We were a party of three adult couples and two children. Positives~ adult bedrooms all have king sized beds, TVs in all the rooms, refrigerators upstairs and downstairs, beach very close, pool and hot tub were both on the small size, but ok for young children, grocery store close, quiet street at night.
Negatives~ For heaven sakes it is a beach house and you have to rent beach towels? The sheets on the upstairs bed were not the correct size so they pulled off every night, the two extra pillows did not come with pillow cases?!?! For guests who are flying to the outer banks just wondering how much stuff one can be expected to bring! Each person gets one cheap bath towel, hand towel and wash cloth. Put some money into decent towels and sheets! In the kitchen there were two potholders, and one cup towel. We were cooking three meals a day for eight people! We went through an amazing amount of paper towels!
Good to know~ There are absolutely no amenities like dish soap, toilet paper(even to get you started) dishwasher soap, foil, plastic wrap etc. Fortunately one of the families had driven to the house so they were able to take the extra stuff with them.
I paid the entire amount due on time and then realized that we would need beach towels so I ordered them and because we were within the 30 days prior to arrival a nasty threatening email was generated stating that if I did not pay the 33$ by 5pm my entire reservation would be canceled! I was so panicked because I had no idea that would happen. I needed to return a form to them so they could charge my card. fortunately I was able to get ahold of someone on a sunday and was told "oh that was auto-generated" Most certainly a rude way to deal with people.
I also learned that by renting through VRBO I paid more than if I had just rented through the realtor who manages this listing. We were all under the impression that the point of VRBO was that you were dealing with the owners. Learned something there.
If you are flying into this vacation you will need to rent beach chairs, umbrellas, and a little cart to drag it all to the beach. The company that rents the stuff delivers it and picks it up, super easy!
The water here is not super warm, not as cold as it is in Monterey, but not super inviting.
Fireworks were awesome! You could see the Kitty Hawk pier fireworks from the balcony of the house! Plus lots of neighbors had spent a fortune on fireworks!
This is a good basic beach house.