4-Bed Lochbay House with Panoramic Hebrides Views – Waternish, Isle of Skye Vacation Home



Sunset View, Lochbay, Waternish, Isle of Skye IV55 8GD, United Kingdom, Isle of Skye (Great britain)
4 Bedrooms · 4 Bathrooms · 241m² Floor area
€673,000
House
No parking
4 Bedrooms
4 Bathrooms
241m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand at the flagged terrace on a clear September evening and watch the sun drop behind the Outer Hebrides, painting Loch Dunvegan in shades of copper and amber. There's a particular quality to the light here on the Waternish Peninsula that photographers chase and painters try — and fail — to replicate. From Sunset View, you don't have to chase anything. It comes to you, every single evening, framed by full-length glass across an entire west-facing elevation.
This is Lochbay. A handful of houses, a working croft or two, the distant lowing of Highland cattle. The Waternish Peninsula stretches north into the Minch like a quiet finger of land that the rest of the world mostly forgot about — and locals are quietly glad about that.
Sunset View sits in an elevated position above the bay, and from the moment you pull off the single-track road onto the private tarmac driveway, you understand this is something genuinely different. The house has been taken back to its bones and rebuilt from the inside out by its current owners — not flipped, but thoughtfully reimagined over years. The exterior keeps its traditional Scottish character: white rendered walls, pitched rooflines, the kind of profile that belongs here. Inside is another story entirely.
The ground floor opens into a lounge and dining space that measures over ten metres by seven. That's not a typo. The room is vast, flooded with natural light through walls of glazing that put Loch Dunvegan front and centre at every moment of the day. A living flame fire anchors the space, giving it warmth and focus on the kind of October afternoon when the rain moves across the loch in silver curtains. Luxury vinyl tile flooring runs throughout — practical for muddy boots after a hill walk, good-looking enough that you don't need rugs.
Off the lounge, bi-fold doors open directly onto a paved patio from a two-storey sunroom extension — the first of several glazed spaces in this house, each positioned to catch a different angle of the view or the light. The conservatory, rebuilt in 2018 and generously proportioned at five and a half metres by nearly four, adds another layer of indoor-outdoor living, with windows on three sides and direct patio access. On a bright June morning with the doors open, the smell of cut grass and salt air fills both rooms at once.
The kitchen deserves a paragraph of its own. It runs to over six metres in length and is anchored by an Aga range cooker — four LPG burners, two hotplates, five ovens. There are two Belfast sinks, oak worktops, a large central island with breakfast seating, two dishwashers, and an American-style fridge-freezer. This is a kitchen built for a household that actually cooks, or one that entertains seriously and often. The utility room and cloakroom sit adjacent, keeping the practical side of rural life — wet coats, garden boots, the polytunnel harvest — separate from the main living space.
A bespoke open-tread oak staircase with glazed balustrades rises to the upper floor, where the principal bedroom stretches over eight metres in length. It includes a dressing area and opens directly into the upper-floor sunroom — full-length windows, a seating area, and the kind of view over the loch that makes you sit down and stay longer than you planned. The en-suite is properly done: freestanding double-ended bath, wet-room shower, vanity sink, corner WC. Three further bedrooms accommodate family and guests across both floors, with a second en-suite ground floor bedroom that works equally well for multi-generational visits. Two bathrooms service the upper floor, one with another freestanding bath.
Externally, the grounds are terraced and well-planted — mature trees, a small pond, wide grass areas, and a large polytunnel (twelve metres by five) that produced enough vegetables last summer to justify proper use. The detached double garage is oversized by design: double-height doors on one bay for a campervan or boat, standard electric roller shutter on the other. On Skye, that kind of storage matters. People here have kayaks. Roof boxes. Fishing gear. The house was built for people who actually use the landscape they live in.
And what a landscape it is. White-tailed sea eagles — the largest raptors in Britain — nest on the peninsula and are regularly spotted from the garden. Minke whales pass through the sound in summer. Dolphins are common enough that local children barely look up. The drive north along the B886 toward Trumpan is one of the finest short drives in Scotland, ending at a ruined church with a graveyard that runs to the cliff edge and views across to Harris on a clear day.
The village of Stein is less than five minutes away — Skye's oldest inn, the Stein Inn, sits on the waterfront and serves local ale and decent pub food with a view that most city restaurants would pay architects a fortune to fabricate. Next door, the Loch Bay Restaurant has held a Michelin star and built its reputation on the seafood landed at Stein pier: hand-dived scallops, langoustines, crab claws. Dinner reservations here in high season require planning ahead. Worth every bit of effort.
For everyday needs, Dunvegan is a ten-minute drive south. Primary school, medical centre, a handful of shops, the Dunvegan Castle and Gardens — one of Scotland's most visited historic sites, inhabited by the MacLeod clan for over eight centuries. Portree, Skye's capital, is around 25 minutes away and has supermarkets, secondary schooling, a good selection of restaurants, and a harbour that still looks like a postcard no matter how many times you see it. Inverness Airport is roughly two hours by car, with direct flights to London, Manchester, Amsterdam, and beyond — meaning this property is genuinely accessible as a second home or vacation base for buyers travelling from across Europe.
The climate here is mild, wet, and windy in the way the Atlantic dictates — but Skye's weather is part of its character, not a drawback. Summers run long and luminous, with daylight past 10pm in June and July. Autumn brings the bracken to rust and gold across the hillsides. Winter on Waternish is quiet and dramatic, the kind of place where a stormy weekend with a lit fire and a stack of books is an event rather than an inconvenience. Spring arrives late but arrives well, with the peninsula coming back to life in waves of wildflower and birdsong.
As a vacation home or second residence on the Isle of Skye, this property sits in a market with real fundamentals. Skye's visitor numbers have grown steadily for over a decade. Quality self-catering accommodation at this standard on the peninsula is genuinely scarce, and for owners who choose to let when not in residence, the rental demand exists to make that proposition viable. LPG heating via a Worcester Green Star boiler, uPVC double glazing throughout, private septic tank drainage, and mains electricity and water all point to a house that has been maintained and upgraded with future-proofing in mind. Council Tax Band F.
For international buyers, Scotland's property law operates separately from England and Wales. Offers are typically submitted through a solicitor under the Scottish system, and it is advisable to engage a Scottish conveyancer early in the process. There are no restrictions on overseas ownership of residential property in Scotland.
Key features at a glance:
- 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms across 241 sq m of refurbished living space
- Panoramic views over Loch Dunvegan and the Outer Hebrides from multiple rooms and the terrace
- Vast open-plan lounge and dining room with living flame fire and full-height glazing
- Fully equipped kitchen with five-oven Aga range, two Belfast sinks, central island, two dishwashers
- Two-storey sunroom extension plus separate conservatory (rebuilt 2018) with patio access
- Principal bedroom suite with dressing area, upper sunroom, and freestanding bath en-suite
- Ground floor en-suite bedroom — ideal for guests or multi-generational use
- Detached double garage with double-height bay for campervan or boat storage
- Large polytunnel (12m x 5m), octagonal garden outbuilding, terraced planted grounds with pond
- LPG heating via Worcester Green Star boiler, uPVC double glazing throughout
- Private tarmac driveway, private septic tank, mains electricity and water
- Five minutes to Stein village, ten minutes to Dunvegan, 25 minutes to Portree
- Regular sightings of white-tailed sea eagles, minke whales, dolphins, and porpoises from the property
- Strong vacation rental potential in a high-demand, low-supply peninsula location
- Inverness Airport approximately two hours away with international connections
If you've been considering a second home in Scotland — something with real space, real views, and a sense of place that doesn't require embellishment — Sunset View on Waternish is the kind of property that doesn't come back to market often. Get in touch through Homestra to arrange a viewing or request the full property pack. See it in person before you decide; photographs, however good, do not do justice to a west Skye sunset from this terrace.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 241m²
- Price per m²
- €2,793
- Garden size
- 4391m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 4
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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