How much would you pay to escape the city and go somewhere off the beaten track? A couple hundred maybe? £500 at a push? If money is no object (yay for you), you could consider an island house that has just been revealed as the UK's most expensive seaside Airbnb.
One night at Captain’s House on Osea Island, Essex can cost you as much as £4,300. The island sits on an estuary of the River Blackwater and can be reached from London in an hour.
To be fair, you do get a lot of bang for your buck. The home has nine bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a separate dining room and can sleep up to 16 guests. There’s also a luxurious library complete with leather sofas, a wood burning stove and triple French doors leading out onto a sundeck and terrace with gorgeous views across the sea.
Plus, you have a heated outdoor swimming pool open from April to October and an entire secluded island to run amuck on. To really amp up the bougieness, you can hire a private chef at an additional cost to host a dinner party for you and your fellow guests.
If you fancy cooking for yourselves instead, you’ll have to be smart about it – there are no spots on the island to buy food or drink and Ocado is only able to deliver if you pick a delivery slot within the four-hour low tide window. If you want to leave the island during high-tide, access is only possible via water taxi or helicopter.
Here are a few more snaps of the place.
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So whaddya think — is it worth splashing the cash? You can take a closer look at Captain’s House on the Airbnb website here. And if you’re after some other options, here are 12 more wonderful (and more afforable) Airbnbs close to London.
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