I've lived on remote islands. I think I checked that off my list.

Getting medical care can be problem in Hawaii (a big one because the list of what can only be done on Oahu is extensive). Many people who can afford it will skip Oahu and go to California to get medical care.

I like the listing but even if I could afford it I couldn't live there.

Easy access to Lerwick!

Too late, it’s listed as sold.

Well, I don’t know.

Does it have granite countertops?

What, no moat? (I guess the ocean surrounding it, served as a kind of super moat against marauders.)

More to the point, though, for all the great halls and bedrooms, I see no mention of bathrooms!

Compare it to all the modern McMansions which seem to be built with a ratio of at least two bathrooms per bedroom, it's pretty contrary to modern tastes.

OTOH having read through the fairytale like description, it really sounds like a dream come true for someone rich enough to make it into the self-supporting kingdom it promises capable of being.

I'll bet some survivalist billionaire bought it for his family and entourage. Looks like THE most climate change impervious location imaginable (the owner can scoff at rising oceans and global warming!)

Really magical environment with immense acreage,
a greenhouse and wonderful gardens. Perhaps it could be run by wind power, with its own small airfield. I see now it supports 200 purebred ewes and incredibly it seems to come with furniture!

(Wonder how the present owners [excluding the brand new ones] - who bought and reworked in 1993 - kept warm. And don't ask about the internet - perhaps a blessing! (That said, just out of curiosity, could it actually somehow be hooked up to the internet with a tower and/or satellite connection?)

For all its isolation, it's still a bargain at only a little over $2 MM (with the British lb low against the dollar it was a good time to buy). Wonder how long it was on the market...