One Sea

The positives - Great Location and views.

The bed was really comfy and the bed linen and duvets and pillows of a high quality. Plenty of good quality crockery and utensils. The negatives - cleanliness of some areas, some cupboards were really untidy and condiments out of date. The iron & ironing board not fit for purpose. The instructions folder is out of date. No blinds in the living room. Lack of storage in the shower rooms. The welcome pack ( pint of UHT milk, packet of crisps, packet of biscuits and a bottle of Prosecco) was disappointing considering we paid over £2000 for the week. I want this review posted.

Great house and superb location to access the beaches of Harris.

So pleased coming back in a month Thank you

Just home from our road trip to Harris, and I'm already planning our next trip.

Harris itself is stunning, out of this world beautiful. We crammed so much into our trip and saw lots of wildlife including dolphins swimming metres away from us in the sea from the beach across the road from the house. The house is a beautiful base, we travelled with teenagers and loved that they had their own spaces. But we loved the kitchen and spent most of our time sat around the table there. The garden is huge and dog friendly. The boys enjoyed throwing a Frisbee around. The neighbours are lovely and we chatted to them multiple times, very helpful giving information about the area etc. The sunsets from the house are incredible although we always ran down to the beach to enjoy from there and look for more dolphins. Beds are super comfy and the showers are great. Nothing not to like.

Outstanding property, clean, very comfortable, modern decor & all the facilities you need.

Perfect location with views out to the beach and only 3min walk to the beautiful Scargista beach

Beautiful clean, comfortable modern house in fantastic location.

We would happily book again and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

Great place to stay, very clean, comfy beds, lovely luxurious towels.

Great location! When I booked I was under the impression that the bedrooms were ensuite, which we discovered was not the case when we arrived. We worked around this minor setback (we were two families sharing the accommodation and we're not planning on sharing bathrooms) but it may be an idea to make this more explicit in the listing. Otherwise it was a great stay and I would highly recommend it!

A wonderful, well designed and thought out house in a fantastic location.

Perfect for families. Short walk to beautiful beaches with amazing flora and fauna. The surrounding hills offer plenty of lovely walks. Many and varied activities nearby with plenty of nice restaurants and cafes. Would definitely recommend.

Fantastic stay in a beautiful house.

Spotlessly clean. Only thing to make it even more perfect would be more hooks throughout and desperately need shelves and/or storage in the bathrooms. But overall, we loved it!

Excellent.

Will definitely be staying again.

I stayed at this property between the 8th of March and the 15th of March and I booked it because I had stayed at Otter Cottage approximately 200 yards along the road recently in January.

On the face of it this is a modern property which certainly looks the part but I had a nightmare week there. On arrival no satellite signal so could not use the TV, the basement TV also had no signal but access to iPlayer etc, I could not use this as my wife is disabled and on a feeding pump and could not use the stairs, when I booked I made sure everything that I needed was on the one level, after much faffing about with the owner and the housekeeper the following day they arranged for a satellite repair guy to attend from Stornaway on the Monday to check the satellite position as they stated that there had been storms and had knocked out a lot of other satellites, two guys turned up in a private car without a ladder and new they couldn’t reach it , came into house and checked the connections and could find nothing amiss, and stated it was a subscription issue, by this time I’m none too pleased so they went away in the huff, spoke to housekeeper Elly who said that she would get onto Sky and get sorted, came back to me and said spent hours onto Sky and it would not be up and running now till the following Thursday ( now I’ve been a Sky customer for over 25 years and never been in situation where it would take more than a few hours to upgrade or install a package ). because the Tv in the lounge was Sky Glass then you could not use it even as an app , was offered a smaller tv by Elly on the Tuesday to get me at least BBC iPlayer but by this time I was not prepared to stay in and deal with it so told her to forget it, now guess what? by the Friday when I left there was still no picture ( took a photo as proof ), next door neighbour who was a nurse noticed my wife had a nasal tube and new she was on a feeding pump as this was now Wednesday she asked if we knew the power was going down in area the next day Thursday, I told her no I was not given any information about this, she said that everyone had three months notice of this as a few properties ( new builds ) up the coast were all being connected to the electricity grid and power could be out all day and possibly into the Friday. The house itself is cold, although you can allegedly up the thermostat to increase the temperature but the owner 600 miles away can override it, the ceiling is the height of a double decker bus so any heat goes straight up about 16 feet, the owner said to use the display fireplace to boost the heat but as I explained to him it is a fan heater which aims the heat into a glass fish tank type display and cuts itself out constantly, so my wife is sitting with a hot water bottle in a property that I had paid a premium price for. The lounge had no small tables to put a drink on so I had to go upstairs and take two bedside cabinets down to use as tables ( Elly came with two small tables on the Sunday or Monday ) the lounge has large windows but no blinds or curtains so you are sitting there at night and feel like a goldfish, god knows what it would be like in the summer. There is a distinct lack of places to hang things, no key hooks , no towel hooks in bathroom, you are encouraged to use the side door into the utility but the door is either warped or badly fitted , no trays to put wet boots or hangers for jackets, no shower caddy, no space/shelving at bathroom sink to hold toiletries, had to store at windowsill, no scissors no torches, had to buy scissors in Tarbert , supposed to be dog friendly but large glass coffee table by lounge window with sharp corners at dog eye height ( and the owner is a vet ) place is surrounded by sheep which is not ideal if you have a dog as the new fence down the right especially has spaces at the bottom where a dog can escape. Supposed to be instructions in a black box on how to use the hob but found none ,had to google it. On reading the house guide it gives the owners application to Harris council to use the property as a rental BUT it clearly states that due to the way water is supplied/stored for use at this property and is susceptible to legionella then the property is NOT to be rented to people who may be vulnerable and the owner has clearly ticked the box to say that he complies with this regulation. So maybe he ( a medical professional ) can explain how my wife who has a suppressed immune system managed to stay here and was potentially put at risk, and why this is not clearly advised on SYKES SITE. So to conclude would I recommend this property Would you like to phone a friend?

We had the most amazing holiday staying at One Sea, which sits in a beautiful location opposite Scarista Beach.

The house was lovely with everything we needed for our stay; it was clean, warm and tidy, we had a lovely welcome pack on our arrival. On our last day Elly (housekeeper) was helpful sorting out an extra night at One Sea as the ferry service was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions which we were very grateful for, plus we got to stay an extra day on Harris. We would happily stay at One Sea when we visit Harris again - hopefully soon.

On first impressions we were pleased until we found a hole in the bed sheets and stain.

There were many unclean items in the kitchen that we needed to wash before use and the teabags, kitchen roll & washing up liquid had not been replenished. When we contacted the cleaner she told us to go and buy some and did not want to address it and was very rude. We found the dryer unusable until it was cleaned by us due to lots of sand, fluff & overflowing water tank. The wooden floor leading into the lounge was raised due to damp and therefore we could not close the lounge door. There are no side tables to put a drink on in the lounge, we had to put our drinks on the floor. In all three bathrooms there were no hooks to hang a damp bath towel and no hand towel holder. There was a roll of wires hanging out from the main bedroom wall. Sparkling grape juice left as a welcome pack rather than a bottle of wine! We have stayed in much more luxurious properties at half the price - very disappointed. There is much to address before the property can be described as luxury. Overall a very expensive non luxury stay.

One Sea is an outstanding place to stay.

Nice modern deco. The view over Scarista beach is stunning. The house is well equipped and spotlessly clean. Feels like home from home . Comfy beds and 3 bathrooms with plenty hot water mean no queues to get ready