More find it perfect for what it is than not but then, you might have enjoyed it more if you had got in touch (as I recommend to everyone) to ask how to open the large sofa-bed and for the third towell. It seems that coloured your thinking, along with referring to out-of-date reviews which were before excess £10k was spent on the place this last year but, I advised you of this already. I'm only sorry you didn't enjoy it as much as you might have.

Thank you and glad you liked it - you are welcome back anytime

A pleasure to have you to stay - you are welcome back anytime

Many thanks - it would be a pleasure both ways then

The couple who stayed the previous week eMailed me on 20th September 2022 to say: …”We loved it. The cottage was perfect...so thank you very much. It was also immaculately clean.” You contacted me that same day saying the house was not clean and my keyholder went that afternoon and resolved your complaints. Thereafter you stayed in the house for the full seven days of the let. Following your visit all white goods you had pulled out to try to find fault were inspected after the plug you damaged thereby had given my keyholder a dangerous electric shock. The builder who had checked all the electrics prior to your entry repaired it, the cigarette butts left strewn outside the front door were all picked up and the duvet covered with black dog hair against my express conditions for bringing animals had to be removed for cleaning. This clear-up seemed to have sufficed, as the couple who stayed the following week wrote as follows:……”The cottage was immaculately clean and had everything we needed and was certainly excellent value for money...the shower was fantastic as well . I've been renting cottages on the West Coast of Scotland for over 25 years and this cottage for the price ticks all the boxes, we will certainly be returning in the future." Another major website advertising platform on 3rd October 2022 awarded me their “superhost” status for the house. I leave the matter for the reader to judge.

Many thanks to you too and haste ye back !

In Gaelic the island is "An t-Eilean Sgitheanach" meaning the Misty Isle and it's that moisture in the air which supplies the amazing light we see there. I've been there at Hogmanay and both unable to stand for the wind and, another time, in a T-shirt with the sea glass-flat at midnight. It is also one of two places Worldwide where I've had sunstroke but I admit if the rain sits things can be boring if you stay in. Sorry you didn't know this about the island but I hope there will still be a next time. Thank you for coming anyway

Thank you so much and, for leaving it all so clean ! You'd be most welcome again anytime.

Thank you - come back soon !

Haste ye back !

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it all - haste ye back !

Thank you and it was a pleasure having you to stay - welcome back anytime

Sounds like you covered all the bases - come back anytime 🙂

Apologies if that affected your holiday so much but rural locations have concomitant management considerations, so the new microwave took a few days to be delivered to the house.

Thank you and I’m glad you liked it as much as I do - I hope to hear from you again another year.

Thank you - haste ye back

Merci beaucoup pour votre évaluation de la maison, du voyage à Kylerhea et de toute l'expérience. C'est toujours merveilleux d'entendre quelqu'un qui l'aime autant que moi. Vous êtes toujours la bienvenue.

Complaints about the bed and sofa are curiously restricted to very few of you so, should you ask for remedial/medical level of bedding/seating when you (next) rent. I am confused by your: “Nicely decorated” followed by two lines suggesting cold colours for the bedroom. It was bright yellow once and is dark red (er, not brown !) now for the reason that is warm.

Thank you...it is indeed a "place for the soul"

The record reflects that the sofa is apparently good enough for most people so I can’t comment on the problem you had - bedding is always scrupulously cleaned but is now replaced anyway. The fire has been replaced but in July….seriously ? Storage heating was available anyway if required but I normally only charge for heating for Winter lets. Ex-crofthouses like that, set in in-bye in fields often don’t have guttering at all so: “When it rained the gutters and downpipes leaked” - again, seriously ? - it is apparent you are aping a previous reviewer but you had already gone for the “economy” end of the market by price with my house so it only begs the question of whether you went there as an aptitude test for a building surveyor job rather than as a holidaymaker….

Apologies about the third towel but is multiple tea towels a "thing" now, as I normally let hot, rinsed washing up drip dry and later wipe with a tea-towel before putting away. Anyway, I'll put two out so they can be rotated.

I confirm that the standard of the accommodation was as described and, that the croft is cleaned assiduously, by someone who is very conscientious (kitchen cupboard tops, et al.) You allude to the iron and fire being “concerning” which of course I have to take seriously but, without your stating what you mean it is then no more than an insidious slight. Viz. They are kept in a warm and (usually) friendly environment with all their needs met but, how does this not just belie your opening caveat about your expectations of newness ? You are the first ever to comment on the downpipes outside while on a holiday to my house in the Misty Isle, which draws reflection more to you than the house because you will have known when making the observation that the downpipes lead to…the ground and that there is no run-off drainage system other than “natural.” I’m genuinely sorry your holiday wasn’t all you sought but can recommend Kinloch Lodge for next time.

It was a pleasure and I'm so pleased you love it there as I do. Come back !