The development:
Le hameau des Rennes is a unique development grouping chalets at an altitude of 2000 metres, in an exceptional location benefiting from a luxurious mountain atmosphere, at the foot of the slopes and ski lifts. The chalets are a faithful reproduction of the noble and authentic Queyrassin style with larch roofs and traditional balconies, robust yet refined. Each apartment has been designed to ensure maximum comfort, meeting all your needs, with their spacious living areas, refined decor and top of the range materials, as well as coming with balconies and parking. A range of services are also available such as an indoor pool, a sauna, a fitness room and room service.

The location:
The residence is in La Foret Blanche, at the heart of the Vars region, a distinctive mountain setting, replete with tradition and history, and importantly, 300 sunny days a year. Vars is in fact made up of four villages (Saint-Marcellin, Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Catherine and Les Claux) each with their own distinctive history and atmosphere, but all offering a sumptuous ski experience. A range of shops, boutiques, restaurants and bars are available to suit everyone’s tastes. The Vars area combined with neighbouring Risoul encompasses La Foret Blanche, a giant ski area offering 185 km of skiable domain, with 108 pistes and 50 ski lifts. There are plenty of runs for beginners with gentle slopes, ample intermediate ones and also more challenging runs (11 black runs) and a good amount of off-piste.

Activities:
In winter hit the slopes for alpine skiing, snowboarding, snow shoeing, sledging, dog sledding , the snow park and snow mobiles. In summer try horse riding, trekking, mountain biking, tennis, archery, volley ball, paragliding and rock climbing.

Local food and gastronomy:
The gratin dauphinois (thinly sliced potatoes cooked with cream and garlic) is a popular dish of the area, as are tourtons (a fried doughnut with potato and leeks), raviolis, the petit Bayard (blue cheese), and Oreilles d’anes- a sort of lasagne with a cep and spinach stuffing. To drink it has to be the Genepi, a liqueur flavoured with an aromatic mountain herb.

The Management Company:
The management company strategy, based on the leasing of tourism and business residences ideally located by the sea, close to touristic sites or in city centres, has been managed successfully since 2001.

Financing:
We have our own French mortgage brokerage service in order to find the most suitable mortgage for each client. Whether you want an interest-only mortgage, a traditional repayment mortgage or hybrid mortgage, we can get the right mortgage for you.

The Investment Scheme:
Your property will be managed by a business management specialist.
Rents are guaranteed by 9 year commercial lease (renewable).
The buyer will get 19.6% VAT cash back
Guarantee of rental income

Options available:

- pure investment
- leisure: 4 weeks occupancy with 1  in high season summer, 1 in high season winter, 1 in low season and 1 in mid season.
- holiday: 7 weeks occupancy with 2 weeks at the owner's choice, 1 in summer 1 in winter, and 5 weeks at the management company's suggestion.

Access:
Vars is 15 minutes from Guillestre, 45 minutes from Briancon, an hour from Gap, 2 hours 45 minutes from Grenoble.

By car: From Gap, direction Briancon, Romette, Chorges, Crots then N94 towards Guillestre, then D902 to Vars.
By train: The nearest train station is Montdauphin Guillestre (18 km away), there are also direct trains linking Paris and Briancon, and the TGV from Paris to Grenoble. There are daily trains between Marseille and Briancon too.
By plane: Cunéo-Levaldigi Airport is 1 hour 30 minutes away (flights to London), Turin Airport is 2 hours away (flights to London, Dublin and other European destinations), Grenoble Airport is 3 hours away (flights to London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin and other European destinations).