Joan’s House

I took my son up for his first trip to Skye and the house was fantastic. Spacious, clean, and full of home comforts. Not to mention the views. I would recommend this to anyone wanting to visit Skye and am hoping to come again next year.

We marked cleanliness as a 4 but could have been a little lower. Let down by oven trays and dishes being very greasy. We had to try and clean them before use but still very greasy. Also a few cobwebs in the kitchen. A shame as the house was lovely and clean in general. Location is fantastic. As expected and reason for booking. (As well as dog friendly) Fully appreciate the issues around heating, internet and TV following storm. Heating Eng. on site following morning thanks to owner. We would have called the house keeper on arrival but there wasn’t a contact number. Info file states “Please contact house keeper on the following number…..” there was no number. I think the house keeper probably needs a little more guidance … he / she could also have reported no internet / TV / Issues with heating rather than waiting for us to arrive and finding / reporting issues. All in all, house is great. Would recommend… It would however also be good to be in full control of heating rather than remotely set..

We were 2 couples staying for a week with our little dog. Both couples have experience of booking a stay in this type of property and have often been disappointed. In Joan’s House we definitely weren’t. To say the final single track road is a challenging drive for people that are not used to such roads would be an understatement, but it was soooooo worth it. As soon as we arrived, we were impressed not only with the quality of the property but the stunning views. Yes, we had looked carefully at the photos on line but our experience of previous bookings is that the owner tends to show only good images and on arrival, the reality is somewhat different. Joan’s house was much better than the images portrayed, so much so that we were constantly praising the cleanliness, how well the house has been built and maintained and how well it has been appointed with the quality and range of kitchen equipment especially noteworthy. The Isle of Sky (our first time there) needs no added plaudits, but staying in such a remote place as Tarskavaig added that little bit more magic. We were blessed with a week of almost wall to wall sunshine too. For prospective hirerers, the Sleat peninsular has many, many things to offer and should be explored rather than staying in the more populace areas like Portree, although a trip there is not to be missed. Thank you Joan for providing such a fab property – and your great niece that works in Kinloch Lodge is delightful.