We live just 5 minutes walking distance away from the centre of a small, quiet village filled with friendly people. There are 4-5 houses quite near to ours (the closest is about 40m/43yd away, you can see it on one of the pictures). A part from a restaurant 2km/1,2mile away, there is no convenience in this village.

The closest fair-sized grocery store, post office, pharmacy, doctors, vets, hairdresser, bank, pizza-places,... are in the next town, a 5-minutes-drive away (in Collonges-sous-Salève). There is a fairly big inside-outside water park (including spa) with various stores 8 minutes drive away.

If you're interested in Switzerland, you only need to drive for 5 minutes and there you are. If you want to go to Geneva, you'll need to drive 20 minutes to reach the city center. You'll be able to find everything you're looking for there! But within 10 minutes, you'll already have reached a beautiful and typical Genevan neighborhood (Carouge), which has an excellent nightlife (lots of restaurants with worldly cuisine/many excellent bars). If you want to go for a dip in the lake, you'll need to drive for about 20 minutes, too.

There is also public transportation, but really only from the Swiss border (except for a tiny bus that attends the next village 2km/1,2mile away a few times a day). To get there, you'd have to walk (hike, rather, when going home uphill!) for an hour, or you could use the bikes, but the way back is pretty steep.
And last but not least, our house is situated at the foot of a mountain (Salève), which means great views, lots of hiking and climbing. If you hike for 2 hours or less, you'll have reached the top of the Salève, and will be able to admire all the snowcapped Alps on the South side, they're breathtaking views really! If you want to go skiing (even in the summer - on glaciers), you'll have to drive for an hour to Chamonix, or lots of other famous ski resorts.