Meant To Be, Our Sandcastle By The Sea

07/06/2025

We have a last minute opening for the week of July 12th. Part of our family who reserved this week are now unable to come due to a new job. Contact us for details if interested.

07/06/2025

A BIG congratulations to Courtney and Brian who just got engaged on the 4th of July on our deck at Meant To Be !!!! Courtney and her family are 17 year guests of ours. We wish them a lifetime of happiness as they begin their lives together!!! Thank you Brian for choosing Meant To Be as your proposal place!!!

04/17/2025

The last of this trip's work....screened porch is painted and new bar top at the pool. More to come in 2 weeks!

04/15/2025

Should anyone ever doubt the amount of work a homeowner (or most homeowners) put into their vacation rental homes, doubt no more! We work tirelessly all year on our home doing preventative maintenance, upgrades and repairs.
Many of our guests have been vacationing with us for up to 20 years. Please know we work hard for your loyalty and appreciate the respect you have for our home.

04/15/2025

Two new stainless steel dishwashers

04/15/2025

Behind the scenes of a vacation rental home..... power washing, painting, hot tub cover lift installed and of course, two goldens to supervise

04/12/2025

The pollen has been bad this week, to say the least! Don’t worry, Sq**rt wiped his nose off on my shirt right after I took this photo. 🤧😉

04/12/2025

04/12/2025

The Corolla Wild Horse Fund announced the birth of the year’s second foal — a wild Banker filly named Folly — in a social media post Friday.

04/05/2025

02/22/2025

12 inches of snow for Carova this past Wednesday and Thursday.

01/22/2025

Roughly 8 inches of snow has fallen on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands since Tuesday evening, according to a midday update from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport/Morehead City office. Per the NWS report, Ocracoke recorded 8.3 inches of snow on Wednesday morning, while Rodanthe recorded 8 inch...