Luxurious six-bedroom chalet. 800m to ski lifts

The Mountain House is a large, beautifully appointed chalet with wonderful views of the Mont Blanc massif. It has six bedrooms and beds for 14 people plus a sofa bed.
You can walk the 800m to the ski lifts, drive, or take the free shuttle bus that stops 100m away.

It's a two minute walk to a lovely restaurant, and a quiet10-15 minute walk to the middle of Les Contamines-Montjoie village with its shops, restaurants, bars, mini-supermarkets.

The Mountain House is very well equipped for hosting large groups in luxurious comfort. The kitchen has two Bosch ovens, a large fridge-freezer, a dishwasher and everything you'll want for cooking and eating in style. There' s a 24-boot air-blown boot drier; fast wi-fi; two large wall-mounted TVs; a large capacity washing machine; a drier; three cots and two high chairs.

Les Contamines-Montjoie is a charming village with fantastic skiing. It has 120km of pistes and great off-piste. Its snow record is the best in Chamonix valley.

The chalet is set in a quiet sunny location and is flooded with light from floor-to-ceiling south-facing windows.

For the spring and summer, the Mountain House has a large sunny garden, a south-facing terrace with a 10-seater table, a Weber gas BBQ, a second large outdoor table in the garden, and several sun loungers. There are endless options nearby for walking, cycling, swimming, mountaineering, climbing etc, or relaxing, reading, eating and drinking.

The Mountain House is furnished it to a very high standard to provide a luxurious setting for a perfect alpine holiday. The large main room, with its double-height ceiling and giant deer antler* chandelier, has windows on three sides giving wonderful views, and a huge and very solid oak table (3m x 1m) that comfortably seats 12 people - many more at a push! The other half of this room is a lovely cosy area with a corner sofa and two armchairs, all arranged around the large curved-glass wood-burning stove.
There's a 49" wall-mounted 4K TV in the main room, and a Bluetooth enabled Onkyo amp connected to floor-standing KEF speakers;

The Mountain House has a separate TV room/ snug with another 49" wall-mounted 4K TV, a super-comfortable corner sofa, a giant beanbag & an armchair. This works particularly well as a place for the kids to retreat to after dinner, allowing the adults a quieter time around the large oak table or the wood burning stove in the main room.

The beds and mattresses are all super-comfortable, and the duvets and pillows are 100% goose down and feather. All bed linen is crisp percale cotton. Three of the bedrooms have either super king or king size beds; one room has bunk beds plus two additional singles; one has bunk beds plus one additional single; and the 6th bedroom has just one single bed. This 6th bedroom is a small room but it has a large window, plenty of shelves, a bedside table and lamp and a comfortable new bed and mattress. All the bedrooms have Cambridge Audio Bluetooth speakers.

There's a new kitchen with solid FSC oak worktops and Bosch appliances throughout including two full size ovens, a large gas hob, a dishwasher, and a large fridge-freezer. The kitchen is lovely and bright with floor-to-ceiling windows on one side and wide open views of the mountains. We keep the kitchen well-stocked with herbs and spices, cookings oils, coffee and tea etc so it's a great place for preparing and serving large meals in style. .

There is a large double garage that can comfortably take a car and still leave plenty of room for skiing and boarding equipment, and there's parking for two more cars outside. The Mountain House has a large capacity washing machine and a large capacity clothes drier, and a hot air-blown 24-boot boot drier.

Children are very welcome. The Mountain House has three cots and three high chairs.

This listing is for the main chalet which comprises two-thirds of a very large (320m2) building that also includes a self-contained two-bedroom apartment and a self-contained one-bedroom apartment. The building was designed by an architect as a family home and has always included these self-contained apartments. As such the spaces flow very nicely and when in the main chalet you are unaware of the apartments, which are separated by thick concrete walls. This listing also includes exclusive use of the chalet's garden and garage.

You enter the chalet on the middle floor, which includes a large main room with a double-height ceiling. Two of the six bedrooms (one with a super king bed and one with bunks plus two singles) are upstairs, and four are downstairs from this middle floor. This separation of sleeping spaces works really well for two families, offering each their separate space and privacy. In addition to the 6 bedrooms which provide beds for 14 people, there is a sofa-bed that folds out in to a double bed in the living room.

There is a large shower room and WC upstairs, and two bathrooms (one en-suite) plus a separate WC downstairs. On the middle floor (the living area) there is also a separate WC.

Les Contamines-Montjoie is a charming unspoiled Haute Savoie village and a fantastic place for skiing and boarding. There's 120km of pistes catering for all abilities, and lots of accessible and fun off-piste between the pistes. Its snow record is the best in the Chamonix valley and the ski domain has stunning views of the Mont Blanc massive including of the summit of Mont Blanc itself. Yet compared to better known ski resorts, is it never crowded.