The internet is obviously the best place to start looking for ski chalets and appartments abroad and so this where we started.
Here are some of the sites we looked at.
Alpine Property This is a good site and has an excellent email notification system which alerts you to when a new property is posted on the site. It has recently enlarged the area it covers and added new areas like Megeve.
French Property Market This site is not as user friendly and did not get much response each time I asked for details on a property although it had quite a lot of property for sale on the site.
Ski Properties.com Great site with quite a lot of property in Megeve (particularly when we were looking although more choice now).
Investors in Property
Lots of choice in many resorts and actually where we found our eventual property.
Internet French Property This site pools properties from various sources so a good selection.
Alpine Angels Great site run by a lady called Catherine Hunt who we first approached to find a property when we visited Morzine. Excellent service. We met up with a lady called Simone who lives in Morzine and she drove us around looking at properties that Alpine Angels was marketing for local estate agents. We ended up with a what would have been a fantastic chalet that was to be built. Unfortunately it fell through.
Anyway excellent service and I would recommend using this company to anyone looking for a place in the areas they cover.
Propietes de France Great site for very expensive chalets!
French Buy2Let Useful site if you are looking for an investment
Swiss Chalets.com
Useful for swiss property although did not have much on it when we were looking.