Clachan Lodge

House is beautiful.

Very spacious for a large group. Especially the numerous bathrooms. Views are out of this world! We would have appreciated more dishwasher tablets and bin bags being left, especially given the weekly cost of the house! And pump hand soap easier than individual small bars of soap. The kitchen worktop and island top really need sanded and oiled. They don't look or feel clean.

Beautiful place, comfortable with a spectacular setting and great views.

Well equipped property, Kitchen well equipped too, great having two dishwashers, ovens and fridges/freezers. All in all, a fantastic house and beautiful location.

A State of the Art Holiday Home.

Warm friendly place with lashings of hot water for all the guests all the time which is unusual in the Hebrides. Myself and my friends have been visiting North Uist annually for over 30 years and this house in Clachan Sands is probably up there with the best but its also the ‘most expensive’ house we have rented by far. Its interior design is quite American in its set up shouting the merits of open plan living with huge picture windows taking in the wonderful views. As a pure observation, we are all log burner owners & the central cool looking log burner in Clachan Lodge either needs replacing or over hauling / servicing as the door does not close / seal properly and it would be nice to be left some wood & turf / coal to burn as there was none. We will return to North Uist and this house will be right up there if we have enough guests , it’s a perfect space for 5-6 adults and 3-4 kids, in my learned view of the Island, a keen eye must be kept on budget - pricing as otherwise it will price itself out against hotels & establishments.

Great house in a lovely spot.

Owner responsive and helpful.

The property is fantastic, suited our party of three families perfectly, having the space for the kids to relax upstairs was superb, as well as lots of family meals around the table.

Really well equipped, we couldn’t fault anything. The pulley is especially fantastic given the amount of washing we had after walks on the beach and swimming.

Clachan Lodge is potentially a beautiful house in a stunning location, but the maintenance was woefully poor.

An en-suite sink were blocked, one toilet, a shower screen, the shower room, the utility room tap and the microwave were all unusable. There were few functioning bath/sink plugs. We have had no response from the owners.

We booked this property as it was advertised as a high spec property.

The location, the views and the space were all excellent. However, as the previous reviewer has stated, the maintenance of the property is very disappointing. In addition to the broken shower, the lack of lightbulbs, the broken microwave and oven seal, the broken sink and the lack of toiletries mentioned in the previous review we also encountered a number of issues: the property was unclean throughout including a stained and orange mould covered shower curtain, the sofas are ripped, there are multiple chairs missing in both livingrooms, two dining room chairs were broken, the owners had a number of packages delivered while we were there which took up a lot of space, there’s a leaking vent which has been covered in brown tape, the carpets are stained, the curtains are hanging off the wall in one bedroom and the kitchen worktop is in a general state of needing upgraded. The most upsetting part of the property was the state of the decking, a number of the boards were very rotten and bits were sticking up. As we had 2 toddlers with us that made it unsafe to use. We have raised these issues with Sykes and provided photographic evidence of all these issues (which we are unable to add here but will on another site) and have eventually received a 10% refund but we are very disappointed and feel unable to book the property again next year.

I've used this same property on 10 previous occasions.

It's a stunning location and a lovely place, it's well fitted out and has a lovely open space in the ground floor area for dining and relaxing. However, over the last 3 years there are a variety of maintenance issues that have not been addressed and they are slowly increasing. At £3000.00 per week, you would expect these issues to be addressed, not just left. Upstairs The left bedroom no bulb in bedroom light or in the lamp. Upstairs bathroom shower out of order for last 2 years. Upstairs bathroom no plug for sink. Only 1/3 of a toilet roll left in bathroom Downstairs The microwave wasn't working & the the oven seal was hanging loose. The tumble dryer filters were full of sand we cleaned them out but needs doing properly. There are no plugs in several sinks in the ground floor bedrooms. Replacement toilet seat that’s been fitted in one room but is loose. Two bedrooms were left with just half a toilet roll, no spares were left. We replaced toilet rolls and washing up liquid as none was left. Many of these are minor things but not what you would expect for a high end property costing around £3k per week.

Great home in a great location.

Has all the amenities you need in a vacation home, much better than staying in a hotel. Owner was quick to respond to all questions or issues we had with the home and resolved quickly. I would definitely stay here again!!

Excellent accommodation for our family of 12.

Superb views over clachan sands. Very well equipped and when we had a small problem the person at the end of mobile number responded very quickly. One of the best houses we have been to. Thank you very much.

Overall the property was excellent, facilities and equipment and quantity of equipment for 12 people was more than adequate.

very well designed property and to hard fault. Minor issues to help accommodate the holiday experience, it would appear that the towel rails didn’t work but difficult to find out why not. More information on the heating system in the information pack would be useful and also on the recycling. Improved lighting in the kitchen certainly for washing up would be great. Views and walking to the beach are fabulous and a four-legged friends had an absolute fabulous time thank you