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!

@jmfong76

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Totally agree with you. I live in the Raleigh area and from what we understand here, the house can’t be saved.

@eringemini7091

Жыл бұрын

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).😔

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!

@melodiewood1315

Жыл бұрын

So did the bathrooms work ?

@tworivers491

Жыл бұрын

@@melodiewood1315 Bathrooms worked perfectly

@lindalumae

Жыл бұрын

How did you get in with the stairs destroyed?

@100foldreturn1

Жыл бұрын

@@lindalumae Was wondering the same thing

@I3lazedOne

Жыл бұрын

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!

@Kcterry

Жыл бұрын

I feel like the same! Thanks for your comment.

Mans desire to live with the sea has been thwarted by its desire to be rid of man’s intrusion.

@lpe655

10 ай бұрын

Mother nature will always reclaim what's hers. It's just a matter of time!

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.

@KBT1951

Жыл бұрын

It is sad they ever got developed. So much heartbreak for people and also for wildlife that had habitat disturbed.

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.

@litt222

Жыл бұрын

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

@JOSH3183

Жыл бұрын

@@litt222 Really?? Crime in the OBX?

@briangreen430

Жыл бұрын

@@litt222 Don't let crime deter you, that's what a concealed weapons permit is for.

My family and I stayed there in 2021 and it is a gorgeous house on the inside. It was a wonderful place to stay.

@jeanmobray6964

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean that you stayed in the Black Pearl in 2021?

@naomiweaver1855

Жыл бұрын

Wow! That recent? This house?

@tworivers491

Жыл бұрын

@@naomiweaver1855 Had an absolutely wonderful time with family this past summer..August 2022

@DutchStar443

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, no.

@parapoliticos52

10 ай бұрын

i bet it cost a pretty penny, but waking up with that view worth it.

I am 2 houses away from the pearl and leaving today back to Virginia. I hope they get the pearl moved. This house is a statement to mirlo

@jerimahjohnson8698

Жыл бұрын

Blue house

@jeanmobray6964

Жыл бұрын

One of the houses down beach, near where he was standing first? (Looked like the ocean was coming up to the first one there too)

@marleneholman2448

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean im kinda new to beaches

@chadmiller6487

Жыл бұрын

I was in the blue house this October during the hurricane 😂 quite an experience

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!!!!

@tworivers491

Жыл бұрын

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.

@GeckoPixel

Жыл бұрын

Nothing is really "happening" here, besides mother nature washing us off her back. It's not sad. People that build on the ocean know the risk.

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 .

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.”

@Kcterry

Жыл бұрын

That's new info, thanks!

@tflip6579

Жыл бұрын

It’s a shame cuz it looks like an amazing house to stay at

Kind of spooky, the slow steady reclaiming of these structures by the sea. It may be that mother nature always wins in the end.

Wonderful house in the Ocean. Thank you very much for sharing. Video 👍

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!!!!

@Kcterry

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

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!

@Kcterry

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment. Very well said!

@keithpoindexter6758

Жыл бұрын

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 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Great video!! It really does make you wonder about the fate of those other houses

We stayed at the Black Pearl in August 2022. Incredible views and a great house.

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.

The entire island is a sandbar, and a beautiful one.

I used to camp at Oregon Inlet in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Even as a kid I knew that the ocean always wins.

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 😮

@curiousj1287

Жыл бұрын

I was just checking it out on VRBO and it looks like it’s available to rent…. I guess they have plans to replenish the beach….fix stairs…?? crazy

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.

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!!

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.

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.

@travelbugcarter

Жыл бұрын

@@coreysparks2311 that’s why they call it shifting sands. Sad but it’s a part of the ever changing beauty.

@theglassmaster3140

Жыл бұрын

Land does not disappear. It just gets relocated

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.

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.

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.

Killer💯 but sad! Thanks for sharing ✌️

Looks like was an excellent quality build back in the day.

Thanks for sharing🤗🤗🤗

We were down there in March 2022 on our way to Buxton. We love OBX.

@tworivers491

Жыл бұрын

How about those apple uglies at The Orange Blossom Cafe in Buxton!

@jeffreypinder9398

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@tworivers491

Жыл бұрын

@@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 🥳

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.

I really hope they rescue that house...it's beautiful and sad at the same time. It really is a Pearl...

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.

@Kcterry

Ай бұрын

Definitely old days

Mother Nature will have the last word.

What a beautiful place to escape the chaotic world

Is it possible to restock the beach sands or use concrete or something? Oyster shale?

the Earth is always reinventing and redesigning itself!

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.

@Kcterry

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I believe that's the best mindset to have!

@caribbeanbound8357

Жыл бұрын

Any low lying beach like that will wash away with time regardless of climate. It happens everywhere that beach preservation money isn't spent.

@treyw6882

Жыл бұрын

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.

@Kcterry

Жыл бұрын

Been through there several times!

@NotOnDrugs

Жыл бұрын

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.

Storm and surf created The Outer Banks and the same will take it back.The right hurricane could bring it all back

Ocean currents slowly change, and the sand bars move with it. Then you have the motion of the plates floating on top of the Earth's mantle.

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.

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

@Kcterry

Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see that as well. Drone video is in pre-production.

@likewater71

Жыл бұрын

I've got one I'd donate to the cause

I remember when all those houses were wayyy back and safe. I never thought it would be like it is now

Cool to see my home area the obx 👍🏻

Can they move it or just let insurance pay for clean up

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.

I go here twice a year the most beautiful place on earth the outer banks

@BeeBoooop

Жыл бұрын

I live on COLINGTON island in OBX and when ever we go my blood pressure drops 10 points. It’s magical. Hope they save the Black Pearl…

The owner is in the process of having the house relocated nearby safer location. All is not lost.

@Kcterry

Жыл бұрын

Won't be an easy task to move it. There's no longer a road behind it. Time will tell!

@AlteredBookeryCrafting

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

@tworivers491

Жыл бұрын

My family stayed at the Black Pearl this past August and had a wonderful time!

@I3lazedOne

Жыл бұрын

I'm about to book a trip! The lawyers better hope it hold for 3 days, 2 nights 😆

So sad…. Sad to see the road go also. My favorite part of the drive to the ferry.

The house plan is to move the house...plans in process already....she has good bones ...

Hell yeah I would love to live there.

I stayed right behind it a couple months ago and people were leaving the house when we went out to fish on the beach....

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.

@TheAdventurousRealtor

Жыл бұрын

Cool job!

@TheAdventurousRealtor

Жыл бұрын

Do you ever come down to Florida to do Beach renourishments?

@RobertHasty

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAdventurousRealtor yes going to be alot of work there soon.

@RobertHasty

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAdventurousRealtor it is. I'm also getting into multifamily rentals.

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.

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!!!!

Sad thing is that, we stayed there 2 years ago... shit is crazy

My house is in the same town. Best place on earth.

“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.

Takes a hit of a blunt… Ok, so, what if we just dig the ocean deeper.

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

@Kcterry

Жыл бұрын

I'll look that up! Thanks

My family stayed Aug. 2022 since it's been a bucket list house of ours

@tworivers491

Жыл бұрын

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!

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!)

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.

Land does not disappear. It just gets relocated.

Oh my !!!!

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

Is the little Motel still there ?

The first house you said was missing has been gone for over 5 years

I wonder if people ever climb and spend the night in this house or other similar houses just on a dare or other such premise.

@Kcterry

2 ай бұрын

Probably so.

I wonder why there are still power lines connected to the house....

@angrytater2456

Жыл бұрын

Very much doubt they are live.

People keep saying the house was several hundred yards back from the water. Really? Several football fields back from the water?

@wendyalexander1893

Жыл бұрын

Nope

@I3lazedOne

Жыл бұрын

The water was 100 yards in FRONT of that house 15 to 20 years ago, meaning they didn't pay for the oceanfront property but patience is key.

It might go this week. Big long storm hitting and one house close by has already gone.

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.

If a Cat 4 or 5 hits the area will there be any homes left ? this is a Barrier Island after all.

I know those steps were already rebuilt at least once this season

@jeanmobray6964

Жыл бұрын

People still staying in it?

@higherground369

Жыл бұрын

Just looked it up. Still booking 2023. Seriously?

@ShiraleeOBX2008

Жыл бұрын

Yes, seriously. The house can be moved, steps and septic can be replaced.

I hope they save the house its beautiful

WOW!!!! Hey kind sir can you metal detect on that beach if you get permission from the owners since it's Private Property?

@rbrown2895

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking where they’re tearing out that road might be a good spot to hunt.

@ShiraleeOBX2008

Жыл бұрын

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.

@lisahenley940

Жыл бұрын

You can’t detect on the beaches of state parks but you can in the waters.

@jeffreybowman9221

Жыл бұрын

@@lisahenley940 So if I'm knee deep in the water it's cool?

How do those houses have sewage systems and water ?

@dundeeecroc

Жыл бұрын

This "Pearl house" as you can see has SEPTIC system.

@I3lazedOne

Жыл бұрын

Seaturtles

If you had the right equipment someone would be able to climb up in to the house!!

I see a lot of folks commenting have stayed here as recently as August of 2022. When did all of this recent damage happen?

@Kcterry

Жыл бұрын

Apparently not too long ago.

Value your coastline. Don’t develop it like we did in Florida.

If they going to remove the house, they better hurry up because the sea is going to take it very soon

Is that the septic tank I'm seeing?

@Kcterry

Жыл бұрын

It is

@jeanmobray6964

Жыл бұрын

I've read that exposed tanks are a big problem.

If it’s man made, you can keep it from the ocean for so long. Sorry for the loss

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 would preserve them even in the water. Make great touristic attraction. As long as the are made safe.

🏴‍☠ The Outer Banks is slowly, but surely losing the Battle of the Tides. The erosion rate is 10-15 ft per year.

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

That beach 🏖 is disappearing the same as in Florida ..soon to be his-story...

I've seen the erosion specially in topsail Island, nc

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.

20 years ago that house was several hundreds of yards away from shoreline.

@rosshammes665

Жыл бұрын

That's not true, you can see it on Google earth in the early 2000s

They are taking reservations for 2023

Surprised the houses were built that close even if it was 50+ years ago

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

I surf here all the time between buxton and rodanthe

It probably had 150 ft of beach in front of it when built. Also the beach was higher in general by 5 ft....lol