We had a lovely Christmas holiday at Two Queens Houses and were very lucky to have snow falling on Christmas Day followed by a gorgeous and sunny Boxing Day. There are a loads of fantastic walks on your door step including the Loch Morlich Circular and the walk to An Lochan Uaine (Green Loch).
The house is very comfortable, tastefully renovated, and with magnificent views from the window especially after snow. There are loads of bathrooms which was great. The walls are a bit thin so you can hear everything between rooms but with a family group it didn't matter. The house is very well equipped - probably better than most holiday homes although there were a few things missing that I would have liked - oven gloves, apron, more tea towels (I took my own). I also really missed having a big soup pot. We were 10 people but there was really nothing to make a big soup in. There's a coffee plunger but no coffee machine however you can get coffee at the delightful Rothiemurchus Cafe near Aviemore.
We lost power for about 24 hours due to Storm Gerrit but the wood fire kept us warm. However, it was very dark (no candles and the torch had flat batteries) and we foraged in the Christmas leftovers as there was no way of cooking either.
Both sets of neighbours were very nice with one of them coming to check on us during the power outage and offering to make a cup of tea since they were equipped for it. That was nice of them.