C9009 Rankin. 4x4 Beach, Oceanfront, Awesome Views, No Pet Fee!

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4x4 - Carova Beach, North Carolina

Swan Beach
‪4 min walk‬
Corolla Beach
‪35 min drive‬
Currituck Beach
‪45 min drive‬
Elizabeth City, NC (ECG-Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County Regional)
‪143 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 King Bed

Bedroom 3

1 King Bed

3 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 3

Toilet · Shower only

Half Bathroom 4

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About this property

**A 4x4 Vehicle is required to access this home, there are no paved roads in Carova. This home is located 3.4 miles from the 4-wheel drive on-ramp.****

This classic 3-bedroom, 3 1/2 bath cottage sits right on the Oceanfront 3 1/2 miles up the 4-wheel-drive-only area north of Corolla. Bring your dogs (up to 2) at no additional cost. See the awesome sunrises from your front deck in the morning, and watch the wild horses roam the beach from your private deck.

New for 2024:
New King beds in all 3 bedrooms
New sliders and windows throughout
New siding
Three of 4 decks new

Lower Level: Entry, Carport, Outside Shower, Walkway to the Beach.

Mid-Level: Master Bedroom w/King w/TV and Deck Access, Great Room w/Entertainment Center w/TV, Kitchen w/5 Bar Stools, Dining Area Seats 10, Half Bath, Laundry, Access to Decks.

Upper Level: Master Bedroom w/King, w/Private Deck Access, Master Bedroom w/King, w/Private Deck Access, Loft w/ 2 Murphy Beds, TV.

Beach Parking: Parking passes are REQUIRED on Currituck County beaches between April 30 and October 1. This home provides TWO beach parking passes and they MUST BE PICKED UP AND RETURNED TO our Duck Office (1450 Duck Rd. Duck, NC 27949).

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Beach Realty of North Carolina, Inc.

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM

Minimum age to rent: 24

Check out before 10:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Events

No events allowed

Pets

Pets allowed: dogs (limit 2 total)

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

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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

On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited

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

About the area

Corolla

Located in Corolla, this holiday home is on the beach. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Outer Banks Beaches and Corolla Beach. Currituck National Wildlife Refuge and Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education are also worth visiting. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.

4x4 - Carova Beach, North Carolina

What's nearby

Swan Beach - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
Wild Horse Museum - 25 min drive - 7.9 km
Currituck Beach Lighthouse - 25 min drive - 8.1 km
Corolla Beach - 35 min drive - 4.7 km
Currituck Beach - 45 min drive - 6.7 km

Getting around

Norfolk, VA (ORF-Norfolk Intl.) - 156 min drive

Restaurants

‪Uncle Ike's Sandbar & Grill - ‬25 min drive
‪Corolla Pizza & Deli - ‬24 min drive
‪Cosmo's Pizzeria - ‬25 min drive
‪The Corolla Beer Garden - ‬24 min drive
‪Ned's Ice Cream & Convenience - ‬25 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is C9009 Rankin. 4x4 Beach, Oceanfront, Awesome Views, No Pet Fee! pet-friendly?

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

What time is check-in at C9009 Rankin. 4x4 Beach, Oceanfront, Awesome Views, No Pet Fee!?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at C9009 Rankin. 4x4 Beach, Oceanfront, Awesome Views, No Pet Fee!?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is C9009 Rankin. 4x4 Beach, Oceanfront, Awesome Views, No Pet Fee! located?

Nestled on the beach, this Corolla holiday home is within a 5-minute walk of Outer Banks Beaches and Swan Beach. Currituck National Wildlife Refuge and Estuarine Nature Walk are also within 2 miles (3 km).

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8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Check-in

9.2/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

10/10 Excellent

Robert B.

3 November 2024

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

Relaxing week.

Very relaxing, beautiful weather, horses.

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Dennis and Donna R.

1 October 2024

Fabulous OBX getaway house!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Our group really enjoyed our stay at Rankin! The house is in a great location overlooking the beach, and the main deck and upstairs decks provided quite a vantage point for watching beach traffic-(esp. close to high tide), surf fishing, and horses. While we were there, several groups of horses strolled down the beach, grazed in the dunes near the house, and even “clomped” on the walkway beneath the home. There is a view from every single window in the house, and it is well-appointed with kitchen supplies: there are plentiful plates, bowls, glasses, and cookware. There is even a drawer filled with crab crackers. The kitchen counters are unique and stunning, and we were glad that many trivets are available to protect them.One member of our group needed to work remotely one day, and noted that the internet is very slow. We noticed this, as well. One caution for those who have dogs: one of ours alerted us to a ‘TomCat’ mouse bait in the corner of the deck by the grill. If ingested, these can be fatal for pets.

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10/10 Excellent

Ronald T.

10 June 2024

Paradise

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10/10 Excellent

Bridget M.

30 May 2024

Beautiful location and home

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We enjoyed a weeklong stay at the Rankin and look forward to returning soon. The house has everything you need, with a fabulous kitchen for those of us who like to cook. We really appreciated having a filtered water system and drinking water cooler, plus a separate small fridge for the beer drinkers among us. More importantly, we loved seeing the wild horses that visited the surrounding area and yard one morning. They are absolutely beautiful!The only downsides we experienced were a lot of construction traffic on the beach (but that's all along the 4X4 stretch these days) and the sand strip out front becomes almost non-existent at high tide. So, timing is everything if you need to go somewhere. We preferred staying put to enjoy the ocean view, walk the beach and experience spectacular nature off the grid.

10/10 Excellent

Samuel A.

8 April 2024

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

Awesome

Peaceful, neat, comfortable, and affordable price. Will definitely rent again in the nearest future.

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Bob A.

23 October 2023

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Cleanliness

AMAZING House!!

Great house, perfect location! Walking into that house and seeing the ocean and beach right outside the windows! The house is perfect, all the bedrooms have bathrooms and the main living area is open and comfortable. The furnishings were all comfortable, very important! You might find that perfect house in the perfect location but if the beds hurt your back and the sofas and chairs make you miserable, it doesn’t matter how perfect the house is! We were surprised at the amount of traffic on the beach, and I mean trucks zipping by, passing each other! We have been to 4x4 beaches before but we have never been to a place where the beach is actually the road! That coupled with the amount of construction going on further up the beach made for treacherous conditions on the beach, especially at quitting time for the construction workers! But we knew in advance that there would be vehicles on the beach so it doesn’t seem fair to complain about it. However, I will really complain about the cleanliness of the house, needs work!! Love it, hope to come back soon!

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

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10/10 Excellent

A guest from Sugar Grove, WV

12 October 2023

A Thrill of a Lifetime

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: I have always wanted to rent a place on the beach. This house is that! It was a 1-2 minute walk from inside the house to the water, depending on where the tide was. All three bedrooms are master suites, so all my family was happy. The only bad part was the bed linens and mattress covers. My bed was very comfortable but the mattress cover was ripped to shreds and rustled - a lot! The sheets were very thin and did not fit the beds properly. This made for uncomfortable nights.We still thoroughly enjoyed our stay despite the beds and would recommend it to friends, but advise them to bring their own sheets.

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10/10 Excellent

Jill L.

29 September 2023

Always an excellent experience

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8/10 Good

Melissa J.

27 September 2023

Rankin Stay 9.16-23.23

Rating Details: The property manager was more than helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: 4th time at Rankin house, hopefully not the last. However few things to take note. Water was off outside of needing to shower could not be used, was salted and needed bottles to cook and clean with. Few other things need to be addressed; kitchen window screen torn not able to open due to that. upstairs faucet, runs if not shut off in just the right position which took some finesse, downstairs bedroom toilet runs a bit. Linen service- more towels would be great only one bath towel per person forces laundry and the sheets are not great, couple pillowcases were torn and not enough to cover each pillow in one bedroom any way. screen door in upstairs bedroom off track, called in but no one came out we needed to fix ourselves, thankfully we could so that we could enjoy the door being open. All in all just some Maintenace things to be addressed, would not deter me from returning a 5th time as location is primo!! Realty staff did respond quickly and was polite.

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10/10 Excellent

A guest from Slatersville, RI

24 May 2023

spectacular place

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: FIRST CLASS PLACE. VERY DOG FRIENDLY. BEST RENTAL EVER. LOVE THE 3 SEPARATE MASTER BEDROOMS EACH WITH A BALCONY AND BATHROOM

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10/10 Excellent

John G.

11 April 2023

Amazing

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

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8/10 Good

William M.

27 October 2022

Vacation is to short

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Had a great time.the house was great. Never driven on the beach before but did fine. More traffic in front of than I expected. But over all loved it.

8/10 Good

Robert B., Sherrills Ford, NC 28673

9 October 2022

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

Enjoyed

Property was great. Mother nature threw us a couple curves. Can't do anything about that. Overall great.

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022

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10/10 Excellent

Loope J.

26 September 2022

Best house we have found!

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10/10 Excellent

A guest from Huntington , WV

26 September 2022

Amazing location

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was somewhat dirty. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The house is amazingly situated at the top of the dune so beach access was easy and views were amazing. We enjoyed the house and well-stocked kitchen. The house is nicely laid out with private and public spaces flowing well to accommodate everyone. Overall, all the kitchen needs a thorough cleaning of every cupboard, drawer, pot and pan but those are things we could easily manage while we were there without effecting our stay. The driveway can accommodate two vehicles but was a little tight to avoid congestion if both vehicles weren't leaving at the same time. But the house and views made it well worth a little strategic maneuvering. We started planning our next trip to the house while we were there!

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10/10 Excellent

Ruth M.

25 July 2022

Wonderful vacation

Rating Details: The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This was our second year at Rankin House and we loved it just as much as the first time. Fantastic location, everything was as described. We had one small glitch after check in and the property manager fixed the issue right away. Five stars from the McGrath Family and friends

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4/10 Poor

A guest from COLUMBIA CITY, IN

14 July 2022

Home needs a good cleaning!

Rating Details: The property manager was adequately helpful. The vacation rental was very dirty. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: My family and I have rented this home multiple times due to it's amazing location. The last 2 years the home has been dirty to the point we have cleaned prior to unpacking. The bathrooms this year had urine on the toilet seats and dried toothpaste in the sinks. The dust throughout the house was horrible! The vent in the kitchen is disgusting with lots of dust and grease. Was nice to see the carpet had at least been sweep this year! We had 6 guest in the home this year and were only left 3 large towels and 6 washcloths. House keeping did bring additional large towels later in the evening, but this was after we had all showered as no one could give me a timeframe of when we may expect more towels. We never did get any hand towels. If location was not so important to my family and I we would be looking for a home managed by Twiddy, as this home was MUCH cleaner when managed by them.

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8/10 Good

Michelle M.

27 June 2022

Carova rental

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was happy with the location. I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The house was good but a few things really missing! 1. Not enough guest towels. 2. No dish towels 3. For the amount of money spent toilet paper, paper towels, garbage bags, zip lock bags, laundry detergent, dishwasher detergent, dish soap should be supplied. 4. Need to get rid of the poison oak on the back/stairs we had grandkids so we were very cautious. Otherwise the house was stocked appropriately. The view incredible! The beach incredible! Long drive on the beach to get there though. The wide horses were amazing.

Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022

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10/10 Excellent

Mark L.

18 April 2022

Rankin

Rating Details: The property manager was more than helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was more than happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Great time!

10/10 Excellent

Edith G.

28 October 2021

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

Beautiful Beach

You Can't get any closer to the beach! We loved watching the sun come up and the evening walks on the beach. The seafood was delicious, we did not want to leave! The house was clean and had all the basics sheets, towels and dishes pots and pans. No spices or paper products. We would love to come back.

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2021

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10/10 Excellent

BRIAN H.

25 October 2021

Great stay and view

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10/10 Excellent

Ruth M.

26 July 2021

Excellent vacation

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We had a family vacation with children ranging from 7 through 17. There was something for everyone. We did not have one complaint of “I’m bored!The house was clean and well stocked for anything that you may need. There were a couple of repairs needed when we checked in and they were promptly resolved by courteous employees. We have booked for next year.

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6/10 Okay

Michelle

12 July 2021

A week in paradise...well, almost.

Rating Details: The property manager was more than helpful. The vacation rental was somewhat dirty. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Of course The Rankin is the premiere spot on the 4x4 OBX. The location cannot get any better. The home is well stocked with everything you need to enjoy a week at the beach. The quality and selection of pits and pans and Rubbermaid is worth a mention! Also worth mentioning: the lack of cleaning, dust on every solid surface, hairs in the bathroom on all hard surfaces, no vacuuming done that we could see. The sliding glass door and screw door off the kitchen are in some dire need of service. They are very hard to slide and quite frankly, I felt like ripping the screen right off the track several times! Our trash was never picked up on Wednesday or any other day fir that matter. And the fact that a parking pass is not included in the rental is a huge downer.

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8/10 Good

Julie G.

10 May 2021

Rare remote opportunity to stay among the wild horses

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was more than happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: I would definitely recommend arriving in daytime - driving on beach to reach the house was a little nerve wrecking and I would not attempt at night. We had herds of wild horses on our dunes almost every day. Extremely charming and unique location. 4WD beach got a little to busy with cars on weekend to feel comfortable with our little ones on beach.

Stayed 7 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kristine N., Where do you live?

20 April 2021

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

Beautiful house with direct beach access

The house was beautiful and located mere steps from the beach. One of very few homes with private beach access. The kitchen was fully stocked with anything you could need. (Remember to bring your own dish soap and hand soap.) There were nice extra touches throughout the home, including lots of books to read, board games and puzzles, beach chairs and boogie boards. Each bedroom had its own master bathroom which was a nice surprise. The horses visited several times throughout the week - practically on the back porch! We also saw dolphins several times during our visit. We did notice some of the things others have mentioned. We had some difficulty opening and closing the sliding door. And we experienced the bugs on our last day. (Be careful opening the door after dark because the swarm will enter quickly!) We had a leaky kitchen faucet which hopefully was replaced prior to the next guest arrival. The most comical discovery was that all bedroom lights/ceiling fans were controlled by remotes which in turn controlled all other bedroom lights/fans. So if someone on the first floor turns their light off, someone upstairs will find themselves suddenly plunged in darkness. We gave up on the ceiling lights and used lamps. :) The only other item I feel I should mention is the 4WD beach. Having never been to the OBX before, or the 4WD beach before, we didn't know what to expect. This beach definitely belongs to the vehicles and they are quick to remind you of that. Vehicles do not slow down or move away for people trying to sit or play in the sand. I would not recommend this beach for anyone with small children. It's too easy for an excited child to dart across the sand in front of a speeding vehicle.

Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2021

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