Enjoying some of the best snow conditions in recent years, it’s not surprising winter resorts in the French Alps are seeing a surge in interest from skiers looking to invest in a home by the slopes.

After visiting the same resort for a number of years, it’s not unusual for skiers to want their own place there and typical of this are Yorkshire couple Ben and Rachel Jones. The Joneses recently purchased an off-plan apartment in St Martin de Belleville, a small resort linked to the Three Valleys ski area where they have spent several holidays with their three young children. Their three-bedroom ski-in ski-out apartment, which cost €447,330 and is being built by developer MGM, should be ready in December.

“We love the place and, when we saw this an opportunity to own a home of our own in the village, we leapt at it,” says Ben who owns Brook Taverner, a tailoring company based in Keighley. “Buying a freehold property gives us the flexibility to take holidays with family and friends at any time in the ski season or the summer, while also enabling us to cover costs by letting the property for four or five weeks each year.”

For details of properties for sale in France, visit the French listings on Rightmove Overseas. One way to save money when buying in France is to use a currency specialist when transferring your pounds into euros to complete the purchase of your property. For more information on this, contact Smart Currency Exchange.

To understand the full step-by-step process to buying a property in France, collect The Overseas Guides Company’s ‘France Property Buying Guide’