Beautiful Cottage in Village

Wonderful week in Ocracoke. Nice home, Marsh has done a great job with the cottage. His description and the pitcures were 100% accurate. Very well maintained, not your "typical" rental, this cottage is set up just like your home would be. Very prompt in answering your questions. Our family of 6 spent the week swimming at the "lifeguard beach" and had a blast. The beach is definetly in our top 5. We spent the evenings riding our bikes and walking to the shops and restaurants. The week was to short, and we are already looking forward to our next trip to Ocracoke.

This has to be my FAVORITE beach property I have ever rented on VRBO. First of all, it was an absolute pleasure to do business with the owner. He was very prompt in replying to my questions and made the transaction very easy.

Located on a quiet, private street, the house is EXACTLY as advertised, and is extremely clean and well maintained. The decor is lovely and the furnishings are of good quality (the bed was very comfortable and we slept extremely well). In fact, the photos don't do this place justice.

As a testament to the attention to detail in cleanliness: we brought our dog, and she did not get fleas! Every other beach property I've rented has resulted in my poor dog getting a nasty case of fleas (makes you wonder what the extra pet fee is all about). In fact, you cannot tell there has ever been a dog in this cottage, it's so clean (no dog smell, no pet hair, and no fleas!).

This property provides wifi and free domestic long distance, so I called my mother, as the owner suggests here in this listing and on the cottage's information sheet. After describing the location, the house and its wonderful attributes, she immediately suggested I book a week so we can have a family vacation (and she wants to pay!).

The bikes provided by the owner were well used by us during our four days on the island. We rode all over and enjoyed not needing to use the car at all while we were there. In addition, you will have use of boogie boards, surf boards, cooler, outdoor grill, etc. There is not much our hosts have not thought of to make for a wonderful, memorable vacation. I cannot wait to return to the Little House by the Ferry again and again.

The house was very cute - much as I expected for a cottage,however, the smell from the well water was just overpowering. I've lived a home with well water, but never the kind of smell we had there. We arrived on Sunday evening and it started raining, then the power went off for awhile. Monday we had about 3 hours of sunshine and nice weather and then the rains returned and were expected to remain throughout the week. Power off again Monday evening for 3 hours. We left for home Tuesday morning due to the threat of flooding and Highway 12 was already becoming covered with water and sand. Will not return to Outer Banks again in the fall.