Although we had a great trip overall, and the location of this apartment is great, our review is tempered by the fact that we discovered a day or two into our stay that there were no smoke alarms (which I believe are a legal requirement).
We contacted the owner via homeaway, but received no direct response. We texted the point of contact who met us on the first day, and she visited, and confirmed the lack of alarms. When I followed up mid-afternoon on the next day to find out what was going to happen next (having heard nothing in the meantime), I was told there was nothing they could do on New Year's Day as it is a public holiday in France.
At this point, I went to the supermarket (literally across the street) and bought a smoke alarm myself.
I then heard nothing more from the owner or the point of contact, but a couple of days later, a contractor arrived with a single smoke alarm (the same model I'd bought across the street) and attached it to the ceiling above the sofa in the main room. The next morning it fell off, having been attached only with double-sided tape!
As I said, we did enjoy our trip, and the location of the apartment is superb. Other points to note:
1. there is a balcony, but we couldn't get out there. We asked for a key, but never heard back
2. there is no ski / kit storage space by the front door so we found ourselves carrying kit through the living room to store it downstairs (including, amusingly, only four coat hooks for an apartment set up for 8 guests)