June 23, 2007
I found this interesting article over at
SkiBumNews.com. It talks about an interesting way of living free (or close to free) at a local ski area. If you are anything like me you have probably thought about trying to do something like this at one point in your life – so that is what intrigued me about this post. Here is a taste:
When I first moved up to Vermont, I was standing in the yard of an old farm, when a guy came up and told my buddy, Jacque that a developer was looking for someone to watch over the four new houses he had just finished building. It sounded like a good deal. All you had to do was LIVE there. Jacque wasn’t interested, so I decided to check it out.
And here is another neat method he talks about:
Another good deal is running a ski house. This requires a little capital and a lot of courage, but it’s a great way to have free accommodations at your favorite resort. To set yourself up with free digs, the first thing you need to do is rent a ski house. Go up in the summer and start scoping thing out. Ski houses are at a premium in November but they are dirt cheep in the summer at most resorts. The summer rental market is so bad that many owners of ski houses don’t even bother to rent them out in the summer or offer greatly reduced rent in the off-season. If you are moving up full-time, this is the kind of house to look for.
The entire article can be found here.
