Moms' Beach House-Guest Quarters

Entire home in Oak Island, North Carolina

  1. 6 guests
  2. 3 bedrooms
  3. 4 beds
  4. 2 baths
Hosted by Patricia
  1. Superhost
  2. 10 years hosting

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Calm and convenient location

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Newly remodeled in 2023, Moms' Beach House is a third-row family home we share part-time with others. Enjoy the sounds and view of the ocean from the sheltered porch; take a short walk to the beach; use our bikes to explore the island.

The Guest Quarters is the original house where we have hosted guests since 2013. The Owners' Retreat was added in 2018. An exterior staircase, bicycles, park grill, swings, and shower under the house are shared.

The space
Moms' Beach House is elevated on pilings and accessible by a staircase. The guest room has a queen bed, and the "kids' room" has a queen bed and a twin. The third bedroom has a queen bed, television, and exterior door. The second bathroom was completely remodeled in 2023, including a tiled shower with two shower heads, a bench, and grab bars for added safety.

The kitchen opens into the living area, is well-equipped and has space for two cooks. You are welcome to use any salt, pepper and spices you find in the cabinet and condiments from in the refrigerator.

The deep, covered porch faces the beach to the south and is the perfect spot for morning coffee. The porch receives morning sun but is protected on the west side from the afternoon sun. It is sunny in the winter, but shaded in the summer. There are chairs and rocking chairs and a table and benches if you care to eat al fresco.

We have beach accessories and bicycles we are happy to share. The space under the house is also shared with the Owners' Retreat and includes a shower with hot water and a dressing area, porch swings, hooks for hammocks, and a park grill for charcoal grilling.

We have a couple of kayaks that we may make available to responsible adult guests. We ask for a separate agreement, a commitment to safe use and care, and a fee (less than local rental companies) to offset our costs.

Guest access
The two parts of the house are separated by a locked interior door. There is dedicated parking for each part of the house. The entire front of the house is available for your use, though we ask if you use our personal supplies (band-aids from the medicine cabinet, sunscreen, or the last of the sugar and salt for example) you replace anything you use up.

If you would like access to the elevator or would benefit from additional accessibility features in the bathroom, consider reserving "Moms' Beach House - Owners' Retreat."

And if you need space for more than 6 guests, check out our whole house listing, "Moms' Beach House, Family Retreat, Two Kitchens." It's a great set up for a large family, and we will be happy to open the interior door for you!

Other things to note
Please provide your full name and some information about yourself and your group when you request to book. Moms' Beach House is our family vacation home and intended retirement home and we hope you understand that we are very protective of it! We are more likely to accept reservations from people who have excellent reviews from other hosts or who can provide a reference. We only consider reservations from mature adults using their own verified accounts.

Where you’ll sleep

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What this place offers

Beach access
Kitchen
Wifi
Free parking on premises
TV with standard cable
Unavailable: Carbon monoxide alarm

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Rated 4.94 out of 5 from 77 reviews.

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Where you’ll be

Oak Island, North Carolina, United States
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Neighborhood highlights

The walk to the beach takes 2-3 minutes. We have beach carts and you are welcome to use any chairs or beach toys you find under the house. On your way to the beach, peek over the fence into our neighbor's wild bird hospital. If you are lucky, you might catch a glimpse of her feeding the pelicans.

One block behind the house, take the scenic walkway over the marsh and Davis Canal. Adjacent to the walkway there is a floating dock for easy kayak access. There is much wildlife in the marsh to enjoy. Look for our favorite bird, great heron Stella, who divides her time between the marsh and the back yard of the bird hospital where she once rehabbed. We enjoy seeing her fly by sometimes when we look out our kitchen window.

Borrow our beach cruisers and explore the island. There is a great municipal park about 10 minutes by bike from the house, with a playground, basketball courts and even a skateboard facility for the kids. Several good breakfast places are within easy biking distance if you want to "work for it."

Enjoy the local businesses and restaurants in our friendly town. Reserve a climb to the top of the Oak Island Light House. Visit historic Southport, just 15 minutes away. Take the ferry from Southport across the Cape Fear River to Fort Fisher, a Civil War site and museum. Visit Bald Head Island, a resort, also accessible by private ferry from Southport. No cars are allowed on Bald Head, but you can rent bikes or a golf cart, see some beautiful beaches and climb Old Baldy lighthouse.

If you visit in the winter time, you can see the sun both rise and set over the ocean!

Sea turtle nesting and hatching season runs from May to October. One of our guests and his young son were fortunate enough to happen upon a nesting sea turtle one night when they were walking on the beach. The Oak Island Sea Turtle Protection Program marks and dates turtle nests and if you are lucky, you can join some nest-sitters and cheer the hatchlings to the ocean. Two months after our guest observed the mama turtle, we sent him photos of the baby turtle tracks from the same nest.

I'm sure you can see how much we love Oak Island and Moms'. We hope you will love, enjoy and care for our little slice of paradise as much as we do.

Meet your host

Superhost
300 reviews
4.96 out of 5 average rating
10 years of hosting
Speaks English, Sign Language, and Spanish
Lives in Durham, North Carolina
I graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in Spanish and have an MA from Gallaudet University in the Linguistics of American Sign Language. I retired from 30 years as a teacher/school administrator, and now support private students through my home business, Solterra Way Cottage School, and teach novice investors to get started in the stock market. I live in a cohousing community in Durham NC with my spouse. We have four adult children in various stages school or independence. When we are not sharing it with others, we spend as much time as possible in our second home, Moms' Beach House, on Oak Island NC.

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Things to know

Cancellation policy
House rules
Check-in after 4:00 PM
Checkout before 10:00 AM
6 guests maximum
Safety & property
Carbon monoxide alarm not reported
Exterior security cameras on property
Smoke alarm