Great family place with nice dock on the sound for fishing, crabbing, boating, and just talking.

Super sunsets over the sound.

Separate apartment on the ground level was fantastic for the older kids and visitors. Gave them privacy and feeling of their own place.

Easy walk to the beach and our vacation week came with perfect weather.

We'll stay at Heron Crescent again for sure. More...

We have been having bi-annual familly reunions at Emerald Isle for 30 years. This house looks a little tired from the outside but inside has all been redone. Very comfortable beds and furniture. Nice well apointed kitchen. Beautiful sunsets from the screened porch. Great dock with good crabbing right off the end. Good for kayaks and jet skis except at extreme low tide. Very short walk to the beach with access path right across the street. The outdoor shower works great but is visble from 3 houses and the main road so it could use a privacy screen. We would definately rent this home again.
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Spending the evening sipping gin and tonics while lazing in tire tubes tied to the pier. Summer doesn't get much better. We have rented homes through Emerald Isle Realty for many years and their service is excellent in every way. We kayak, so have always been attracted to homes on the sound. Having tasted the selection, we always come back to Heron Crescent, a house which best meets our extended family's needs. Clean and tastefully decorated, it's a pleasure inside and out. After the pier, the covered screen porch is the biggest plus, where meals are eaten, sunsets watched, books read, conversations shared. The kitchen and grill keeps the professional chef and ameuter cooks happy, although some larger pots and pans would be helpful to feed the number that the house accomodates. The detached downstairs allow adult children the space they need.

We love our vacations at Heron Crescent so much that this year we had planned on staying two weeks. So what a surprise it was in January to discover that the cost had gone up $400/week. On one hand, I'm sure your expenses had increased but, on the other hand, the market for rentals was very slow. The booking agent said that, since we had rented Heron Crescent in the past, she would contact the owner to discuss a reduced rate. When she didn't get back to me, I talked to another agent who said it was too early to talk to the owner. We decided to reserve for only one week. Seeing that the house has been reserved for very few weeks this season, I only hope that someone did actually contact the owner and that it was indeed the owner's decision to hold out for more money.

The week there was everything one wish for as far as beach vacations go. Unfortunately, the increase in rent is beyond what we are comfortable paying for the house and the decision was made that this was our last year.

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This house is absolutely beautiful! The kitchen is such a nice touch.
The views of the sound are breath taking. Just a quick walk to the
beach. Love the screened in porch, and the living room furniture is
very comfy! The apartment downstairs is great for a young couple or
older teens. The only recommendation we have is the deck rails are
starting to show some wear, didn't both us too much, we didn't have
small kids with us, but may be an issue for families with small
children. We will definitely stay here again. Thanks for sharing your
beautiful home. More...

After school starts back up the prices really drop, especially on the sound side. The house was absolutely great. The only complaint I had was that there are not many places to eat on the island. I was planning on going again in the summer of 2008 but the bad economy forced me to rethink that. I hope to go to Emerald Isle again and rent the same house. More...