Emerald Isle is known for having beautiful beaches, safe biking trails, and public parks with boating/fishing accesses allowing for a pleasant vacation destination. Our 3 bedroom 3 bath with additional sleeping loft is conveniently located just a short walk to the beach, Bogue Inlet Pier, restaurants and shopping . The cottage offers a private stone patio and an upper decks to enjoy the breeze. A private beach neighborhood access is located down the block. Located in a quiet neighborhood between Bogue Inlet Pier and Emerald Plantation Shopping Center for easy access to grocery shopping and restaurants. Access to the bike path is just a block away, miniature golf is within walking distance along with several restaurants. The cottage is not a duplex.... you will not share parking or yard space with others. Additional gravel drive for extra guest or boat parking is located on property, thus offering enough parking for at least 5 vehicles. There are 2 separate entertaining areas, the larger area located on the upper level with an adjacent wet bar while the smaller area is located on the ground level adjacent to the kitchen and dining area. Both areas have large screen smart TVs with Amazon Prime and Sling for your entertainment pleasure. You may also stream from your own personal accounts. There is high speed internet throughout the cottage. The cottage is a family cottage and will accommodate the maximum of 8 guest in which some of the guest are children or teenagers and will use the loft area for sleeping, otherwise the cottage can accommodate 6 guests comfortably in the 3 bedrooms ( 1 king, 1 queen & 1 full bed ). When the cottage was first built the loft area was used as a sleeping area for our 2 middle school age children. The loft has no door or closet. It is located over and adjacent to the upper level entertaining area and is accessed by a full set of stairs. The 2 single beds in this space are well suited and popular for older children or teenagers. The private beach access at the end of the street is for property owners and their guest, a beach fishing cart is available for your use to haul your items to the beach if needed. The total home (approximately (1960 sq feet), decks and side patio are available for the guest to use. There are 2 closets on the ground level, one closet on second level and a workshop designated for owners personal items. These areas are locked. This home is not a duplex and there is no owner's apartment on the property. We are available if you need assistance, plus we are good friends with neighbors on the street who live there full time and will be happy to assist if needed. My husband or I will be available to assist when needed. We live +2 hours away from the cottage. This is a fairly quiet family oriented neighborhood. I love having a neighborhood beach access right down the street, 3-5 minute walk with no busy highways to cross...the public beach accesses can be very crowded in the summer. Once you are on the beach, it is a short walk to Bogue Inlet Pier where you may walk on for free to enjoy the view or pay a fee to fish. The location of the house is great! Just a short drive or walk to CVS, Food Lion, Emerald Plantation Shopping Center, Publix Grocery, Putt Putt, and restaurants. This makes it so convenient, you don't have to drive miles and deal with traffic to get essentials. It feels like a beach town should feel, relaxed! There is no public transportation in Emerald Isle, however there are bike, golf cart and kayak rentals available within walking distance or delivery service to the cottage. This is our family cottage. I have tried to remove personal items, but I still want it to be home. There will probably be kitchen items like spices, tea, Saran Wrap, baggies, etc which you are welcome to use. If you use an item up, I just ask you kindly replace it so it will be available when I come. Also, there is a extra refrigerator upstairs purchased to help with storage of cold drinks and ice. The main kitchen refrigerator is a Samsung energy efficient with lower drawer freezer. I found the ice maker in this refrigerator not to be very productive. It produces enough ice for 2 - 3 people, if there are more in your party you will need to purchase bags of ice. It does not produce enough ice to fill coolers to take to the beach. Please leave the house as you have found it. The cleaning fee is for sanitizing...and providing the bed linens/ bath towels for your use. Clean bed linens will be placed on the foot of each bed. You will need to make the bed upon arrival unless other arrangements are made. All dishes need to be cleaned and put away, all appliances need to be cleaned and left as you have found them, including the outdoor gas grill. Used towels, sheets and bedding should be placed in baskets and left in laundry area on ground floor. There will be an additional fee if excessive cleaning is necessary. My wish is for you to have the opportunity to enjoy Emerald Isle and my family home as much as I have over the last 20 years.