• As low as $7,990 - $9,990/Week
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms
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General Features

  • 1 Highchair
  • 11 TVs
  • 2 Dogs welcome with fee
  • 2 Half Baths
  • 2 Queens
  • 2025 Pool Heat Cost: $500.00
  • 2025 Pool Open: 4/5/2025 - 10/18/2025
  • 2026 Pool Heat Cost: $500.00
  • 2026 Pool Open: 4/4/2026 - 10/24/2026
  • 28.0 x 13.0 Private Pool
  • 3 Outdoor Showers
  • 3 Pyramid Bunks
  • 4 Kings
  • 8 Bedrooms (8 Private Baths)
  • 8 Full Baths
  • 8 Parking Spaces
  • Elevator
  • Gas Grill
  • Home Theater
  • Hot Tub
  • Located in Whalehead In Corolla
  • Oceanfront
  • Oceanfront Home
  • Recreation Room
  • Saturday check-in
  • Seasonal Fireplace(Oct-Mar)

About this Property

  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms

Overview

Sun Catcher captures all that the Outer Banks has to offer in a beautiful oceanfront Whalehead estate. Every thoughtful detail--the oceanfront pool and hot tub, the game room with kitchenette, a private bath for each bedroom--all reflect the owner's thorough planning and careful anticipation of your vacation needs. A well stocked kitchen includes a refrigerator, two cooktops, two ovens, two dishwashers, and a butler's pantry, offering ample space to prepare a vacation meal. Awake to the ocean sunrise with fabulous oceanfront views. Sit under the vaulted ceilings and look out the Palladian windows of the great room, dining rooms or loft, or enjoy a drink on the screened in porch or expansive decks around the house. Fill your days with fun at the beach with direct ocean access from your own dune deck, or relax on the sun deck overlooking your private pool and hot tub. After sunset, Sun Catcher continues to glow with music, a game room and big screen televisions and surround sound stereos. Take a short walk to nearby dining and shops of Timbuck II or a cool stroll on a moonlit beach. The pleasure and enjoyment are unlimited at Sun Catcher. Book early, you'll be back every year!

Ground Floor

  • Rec room with kitchenette
  • King with private bath
  • Bedroom with two pyramid bunks and private bath
  • Laundry

A central rec room contains a pool table, 50" Samsung Smart TV, kitchenette with refrigerator, as well as a sliding glass door that opens up to the pool area, with hot tub, cabana bar, outdoor showers, and stairs to the private beach walkway. Bedroom layout includes one king and another with two pyramid bunks, both with their own private bath. Laundry and the elevator entrance are located on this floor.

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First Floor

  • Theater
  • Two kings with private baths
  • Two queens with private baths
  • Bedroom with pyramid bunk and private bath

A home theater room features luxe tiered seating with eight chairs, 83'' Samsung OLED TV, Samsung 9.1.4 Ch. True Dolby Atmos Sound, PlayStation 5 (Disc Player included), and Spectrum TV Gold, which includes premium channels. Bedroom options include two kings, both with ocean views and private baths. Bedroom options also include two queens and a pyramid bunk that all have private baths and deck access to wraparound covered decks. All bedrooms have flat screen TVs with Roku.

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Second Floor

  • Great room
  • Dining area
  • Kitchen
  • Butler's pantry
  • Screened-in porch
  • King with private bath

The open floor plan of the top level incorporates the living space with a seasonal gas fireplace and Smart TV, two dining tables, and the kitchen. There is also a butler's pantry which includes an undercounter beverage cooler. Keurig and traditional coffee makers are both provided. A screened porch offers an outdoor space to dine. A loft provides two cozy swivel chairs. The king bedroom on this level features stunning ocean views, a seasonal gas fireplace, Samsung 42" Smart TV, and a private bathroom with a walk-in tile shower, soaking tub, and double sinks.

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Updates for 2025: Theater room renovation and new carpeting throughout. New photos to come.
New screened porch furniture and two new dishwashers.

Updates for 2024: Pool table refinished, fresh exterior paint around the pool area, and new grill.

Updates for 2023: Chaise loungers were added to the pool area, new great room furniture and carpet, flooring on top floor and stairs refinished, new stovetops and icemaker in kitchen, new wine fridge in Butler's pantry, all new comforters and blankets, new furniture in top floor king bedroom, new shower curtains in all bathrooms, new refrigerator in rec room, new furniture in theater, fortified beach walkway with the addition of steps to the beach.

TVs: The bedroom TVs throughout the house have Roku installed.

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.

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