About this Property
Overview
Situated in a gated ocean to sound community, elevate your Outer Banks vacation to the next level by reserving Great Expectations. This sensational oceanfront estate features iconic ocean views, eight beautifully appointed bedroom suites, abundant amenities for leisure and recreation, and resort-style outdoor living. This home is well-maintained, and features extra thoughtful touches such as premium HD channels, a sound system through the whole house, satellite radio, and hairdryers in every bathroom. The award-winning resort community of Four Seasons provides guest access to a club house with heated community indoor pool, fitness center and game room, outdoor pool, tennis courts, basketball court, playground, seasonal trolley, and soundside pier. The walkable town of Duck has a six mile multi-use pathway and an 11 acre park that hosts seasonal family friendly events, live music, and exercise programs. A mile long soundside boardwalk connects the park to waterfront shops and dining.
Ground Floor
- Rec room with sports bar
- Queen with private bath
- Bedroom with two twins & private bath
- Bedroom with two pyramid bunks/trundle & private bath
- Outdoors: Pool with built-in baby pool, poolside cabana bar, and private dune-top deck
The ground level provides three charming bedroom suites with patio access, Smart TVs, and private bathrooms. One of these bedrooms is furnished with a queen bed and is equipped for those with special needs. A children's suite has two pyramid bunks (one with a trundle), and the third bedroom is furnished with two twin beds. Laundry facilities and a half bath are conveniently located. The highlight of this floor is a recreation room that is an oasis for entertainment. This space is outfitted with ceramic tile floors, wood beam ceilings, pool table, pub table with chairs, and two mounted flatscreen TVs. The sports bar features granite countertops with a sink, an icemaker, wine cooler, mini fridge, microwave, built-in flatscreen TV, and PS4 game system.
Rec room doors open to a private pool with a wet deck lounge, cascading waterfall, mother's bench and in-set baby pool. A poolside sound system brings your favorite music outdoors as you prepare casual BBQ meals at the grill station, play a game of giant chess (set up in summer only), or sip chilled beverages at the cabana bar that has a mini fridge and half bath. This home has a private walkway that leads to a dune-top deck and beyond to the sandy shoreline and rolling surf. As the sun sets, retreat to the in-ground hot tub to relax under star filled coastal skies.
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First Floor
- Theater
- Den
- Exercise room
- Four kings with private baths
To get to the first floor, take the glass elevator that showcases three levels of hand painted murals. Doors open to a stately den/library with hardwood floors and covered deck access. This room is furnished with sofa and arm chair seating, area rug, mounted flat screen TV, and a 4-person game table. A custom built-in desk with a chair provides a copier/fax/printer system for ease in office check-ins. Movie buffs will flock to the high performance theater room with fiber optic tray ceiling and equipped with a 120" projection screen, touch screen remote, surround sound, audio/video equipment and tiered reclining theater seats for eight guests.
An exercise room on this floor is the perfect place to start each morning and provides ceramic tile floors, treadmill, mounted flat screen TV and direct access to the front covered deck. There are four bedroom suites available, all with king size beds, Smart TVs, and private bathrooms. Three suites are oceanfront and have direct covered deck access.
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Second Floor
- Great room
- Two dining areas
- Kitchen
- Ship's watch loft
- King with private bath
Upstairs, the elegant living room features generous windows with ocean views, shimmering hardwoods, soaring cathedral ceilings, and classic columns. Sofa and arm chair seating is arranged around a seasonal gas fireplace and flatscreen TV with whole house audio system. A half bath is conveniently located. Steps lead up to a ship's watch loft offering cozy seating and uninterrupted panoramas of the Atlantic from a paneless window. Great room doors open to a furnished sun deck to enjoy morning coffee, sunrises and ocean vistas and a west facing deck ideal for evening cocktails.
A lavish gourmet kitchen features ceramic tile floors, custom cabinets, center island and brilliant granite countertops. Chefs are provided with two refrigerators with icemakers, two cook-tops, double ovens, two dishwashers, microwave, built-in beverage fridge, and Keurig coffee maker. Two dining areas offer seating for sixteen guests and casual seating for six is available at the kitchen bar. An exquisitely appointed king suite completes the top floor and has an ocean view, cathedral ceilings, seasonal electric fireplace, Smart TV, and sun deck access. The luxury bathroom offers ceramic tile floors, dual sink vanity, custom shower, Jacuzzi tub, and a mounted flat screen TV.
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Updates for 2024: The fireplace in the second floor king bedroom was converted to electric (available October-March), three bathrooms were renovated (two on the first floor and one on the ground floor), and their corresponding bedrooms received fresh paint as well as the first floor den, new window treatments in four bedrooms, new ceiling fans in two bedrooms, and a new gas grill.
Updates for 2023: New wine fridge, beverage fridge, and built-in icemaker in ground floor sports bar, new beverage fridge in kitchen, new gas grill, ground floor queen was painted, furnishings in one of the middle floor bedrooms were refinished.
Updates for 2022: New pool deck, new dune deck, new sun deck, new mattresses, and new gas grill.
EV Charger: A payment of approximately $0.45/kWh is required to use the onsite charger. Payment is made via a QR-code available on the charger at the house.
Pool: Pool heated by heat pump. Ambient air temperature of 60 degrees or higher is needed to heat the pool, meaning that if the temperature drops below 60 degrees the pump will not continue to heat. Max pool temperature is 80 degrees.
Special Access Amenities: Queen suite on ground level has a bathroom with roll-under sink and barrier-free shower. Please note that none of our homes are ADA compliant. Contact our office for additional information.
Community Note: Community tennis and pickleball are available for guests. Please note that vehicles must be parked in the driveway of the home, on-street parking is not available. Trailers, boats, and mobile homes can't be parked in Four Seasons unless they are enclosed in a home's carport/garage. Only licensed drivers can operate golf carts in the community. If you choose to rent a golf cart, register it at the community clubhouse before operating it in Four Seasons. The Town of Duck has beach equipment policies to help keep visits to the shore enjoyable and safe.
Rebooking note: This property accepts reservations more than one year in advance and is not held for subsequent year rebooking. Please review our rebooking policy for additional information.