Blimey, I hope its sustainable!!

There certainly is a lot of wood going in to this place. I suppose it's understandable, we are surrounded by it. I'm assured that we are not just ripping chunks out of the National Park to build the perfect ski home. This is a picture of the underneath of one of the balconies and although it's difficult to see, they are huge slabs of wood, entire trunks, carved to shape. I've never thought about it before, but these buildings certainly use a lot of forest. It's interesting to see how it's managed. If there is an avalanche further down the valley,the trees that have been knocked down are salvaged and stacked neatly to be used later. Any wood from old buildings that can be saved is retreated and used again in the new building, in fact we have a lot of the old wood from the original farmhouse in the master bedrooms, it looks fantastic. I guess it's reassuring to know that nothing goes to waste, especially when you're paying for it!!