskirts of St.Foy, Amade or other less desirable places...
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@ousekjarr, Oh yes 
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You know it makes sense.
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£114m still doesn't buy you a visa to stay longer than 90 days in 180 ...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| £114m still doesn't buy you a visa to stay longer than 90 days in 180 ... |
I suspect it might 
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Poster: A snowHead
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@LaForet, Do you think that fake boulder could be made to roll downhill with sufficient push? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wouldn't buy either a dream chalet or a dream yacht. Rent/charter as the whim took me!!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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But as I never buy a ticket, not that likely!
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If it flies, floats or fcuks, cheaper to rent.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| £114m still doesn't buy you a visa to stay longer than 90 days in 180 ... |
Maybe not but you could buy a big rock like the one above to hide in.
When I see really rich people with many homes / cars I see it as a waste as someone else could be enjoying them. Of course I have a totally different opinion when it comes to skis.
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| Mr.Egg wrote: |
| If it flies, floats or fcuks, cheaper to rent. |
And you have a partner? How much does that cost you?
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| ousekjarr wrote: |
| Mr.Egg wrote: |
| If it flies, floats or fcuks, cheaper to rent. |
And you have a partner? How much does that cost you? |
my insanity 
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@LaForet, I cycled past that last week and wondered WTF it was about. I thought it might be some kind of bird watching hide
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@holidayloverxx, surely you can buy a citizenship of a Caribbean tax-haven that already has better agreements in place with Europe?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Think it appeared in one of the George Clarke Amazing Spaces TV programes.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| leggyblonde wrote: |
| @holidayloverxx, surely you can buy a citizenship of a Caribbean tax-haven that already has better agreements in place with Europe? |
Yeah, I'll do that later in the week
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@holidayloverxx, time management would be hectic at first!
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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as the advert says "nice problems to have"!!!
personally, I would buy a nice apartment as a base in the 3valleys, probably Meribel, then chase the snow around the globe as and when it falls, alternating between mountains/beach/golf course.
happy days!!!!!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| £114m still doesn't buy you a visa to stay longer than 90 days in 180 ... |
But it will give you enough to "invest" in Malta to qualify for one of their passports.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@DaddyLouLou, I'll do that then
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Who I ski with is probably more important than anything else, maybe a not for profit Snowheads clubhouse?
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| tangowaggon wrote: |
| Who I ski with is probably more important than anything else, maybe a not for profit Snowheads clubhouse? |
Well played
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Follow the snow and sun.
Dec = Val d'Isere
Jan = St Moritz
Feb = Hakuba Cortina
Mar = Aspen
Apr = Verbier
May = Zermatt
June = Ibiza
July = Coronet Peak
August = Catedral Patagonia
Sep = Valle Nevado
Oct = Las Vegas
Nov = Monaco
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I'd definitely buy a mountain home, somewhere in Switzerland I imagine. I'd start with renting for a year in Zermatt and see where that took me.
As someone said, it's a second home,one that may well become the first home!
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FAQ
and this gives a bit of backgound and some more pictures 
