See all properties
Entire home

Mermaid Way - beach 5 min walk, pool w/heater, hot tub, game room, pet friendly

Photo gallery for Mermaid Way - beach 5 min walk, pool w/heater, hot tub, game room, pet friendly

Private kitchen
Third Floor Common Area
Game room
Exterior
Outdoor spa tub

Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
5 bedrooms6 bathroomsSleeps 10227.6 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Pet-friendly
  • Dryer
  • Washer

Explore the area

Map
Kill Devil Hills, NC
  • Avalon Fishing Pier
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Wright Brothers National Memorial
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Nags Head Woods Preserve
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Manteo, NC (MEO-Dare County Regional)
    ‪24 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 4

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 5

1 Single Bunk Bed and 1 Single Bed

Main Bedroom top floor

1 King Bed

6 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 3

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 4

Toilet

Bathroom 6

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Main bathroom

Toilet · Shower only · Jetted bathtub

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Balcony
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Mermaid Way - beach 5 min walk, pool w/heater, hot tub, game room, pet friendly

Welcome to Mermaid Way!

Stay with Confidence: SecuredNest-Protected Rental
This property undergoes scheduled inspections to detect and remove hidden surveillance threats.


Escape to a vacation paradise where the comforts of home meet the beauty of the beach! Our professionally decorated beach house, thoughtfully designed with a serene coastal theme, promises ultimate comfort and relaxation for your getaway.

New for this year: A first-floor game room packed with fun for the whole family! Pool Table, Video arcade machine with 60 games, ping pong, mini air hockey, etc... Whether it's rainy-day entertainment or evening competitions, you'll have endless ways to create lasting memories. Also, Now accepting pets!!!!

Key Features:

Fully stocked kitchen perfect for any occasion, from quick snacks to gourmet dinners.
En-suite bathrooms in every bedroom for convenience and privacy.
A heated pool (available for an additional fee) opening April 1st—perfect for lounging or splashing under the sun.
Just a short walk to the beach, making it easy to soak up the sun, play in the waves, or enjoy breathtaking sunsets.
Prime Location:
Nestled just across the street from putt-putt golf, grocery stores, and charming local shops. Only a few blocks away, you'll find fantastic restaurants, the iconic Wright Brothers Memorial, and endless entertainment and relaxation options.

This family-friendly retreat is a favorite of ours year after year, and we're confident it will become yours too. Discover the joy of beach living The Mermaid Way!

Book your stay today and start planning your unforgettable seaside escape!

Property manager

Matt Steinmetz
Premier Host

Languages

English

Add dates for prices

Amenities

Pool
Hot tub
Kitchen
Washer
Dryer
Pet-friendly

Have a question?

AI iconBeta

Get instant answers with AI powered search of property information and reviews.

Similar properties

Pool area

Our Happy Place - two blocks from beach access, private pool, hot tub, game room

  • Ocean view
  • Pool
  • Hot tub
  • Kitchen
9.8 out of 10, (82 reviews)
Our Happy Place - two blocks from beach access, private pool, hot tub, game room

House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 10:00 AM
default

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
default

Events

Events allowed: family gatherings, birthday parties, weddings
default

Pets

Pets allowed: dogs (limit 2 total)
default

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
The house rents Sunday to Sunday during summer

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Parties and events (including family gatherings, birthday parties and weddings) are allowed on site. Maximum attendees: 20
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

About the area

Kill Devil Hills

Located in Kill Devil Hills, this holiday home is near the beach. Professor Hacker's Lost Treasure Golf and Stop-N-Shop Beach Shop are local attractions and those in the mood for shopping can visit Outer Banks Mall and Outlets Nags Head. Travelling with kids? Consider Paradise Fun Park and Destination Fun.
Map
Kill Devil Hills, NC

What's nearby

  • Stop-N-Shop Beach Shop - 2 min drive - 2.3 km
  • Avalon Fishing Pier - 2 min drive - 2.2 km
  • Destination Fun - 3 min drive - 3.3 km
  • Wright Brothers National Memorial - 4 min drive - 2.1 km
  • Nags Head Woods Preserve - 7 min drive - 5.5 km

Getting around

  • Manteo, NC (MEO-Dare County Regional) - 24 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Jolly Roger - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Chilli Peppers Coastal Grill - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Captain George's Seafood Restaurant - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Outer Banks Brewing Station - ‬2 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Does Mermaid Way - beach 5 min walk, pool w/heater, hot tub, game room, pet friendly have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool. Pool types include heated pools.

Is Mermaid Way - beach 5 min walk, pool w/heater, hot tub, game room, pet friendly pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total).

What time is check-in at Mermaid Way - beach 5 min walk, pool w/heater, hot tub, game room, pet friendly ?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Mermaid Way - beach 5 min walk, pool w/heater, hot tub, game room, pet friendly ?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Mermaid Way - beach 5 min walk, pool w/heater, hot tub, game room, pet friendly located?

This family-friendly Kill Devil Hills holiday home is located by the sea, within a 5-minute walk of Professor Hacker's Lost Treasure Golf and Outer Banks Beaches. Glazin' Go-Nuts and Wright Brothers National Memorial are also within 1 mile (2 km).

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
Learn moreOpens in a new window
Rating 10 - Excellent. 37 out of 40 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 40 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 40 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 40 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 40 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

9.2/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

David E.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Bronco Bash Weekend

Great property and very convenient to access the bypass.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kevin K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Spring Break in the OBX

This house provided an excellent location for a vacation in the OBX! We enjoyed every part of this house from the heated pool to the family fun game room. With a bathroom adjoining every bedroom, it gave our kids some needed alone space. This house will be our go to for future trips to the Outer Banks.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lori G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely home in a prime location

We had a wonderful time staying at Mermaid Way! It is a beautiful home and truly is in a phenomenal location. It was great having all private bathrooms. The beds were comfy and the kitchen is spacious and well stocked. The house is super close to Jockey's Ridge, Wright Brothers Memorial, tons of stores, and a quick stroll to the beqch access.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shannon P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wedding

We stayed in house for a weekend wedding any everything was great. Loved heated pool and hot tub and convenient location. Would definitely stay at house again
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chase D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice stay

It was a nice place in a great area close to the beach. Enjoyed our stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kale K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fabulous weekend!

Our stay here was wonderful! The host was very responsive with the few questions we had! The hot tub and pool were perfect! Very close walk to the beach and great restaurants! Highly recommend this place for your OBX vacation!!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

John B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Title

Excellent property, all enjoyed the pool and hot tub.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

David K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Overall Great Stay

Overall this was a great place to stay. The house and kitchen were well stocked with stuff you'd need. Every bedroom has a bathroom. The pool and hot tub are nice. You are minutes away from stores to buy anything you need. It's an easy walk to the beach even with toddlers / young kids. You can drive your car down and park near the beach if you don't want to walk. I recommend doing this early in the morning because parking fills up fast. The beach is great and you are right by a lifeguard which is nice when you are there with kids. There are a few things that we didn't like about the house. The cleaners beforehand could do a better job. There was mold on the shower curtain in the upstairs bathroom and some mold on the floor vents in the kids' downstairs bathroom. It didn't bother us much but some people might freak out. All the bedrooms besides one are downstairs and above the downstairs bedroom is the living area and kitchen. If you are trying to sleep downstairs (or have kids that you are trying to get to sleep) and people are still awake and moving around upstairs you can hear it in the bedrooms. For most people, this wouldn't be a big deal but we did need to play white noise for the kids when they slept. We knew from reading other reviews before we stayed that the house was next to a busy road. The traffic noise is pretty loud. That didn't bother us too much but sometimes it was annoying especially when sitting outside at night trying to have a conversation.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bill K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family/friends summer trip

We had a very nice stay. The cleaning company could have done a little better, but it was nothing major. The rooms are very nice. The pool was great. Location is rather noisy due to traffic. House is very conveniently located to everything OBX.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay in OBX

Fantastic week at mermaid Way. House was just As advertised. Plenty of space for the two families in the house enjoyed the pool and the short walk to the beach.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Donna U.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family vacation 2024

Great vacation the house was great everything was clean and as it stated in the listing! Easy walk to the beach even with small children and the pool was fantastic! Would highly recommend and we are planning to stay here again! Thanks for a great vacation in the Outer Banks !!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Ronald F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in
Disliked: Communication, location

How can something so nice be so disappointing

Should state dishwasher only works on one setting grill was a disaster as needs replaced Not your fault but the fools racing there trucks Al evening long was a bit to much kill devil hills has a gang problem as much as we enjoy are vacation it won’t be back here
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Madison M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect spacious beach house!

Great walkable location centrally located. The pool and hot tub were a huge plus and the upstairs living space was perfect for our group hangouts!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Neil H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Trip

Good place and good location. Location as advertised. will probably use it again
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paula S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family wedding in Manteo

We had a great stay at Mermaid Way! We had a few issues that were reported to the property manager. A new washing machine was delivered Saturday, but we didn’t need to use it. We really enjoyed the hot tub!!!! Thanks for a great stay!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Mckenzie H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
Disliked: Location

Nice house

We enjoyed our stay. The house was beautiful, but hot tub and showers weren’t clean. Rest of house was nice. Close to beach but on a busy road and could hear the traffic all the time. Really the only bad part about our stay, and our fault we didn’t look at the map to locate proximity to other landmarks other than the beach. Owner/property manager was very responsive and even offered us late check out with no charge since no future guest checking in right after us.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mike N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Hvac problem up stairs

Nice place heat pump up stairs is stuck in heat and got up to 99 degrees over night we left off needs to be looked at
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nancy B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent Spring Break

We had a lovely time at this property which was close to everything we wanted to explore. Loved having the grocery store and mini golf nearby. The heated pool and hot tub were used everyday. The street traffic noise was very loud when relaxing by the pool or on street side bedrooms.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dawn B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Vacation

It was amazing the house was awesome and the owners were very nice. We had great communication with them the entire week. My grandson loves the beach and it close we went every day except Thursday due to the weather. He also loved the pool he is a water monkey. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone with family it was close to alot of sightseeing which we also did. Thank you again for the great week --The Baldwins and Hess's
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jake B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent house

We all loved it. I’ve been coming to OBX for more than 20 years, it was my girlfriend’s second trip, and her boys’ first. The boys fell in love with the place. This time I proposed to my now fiancée, and we had a memorable stay we’ll never forget. Two things: 1, to renters, be careful in the water on either side of a hurricane. I’ve been swimming those waters my whole life, and this year the surf and currents were VERY intense for the first couple days after Idalia left, the most intense I’ve seen. And 2, to the management, just one tiny constructive criticism; the beds are awfully stiff. Hop on Amazon and grab some of their tall mattresses and the house will be perfect.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

emma r.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Vacay

Amazing location! perfect amount of space for everyone. Enjoyed every bit of vacation, would definitely come back.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Maricar B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

50th birthday celebrations

The house was beautiful loved it but did have some issues with the shower tubs in 2 of the bedrooms that the drain didnt work, informed the owner of the house and was told they would have maintenance there the next day but never showed the whole week we were there also mold on the shower curtain as well but never got changed. Other than that, we had a wonderful stay very nice to have access to alot of shopping areas
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

DeeDee F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Great Home and Qwnet

The house is absolutely beautiful inside. We'll set up to handle our crew! About an 8 minute walk to the beach. Great pool. Extremely responsive owner. Would rent again.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ronnie C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A great family vacation home

My family & I had a great time staying at this property. It was a short easy walk to the beach. Renting the property and checking in/out was such an easy process. We had the option for heating the pool which was awesome for the kids in early June. We highly recommend this home!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen P., Canonsburg

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great family vacation

We had a family of 10, including two children ages 9 and 13 stay for a week this house. It was perfect! Everyone had their own bathroom and bedrooms plus the kitchen and family room were large enough for all of us. The kitchen is well stocked so most nights we just cooked a large dinner for everyone. But the biggest hit with everyone was the pool and hot tub. The house is only three blocks from the beach so we spent a lot of time there but we also spent an equal amount of time in the pool and hot tub. I would definitely stay again. We all really enjoyed it.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

About the host

Hosted by Matt Steinmetz

Host profile image
We’re proud to be private owners who personally manage every aspect of our beloved beach house. This is more than just a rental—it’s our home away from home, and we take excellent care to ensure it’s a place of comfort and joy for every guest.

We keep up with all maintenance needs and update home essentials every season, ensuring the house is always in top condition. Being just an hour and a half away allows us to visit often, making sure everything meets the high standards we’ve set for our family and yours.

Hosting families in our beach home is a privilege we cherish. We love helping others create lasting memories and enjoy the special magic that life at the beach has to offer. From our family to yours, welcome to Mermaid Way.

Why they chose this property

Nestled in the heart of Kill Devil Hills, our beach house is perfectly located for convenience, adventure, and relaxation. We fell in love with this neighborhood for its close proximity to everything that makes the Outer Banks special.

From here, you’re just steps away from the beach and within walking distance of charming local shops, grocery stores, and putt-putt golf. Some of the best restaurants and the iconic Wright Brothers Memorial are just a short drive or leisurely stroll away. Whether you’re seeking entertainment, dining, or a peaceful day by the shore, Kill Devil Hills has it all.

This vibrant yet laid-back community offers the perfect mix of activity and tranquility, making it an ideal spot for your beach getaway. We couldn’t imagine a better place to create memories, and we know you’ll feel the same!

What makes this property unique

Our beach house is thoughtfully designed and meticulously maintained to provide a truly unforgettable vacation experience. We take pride in keeping everything in top-notch condition, updating and refreshing the home each season so it feels just as welcoming and comfortable as your own.

There's something for everyone here—even your furry family members are welcome! Enjoy a wide range of amenities, including:

A heated pool for fun and relaxation (available for an additional fee).
A game room packed with entertainment for all ages.
A relaxing hot tub and an indoor jetted tub for the ultimate unwind.
A grill for family barbecues and outdoor dining.
Privacy and comfort with en-suite bathrooms in all five bedrooms, offering the convenience of your own space.
From cozy nights with loved ones to days of endless fun, our home has everything you need to create memories that will last a lifetime. Whether you’re here for a romantic getaway, a family vacation, or just to soak in the beach vibes, we’ve ensured every detail is tailored to your comfort and joy

Languages:

English

Premier Host

They consistently provide great experiences for their guests