(3 night minimum)-(7 night minimum 6/24-9/7 (4 night minimum Thanksgiving weekend) (Linens/Towels package available) The house is 1650 square feet and sits on roughly one acre of wooded serenity. The house is 450 ft from the road and is located on the Albemarle Sound. The house consists of one open ground level and two upper levels of living area. There is a bicycle/walking trail in front of the house that leads to the beach (to the Southeast) and along the sound (North). The space The house is 450 feet from the road and is located on the Albemarle Sound. The house consists of one open ground level and two upper levels of living area. The ground level is latticed with a concrete floor. An outside (hot and cold) shower is on this level with an enclosed dressing area, a fish cleaning table is beside the shower. Two stairways rise to the first lower living level. This floor is enclosed on all four sides by a deck. The lower level consists of four bedrooms and two full baths with a screened porch off the Master bedroom. The two water side bedrooms have sliding glass doors that open to a deck and a beautiful view of the sound. One bathroom has a shower/tub. The second bath has a shower/Jacuzzi tub. This tub is a two-person design with 4 jets. The other two bedrooms have sliding glass doors opening to the front (wooded side). There are two queen size beds (master bedroom and second waterside bedroom); one double bed (the north woods-side bedroom). The other (south woods-side) bedroom has 2 twin beds. This house sleeps eight comfortably. No more than eight people in the Sound Crab. Blankets and pillows are provided for all beds. Please furnish your own sheets, pillow cases, bath mats, bath towels and dish towels. However, linens and towels are available for $85 for the week (service for eight). A juniper lined stairway leads to the top floor. This floor includes one great room, dining room, kitchen, ½ bath, and a screened porch. This level has cathedral ceilings and oversized French doors. These doors combined with half circle and stained-glass windows afford breathtaking water and woods view. The kitchen is fully equipped with a built-in microwave, electric stove, dishwasher, and refrigerator with an automatic ice maker. A blender, coffee maker, crockpot, toaster, pots and pans, dishes, crab steamer, etc. are also available. A counter seats five and can be used for dinner or entertaining. A full-size washer and dryer are located in a storage area on this floor. A Weber charcoal barbecue grill is available on the deck. The deck covers two sides of the upper level while the porch covers the third side. Rising from this level of deck is a roof top deck. This deck is 35 feet off the ground. It has built in seating and offers another fabulous view of the sound and sunsets. This house contains a central heat pump/air conditioning unit. A unit of this type is most efficient when left at 76 degrees. The unit can be shut off completely and just the ceiling fans in the great room can be turned on. A stereo with AM/FM radio and with CD player is located in the great room. Please bring whatever CDs you enjoy. Cable TV with a VCR and DVD player is provided in the living room. All bedrooms contain Cable TV’s. The house is wired for the internet and all passwords are posted in a frame in the kitchen area. A pier extends 130 feet onto the sound and is 8 feet wide. At the end of the pier is a dock with a gazebo. The gazebo is carpeted and contains a table and 4 chairs. Fishing is permitted. The water level is shallow (less than 2 feet), but PLEASE KEEP A WATCH ON YOUNG CHILDREN.