• 4 Bedrooms
  • 2.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 9
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General Features

  • 2025 Beach Gear Credit
  • 2025 Pool Towels Provided
  • 3 Night Minimum
  • Blue Standard Bedding
  • Central Heat & Air Conditioning
  • Coffee Maker
  • Dishes, Utensils, & Cookware
  • Dishwasher
  • Early Check In Available
  • Floor Plan
  • Grill
  • Hair Dryer
  • Hot Tub
  • Keyless Entry
  • Linens & Towels
  • Microwave
  • Non-Smoking
  • Outdoor Furniture
  • Outdoor Shower
  • Private Pool (Heated)
  • Refrigerator
  • Semi Oceanfront
  • Toaster
  • Virtual Tour
  • Washer & Dryer
  • WiFi

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About this Property

  • Sleeps 9
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2.5 Bathrooms

Built in 1939, and fully renovated into a quintessential modern coastal cottage, “The Best Buoy” is the perfect place for a family vacation. With the feel of a classic Outer Banks bungalow and updated finishes throughout including quartz countertops, luxury vinyl floors, beautiful appliances, and spa-inspired bathrooms, you will feel connected to history and high-end. The open floor plan, with windows surrounding, allows for the bright beach sky to flood in. The Best Buoy is also wrapped by a screened-in porch ideal for meals al fresco or simply a shady break. Although just minutes from the ocean, the backyard offers plenty of space for entertaining. Both the pool and hot tub await splashing and relaxing. Shower off the sand in the outdoor shower and head out to one of the many local restaurants, shops, or activities conveniently nearby. Indulge in the best time at “The Best Buoy” with your favorite people. 


Top-Level: King Master Bedroom with Smart TV and Attached Full Bathroom. 

Mid-Level: Living Room with Smart TV, and Deck Access; Dining Room with Table (seats 8), and Deck Access; Kitchen with Counter (seats 3), Blender, Coffee Maker (Drip), Dishwasher, Microwave, Oven/Stove, Refrigerator, Toaster, Pots, Pans, Dishes, and Cooking Essentials; King Bedroom with Smart TV; Queen Bedroom with Smart TV; Bedroom with Pyramid Bunk Bed and Smart TV; Hall Full Bathroom with Tile Shower, Hall Half Bathroom.

Ground-Level/Under House: Fish Cleaning Station and Laundry Room.

Extras: 2025 Beach Gear Credit, 2026 Beach Gear Credit, Distance to the Beach: 1350 ft., Early Check-In Available, Gas Grill, Hot Tub (seats 6), Keyless Entry, No Smoking, Outdoor Furniture, Outdoor Shower, Parking: 4 Cars, PETS NOT ALLOWED, Private Heated Pool (20 x 9), WiFi. 


Additional Amenity Details:
Private Pools are open from May 2, 2025 until October 12, 2025 and May 1, 2026 until October 11, 2026. Pool heat is an available option in this property, for a fee of $400 plus tax. Hot tubs are available year-round. This property provides a $250 credit toward beach gear delivered to your rental property. *Delivery fees may apply.* Offer only good for full weeks booked with check-ins beginning between May 23, 2025 and August 31, 2025, and May 22, 2026 and September 4, 2026.


All Outer Banks Blue properties provide bed linens and bath towels for a small fee added to every reservation. We provide 1 bath towel and washcloth per advertised occupant. We provide 1 hand towel and 1 bar of soap per bathroom sink. We also provide kitchen towels. Beds are made prior to your arrival, and we provide a starter supply of toilet paper, bathroom soap, paper towels, and dishwasher detergent.


Disclaimer: For the safety and security of our guests and property, this vacation rental may be equipped with a driveway-facing surveillance camera.


Outer Banks Blue makes every commercially reasonable effort to maintain reliable information about the vacation rental properties we manage. As such, all information and descriptions are subject to daily updates and changes. We are not responsible for changes in furnishing, inventory, and décor implemented by individual homeowners. Photos, virtual tours, and floor plans are meant to be illustrative in nature. All vacation rental information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. If you have any questions please give us a call.

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Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream

Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream

Serving our customers on the Outer Banks since 1994, Big Buck's ice Cream is dedicated serving you “The Best.” We offer a full line of super-premium ice cream products, smoothies, chocolates, and custom-made ice cream cakes! 2 locations are open all year: Duck  and Manteo, at The Waterfront Shops.

 

We offer a full line of Espresso Drinks from Hot Vanilla Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolate to Iced Caramel Lattes & Frozen Mochas, all made to order. Big Buck’s fresh fruit smoothies are lactose-free and made to order. Also offering lactose-free sorbets made from the best fruits available. Old time favorites are sure to please! Choose from a delicious collection of milkshakes, sundaes and banana splits.

 

Savor the moment with our Homemade Chocolate! Chocolates are made daily in each location. We offer a large selection from Dark to Milk to White. Milk Chocolate Oreos & Almond Toffee, Dark Chocolate Berries and Cherries Clusters & Hand-dipped Peppermint Patties with a Drizzle of White Chocolate, Extra-Dark Sea Salt Caramels & our famous homemade caramel chocolate pretzels oh & don’t forget the ever-popular caramel pecan turtle, just to name a few treats!

 

Belinda Pleva grew up serving ice cream out of her parent’s shop. She loved being part of what she calls “a happy business.” “I love it when people come into the shop and you hand them something, and it makes them smile,” Pleva says. “That moment when you hand an ice cream cone over to a little kid and their eyes just light up. That’s what I love about the ice cream business.”

 

In 1994, Pleva opened up her own ice cream and chocolate shop, Big Buck’s Ice Cream, in the brand-new Timbuk II Shopping Center in Corolla. Business was good, but something was missing.

 

“I was never satisfied with the ingredients in the ice creams and chocolates you could purchase back then. I wanted to serve my customers delicious flavors with ingredients they could actually pronounce,” Pleva says.

 

Pleva took a trip to Italy to study the gelaterias. She fell in love with the incredible flavors, and when she returned home to the Outer Banks, she began working tirelessly to perfect the flavors in her own ice cream.

 

Big Buck’s homemade ice cream combined the flavors of the Italian gelaterias and the richness of American ice cream. It quickly became a tourist favorite. After having the same unsatisfactory experience with the readymade chocolates she was selling, she also took a trip to Brussels to learn more about making handmade chocolates. Pleva brought the chocolate-making experience right back with her, and the result was the finest quality of chocolates on the Outer Banks.

 

After her huge success in the Corolla shop, Pleva was able to open up three more shops—one in Kitty Hawk, one in Manteo and one in Duck.

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