Is this resort worth visiting in N.C. ?
Peppertree is not an ocean front complex. There is a road between the complex and the gazebo going out to the beach. The 2 bedroom units closest to the beach are very roomy in my opinion and the deck is fairly roomy for some units, Some units face towards the beach and the others face in the opposite direction from inside the unit. Once you get out on the deck you have a better view of ocean in some of the units.
Don't let the reply above make you think this isn't an oceanfront resort. It is indeed oceanfront, as shown by the map below (and use google earth)
what the poster above describes about a road is a function of Atlantic Beach being a VERY NARROW ISLAND. Only 30-40 houses in the entire town have a front porch that steps down onto the dune, if that's what your definition of oceanfront is.
The resort is surrounded by a quiet residential neighborhood (with access from the front off the busy main commercial road). The whole neighborhood has a VERY QUIET residential road (1 car every 2 to 3 minutes at most) that runs parallel to the beach in between the first house on the beach and the rest of the houses. ALL OTHER HOMES including the Peppertree resort are on the land-side of this road, meaning 99.9% of everyone at this beach whether at Peppertree or renting a beachhouse will walk across a TINY road before they hit the sand. It's BARELY two lanes wide, and there's not even a painted stripe in the middle, it's THAT quiet and that narrow.
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All the buildings numbered 17-25 are oceanfront built perpendicular to the beach. Number 23 and 25 are the closest to the water. All the others in this range are as oceanfront as you can get, given the size of land the resort owns, and have various degrees of views, both unobstructed and partially unobstructed as the other poster noted. The worst view is from building 17, as they built a freestanding elevator tower in front of it to service 17-18-19-24-25.
Buildings 15-16 an 32-33 are a short walk but other houses lie between them and the beach. They are up in the air with a good view though. Buildings 26-31 are about 5 minutes walk from the beach and you can't see any beach from them at all. They are thew newest condos on property but in the worst location, in my opinion. They are less "beachy" and seem more like an old fashioned motel with exterior doors opening directly to the parking lot like a Fairfield Inn or other lower-end chain. Insides are nice, but the location is bad. Because these are hidden from the beach, there's very little breeze, so mosquitoes are a nuisance only in these units when sitting outside on their back porch. (All the other units except 26-31 are taller with their first floors actually being 1 level above the parking lot, so they always have a nice breeze and rarerly mosquitoes.) The only reason I can think of wanting to stay in 26-31 would be so you're two steps away from the indoor pool, so perhaps in the dead of winter? Otherwise you won't know you're at the beach at all.
There are presently no buildings 1-14 as they were all recently torn down and the homeowners association filed bankruptcy, which is what this thread is discussing. The land where they used to be is currently for sale to have the condos rebuilt, but the current management can't build them because of punishment from the State Attorney General's office for shady, pushy, dishonest, and manipulative sales practices. Eventually someone will come in and rebuild, and it remains to be seen what will happen between the two groups at that point.
It's a great resort and location to visit. The management by Festiva sucks but if you're not an owner that won't concern you. Enjoy.
