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"Dune Life" - Oceanfront Home, 4 Bedrooms / 3.5 Bathrooms, pet friendly!

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A wooden deck with a view of the beach and ocean.
A spacious living room with a large wooden dining table, beige sofa, and a view of the ocean through large windows.
A bedroom with a large bed, white furniture, and a view of the ocean through the windows.
A living room with a beige sectional sofa, a wooden coffee table, and a view of the ocean through large windows.
A beachfront property with multiple houses connected by walkways, featuring a sandy beach and a clear sky.

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • On the beach
    A rare beachfront property in the area - enjoy direct access to the beach and sea.
4 bedrooms3+ bathroomsSleeps 10

Popular amenities

  • On beach
  • Balcony
  • Waterpark access
  • Barbecue
  • Air-conditioning
  • Pet-friendly

Explore the area

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Holden Beach, NC
  • Place, Holden Beach
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Magic Mountain Fun Park
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Barefoot Landing
    ‪58 min drive‬
  • Airport, North Myrtle Beach, SC (CRE-Grand Strand)
    ‪57 min drive‬

Where you'll sleep

4 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

1st Level, 1 King, Private Bath

1 King Bed

2nd Floor, 1 Queen, Private Bath

1 Queen Bed

2nd Floor, 1 Queen, Shared Bath

1 Queen Bed

2nd level, 2 Twin beds, Queen Sofa Bed in Secondary Living

2 Single Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Common Space

1 Double Sofa Bed

3 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Main Level

Toilet

Private

Toilet · Shower only

Private, 1st level

Toilet · Shower only

Shared

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Balcony
Dining area

About this property

"Dune Life" - Oceanfront Home, 4 Bedrooms / 3.5 Bathrooms, pet friendly!

Introducing "Dune Life" (formerly High Cotton) - an exquisitely renovated and updated oceanfront retreat that presents awe-inspiring views of the Atlantic. This meticulously crafted 4-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom haven has undergone a complete transformation for the 2024 season, promising to elevate your vacation experience to unprecedented levels. And here's the exciting news - "Dune Life" now warmly welcomes your furry companions, as it is officially PET FRIENDLY!

Upon entering, be enchanted by the coastal-inspired decor and panoramic ocean views that grace every corner. The updated open kitchen, living room, and dining area create an ideal setting for entertaining and cherished family moments. For added convenience, a half bath is conveniently located beside the kitchen, while a private master bedroom with private bath and ocean views beckons you. Step out onto the deck overlooking the ocean, where you can unwind and rock your worries away with your favorite ice-cold beverage.

Venture upstairs to discover a secondary gathering area with a sleeper sofa and television to entertain everyone. A full-sized front-loading stacked washer and dryer ensures that laundry is a breeze for the three additional bedrooms on this level. The bright, cheerful "Turtle Room" features ocean views and a queen size bed with an updated private bath and tv. You'll also find another queen bedroom with an updated private bath and a bunk room. For the kids, located upstairs is a travel pack-n-play and booster seat. Forget to pack your iron, ironing board and blow dryer for a special dinner? You are in luck, the property includes these for your convivence.

As you step outside, you'll find yourself just steps away from the sparkling Atlantic Ocean. Embrace the coastal lifestyle with two outdoor showers, one of which is fully enclosed and equipped with both hot and cold water, ensuring a seamless transition from beach life to indoors. "Dune Life" is designed to have everything and more, making it your ultimate vacation destination.

This property is located at 214 Ocean Blvd East.

Pet Friendly: $250 Non-refundable pet fee is required and is limited to a single dog up to 50 pounds. An additional dog(s) may be allowed provided that they are pre-approved by PROACTIVE Vacations. Additional Fees will apply for more than one dog. Guests must crate pets when they are left in the home unattended.

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Property # 1224108vb
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property

About the area

Supply

Located in Holden Beach, this holiday home is on the beach. Lockwood Folly Country Club and River's Edge Golf Club are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those looking for area attractions can visit Magic Mountain Fun Park and Planet Fun. Discover the area's water adventures with jet skiing and kayaking nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with cycling and hiking/biking trails.
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Holden Beach, NC

What's nearby

  • Holden Beach - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Magic Mountain Fun Park - 3 min drive - 2.7 km
  • Ocean Isle Beach - 32 min drive - 34.2 km
  • North Myrtle Beach Beaches - 51 min drive - 65.0 km
  • Barefoot Landing - 58 min drive - 76.7 km

Getting around

  • North Myrtle Beach, SC (CRE-Grand Strand) - 52 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Sea Biscuit Cafe/Pepe’s Pizza - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Lonerider at Oak Island - ‬42 min drive
  • ‪Patronies Pizza - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Hardee’s - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Mermaids Island Grill - ‬14 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is "Dune Life" - Oceanfront Home, 4 Bedrooms / 3.5 Bathrooms, pet friendly! pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at "Dune Life" - Oceanfront Home, 4 Bedrooms / 3.5 Bathrooms, pet friendly!?

As of 3 Oct 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at "Dune Life" - Oceanfront Home, 4 Bedrooms / 3.5 Bathrooms, pet friendly! on 6 Oct 2026 start from AU$3,148, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at "Dune Life" - Oceanfront Home, 4 Bedrooms / 3.5 Bathrooms, pet friendly!?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at "Dune Life" - Oceanfront Home, 4 Bedrooms / 3.5 Bathrooms, pet friendly!?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at "Dune Life" - Oceanfront Home, 4 Bedrooms / 3.5 Bathrooms, pet friendly!?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is "Dune Life" - Oceanfront Home, 4 Bedrooms / 3.5 Bathrooms, pet friendly! located?

Nestled on the beach, this Holden Beach holiday home is steps from Holden Beach and 1.4 mi (2.2 km) from Magic Mountain Fun Park. Big Beach and Lockwood Folly Country Club are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 24 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 24 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 24 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 24 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 24 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.4/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We enjoyed our stay at Holden Beach! The oceanfront view and direct beach access was amazing!! Also, the house was very clean and comfortable.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Lovely home. Great location, clean and well stocked.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This is such a beautiful place. It was perfect. I hope to go there again in the future. The only thing I did not like was the paper towel holder in the kitchen. Everything else was splendid!!!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Short trip to beach

Wife and I spent 4 days
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome beach house

We had a great week at High Cotton! It was just what we needed for our family! We loved being so close to the beach and the awesome porch was our favorite spot!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 15 Aug 2023
HI Debbie - "High Cotton" has done it again - another satisfied vacationer! We look forward to you joining us again at Holden Beach. The PROACTIVE Vacation Team
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Vacation Week

The house clean and just perfect for our family. We really like having bathrooms in every adult bedroom. Would definitely book this house in the future and recommend. We also loved the location.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We totally enjoyed our week on the beach. The house was everything it claimed to be and more. We had a minor repair needed and they were there within a couple hours. Just a beautiful location. We will be back.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This is the second time we’ve stayed in this home. The first was before the remodel. We love the location, near the bridge back to the mainland & right on the beach. The house is great for a large family and everyone can have a room & bathroom & have space if needed. Downstairs bedroom & full bath is great for anyone unable to climb the stairs. 2 of the 3 upstairs bedrooms have bathrooms. If someone needs to stay in the bunk beds they need to share a bath with one of the other rooms. Would love if the upstairs porch had some kind of shade. It’s hard to enjoy when it’s too hot. This is close to public beach access, so it can get more crowded than other areas, but even right before July 4th it wasn’t too bad. Overall great house, great host & great location.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Getaway

The house fit all of our needs for a group of 11. The community and beach was beautiful. The house was exactly as explained. The furniture and refrigerator could use some updating but overall a comfortable retreat!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Check-in, location
Disliked: Cleanliness

Beachfront

Great location with direct access to the beach. Spacious house with plenty of room. Property in need of some repair and not as clean as we would have wanted. Main living area carpeting should be replaced.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent Home!

This home was very neat and clean with some recent updates in bathrooms and doors. The kitchen was equipped with plenty of dinnerware and utensils, and a wide variety of pots, pans and baking dishes - helpful for a large family making and eating all our meals at the house! The house fit our family of 8 very well (ages adult down to 2y.o.). Though the dining area was a little cramped, it was functional and did seat all 8 of us (again, this may only be a factor if you are looking to eat all your meals in-house). The access to the beach was easy and the outdoor shower set-up was very handy. The porch and deck were well stocked with comfortable rocking chairs which we enjoyed very much! We really did not have any problems or complaints and are happy to give a good review!
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Attention needed

Great location on ocean and front porch was great. House was just the right size for us but needs some updating and repairs. Carpet felt / looked dirty and had to clean ocean facing Windows when we got there. Decent bedrooms and bathrooms.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fabulous getaway

Clean, well stocked, amazing beachfront house. My only issue is that we couldn’t stay longer. We will definitely be back.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Our first trip to Holden won't be our last! Already booked for next year.

My daughter and I searched for weeks for the perfect house. We spent many summer vacations in a motel at Myrtle and decided to visit a new beach this year. Booking an ocean front house was a big step for us. It was all about location, the view, the porch, and ease of booking for us. When our search took us to High Cotton on Holden Beach through VRBO we knew we found exactly what we were looking for! Located on the east end of the island it provided us a magnificent view, two huge porches, wide open beach space and lots of room for our family of 8. Not all reviews on High Cotton were 100% positive, but mine is! Sure, there are small things you can nit pick, but nothing that deserves a negative review. (However, I would suggest you take your favorite frying pan!) The kitchen is fully stocked with everything, including a potato peeler! The kids loved the outside shower, and we adults liked the size of the master bathrooms. One of the showers upstairs had a wonky sliding shower door, but it was easily worked through. High Cotton is a great house and if it doesn't suit everyone they had to spend too much time inside! We can't wait to go back next year. I just can't say enough about the porches and their view from the rockers, or the ease of the walk to the beach. Holden is a beautiful beach and I feel so lucky that our search landed us there! Until 2022, thank you for the BEST vacation we've had in years!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 15 Aug 2023
Thank you for staying with us. We look forward to having you back again with us!
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good place to stay with a few cons

Good property to stay at minus a few things that reflect a 3 out of 5 rating. The upstairs door leading in from the top deck is hard to shut and our kids (any kid in general) couldn’t close it properly. That seems to have caused the water stains on the carpet and caused the floor baseboard trim to take on damage too. 2 upstairs queen beds are squeaky as well, pillows are basic for all beds so bring your own if you want something more comfortable. Also during some heavy rain we had during our trip, the top bedroom window(s) facing ocean had water seeping in. Also, one morning opening up our box of doughnuts I was surprised by them being covered in ants. Overall decent/average place to stay but next trip I’ll be finding another place to stay for that amount of money it costs for my families 1 week vacation.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Holden Heaven

Good location, great beach!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2020
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

High Cotton at Holden Beach

Needs some TLC and attention to details. Lacking in bedside tables & lamps, outside steps and rails need repair, more towel bars in bathrooms, frying pans have been abused. Overall nice house.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great beach vacation

Enjoyed our family vacation so much. Loved the beach
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beach Getaway

We had a great time at this beach house. We stayed 7 days and were provided sheets (included) which I liked. I really wished that we would have had towels. Bringing our own ended up being a pain with the packing. We enjoyed the open kitchen/living room design. The windows gave a nice view to the beach. None of the windows stayed open by themselves so we had to prop them open at night if we wanted to hear the ocean. The kitchen was stocked with all the utensils and cookware that you needed. It was great to have such easy access to the beach all day! It was nice to have so many TVs...everyone could watch what they wanted at night or the kids could play their video games without disturbing the grandparents. We really enjoyed our stay!
Stayed 7 nights in May 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun... didn't want to leave.

Going again next year
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 15 Aug 2023
Hi Robert - that is the way a vacation is supposed to make you feel - don't want to leave! Glad you had fun and that you will be back again next year! The PROACTIVE Vacations Team
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Great location, very family friendly!

We loved how close it was to the beach which made it so easy with small children to go back and forth throughout the day. I loved that it wasn’t too commercialized and we could just be on the beach all day and go out to dinner. There is plenty of good good close by.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

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