Rating Details:
The property manager was adequately helpful.
The vacation rental was spotless.
I was happy with the location.
I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.
Overall, I recommend this vacation rental.
Reviewer Comments:
The house is the older style beach house and the owners have retained some of the charm (wood paneling, lots of vintage beachy decor) while updating the most used areas to today's standards. The house was clean and overall in great condition. The pool is fabulous and a real highlight! I would suggest a more comfortable mattress in the hall queen bedroom--it was very firm (some may like this but for us it was uncomfortable). The kitchen could use better lighting, and vent fans in the bathrooms and over the stove would be useful additions. The location is about 1/3 of a mile from the beach access, which was an easy walk. There is parking at the access so driving your beach gear down is possible. Walking to shops and restaurants was also easy, as was riding bikes around (and bikes were often faster than taking the car!). It's a quiet area and the surrounding trees make for nice morning shade.One note--if you are renting north of the 158/12 interchange you need to go to the Duck office to get your key. This is stated on page 3 of the rental agreement, but the address given at the very top of page 1 of the agreement is for the Kitty Hawk office. Don't be like me and put that address into your GPS or you'll waste a good hour (while I acknowledge my mistake, it would be great if the rental agreements for houses that use the Duck office had that address at the top). For first timers, traffic is HORRIBLE starting several miles before the bridge and then going north on 12, so I suggest coming into town really early and finding something to do until check in. We paid 175 dollars for early check in and while our ETA was 2 PM, we didn't get to the house until 5 pm, so that was wasted money. A special shoutout to Amanda, who was very responsive when I contacted her about a couple of very minor issues! She was a definite bright spot!