Waterway-Floating Condo -Intracoastal Waterway-Gateway to the Outerbanks.

This was our 1st time staying on a boat house and it was wonderful. We loved all the shrimp boats going by, along with the other fishing boats, luxury ones too. But the one we loved the most was the Army's landing craft that went by that was a big wow factor for us. Fishing was great too, caught a couple of toadfish, mullet and black drum which sounded like it was growling at us as we took the hook out to throw back since all were too small to keep. I think with all the storms they've had over the last few years there is a lot of trash there too; since we caught a lot of trash along with it all, broke plenty of lines and hooks to boot. I lost so many I started fishing with a float, lost one of those on the poles the boat was tied too. The pier in the picture has been replaced with a new one which was finished just before we left. Richard was a great host, though he may need to update the boats amenities, since the washer & dryer is no longer in the boat. So for now this was one of our best vacations ever and would do it again when we can save up to do so.

The boat was as described...clean, well maintained, in a quiet area. The one thing we didn't anticipate was the adiitional $25/day dock fee for our boat. We assumed the dock came with the rental. You do have to drive to get to shopping or restaurants, but this was expected. Enjoyed this relaxing Anniversary weekend!

We were in town for a few days and this seemed like the perfect getaway until we arrived. The owner said for us to call when we got there but when we did no answer. Someone came out saying they worked for him and would call. Right away he was able to reach him and he said the owner was on his way, he would let us in. To begin the dock was unstable. I could feel the boards sinking as I walked on the dock. The man flipped down a wooden walkway or should I say board, sort of to let us onto a boat with no side rails all the way around the boat. We had a 7 year old with us and this immediately felt unsafe. We walked into the cabin which immediately smelled of mold and was very musty. The furniture looked dirty and there were stains (looked like dog pee stains) all over the floor. My family and I are asthmatic and we new right away we were not going to be able to stay, nor did we want to. We were on a time limit and needed to find a place to stay quickly so we had to leave, the owner never showed. I spoke with the owner immediately over the phone and expressed my discontent politely and the owner said he understood and would be happy to refund our money. That was until it was time to refund the money and he retracted his earlier promise saying he was not returning our money because his worker said we expressed how beautiful the boat was, which is simply not truthful. We would have stayed if it was beautiful. The boat was not well maintained and certainly not worth the money being asked. Don't make the same mistake we did with this rental! Not ethical practices!

Loved staying on the houseboat! Our only regret was we didn't book a week. We will definitely be going back next year! We had fun crabbing and fishing off the front deck. Dinner, our second night were the nice size croakers we caught! The crabs got a second chance to be someones dinner later. They were nice size, just not enough to cook. The sunsets were beautiful as we set on the deck and watched the sun slowly disappear!

Very spacious, the beds were comfortable, bathroom was nice and spacious. We enjoyed the living room for sitting around talking about the day and plans for tomorrow. I think the TV came on for a few minutes the night we cooked in. A good bar for playing games as well.

Richard walked us down to the houseboat and showed us where everything was and said to let him know if we had any needs or questions. He supplied us with extra chairs for sitting outside and a good place to eat in Beaufort.

We liked the fact that no one was around us and that it was quiet and relaxing. Because you are on the intercoastal waterway, there are boats going back and forth. It was neat to see some of the different boats going by. There is some construction going on beside the boat but we didn't have any while we were there.

House boat was comfortable, roomy and filled all needs required

Grounds are not the most appealing, a work in progress

a board broke on the dock and I almost fell thru, caught myself, dock needs new boarding as a whole

Breakfast restrauant was nice and offered a lot of choices