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Charming Holiday Home, Extensive Mature Garden, In Totland Bay, Isle of Wight

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View from the garden
Looking up the garden
The garden, just as the leaves are turning.
Dining in the trees, and plenty of seating.
Come rain or shine, you're protected from the elements - ceiling fans or heating

Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
4 bedrooms1+ bathroomSleeps 10

Popular amenities

  • Onsite parking available
  • Dog-friendly
  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Barbecue grill
  • Balcony

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 4

2 Single Beds

Bunk Room

2 Single Bunk Beds

Master Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

1 bathroom, 1 half bathroom

En-suite Shower Room

Soap · Toilet · Shower only

Family bathroom

Soap · Bathtub or shower · Bathtub · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Balcony
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Charming Holiday Home, Extensive Mature Garden, In Totland Bay, Isle of Wight

Affectionately known as the Topsy Turvy House, this property has been lovingly converted to give a wonderful, light and airy living space with stunning views over a large and well established garden. This unique abode has the bedrooms downstairs and living areas including conservatory upstairs. Situated down a long private drive off the road in a peaceful and rural setting, it provides a sanctuary for those wanting to relax and walk, while also providing a well located base to explore this beautiful island.

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About the area

Totland Bay

Located in Totland Bay, this holiday home is in a rural area and by the sea. New Forest National Park and Golden Hill Fort Country Park reflect the area's natural beauty and area attractions include The Needles Landmark Attraction and Lymington Sea Water Baths. Travelling with kids? Consider Lymington Health and Leisure Centre and Island Clay Breaks. Kayaking and windsurfing offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with horse riding and hiking nearby.
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What's nearby

  • Isle of Wight Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Tennyson Down - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • The Needles Battery - 12 min walk - 1.1 km
  • The Needles Landmark Attraction - 19 min walk - 1.7 km
  • Alum Bay Beach - 3 min drive - 2.0 km

Getting around

  • Yarmouth Station - 14 min drive
  • Bournemouth (BOH-Bournemouth Intl.) - 152 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Needles Eye Café - ‬56 min drive
  • ‪Rainbow Fish Bar - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Saltwater Cafe - ‬56 min drive
  • ‪The Terrace - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Smugglers Inn - ‬56 min drive

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 39 out of 46 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 46 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 46 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 46 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 46 reviews

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Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Emma H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This was our 2nd visit to this property as it’s a beautiful place to stay and great for kids with the big garden. It was a great place to stay and chill after a day of fun activities on the Island.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rob P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Wonderful house with grounds not a garden. Spacious and very well equipped - we loved it
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

EJ W.

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

we enjoyed the stay

Nice environment and garden
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Jamie G.

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

Cosy place for family trip

Visited for a long weekend with family and had a great time. The kids loved the garden and the location was convenient yet secluded. The host was very helpful and provided clear instructions for everything. Highly recommended and would stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Emma H.

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

Amazing stay

Beautiful house and great location for the beach. Highly recommend x
Stayed 7 nights in May 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 9 Jul, 2021
It was a pleasure to have you stay and I'm so glad that you had a wonderful half term stay.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Garry C.

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

East house

That good that we are going back again next year.Great family house with fab garden and in a great location.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Family short break

Fantastic location, great house especially deck and garden. Would love to return one day.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023
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10/10 Excellent

Harriette C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We loved our time at Lucy's beautiful house near Totland Bay and hope to return next year. The property is perfect for families, enormously practical, with everything you need, and easy to use, whilst also having a truly unique and lovely setting for adults to enjoy. Lucy was a great host, communicative and helpful. Many thanks!
Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Kim P.

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

Weekend Celebration

Loved our stay...great house and beautiful garden. Would like to go back.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Aug, 2023
We would be delighted to have you back. Thank you so much for leaving our Topsy Turvy house in such a wonderful way and thrilled you had such a wonderful weekend.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Tobias J.

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

Great house and great location

Beautiful place to stay with great living area terrace and a huge garden. Walking distance from Freshwater, Needles, Alum Bay and Totland Bay. Great place to stay and thank you Lucy for the great communication.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Marianne P.

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

Lovely Christmas stay

Lovely, comfortable property. Beautifully located for walks and the coast. Thank you for making us feel so welcome. The Christmas tree was a lovely touch.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Aug, 2023
It was a pleasure and I'm so delighted you discovered all of the beautiful walks around. There is something very special about the IOW on a crisp Winter's day.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer W.

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

Beautiful location relaxing accomodation

Great house for our inter-generational family lots of options for sleeping arrangements. A beautiful quiet garden sheltered by alarge variety of trees. Short 10 minute walk to beach, pub and local shops.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Sally M.

Charming house close to the coast

A very comfortable and well equipped house, very suitable for family groups. The garden is delightful and provides plenty of entertainment for children. We all had a very good holiday
Stayed 7 nights in May 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 9 Jul, 2021
Thank you so much, and so glad you had a wonderful time - do come back and visit soon.
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10/10 Excellent

Henry E.

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

Lovely break in Totland

Lovely house - very open and easy to live in with plenty of character and light. Lucy was a great host - she looked after us very well. Would definitely recommend for a visit to the IoW
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

carol d.

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

Lovely family home

We had a very enjoyable holiday. The house had everything that we needed, was very comfortable and suited all ages.It is a short walk to the beach, when we could persuade the children to leave the garden, perfect for games of hide and seek.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Garry C.

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

Holiday

We had a fabulous time in the the topsy turvy house. The location is great, about 8 mins walk to the beach. The garden is fabulous and upstairs there is plenty of room with the upstairs conservatory where we spent most nights. It must have been good….we have booked again from or next year.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Caroline K.

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

Spacious house with great vibe and the most beautiful garden

Five adults (family members) and two dogs stayed at this charming house in August and it was soooo lovely. The upstairs (loinge/kitchen/conservatory) is particularly appealing because it's flooded with light and spacious enough to be able to spread out in different areas. Needless to say, we loved spotting red squirrels in all those wonderful trees, including a fruiting walnut tree. The dogs enjoyed sniffing for rabbits and chasing a ball. So peaceful and the air felt clean and fresh. Great location too, it suited our purposes perfectly and one of our party walked 20 miles on the coast path one day, catching the bus back. Just a mention for anyone bringing dogs, the garden isn't dog-proof so you'll need to supervise your best friend. Ours were fine, but we didn't leave them alone outdoors. Thank you, we loved our short break!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Natalie T.

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

Amazing house and garden!

We were thrilled with our recent stay at the Topsy Turvy house. Plenty of space for our group of 5 adults and 3 children. Rooms were nicely decorated with a relaxed and homely feel. The outdoor space was fantastic with den, ball swing and trampoline and a backdrop of beautiful shrubs and trees. We also made use of the balcony, perfect for a morning coffee or evening meal. The house was well appointed with everything we needed at hand. We liked the open plan living space with the dining, kitchen and lounge areas all interlinked. A really unique house! Location is secluded and quiet but do note that access to nearby Totland Bay by foot was rather steep and too difficult for older and younger members of our group though we could easily access the bay by car, just a 2 minute drive. We enjoyed visits to Osborne House, Carisbrooke castle, Godshill model village, Ryde and The Needles and also made trips to nearby Freshwater Bay, Colwell Bay and Compton Bay. Great communication from owner throughout, would highly recommend!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 26 Mar, 2020
Thank you so much and so pleased you had such a lovely and busy time. Lucy
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Katy D.

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

Red Squirrel Hotspot!

We enjoyed a last minute mini break after the weather ruined our camping plans! The house is very large with space for everyone to be together and apart all at the same time! Close access to beaches and the needles, shame about the weather though! We barely saw the children as the toddler created her faux meals in the kitchen in the play house, whilst the tweens swung around like King Louis from breakfast til dark on the swing! I enjoyed the natural silence in the garden and spent hours slowly walking with a glass of wine, seeing all of the wildlife the Isle has to offer! Mr Fox was trotting about, beautiful robins and so many birds including a woodpecker! I saw a hare in the neighbour’s garden, and my highlight were the family of red squirrels who danced around the Cobb nut trees! They were so beautiful and came very close! A nature lovers dream! We would happily stay again, in fact the children cried when we left, lol!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
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8/10 Good

Gary B.

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

Good family house in an excellent location

Found the whole process easy from start to finish.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Aug, 2023
Thank you for your lovely feedback and I'm so glad you had such an enjoyable stay.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Richard D.

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

Lovely week with family and friends!

We had a fantastic week in Lucy’s house - the property is exactly as advertised if not better - well equipped and lots of space inside and out for adults and kids to entertain themselves and get into the holiday vibe. We loved the local Totland beach and especially walks over Headon Warren towards the Needles. Lucy has been so helpful and responsive and we felt very welcome in a beautiful part of the island. Thanks for a great stay!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Aug, 2023
Thank you so much for such a lovely review. It was a pleasure hosting you and I'm delighted you had such a wonderful time.
Verified

8/10 Good

Anne K.

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

Wonderful upstairs, location and garden. Note 1.5 bathrooms

We had a delightful holiday, a 5 minute walk to beach, basking in sun upstairs and playing in garden. There us one family bathroom and a very small ensure that is difficult for an adult to shower. We would definitely holiday here again.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Aug, 2023
I am so glad you had a wonderful stay and we would be delighted to host you again. We've angled the shower so we're pretty confident that any adult will have a super shower in the en-suite now!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Olivia B.

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

Summer 2021

A beautiful house in a great location. Very comfy and clean. Would love to go again!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Aug, 2023
It was a pleasure to host you and we would be delighted to have you back - you would be amazed by some of the new attractions and super restaurants that have opened up, but thankfully West Wight beaches and walks remain as beautiful as ever.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Emma C.

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

Comfortable house in good location

We had a lovely week ( family of 2 adults + 2 teenagers + grandma) in this property. Beds were comfortable and bedding was good quality. Plenty of equipment in the kitchen and wifi was good upstairs, less so downstairs in bedrooms. Lovely garden, well looked after. Living space would have been a bit tight for 10 people, unless split into different areas. Not so suitable for less able grandma - access to the house from the driveway was very tricky with uneven steps and no toilet in the upstairs living area so she needed to go up and down stairs more than was really comfortable for her. But for a family with teenagers was a lovely space and we all loved the IOW.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Aug, 2023
Thank you so much for your feedback and I'm so glad you had a wonderful time. We have opened up the front door access to make sure that all grandparents can have as easy access as possible so I do hope that you will come and see us again.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Hen B.

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

Best long weekend ever

The most wonderful house, perfectly located and had EVERYTHING we needed. Lucy was extremely helpful and accommodating. We loved everything about the house and Isle of Wight . X
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 9 Jul, 2021
It was a pleasure to have you stay and so glad that you had a wonderful time.
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