• A very fine walk from Plan de l’Aiguille to Montenvers - the Grand Balcon Nord

  • Fine views from the Index

  • The fun steeper final pitch on the route Ian and I did at Chesery's

  • "After" - the apartment with the fireplace gone and a swanky digital TV installed!

  • Waiting for Laetitia's plane, eating pizza at Carrefour Sallanches

  • What have we done?!

  • "Before" - the apartment complete with open fireplace

Chamonix Renovations

Open fireplaces are not allowed in Chamonix rental apartments any longer so a massive renovation project was planned…

Ian and I set about ripping out the old open fireplace and restoring a nice simple plastered wall complete with a large digital flatscreen TV. While we were at it we redecorated the whole apartment, painted the shutters, and fixed several things in need of a little maintenance including a broken plank in the terrace decking.

What have we done?!

It wasn’t all hard work though… While waited for the new plaster to dry out ready for painting Ian and I managed to grab a day climbing at Chesery’s. Then over the weekend Laetitia grabbed a cheap (ish) flight and we enjoyed a day on L’Index, and the three of us passed the morning before Laetitia’s afternoon flight home taking in the views on the Balcon Nord.

Ian & Pete
Waiting for Laetitia’s plane, eating pizza at Carrefour Sallanches
The fun steeper final pitch on the route Ian and I did at Chesery’s
Fine views from the Index
A very fine walk from Plan de l’Aiguille to Montenvers – the Grand Balcon Nord

But after the fun it was back to work … we had a deadline to meet and a lot of work to complete!

Here’s the finished result – very pleased with that! 🙂

“After” – the apartment with the fireplace gone and a swanky digital TV installed!

4 thoughts on “Chamonix Renovations”

      1. Hi Pete – actually, it’s the image on the TV screen I was referring to – but now I look closer I think they may just be really short shorts – or not?!

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