House in the Swiss Alps: dream or reality. Features of the architectural style of traditional and modern Alpine chalets
If you don't know where to spend these the winter vacation, then the exclusive Chalet Bear Hotel will become great solution! This luxury hotel is surrounded by snow-capped peaks Swiss Alps and wooded mountain slopes, here you can go skiing, tobogganing or just spend free time in the fresh mountain air, away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
The luxurious Chalet Bear Hotel is located in the picturesque ski resort of Klosters (Switzerland). Tourists in their free time can visit local history museum, an old mill in Mülliweg, local art galleries(Alex's Art Galerie, Galerie Tuchamid or Präkuscha). The hotel is popular not only in the winter season, but even in summer and spring, when tourists are offered hiking and horseback riding in the mountains, playing golf, mountain biking on the slopes of the Alps, theater, jazz festivals, as well as festivals of folk music, young artists and summer holiday at Silvrettapark.
Exquisite Chalet Bear Hotel is interesting not only as a place tourist holiday in the mountains of Switzerland, but also as an example of the correct, harmonious design and arrangement of the interior of a country house in the style of a chalet, since the hotel is very similar to a small cozy a private house. Chalet Bear was built in 2006 and has four separate, spacious bedrooms on the floors of the house, complemented by modern bathrooms, so in holiday season a small hotel can accommodate up to 8 guests at a time.
Chalet Bear visitors are also provided with cozy living rooms, magnificent dining rooms and spacious balconies, so staying in this Swiss hotel home type will be truly unforgettable! Team styling room prepared for you today a selection of photos from detailed description interior design of a stylish hotel, reminiscent of a private house, which are an excellent example of the correct harmonious organization of free space in country house or at the cottage.
The four-story wooden house is located in the middle of a snow-covered forest, on the first floor there are staff rooms and hotel work areas, on the second and third floors - living rooms, dining rooms, three bedrooms and guest bathrooms, on the fourth - a unique fourth bedroom with a private bathroom.
Cozy dining and living rooms of a small hotel
One of the hotel's dining rooms is located right on the open balcony, which allows visitors to eat on fresh air admiring the beautiful views of the forest and mountains. To make the outside dining room cozier and more comfortable, the designers covered the wooden chairs and benches with soft skins, and added a large number of pillows in red pillowcases with New Year's holiday drawings. Candles and small lanterns were used to illuminate the dining room, additional light also penetrates through the windows of the inner dining room of a small hotel.
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In the interior of the rooms wooden house natural light wood prevails, from which the walls, ceiling and floor of the zones and rooms of the house are made. The spacious open-plan living room in the next photo blends seamlessly into the home's other lounge areas and dining area. Cozy plush furniture, soft pillows, warm blankets, a built-in fireplace dispose the hotel guests to a pleasant pastime and relaxation.
The next photo shows another comfortable, homely living room Chalet Bear. For interior design, designers used light gray plush armchairs, a spacious bright crimson sofa with patterned cushions, bright patterned flooring, an unusual retro-style coffee table, old paintings and figurines, and a large built-in fireplace contribute to creating a homely and cozy atmosphere.
The decoration of the room is unusual wrought iron lamps located on the bedside tables on both sides of the sofa. Guests of the hotel can use the lamps for additional illumination of the room in the evening. The light from the fireplace, candles on the mantelpiece and small lamps contribute to creating a romantic and mysterious atmosphere in the room in the evening.
To make the hotel's living rooms more cozy and comfortable, designers used a large number of soft pillows, fur bedding, capes, blankets, blankets, living plants, frames with old photographs and paintings for interior decoration. For the entertainment of guests of the house are provided Board games, books and CDs with video films.
Comfortable living room with soft pillows and capes.
The luxurious dining room in the next photo is able to accommodate all the residents of the hotel at the same time. The walls of the room are done in neutral white tones, and the ceiling and floor are lined with natural wood panels. The spacious wooden table is served by the hotel staff with exquisite patterned dishes, and the center of the table is always decorated with long white candles in silver candlesticks and a vase of flowers. Candles are located not only on the table, but also on the mantelpiece, cabinets and hanging shelves. The light of many candles and the flames of the fireplace create a truly homely and cozy atmosphere in the elegant dining room.
The price of the hotel stay includes Three meals a day. Guests of the house are waiting for delicious homemade Swiss cuisine prepared by the hotel's own chefs. For breakfast, visitors are usually served muesli (in Switzerland, muesli is called "Birchermüesli" or "Birchermiesli"), sliced bread with jam or butter, the hotel provides a wide selection of traditional Swiss homemade bread with the addition of all kinds of seeds and bran, sometimes even bread with onions.
Bread and cheese are popular dishes for dinner and lunch. One example of "regional dishes" served at the hotel is zürigschnätzlets, thin strips of veal with mushrooms in a creamy sauce served with rösti. Italian Cuisine also popular in Switzerland, so the hotel staff can serve a variety of pasta (pasta with sauce) and pizzas, as well as risotto (round rice cooked in a special way) to visitors. Cervelat or cervelas are considered national sausages and are popular not only in Klosters, but throughout Switzerland. During the Christmas period and new year holidays visitors are served Tirggel - honey cookies baked in the shape of figures of men, deer, Santa, Christmas trees, gifts, sleighs.
luxury bedrooms
The spacious bedroom in the next photo is located in the attic of a small hotel, the windows of the room open great views the Alps and the dense snow-covered forest. The ceiling of the room is lined with large wooden beams, and in the corner of the room there is a cozy white built-in fireplace.
In the next photo we see a cozy bedroom on the second floor, some of the walls of which are decorated in white, and some are lined with light wood panels. The cozy room is equipped with a large spacious four-poster bed, wooden bedside tables, easy chairs and a spacious wooden chest of drawers.
The cozy room on the third floor is completely made of natural light wood, the windows of the room offer beautiful views of the Swiss Alps and the forest. The room is equipped with a spacious double bed, bedside tables, chest of drawers and small bedside lamps for reading before going to bed.
In the next photo we see the last, fourth bedroom of the hotel. The walls, floor, ceiling and furniture of the room are made of natural wood. Designers used flowers growing in small tubs and pots to decorate a cozy room.
Bathrooms
Each bedroom at the hotel is equipped with a private modern bathroom. Each bathroom also offers breathtaking views of the mountain slopes of the Alps and snow-covered forests. The photo below shows a stylish bathroom with matte black natural stone tiles on some of the walls and pine wood paneling on the rest of the walls.
The following photo shows a bathroom, which is combined with a bedroom located in the attic. The ceiling of the room is also lined with massive wooden beams and panels.
The bathroom in the next photo is equipped with unusual fixtures that create a romantic and romantic atmosphere in the room. unique atmosphere in the evening time of the day.
Luxurious views from the hotel
Truly stunning views open from every window of the hotel, as well as from the open balcony, both in summer and in winter time of the year. It is especially pleasant to spend time in the cozy outside dining room on sunny summer days, admiring the green juicy hills and the distant snow-capped peaks of the Alps.
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Foreign luxury real estate, although it includes a certain category architectural structures, but still for each individual country find your original version. For example, in the Czech Republic or Germany, this category can include ancient castles(Yes, the prices are still the same, but this is also an aristocratic type of real estate), in Morocco - authentic old villas, in which the traditions of Eastern and European architecture are closely intertwined, and in the Swiss Alps - traditional chalets.
"Paradise in a hut" next to the Alps
From the former simplicity of this traditional Alpine village country house in the mountains there is now only one name left, because in terms of comfort such facilities now differ little from any luxurious villa or cottage with all amenities and are not in vain ranked among the most sought after luxury real estate Switzerland. So, if we consider a good housing option near prestigious ski resorts of this country, then you should definitely pay attention to investing in the purchase of a chalet - that very notorious paradise "hut" surrounded by the picturesque Alps.
What to choose
Contrary to the stereotype of a house in the mountains, there are many attractive options for buying a chalet near lakes (and there are plenty of them in Switzerland) or in cities located next to mountain lakes. The most attractive region is Montreux. Coast Lake Geneva, wine region and the most picturesque Swiss Alps - taking into account such advantages this region low prices for Swiss real estate here is simply impossible. The choice in Montreux is not limited to luxury homes. Premium-class apartments in modern new buildings and no less luxurious villas and apartments can be found here for every taste and an unlimited budget.
About prices and details
When planning to buy a house in the Swiss Alps (well, or any other type of real estate in Switzerland), it is important not to forget about the specifics: for foreigners there are certain restrictions on the living space of the acquired object (within 200 sq.m of living space on a plot of 1000 sq. m).
Real estate prices in Switzerland are considerable, which is quite justified, but there are a lot of offers - you can easily look for a suitable "paradise in a hut", from the windows of which a view of the surface will open alpine lake or the Alps themselves. For example, for a chalet with a lake view and an area of 115 sq.m on a land plot of 800 sq.m, located in a typical alpine village in Valais, they can request $ 500 thousand, and apartments of the same area in the Alpine resort of Verbier Valais will cost $2.5 million, almost like a villa of 174 square meters in Bern. Although you can find in Valais and a chalet with an area of 174 sq.m. at a price of about 1-1.5 million dollars. In any case, you should not count on low housing prices in Switzerland - the status of "elite" is present here even in an ordinary townhouse.
Many lovers skiing, having once visited the Swiss or Austrian Alps, they will not exchange them for anything else. However, upon closer inspection, it turns out that buying property here is not so easy. However, nothing is impossible!
Switzerland: expensive and exclusive
In Switzerland, according to Gennady Gabrielyan, director of the Dom v Evropy company, "it is not a person who chooses real estate, but vice versa. A winter vacation is just an element of these unusual relationships." The Swiss authorities issue only 1,440 permits per year for the purchase of housing by foreigners, and some cantons do not receive such permits at all. "The regions of Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, Zermatt, Lucerne are completely closed to foreigners," says Sergey Sander, founder and partner of Sander Estates, "but you can buy real estate in Montreux, Lugano, Graubünden."
There are other restrictions as well. Gennady Gabrielyan notes that, for example, the living area of a house sold to a foreigner should not exceed 200 square meters. m, and with office space - 250 sq. m. In practice, this norm can be "bent" by no more than 50 square meters. m. The plot area is limited to 1000 sq. m. m.
The company "House in Europe" advises lovers winter holiday limit your search to four cantons: Graubünden (including the resort of St. Moritz), Valais, Vaud and the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in the south of the country.
As a "second home" in the canton of Graubünden, a chalet is offered for 10 million Swiss francs (about 7.5 million euros). Cheaper offers are rare, but in this case, the bill, as a rule, goes into the millions. For example, in the resort area of Villar, several "budget" new chalets are now being sold - these are houses with an area of \u200b\u200babout 250 square meters. m with plots of 1000 sq. m for 1.9 - 2.25 million euros. If the budget is more modest, then you can find apartments. Typically, these apartments are 100 - 150 square meters. m occupy half or a quarter of the floor in the "chalet-like" complex. As Sergey Sander notes, the cost of apartments varies from 250,000 to 4 million euros (in Gstaadt and St. Moritz prices can reach up to 15 million euros), chalets - from 1 million to 6 million euros (prices for exceptional properties reach 30 million and 50 million euros).
Many Russians prefer to buy property near the lakes as they want to come here in winter to ski and in summer. In addition, such areas are especially picturesque. "The canton of Vaud on the shores of Lake Geneva, the canton of Schwyz on the shores of Lake Lucerne, the region of Interlaken near Lake Brienz and Lake Thun have a clear advantage," says Sergei Sander.
A big plus of Switzerland and Austria is the proximity of mountain resorts to international airports. In Switzerland, the road from the airport of Geneva or Zurich to the slope takes no more than 2 - 2.5 hours. And in St. Moritz and the city of Sion (Canton of Valais) there are small airports that actively receive private jets during the season.
The most popular resorts among Russians in both the German and French parts of Switzerland are Zermatt, Verbier, Crans-Montana, Villard, St. Moritz, Davos, Gstaad, Leukerbad and Saas-Fee. Each place has its own history and features. For example, in Zermatt the season is long, there is picturesque mountain Matterhorn. Gstaad and St. Moritz are the most famous and "glamorous" places.
With a long-term strategy Swiss resort real estate is a reliable investment. According to Gennady Gabrielyan, annual real estate taxes are quite modest - usually 0.7 - 0.8% of the cadastral value. "Projects that are interesting for investment appear when you can buy apartments for reasonable price 250,000 - 500,000 euros, use them for two to four months a year, and rent out the rest of the time, - says Sergey Sander. - By law, you can rent up to 11 months a year, in some projects - all year round. "And yet Switzerland is not a place where they make good money on real estate, whether it be renting or reselling. As a rule, real estate on mountain resorts Switzerland, those who are in love with the beauty of the real Alps buy for themselves.
Austria
The Austrian market is more democratic, although the law here also restricts the sale of real estate to foreigners. "There is a so-called Grundverkehrsgesetz - law on real estate transactions," explains Vera Skala, director of VIA Servis. understand the laws of a particular federal state and know how they work in practice.
According to Viktor Novikov, the manager of the Austrian company My New Hotel Investment GmbH, it makes sense to consider first of all three federal states: Tyrol, Salzburg and Carinthia for the purchase of real estate for the purpose of winter recreation. It is possible to buy property in Styria, but this region in the south-east of the country offers resorts of a lower level. Many Russian clients of the company are not interested in private housing, but in buying hotels in order to transfer part of the business to reliable, calm Austria, where real estate prices, primarily high-class ones, grew during the crisis (almost 9% in 2009). Russian homeowners in Austria, however, are few - about 1% of all foreigners. Much more Germans and Dutch.
According to various estimates, about half of Russian clients interested in private housing in Austria would like to buy a chalet, but in resort areas such offers are very rare - it is easier to buy apartments.
According to Viktor Novikov, good resort new or renovated apartments are offered at a price of 3000 - 6000 euros per 1 sq. m. m. Standard area - from 40 to 70 square meters. m. It is easy to calculate that the price of the object ranges from 120,000 - 420,000 euros. "The cost of a chalet strongly depends on the value of the land," Viktor Novikov emphasizes. "The price of land in a good resort is 200-300 euros per 1 sq. m, but this is far from the limit. For example, in the resort of Lech, the cost of land has reached 3,000 euros per 1 sq. m. . m". IN resort area nice chalet of 130 sq. m plus basement 60 sq. m on a plot of 800 sq. m can be bought for 500,000 euros, and for 700,000 - 800,000 euros - a house larger area and with a good view.
The Edelweiss project, built in Katschberg, on the border of Salzburg and Carinthia, stands apart. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it is made in a concept that is rare for Austria: the property offers apartments managed by the well-known European hotel chain Falkensteiner. On the territory of the complex there is a chic hotel offering services of a restaurant, a children's entertainment center, an award-winning spa and fitness center, conference rooms and more. This complex offers the rare opportunity to ski "from the door of the house". The cost of apartments varies from 220,000 to 500,000 euros.
The main federal state of Austria for skiers is, of course, Tyrol. According to the director of Austria-Invest Konstantin Isakov, the list of Russian buyers' preferences is dominated by the Kitzbühel resort, which is part of ski region Kitzbühel Alps. Before international airport Munich - 160 km, Innsbruck - 100 km, Salzburg - 80 km. In winter, direct charter flights fly from Moscow to Salzburg and Innsbruck, the rest of the time it is better to fly to Munich. The most convenient way to get there is by rented car (in Germany, by the way, their rental is cheaper than in Austria). The slopes for skiing near Kitzbühel are Brixen, Kircherg, Westendorf, Brixental.
In turn, Viktor Novikov distinguishes quiet and prestigious Lech among the resorts of Tyrol, where the Queen of the Netherlands constantly rests, neighboring St. Anton and St. Christoph, where Putin skied, as well as Ischgl and Selden, beloved by Russians. According to Viktor Novikov, skiing at all these resorts is even better than in Kitzbühel.
Housing in Tyrol is expensive and prestigious. There is high demand and almost no new construction. “In Austria, it’s not customary to hang “Sale” signs on houses, and in Tyrol they don’t advertise their desire to sell a house at all,” says Konstantin Isakov. In Tyrol, the Russians go with a bang chalets of 300 - 500 sq. m. They buy for themselves, no rent, sometimes they come and live for their own pleasure. "
The most important resorts in Salzburg are Zell am See and Kaprun. Apart-hotels and apartment complexes are being actively built here, which foreigners often purchase with a mortgage and rent out.
In addition to personal preferences, as VIA Servis specialists note, when choosing a region, it is necessary to take into account the legal features of each federal land. There are "oases" in Styria where there are no restrictions on property ownership for non-EU citizens. In Tyrol, the purchase of holiday property by foreigners is possible, but there are very few such objects. In most Länder, the purchase of real estate by non-EU citizens requires a residence permit or marriage to an Austrian citizen. You can buy real estate for a company, which, as Vera Skala explained, must be at least 51% owned by a citizen or legal entity EU.
In practice, it is much easier for Russians to buy property in Austria than in neighboring Switzerland. So, both Viktor Novikov and Konstantin Isakov emphasize that there are legal ways by which real estate is quite legally registered as a property. Russian citizens and these are not isolated cases. "We use standards international law, and as a result, our clients are perfectly legal to buy property in Austria without obtaining a permit". However, it is very important for Russians to buy a home through a real estate company with practical experience in selling real estate to non-EU citizens, as ordinary Austrian brokers operating in the local market have no such experience.
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Houses in the style of an Alpine or Swiss chalet.
Chalet, Swiss chalet or Alpine chalet is one of the characteristic house building styles originating from the region Alpine mountains. The term "chalet" first appeared in the Swiss canton de Vaud in 1328 to describe simple mountain huts used by farmers or shepherds during the warmer months when cattle go out to mountain pastures.
Currently, at least two types of houses are classified as chalets. The first type of chalet includes traditional wooden farm houses and rural buildings. These buildings are primarily utilitarian.
Secondly, in a broader sense, the definition of "chalet" describes the type country houses, which, although not originating specifically in Switzerland, has long been considered a typical Swiss chalet. This characteristic Alpine style of houses becomes popular in the middle of the 19th century, during the heyday of the era of national romanticism or historicism.
In fact, the chalet style known to everyone at present was not created by the Swiss, but by French and English tourists related to architecture and housing construction. With the advent of the Alpine tourism business, Swiss mountain chalets have been converted into holiday homes used by skiers in the winter and skiers hiking in summer.
Foreign tourists after returning home, inspired by Swiss mountain houses, began to build romantically stylized, overly decorated versions of simple farmhouses. Soon new chalets, in the form of houses for country rest, richly decorated with wooden balconies and carved decorations, began to spread in Switzerland itself, in Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and America. From the beginning of the 20th century, the chalet style became popular for the construction of ordinary family houses, and the architect Heinrich von Ferstel began to build large mansions and hotels in the chalet style.
The chalet usually has a small foundation in order to reduce earthwork on steep mountain slopes. Chalet-style houses most often have a stone plinth or first few floors combined with full-fledged wooden or attic floors.
Traditional chalets have at least two floors. Logs or timber walls are not sheathed - they remain open, and sometimes they are not even painted. The roofs of the chalet are gable, have a gentle slope and most often large extensions. A small angle of inclination of the roof allows snow to accumulate on the roof, which provides additional thermal insulation in winter.
The gentle slopes of the roof also make it possible to use the space under the roof more efficiently for the construction of attic floors (of which there may be several). Roof rafters are in many cases supported by massive wooden brackets, either functional or decorative.
The beams of the chalet are not sewn up - they remain open. Chalets are different big amount balconies on several levels or open galleries across the entire width of the gables. Wooden structural elements of the chalet are generously decorated with carvings and wooden overlays. The chalet usually has large panoramic windows, and small, often installed windows have a frequent layout.
IN summer time the windows are decorated with red blooming geraniums. Window shutters can be brightly colored. Chalets usually have massive stone chimneys, and sometimes roofs covered with stones (such a roof is resistant to strong winter winds in the mountains).
Currently, most of the houses and hotels in highlands or in resorts, both in Europe and in America. In the USA, the most popular chalets are in rocky mountains Colorado. Although it is believed that the chalet looks best on the slopes of the mountains, houses in this aesthetically attractive style are also being actively built in the flat areas: after all, living in a chalet, you can constantly be in the atmosphere of a romantic vacation.
Modern chalet-style houses are built from any materials. For example, from monolithic reinforced concrete.
The traditional style of finishing the chalet is sometimes inferior to modern color combinations.
In modern chalets, the area of glazing is increasing, allowing the interior of the chalet to merge with the surrounding landscapes.
But even in modern buildings, the proportions and outlines of the chalet remain unchanged.
In the style of a chalet, there are also modern residential multi-storey buildings.
For almost two centuries, the Swiss Alpine chalet style has been one of the most popular architectural styles for private suburban and public recreational housing construction. No less interesting are traditional houses in the style of a Russian hut.
