Surely there’s nothing more romantic than swapping your blazer for a cable-knit, a Pret coffee for a piping-hot homemade brew and London skyscrapers for the rugged Scottish wilderness. If you have £1 million or so lying around, that could be soon be your reality. Inchlonaig sits in the middle of Loch Lomond and has just been put on the market for £995,000.
The island stretches out over 182 acres and its name translates to the ‘Island of Yew Trees’. It is home to 800 yews that date all the way back to the fourteenth century.
It has its own jetty for launching and landing boats plus a two-bedroom cottage for which there is worryingly little information besides there being an ‘operational’ fireplace in the living room. Over the past few years it has been used as a holiday let, but we assume it may be a bit of a doer-upper. The island also has three derelict bothies which Savills says offer some ‘potential development opportunities’.
In what might be a draw-back for some but an ultimate luxury for others, the island is completely off-grid. Like, completely – there is no telephone service or wi-fi at all.
Still keen? The good news is that Inchlonaig is surprisingly commutable. Just a mile across the water is the village of Luss from which you can drive to Glasgow in just under an hour or catch a train that takes just 45 minutes.
Savills says that the island ‘represents an incredible and rare opportunity to acquire a piece of Scottish history while enjoying the spectacular surroundings of Loch Lomond and the National Park’. You can check out the official listing here.
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