HAPPY CRAB - Vacation rental home in Duck, NC

  • As low as $1,790 - $2,490/Week
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
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General Features

  • 1 Half Bath
  • 1 Highchair
  • 1 King
  • 1 Pyramid Bunk
  • 1 Sleepsofa
  • 1 Trundle
  • 2 Dogs welcome with fee
  • 2 Outdoor Showers
  • 2 Queens
  • 2025 Pool Open: 5/2/2025 - 10/3/2025
  • 2026 Pool Open: 5/1/2026 - 10/9/2026
  • 3 Twins
  • 344 yards from Beach Access
  • 344 yards to beach access
  • 4 Full Baths
  • 40.0 x 15.0 Private Pool
  • 5 Bedrooms (1 Private Baths)
  • 5 Parking Spaces
  • 7 DVD Players
  • 7 TVs
  • Friday check-in
  • Gas Grill
  • Hot Tub
  • Located in Carolina Dunes In Duck
  • Volleyball Area

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Carolina Designs
About this Property
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms

Overview

Welcome to Happy Crab! This casual cottage is bright and cheerful, with high ceilings and sweeping sound views from two levels of wraparound decks. A palette of tropical colors and popular amenities set the stage for fun days in the sun. Shelves are lined with various games and books to enjoy during your vacation stay. There are two expansive gathering areas, a breezy screened-in porch, a crow's nest for heightened views, and a nice selection of private bedrooms. This community is located just a mile north of the Duck town center and provides convenient beach and sound accesses. Award-winning beaches, shops, eateries, and family-friendly activities are just minutes from your doorstep!

If you need more space for your vacation group, #415 Piping Plover has the same homeowners and check-in day, is located right across the street, and offers four bedrooms and a large private pool.

Ground Floor

  • Media area with sleepsofa
  • Queen bedroom
  • Shared full bath
  • Laundry

One vibrant bedroom is available on the ground level and offers a queen bed, cooling fan, flatscreen TV, and direct access to the covered patio. This bedroom shares a full bathroom, with a custom tile shower, with those in the media den. Laundry facilities are centrally located. The cottage-style media den is outfitted with a queen sleepsofa, desk with chair, mounted flat screen TV, built-in window seat, counter with microwave, and a full refrigerator for snack and drink storage.

Doors open to a covered patio, a tiled cabana half bath, and two enclosed outdoor showers. An extra-large private pool will be a highlight for recreation during your stay. Swim laps or take refreshing dips after lounging poolside or playing competitive games on the sandy volleyball court. A bubbling hot tub allows for relaxing evening soaks under star-filled coastal skies. A covered dog run is available on the north side of the house.

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First Floor

  • King with private bath
  • Bedroom with two twins
  • Bedroom with pyramid bunk, twin bed, and trundle
  • Shared full bath

Delightful bedrooms await guests on the first floor and include one king suite with a flat screen TV, direct covered deck access, and a private bath with dual sink marble vanity and a custom tile shower. A second bedroom is furnished with two twin beds and a TV and has access to the covered deck. The cheerful fourth bedroom is equipped with a pyramid bunk with a trundle, one twin bed, and a mounted TV. Wraparound decks are furnished with a relaxing swing and chairs to enjoy cool coastal breezes.

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Second Floor

  • Great room
  • Dining area
  • Kitchen
  • Queen bedroom with shared bath
  • Screened-in porch
  • Crow's nest

High ceilings with floor-to-ceiling custom millwork set a welcoming tone in the sun-filled great room. The living area features three plush sofas surrounding a 42" flat screen TV. Doors open to aptly furnished sun decks, and steps lead up to a crow's nest with built-in seating to enjoy heightened water and community views. A gas grill is available to prepare BBQ meals, and the screened-in porch is outfitted with a convenient picnic table for outdoor dining. The well-equipped kitchen provides a refrigerator with an icemaker, range/stove, dishwasher, microwave, and Keurig. There is casual bar seating for three, and the dining table has chair and bench seating. A charming queen bedroom completes the top level and offers a sound view that stretches to The Wright Memorial Bridge, direct sun deck access, and a TV. This bedroom shares a full bathroom with those in the great room.

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Community note: The Town of Duck has beach equipment policies to help keep visits to the shore enjoyable and safe.

Please note: The fireplace is not available for guest use.

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Nags Head Dolphin Watch

Scientists run these dolphin tours as part of their research on these beloved aquatic animals, so you know this will be an interesting trip. Passengers will be able to see how researchers with the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research, a nonprofit organization,  conduct their research and hear about some of the discoveries from more than a decade of studies and monitoring. Some of the hundreds of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in the area show up so frequently they’ve even been given names, like “Rake,” “Scarlet,” and “Onion.”  

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