Original 1945 Cottage on 6 Very Private Acres.
About the Home
Experience a home of enduring warmth and beauty. Built in 1945, on the highest hill for miles around, knotty pine walls and oak floors glow with eight decades of family fun. Screened porch facing the ocean awaits you; private boardwalk carries you to the beach; lookout tower boasts 360-degree views; stairs descend through virgin maritime forest to your private dock. An exquisite property we are lucky to share with you. Small wonder guests return and return! 'Folly Hills' is the second house built on Oak Island. Designed by my grandfather, A Leon Capel, it was built in 1945 by a team from the Capel Rug Mill in Troy NC. Those days the island was accessible only by barge, then tractor or Jeep. Now it's a convenient 2.5 hours from Raleigh. The house has 4 comfortable bedrooms and lots of common living space to accommodate the activities of everyone in your family. Your rental helps to preserve arguably the most special property on Oak Island, featuring a beautiful private walkway to the ocean, commanding 360-degree views, a large bowl of virgin maritime forest often filled with wildlife, and a wonderful private dock from which to fish, crab, or just watch the sun set. It's said my grandfather bought this property (and built the second house on the island) when he learned it was the highest point directly on the water from Maine to Florida. We don't know if that's a fact (and it could be, depending on your criteria), but it is true that from Folly Hills's lookout you have an unimpeded 360 degree view, from horizon to horizon, Bald Head Island to the South Carolina border. Behind the house runs Davis Creek, and behind it, the Intracoastal Waterway. Sixty-eight stairs lead down the back of the hill to our dock where you can catch fish, big blue claw crabs, or just watch the wildlife. 'Folly Hills' is fully air-conditioned. But if you're looking for wall-to-wall carpeting and giant marble bathrooms, this is not that house. Here you can open the windows to let the warm ocean breeze blow through, nap while ceiling fans turn lazily in every room, enjoy sunset cocktails on the lookout tower, luxuriate in your private access to an expanse of white sand beach, rinse off in the world’s most wonderful outdoor shower — this is an enchanting experience of original North Carolina beach living like you’ll find nowhere else. Our Renter's Agreement must be signed and $1000 security deposit and $250 pet fee must be paid prior to rental. If no issues are encountered, deposit will be refunded within 7 days of evacuation. Thanks for leaving no trace!