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Away from it all This was our second stay at Balranald Cottage and I’m sure we’ll be back again. The cottage is lovely, everything we look for in a holiday home. It is in a lovely quiet location overlooking the machair and just a short walk to the coast. Plenty of wildlife close by including hen harriers, short eared owls and corn rake. The cottage itself has everything you need and our favourite part is the sun room from which you can enjoy the beautiful tranquil view. The only heavy traffic we came across was a farmer moving his herd of cows along the road.

Amazing cottage I loved this cottage, stunning views, beautiful walks direct from cottage, super comfy and well equipped over all. I loved the bedroom set up and en-suite-nice extra touches-soap, face cloths and super white soft fluffy towels all set up really nice.The kitchen has everything you need and some, it was spotlessly clean the entire cottage was the same and also stunning views. The patio was amazing just to sit and have coffee in morning, or a glass of wine in the evening. My favourite room had to be sun room from dawn to dusk to reflect and enjoy the beautiful sunrise and sunset. I would most certainly book this cottage again, we had an amazing holiday

A Great Cottage This was a lovely well-equipped cottage with everything you need. It's very quiet and peaceful but close to the 'main' road. We particularly liked the sunroom and spent virtually all our time in there when we were home, it was lovely having views all around. We also watched Hen Harriers hunting over the reeds behind the cottage. If we return to North Uist we would try to book Balranald Cottage again. The owner Scott is also very helpful.

Idyllic and peaceful. Beautiful cottage with outstanding views over rural countryside. Great place to walk to the beach with the dog and even better to just.....chill.

Magical Our third stay at the cottage - such a lovely peaceful location, great for walks down to the machair. Great cosy sitting room with real fire and also wonderful sunroom that warms up in the sun even in winter - a very quiet place to watch birds. Lots of barnacle geese around while we were there and even some red deer outside one morning. Loved the new shower - great to have more than one bathroom. Kitchen had everything we needed and could watch swans on wee loch nearby. We’ll be back as soon as we can..

Homely, quiet and peaceful and in a great location…..like a second home! Have stayed twice here (would have been more if it had been available) and a 3rd stay is already booked! The nearby beach is within walking distance and there are views all around especially from the sunroom which is great at night too for nipping outside to see a light pollution free starry night and even the Northern Lights if you are lucky. Being a traditionally built cottage, the thick walls keep any gales and storms deceptively quiet! Very cosy.

Stunning location This cottage is in a stunning location, 20 minutes walk from beautiful beaches' along which you can walk for miles, all the way to the Balranald RSPB reserve.The cottage is very spacious, and the sun room is superb for just looking out at the view. We were very lucky with the weather but if it had been very bad we would have had plenty of space to just chill.The master bedroom is very large and even though there were only 2 of us staying it was great to have the ensuite.We saw a short eared owl flying over the end of the sea loch on a number of occasions - something we don't see at home. The cows in the filed were very curious and we spent a lot of time just watching them graze peacefully.There were just 2 little niggles - unfortunately the lighting in the living room is not very bright - the best light is the standard lamp but the bulb blew on our second night and there wasn't a replacement available. We did try to find one in local shops but couldn't so a spare would be helpful. The ceiling bulb in the second bedroom was also blown and there was no spare, but we managed without that light.Also it would be good to have some egg cups. I know it's probably an English thing but we do like our boiled eggs for breakfast - we managed with an egg box but egg cups would have been better.Absolutely recommend this cottage to anyone who is looking for peace and quiet - there were times when we could hear absolutely nothing except the wind rustling the reeds a little way away.