Get up when you like, go skiing when you like, eat when you like and go to bed when you like...

• Fed up with bossy chalet staff wanting to get you out of the chalet in the morning so that they can give it a cursory clean before going out to enjoy their own skiing?

• Annoyed by hotel staff ringing your bedroom to say that breakfast finishes in 5 minutes?

• Irritated by housekeeping staff barging into your room despite the “Do Not Disturb” sign or hoovering the same section of corridor outside your door in an effort to force you out onto the slopes?

All holidays are precious and none more so than ski holidays. In general, you pay a lot of money and should therefore be entitled to live by your own rules, not those imposed by chalet operators (no matter how “up-market”) or hoteliers (no matter how many stars their establishment merits).

On a bad weather day, or after a hard night on the black après-ski runs of your resort, you may prefer to hit the slopes at the crack of noon, rather than the crack of dawn. This decision should be yours alone, but all too often the systems in chalets and hotels work against such flexibility.

Here at Ski Solutions we have discovered the perfect recipe for a truly independent you-make-the-rules ski holiday. It’s called the Luxury Apartment guide. In the Ski Solutions Luxury Apartment Collection, we are not talking here about the tiny two-and-a-half ski poles wide rabbit hutches to be found in so many French resorts, but rather about holiday accommodation that is comparable in terms of space and comfort to a large suite in a four or five-star hotel or a top-of-the-range chalet. Unless you are inordinately house-proud, the most taxing housework you will have to do in a week will be shaking your duvet in the morning or putting a few cups and glasses in the dishwasher.

Apartments do not automatically have to involve that sometimes off-putting phrase “self-catering”. Whilst those we offer do indeed have kitchens equipped to a high specification, you are under no obligation to use them every night of the week.

These days most leading ski resorts offer a wide selection of restaurants. One evening you may feel like going out for a Michelin-starred blow out, another you might just want a quick, modest pizza and on another, after a big lunch on the mountain, you may feel inclined just to grab some charcuterie and salad from the supermarket and eat it at your leisure back in your apartment while watching a compelling DVD or Sky News... Or whatever. The point is that the choice about what you want to eat and when and where you want to eat it is all yours. And, of course, this flexibility enables you to tailor your dining habits to your own budget.

Luxury apartments also make an ideal ski holiday solution for those with fussy eaters in their party and those with restless children who do not necessarily like the food or formal constraints often imposed by chalet or hotel life.

Properties in the Ski Solutions Luxury Apartment Collection come in all shapes and sizes, from a studio for two in Zermatt to a four-bedroomed, four-bathroomed apartment in Val d’Isere. Obviously, precise specifications vary with each property, but these flats have all been hand-picked for their locations and the quality and comfort of the accommodation they offer. Many are equipped with satellite television, sophisticated hi-fi systems, microwaves, laundry facilities and ski boot warmers. A few even have open fireplaces and free access to a swimming pool in the same or a nearby building, as well as an optional daily cleaning service.

Get up when you like, go skiing when you like, eat when you like and go to bed when you like — that’s the freedom and flexibility on offer in the Ski Solutions Luxury Apartment Collection featuring properties to search for in Val d'Isere, Tignes, Courchevel, Meribel, Megeve, Zermatt and Lech.

Sample prices include:

• 2-room Apartment - Zermatt - from £550
• Studio - Lech - from £800
• 5-room Apartment - Val d'Isere - from £2690