Large Detached House In Central Caithness

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4 bedrooms1+ bathroomSleeps 7

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Pet-friendly

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A882, Watten, SCT, KW15DY

Old Wick Castle
‪13 min drive‬
Scrabster Ferry Terminal
‪21 min drive‬
Gills Bay Ferry Port
‪28 min drive‬
Wick (WIC)
‪14 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 7)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

2 Single Beds

Bedroom 3

1 Single Bed

Bedroom 4

1 Double Futon

1 bathroom, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom 1

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Toilet 1

Toilet

Spaces

Kitchen

Garden

Dining area

About this property

The ideal location for a Caithness Holiday. Four bedroom house that can sleep six people.

Ideal for couples, family's, groups looking for a real home from home experience.

It is a family retreat that we use ourselves throughout the year.

The village shop/post office is located next door and the local pub (The Brown Trout) is just around the corner.

Facilities include: A&A high speed internet & WiFi, Flat Screen TV, XBox 360, DVD player, very large DVD collection, very large book collection, board games, gas hob and electric oven, fridge and freezer, microwave oven combo, washing machine, kettle & toaster, iron & ironing board, hair dryer, toiletries, linen and towels, out side kennels, secure off street parking.

Property manager

Steve

Languages

English

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House Rules

Flexible check-in available (contact host in advance of arrival)

Check out before 11:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Events

No events allowed

Pets

Pets allowed: limit 3 total

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

No dogs allowed in the bedrooms.

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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited

Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property

Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock

Property Registration Number HI-00216-F

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A car is required for transport to and from this property

About the area

Wick

Located in Wick, this holiday home is in a rural area. Grey Cairn Camsters and Old Wick Castle are local landmarks, and some of the area's activities can be experienced at Scrabster Ferry Terminal and Wolfburn Distillery. Discover the area's water adventures with scuba diving and snorkelling nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with rock climbing and horse riding.

Watten, SCT

What's nearby

Old Wick Castle - 13 min drive - 14.0 km
Scrabster Ferry Terminal - 21 min drive - 23.4 km
Dunnet Bay Beach - 25 min drive - 28.3 km
Gills Bay Ferry Port - 28 min drive - 22.9 km
Castle of Mey - 33 min drive - 26.7 km

Getting around

Georgemas Junction Station - 10 min drive
Wick (WIC) - 14 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Large Detached House In Central Caithness pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows pets (limit 3 total).

What time is check-out at Large Detached House In Central Caithness?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Large Detached House In Central Caithness located?

Located in a rural location, this family-friendly holiday home is within 9 mi (15 km) of Grey Cairn Camsters, Wick Heritage Centre and Old Wick Castle. Wick Library and Pulteney Distillery are also within 9 miles (15 km).

9.0

Wonderful

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8.0/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

9.4/10

Listing accuracy

10/10 Excellent

Elisa K.

14 Feb 2019

Roomy and quaint family home

Easy to find in a fantastic location near the town of Wick, this large home is a great place to stay. It's layout is quite quaint, with a downstairs bathroom only (if you have young children this might prove difficult as the bedrooms are upstairs. If you have mobility issues, the bathroom and kitchen are down a few stairs from the living areas.) The house is attached to the local primary school and right next door to a well stocked local store. The main bedroom is huge with plenty of storage space. There are two other bedrooms, one with twin beds and one with a single bed. We had a very comfortable stay!

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Martin R.

2 Feb 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location for us

Group of bird watchers surveying coastal over-wintering birds in this area. Facility was excellent and location worked well for our task. We'll be back I'm sure. Thanks Steve.

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Adele C.

19 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Caithness

Brilliant ,peaceful ,very quiet loved it will be back

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

David I.

9 Aug 2024

Liked: Communication, location, listing accuracy

Review

Great well equipped house. One draw back is there is only one bathroom and it is down stairs.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Friedericke W.

13 June 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice homely

Realy good👌

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vivienne B.

24 Apr 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good Location

Excellent location from which to explore the surrounding area of Scotland. Comfortable and well equipped

Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martin R.

2 Feb 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay

Caretaker and owner very helpful. Ideal for our needs and will certainly stay again.

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Tim E.

18 Sept 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Annual visit 2023

This was the 7th or 8th time that 4 of us have stayed here for a fishing holiday. Its ideally situated for access to the River Wick. There's a small shop for basics next door and a hotel serving great food about 150 yards away plus a regular bus service into Wick and Thurso. Booking in couldn't be easier (keys left on Kitchen table).

Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Frances J.

16 Aug 2023

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Cleanliness

Orkney trip

Location good for trip to Orkney and John o'groats, would have been better if there was two bathrooms for the amount of people but was good there's two toilets.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew Y.

12 Aug 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful home

We had a wonderful time in Watten. The home was lovely and just perfect for us. The owner Stuart was available to contact if we had any issues. Overall the home the holiday itself was fantastic and can’t wait to return one day.

Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Colin S.

21 June 2023

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Watten lads

House did a job, not really suitable for 6 adults when there’s only one shower. Only 5 chairs in kitchen. Beds a bit uncomfortable. On the positive, good location for fishing watten.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Georgina M.

16 Feb 2023

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The house has lots of book and video for everyone

A wee break away to rest and chill with the family in a quaint warm cosy cottage but a little spooky, where time stood still, you could sit at the fireplace with a mug of cocoa and just watch the world go by.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Martin R.

6 Feb 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Facility for Our Needs

Small group of field ornithologists doing bird survey work in the NE of Scotland. Stayed for 3 nights and all was very good for our needs. Will certainly look to book again next year when we do the same surveys.

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

jon h.

7 June 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A lovely family home

There are boojs and family trinkets all over which made it feel homely .every one loved the house and it was big.i had no complaints

Stayed 4 nights in May 2022

2/10 Terrible

Robert L.

29 May 2021

Liked: Location

Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Looks are very much deceiving.

On arrival the house looked tired. The windows, doors and conservatory were covered in dirt/ dust and loads of bird droppings . The inside didn't fair any better. Stale cigarette smoke throughout the house. Worn and filthy towels left out on the beds, one of which was an x nhs threadbare towel. Pants and socks left in a drawer, a dirty cloth lying in a wardrobe with so called clean bed sheets and towels. Mousetrap in cupboard, which is fine but not the dead mouse that had clearly been there for sometime. The kitchen was quite frankly disgusting. Fridge, hob, microwave, washing machine, pots and pans, cutlery, table and floor all had to be cleaned by ourselves before we could use them. We decided to leave the oven as it was so bad. We also had to clean door handles but left mucky hand prints and dog paw marks on on the woodwork. Bought new towels, cups and glasses. Only cleaned enough plates and cutlery for our own use. Contacted the owner on the day we arrived. Sent him pictures of the mess and have heard nothing from him since. If it wasn't for the fact we had come so far ( 260 miles), we would have just left. This was a 50th anniversary for my girlfriend's parents and we had all been looking forward to it for many months just to be completely wasted all in a few minutes. No one should start a holiday spending three to four hours cleaning a property that they have paid to stay in and considering we are in a national pandemic, this was totally unacceptable and inexcusable. Photographs are available upon request. Thanks Rob.

10/10 Excellent

Louise W.

9 Nov 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely spacious, homely and cosy! Felt like home from home, well equipped kitchen! Comfy beds!

Very easy and straight forward! We needed to change the week of our stay at very short notice, which the owner was fabulous with! Easy payment method, you get reminders if you haven’t paid in full which are great! The joining instruction very easy and simple. Luckily we didn’t need him but the caretaker is just a phone all away! Great for a medium size family! We stayed in autumn, would like to stay in the summer as I think the house would be completely different in the summer. Plenty to do in terms of book, games and tv choices. Would certainly recommend to people who looking to get away from the busyness of the city and enjoy what rural Scotland has to offer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Yvonne F.

1 Sept 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay

A lot of space and a house with character. Stuart was very helpful when we needed another bedding. The house was great for trips to Wick, John O'Groats, Dunnet Head, Dunrobin Castle and so on.

10/10 Excellent

carole c., goole

2 Aug 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Home from home

Lovely quirky old house, still a family home so it is very relaxing and comfortable. It is very well equipped for the odd wet day, plenty of books, games, videos and of course the PlayStation. Hooks for wet coats inside the back door and a washer dryer too. Very well placed for Wick, Thurso and John O’Groats and a handy shop next door.

Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Beverley Wood

13 June 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location the house has everything you need. Would recommend and look at renting again.

Great communication with Stuart, the house had everything that was listed. Great value for money will look to book again in the future

Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Robert W.

28 May 2019

Fishing trip

Clean and homely warm friendly home from home.

Stayed 7 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Alison R.

4 Nov 2018

Beautiful central location very quaint house

Such a lovely house , everything you need. Books / dvds/ board games 3 tv's.across 3 rooms. Family of six and two dogs visiting. On main road BUT very little road noise. Shop next door very handy . Larder had the necessities left by previous guests and us, e.g salt , oil , fairy liquid soap powder etc. Washing machine great but programs seem very long ,combi dryer but not ideal , to be fare radiators were great and we were there for a week . Also some essentials in bathroom...we had forgotten loo roll .... Both toilets ( and shower/bath) on ground floor and both had wee steps to get to them , fine for us , but consider the less firm when making your choice. Truly felt at home , as many dishes , pots n oans etc as you may need. Would suggest consideration given to updating couches and matress in main bedroom , whilst functionable just not the comfiest, but again we were there for a week.. There is a gate to back garden if you choose to close it , but front garden is open . Plenty of dog walking on safe pavements and poo disposal bins readily available.. My children enchanted with several honesty boxes close by for fresh produce , jams ,eggs and even home made tablet. Decent swing park within very short distance from house , Location is IDEAL ten minutes from Wick, 20 mins to Thurso , 30 mins to John o Groats on decent but few single track roads which is no issue bit worth mentioning . Caretaker was located next door and introduced himself when we were unloading car . Very good value for money, the owner was very flexible re dates and check in / check out too. Had a great family holiday and if in same position would most definately return to Watten and the Old School House .

Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2018

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Sam K.

20 June 2017

Well Kept

Good location with lots to do, everything tip top as expected

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Daniel G.

2 Dec 2016

Cosy, homely house

We all had a wonderful stay, two adults and two dogs. The house was warm, cosy, comfy and clean and placed really well in terms of visiting all the places we wanted to go, quite central in the region. Pretty much everything you need for a self-catering stay. Would definitely come back.

Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2016

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Sue B.

1 Oct 2016

Cosy home from home feel

This holiday home has a lovely atmosphere - cosy and friendly. It's in a good location with beautiful countryside nearby and handy for John O'Groats, Wick, Thurso etc. The shop next door is handy and helpful, wish we'd tried the local pub just up the road but we had a load of food to finish up! We would highly recommend this holiday home.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2016

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Andrew F.

4 Mar 2016

Lovely big house with character.

We stayed here for a week, and was really happy with everything! We had quite a late arrival, but that was no problem for the owners to organise that. The house was warm, with gas central heating, storage heaters and individual plug in heaters at our disposal. There was more rooms in the house than we could possibly use, but it was lovely to have some space! Despite it being next to and attached to a school, you don't even know the school is there! You don't hear a thing from the school. We had to check if the school was actually open! There is a lovely bar a stones throw down the road which serves decent meals., and literally next door on the other side is a convenience store for getting all your stuff. There is a nice lake to walk around a short walk from the house. But obviously because it is in a remote area, a car is absolutely essential to get around. Watten is in a great location half way between the two towns of Wick and Thurso. It is easy to get to a ferry to the Orkneys from here (tho i would recommend to stay in the orkneys for at least a night if you want to go there). Inverness is 2.5 hour drive from here. This really is a perfect "get away from it all" location. With miles and miles of unspoilt countryside beaches and old marinas around. The house is fully stocked with everything you would need: towels, bed linen, pots, pans, plates etc. The house is old and some of the appliances and furniture in the house is old too. But everything was fully working. The house has some amazing character and really feels like a home. If I return to the area I would definitely stay here again. Thank you so much to the owner for letting us stay and for organising access.

About the host

Hosted by Steve

I am a 50s something guy living and working abroad.

I am loathed to give up this family home as we all use it thought the year so we decided to offer it as a rental to cover some of the costs of ownership.

We like the place and hope you will as well.

Stuart

Why they chose this property

The place is a family home so it has a very homely feel to it, not like the usual very sterile self catering places you will find else where. All the equipment is well maintained and replaced as needed.

What makes this property unique

Large book and film collections.

2m/70cm Dipole and IC271e, rig available on request.

Languages:

English

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4 bedrooms (sleeps 7)

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1 bathroom, 1 half bathroom

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Toilet 1

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