Home Again

Home Again was a great escape for our family. We may have been the first spring rental and management responded quickly (thank you Andrew!) to any needs they were able to fix. There are a few things that the property lacked, but we didn't think to inquire ahead of time, because we haven't experienced them on any trips to the OBX in the past. To help out all future renters - I'm going to list them out because our stay would have been even more spectacular with a few more details. For example, ask about screens. Screens on the on doors or windows no longer seem to be something provided. Not so buggy in April, but I would think screens would be such a nice feature to have on a place of this price. Also, beach access - the steps to the beach for this property are completely buried by the sand, and so is part of the bench/landing that the stairs are attached to. By law, the dunes can't be touched, so this is not something that could be "fixed." Any family needing stability for beach access needed to go via sidewalk to the nearest public entrance, which was very disappointing. Again, for the price of this home, we hoped it would be a one stop shop and that the matriarch and patriarch (who splurged for the vacation) could have put their toes in the sand and followed their grandchildren with ease. Another question I would ask when renting next time is - which floors have access to the beach/pool. The top balcony on this floor is a stand alone - so you can't just "run down to the pool" - you need to go back to the street side of the house and down the stairs to a lower floor to access the bottom floor. And two more questions, "is there a garage?" "is there first floor access without stairs?" - we've never rented a house with out a garage which is part of our routine for fishing equipment. There is also no access to the first floor from the driveway, guest need to walk up a set of stairs to the front door which is a landing, and then walk up or down to get to the elevator. While these things are minor and didn't ruin our vacation, they are all little things that would've made our vacation simplified and more pleasurable, especially for the older generation. And the last head up for this cottage is the room with the trundle is best for littler kids in our opinions. All the kids with us this trip were teenagers. The trundle unit with a bunk was squeaky and not comfortable - they much preferred the couch over the top bunk, and this room ended up with just one child who tolerated it because he liked having his own space. One HUGE pro for this cottage - it was the first cottage we've ever rented that the pool actually heated and stayed warm the whole week. Overall the house was well equipped and clean and the management responded quickly to our needs, it had everything mentioned in the description - but for the price, we were hoping for a stay without all the nuances. Our advice, ask lots of questions up front!

The beautiful beach and property during November at Thanksgiving is a family tradition (over 30 years) you just cant keep the young ones out of the water! Our grandkids dont know Thanksgiving anywhere else. Fishing, beach, relaxing and family time are all part of the equation and OBX is the perfect place! The folks at
Village Reality are so awesome and accommodating they make it easy to relax and just enjoy the time knowing they will take care of anything that might come up.

This was our first trip to the Outer Banks and we couldn't have asked for a better place to stay. This house has everything you need for a relaxing vacation on the beach. We can't thank the owners enough for allowing us to stay here. The game room, the movie theater, the tiki bar and all the Little instructions everywhere just where you needed them. We enjoyed all of it! Everything was top notch. We look forward to returning.

are stay-at-home again was nice and everything in the house was was great and we was well taken care of but by you and the homeowner has been a well nice job thank you for allowing us to rent your property and we would recommend this house to our friends and to our family to rent once again thank you

This is an amazing house with all the possible amenities (game room, movie theater, chef's kitchen and beautiful open floor plan) that anyone could ask for! We had a wonderfully memorable reunion with our friends and hope to return.

This house has it all! It is the best house we have stayed in at OBX. Thanks for the memories. -The Simmers, Alger & Fitzgerald families

We had a wonderful time. Did wish the house would have had some beach chairs to use (hint....hint). The kitchen and all it's supplies were great and the game room was a big hit with everyone.