My family just stayed at the Pearl this past August (2022). We'd wanted to for years and finally decided we'd better grab it while it still stood! Was an incredible week! Beautifully furnished inside - was surprised how nice given that it was obviously on borrowed time. Feel so blessed to have had the experience! Will be forever grateful to the owners for keeping up and sharing this amazing place!
Im Sure in August the stairs were still intact. Would be an insurance nightmare to rent out a house that's susceptible to be swallowed by the sea while the tenants sleep...Also I would hire that plumber!
been going to OBX since 1984, unreal the changes (some good, some not so much) in the area. For my money...the closest to heaven I'll get while still breathing. Love the videos!
As an architect I can certainly appreciate your concerns and comments regarding the house and to see all the utilities, pump tank, etc as well as the exposure of the pilings makes me wonder if this is already gone. The OBX is always changing and shoreline property development is something that I have mixed feelings about. We (in general) love to be where the view is but we often ruin it by poorly-planned development. Sort of a "Here comes the neighborhood" moment but Mother Nature takes it right back at times!
Its not always Mother Nature( as you probably know), people changing the shape of the coast line with retaining walls really has a negative effect, like on the North Shore of Hawaii( Kawailoa), my Aunt's home will most likely be in the ocean in less than 15 yrs( built there in the 1920's).😔
I used to clean houses in Rodanthe, Salvo, and Waves for a realty company. It's amazing to see how the beach has changed over the years. I knew some local people in Kitty Hawk who's grandparents grew up on the Outer Banks. They said that it used to take an hour to walk from Jockey's Ridge to the ocean. I think all the Outer Banks will be gone one day.
Such a beautiful place. Over 23 years we've seen this beach recede over 100 yrds. Such is the case up and down Hatteras island. A Sand Bar always in motion. The result is inevitable. It's been very sad watching this row of homes disappear. A few were relocated. Lone-piling remnants in the surf and sand show all that's left of the past .
The OBX of NC are truly amazing. This time of year you are truly alone. If you only know of hotel lined beaches and attractions...you should make this area a bucket list trip.
To many people live there year round. Not like I remember it in the 70s. I live 80 miles from there. And never go anymore because of the crime rate has sky rocketed
My family and I stayed there May 2022 and had a wonderful week! The only issue we had was the air froze up downstairs where the bedrooms were and the last day it got up to 76°. It was hard to get in the driveway w our 4 wheel drive but we were able to. We are so sad to see whats happening and feel so grateful for the time we got to spend there!!!!
So happy to hear you & your family had a wonderful week at the Black Pearl this year! Our family spent a week in August and had a great time! Comfy and wonderfully furnished home. Absolutely magical on the deck at night. Yes, parking we used 4 low but management was clear letting us know parking could be a challenge. I, too, am so grateful for the wonderful time and memories made during our stay at the Black Pearl.
Not sure if someone already posted this but here is what I copied from the rental website: “*PLEASE NOTE: Due to beach erosion the Black Pearl is currently not vacationable. The property owner is seeking to have the home moved to a safe location nearby, however, at this stage there are no guarantees that it will be ready for the 2023 season.”
The OBX is forever changing. Inlets open, inlets close. I've been going there for almost 50 years and found it to be a continual work in progress. Many places we have stayed in have been totally destroyed by Mother Nature, some quickly in hurricanes, others slowly by the ever changing tides. Hatteras Lighthouse had to be moved to prevent it's destruction. Large dredges operate in many places to keep inlets open and closed. Route 12 is a changing element also. After all these years, I have come to find part of the beauty of the OBX is it's ever changing abilities!
So True- We are year-round residents of the SOBX here in Atlantic Beach, not too very far from where Route 12 ends Thankfully, the barrier island we live on has a much wider beach & the main beach road is not close to the Beach, so very few problems with storms here, but we always keep the Northern end of the OBX in our prayers - especially around the Rodanthe area 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
We stayed in that house one time years ago on a surf trip!! It’s been going under for a while lol we stay down in Hatteras Island now south of Frisco but well never forget the ole black pearl!!
My wife and I were in buxton for our honeymoon in 2019. Even then, the roads were constantly closed. People couldn't get to their properties and were stuck in hotels all over. They were in great spirits, however, but the one gentleman and his wife looked like they had some sort of sinking feeling then. Said that it was their last year there. I hope they are doing well. Thank you for the video!!!!
My family vacation in Rodanthe in August 2022. Such a beautiful place! ❤ I can’t even imagine how it must be for these home owners 😢 all those memories & families together, and I’m sure a good bit of $$. But they say, the ocean will always take back what was once part of it 🙁 Our beach access was literally right where you can see the No Parking sign in the video, that is now almost completely covered in sand 😮
According to current Google maps, there were 4 houses (address numbers still exist) in between the existing others and the Black Pearl, as well as, 2 more houses beyond it. Older maps show the houses there. Beach erosion has really affected the entire area. It's amazing how some houses a short ways down still have swimming pools out front. Those will all disappear in short time.
I haven't been there in 12 years...was living in VA. Last I visited was south Nags Head. Thank you for this video. This is my second home and just to see how much mother nature has changed.
Family's been camping at KOA in summers since mid '70s. Seen a lot of changes in landscape. Will keep going camping there as long as I can because, maybe not in my lifetime, but at sometime you won't be able to get there unless ferry. And at sometime won't be anything left to go to (read somewhere few months ago in about 50 years). Love sound of waves breaking.
Used to stay in some of those houses near the Rodanthe pier back in the 90's on surf trips water would come under the houses even back then...There was a bar restaurant near the pier that got totally taken out by a storm.
My wife and I always had a dream of having a house on the beach, no more, on a recent trip to Charleston SC, a visit to Folly Beach was an eye opener as that area also experienced a great deal of erosion.
I was born in Raleigh N.C. and moved to florida when I was 10 years old. My grandparents had a trailer in morehead when they went they would always take me they knew I loved to fish. The beach in N.C is a lot different than Florida. In N.C. there's sand dunes blocking the view of the ocean. In Florida 🌴 there's condos blocking the view.
@@tworivers491 I don't think they were open while we were there during the 3rd week of March..? Or at least I don't remember. We did enjoy Diamond Shoals and Angelos for dinners and an excellent breakfast at Oceanas Bistro to the north off Hwy 12.
@@jeffreypinder9398 Oh, that's right! Orange Blossom hours are different off season. We have eaten at Diamond Shoals and food was delicious! Haven't visited the other restaurants you mentioned but thanks for recommendation...will visit next summer 🥳
Good video bro. Used to live out there. The beach used to be about 100 yards in front of the house. That was when I was there. Erosion is destroying the OBX fast. The S curves used to be my daily routine. Miss it there like a fat kid misses chocolate cake.
Ty for the videos, I wish I was back in NC to view the destruction of the ocean. The ocean draws you to it as a place of peace but as we know with there is always another side.
Any development or house not built on skids so it can be dragged away is by definition an ill-considered development on a barrier island. In the old days house lots ran from sea side to bay side so you could hook up the oxen and haul your house on logging skids back away from the ocean as the sand shifts and the spit moves. Those houses had outhouses and shallow wells (suitable far away from the out house) and of course no electric power or paved roads.
Just watching some of your amazing 4k drone footage recently, and just like that video, I would like to know what camera, lens and settings are, if you don't mind sharing.
Great video. Thank you for posting. I have stayed in a little village about 25 miles south of there called Buxton for going on 15 years. Like Rodanthe, Buxton is experiencing similar issues. Sad. Everytime I hear about a chunk of Greenland's or Antarctica's ice shelves breaking off due to climate change, I think of the effect on the OBX. I have resigned myself to the mindset of enjoying the OBX while I can.
You should check out Ocracoke Island, if you haven’t yet. 14 mile Long Island and probably 12, if not more, miles of it is beach. Beautiful pristine natural beaches. No houses on them and they have sand dunes and it’s roughly 100 yards from the dunes to the water in several areas. First time I was technically there, was in my mom’s belly in 1988. We went every single year and I’ve only missed one year out of 34. My mother has only missed two years out of 64.
I live in Rodanthe. My grandmother left me her house not far from the house in this video. I'm stuck on selling it, or just letting nature do what it's going to do eventually.
Yes, the water will change the sand and bars and inlets and outlets. Living on Tampa Bay my whole life, I have seen small bars disappear and new inlets form from storms. But I have also seen many many beaches replenishing on both sides of the state of Florida. These homes can be saved through breakwater formation and sand replenish. All the sand in the back was in front of the homes, push it back to build waterbreaks, and dredge in sand. It's is an easy fix they the government doesn't want to do it. We have built modern miracles. Hoover Dam levies for the Mississippi New Orleans.
Thanks for your info I'm curious to see what it looked like before people started building, also footage with a drone of the existing property. Nature always reclaims
Our family stayed at the Black Pearl in August 2022 as well and had a wonderful week! My sister had been eyeing this house for years. Counting our blessings how fortunate we were!
@@Kcterry definitely going to be a process getting it out of there. They should hire the company that relocated cape Hatteras lighthouse. That was a spectacular relocation.
If Rt 12 is about to be dismantled there, does that mean the houses will be cut off from their owners? Or are these houses already condemned? I'm honestly glad they built the new bridge. The point is to let the most flood-prone part of the island roll like the sandbar that it is.
I work for the company that did all the beach renourishment projects in the obx this year. Rodanthe is the only one we didn't do. I have no idea why. Friend told me the original road was actually on the water side of that house but don't know if that's true.
Search YT for The Black Pearl Rodanthe, NC and see what the beautiful interior was 13yrs ago...and then it looks like the aftermath of Sandy was the beginning of it and neighbors isolation after the severe beach erosion...these were the stubs seen in this video.
The OBX is my happy Place. In South Nags Head there are about 5 houses standing the the ocean. If they're still there, I think the street is called Alemedia. Can't remember. If you go down a street that starts with A and you turn left and get down the street and see and a cute round house, you're in the right place. The house are on the right in the ocean
I delivered the bedding in that house in 2006 lol then like less than a year later they use that house in the movie but obviously it wasn’t the real inside of the house in what you see in the actual movie
“For Rent” or not, you can’t access the home because the staircases have washed away. Now that the septic tank has been exposed, the home will be condemned. For the owners it’s now a Catch 22. Insurance company won’t let them demolish what’s still standing. Dare County will fine the owners as long as the house remains uninhabitable.
Someone said it’s still for rent ! They are correct if you go to the site you most certainly can rent it now ! Also people just stayed there in august ! Wow just wow. I hope the authorities start some kind of restoration or there’ll be no beach there looks like.
Unfortunately this is what happens to all barrier islands. They move relative to the storm pressure they receive. Dauphin Island in Alabama is a prime example.
The only reason that house is still standing and the ones next to it have washed away is because of the cross bracing that was done, in my opinion (I'm an engineer but also on the internet, so who really knows!)
Love how everyone preaches protect our environment and national seashore yet they have to wait until the house crumbles into the ocean for insurance to pay out the home owner!!! What a joke!!!!
As pessoas que tem poder aquisitivo bom quer morar onde quer se esquecendo que outros tem os mesmos direitos de aproveitar dos beneficios da natureza, tai o resultado e esse fenômeno tá no mundo todo
It's not the owner's decision. I believe it's illegal to use a metal detector on the island since it is owned by Park Service. I'd say look it up first before using one.
Just got back from rhodanthe....this morning 3 am. Everything is underwater. The black pearl is still standing. No theu arent gonna move it. It will be taken by the ocean. And yes once upon a 2000 time...there was five rows of house out from the black pearl. Thats how bad its got. It's like the only thing holding that area together was Mr meakins. Rip
I’ve seen and known of houses like this where the steps are washed out where people take latters during high tide and tie them up to climb up and jump off the decks. They did it here in Ocean isle at a couple house that washed away here years ago
what I find absolutely crazy, the house is condemned, not sellable, but still salvageable for raw materials. A large crane could be brought in and most of it, if not all of it reclaimed for use in other projects locally that could benefit kids or cheaper lumber for other builds. This could have all been done well before the ocean reached it. Yet the state is willing to just let it wash into the ocean and scatter debris up and down the seashore for miles with no regard to the number of foreign objects that will enter the ocean as pollution. Insurance claims could be claimed well before it actually falls into the ocean, when that is a certainty of its demise. Just save what you can and repurpose it to benefit the kids and the poorer folks in the community instead of letting it just go to waste.
Looks to me like if the house is still together that they could go there and reinforce the pylons at least to make sure the structure stay sound, makes no sense to let something beautiful like that just go to the ocean even though it's where it's at I guess
You obviously don't know about Coastal construction requirements. This is a Coastal "V" zone in a SFHA. Check with FEMA 55 Coastal construction manual.
