Summer Paws Pool, hot tub, 3 night last minute stays available, 4x4, pets Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Is Summer Paws Pool, hot tub, 3 night last minute stays available, 4x4, pets pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total) with a maximum weight of up to 50 lbs per pet.

Q: Where is Summer Paws Pool, hot tub, 3 night last minute stays available, 4x4, pets located?

Situated by the sea, this vacation home is within 1 mi (2 km) of Outer Banks Beaches and Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. False Cape State Park and False Cape Beach are also within 3 mi (5 km).

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10/10 Excellent

Courtney S.

Jul 24, 2025

A week at summer paws...!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We love the tranquility of this special place, and summer paws is the perfect beach house for our family.

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10/10 Excellent

Randy P.

Jul 21, 2025

Another great vacation at Summer Paws!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We have rented this beautiful cottage several years in a row for our summer family vacation. The cottage is great! Mrs. James always is so great to work with!

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10/10 Excellent

Ashley B.

Jul 7, 2025

Relaxing Beach Getaway !

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Summers Paws is a great rental. Slight ocean views from the top balcony. The screened in portion on top was great for the evening time. Rental was very clean and came equipped with everything that we needed for our stay. It is situated one row back from the beach, which, with being able to drive and park on the beach is not an issue at all. So handy to be able to load up the truck with beach gear and drive 1 minute to the beach. Carova cottages was fast to respond with any questions I had regarding our stay. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would recommend this place to anyone looking for a relaxing beach rental that is pet friendly. Our first time at Carova Beach and Summer Paws exceeded our expectations !

10/10 Excellent

Cody G.

Sep 4, 2022

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Great stay!

Manager was super helpful and stayed in touch! Loved the house. Everything you need!

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brandon T.

Jul 6, 2023

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Amazing House

House was beautiful and well kept and had front row views of the wild horses!

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kariann G.

Sep 12, 2022

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OBX 2022

We enjoyed our family trip to OBX at Summer Paws. It has everything we needed to make our stay enjoyable and comfortable. Highly recommend.

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly B.

Aug 15, 2022

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Beautiful, relaxing vacation spot

We had a wonderful time at this great beach house! The location is perfect - fairly secluded and quiet, but a very easy walk to the beach. The house is clean and well equipped. The pool and hot tub were both great. Sitting on one of the many decks and listening to the waves while horses wandered below was definitely my favorite part.

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

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10/10 Excellent

Randy P.

Jul 19, 2023

Another Awesome vacation at summer paws

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This was our 3rd summer in a row vacationing at Summer paws cottage, and hope to continue renting it each summer. It fits our families needs and wants perfectly.

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10/10 Excellent

Brian W.

Jul 9, 2024

Amazing stay !!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Laura was very helpful and answered all questions. The location was great. We couldn’t have asked for more. Only thing I would suggest is to have manuals or directions for things like hot tub and pool if something is wrong.

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10/10 Excellent

Courtney S.

Jun 23, 2023

Beach Trip June 2023

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We had an amazing experience, and Laura has always been so helpful and kind. We had a wonderful time this year with our three children and fur baby!

10/10 Excellent

Karen K., Ohio

Sep 20, 2022

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Just what we wanted!

Our family’s 10th visit to the 4x4! This house is wonderful! It is well cared for, charming, super clean, a well stocked kitchen and great house amenities. We enjoyed mornings and evenings on the screened in porch. We were delighted when the horses visited a couple of times. It was a fabulous stay! Definitely will stay with Summer Paws again!

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022

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10/10 Excellent

Nicole W.

Aug 20, 2024

Repeat Stay FANTASTIC!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: First and foremost this place is CLEAN! That is the main reason we return because I know that this house is very very clean, including all of the upholstered furniture. Laura and her husband are extremely available and attentive should any issues pop up which is a rare and much appreciated.

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10/10 Excellent

Anna M.

Jul 5, 2018

Summer Paws Review

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We had a great week a Summer Paws! It was a perfect family vacation, the house was clean an comfortable and we were steps away from the beach. I can't wait to come back.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2018

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10/10 Excellent

Colin B.

Jun 28, 2023

2nd Time.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This was our second time at Summer Paws and it was just as good as the first. We’d originally stayed in 2019 and were set for 2020 and we all know how that went! Aside from a different color the house was as clean and welcoming as we remembered.

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10/10 Excellent

Nicole W., White Hall

Aug 23, 2023

Extremely clean and Perfect!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We have stayed in Carova for several years and this was our first experience with Carova Cottages. Laura was extremely responsive, available and helpful. The property was perfect for our week and I was blown away at how clean and maintained this house was. The house was well fit with amenities and supplies. We stayed for a week and contacted Laura on the first day to rebook for next year. Thank you!

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10/10 Excellent

Scott F.

Oct 3, 2024

Everything You Need for a Perfect Vacation

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Convenient and easy to make a reservation and communicate any questions/requests with the host. Received all the information needed to know exactly what to bring, arrival/departure expectations, and how to use the amenities. Cannot speak highly enough of the host and cannot think of a more prefect way to spend a week on the beach than SummerPaws - 5 minute walk (you can drive as well) to watch a sunrise or a sunset on the beach or otherwise enjoy the ocean; 5 to 7 minute walk to the local volunteer fire department to buy t-shirts, ice and other goodies; a hot tub and a pool for those times when you feel like staying closer to the house; a fantastic screened-in outdoor eating area off the uppermost level (enjoyed most of our meals there); and, most importantly for us, SummerPaws is a focal point for wild horse activity! The horses love hanging out all around the yard at SummerPaws. Was amazing! Highly, highly recommend SummerPaws as the place to stay for anyone wanting to vacation on Carova Beach.

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024

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10/10 Excellent

A guest from Cooksburg, PA

Jun 14, 2024

Summer Paws Is Not Horsin’ Around

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Oh, where to begin....Summer Paws is AMAZING and holds a very special place in our hearts! If you’re looking for a low-key, laidback, quiet place to stay - look no further than Summer Paws. This was our 2nd year in a row at Summer Paws as the house is perfect for our family of 4 and 2 fur babies! We loved our week so much last year that we decided to stay for 2 this year! The house is clean, well maintained and has everything you could possibly need. The horses visited every day and we even had a few sightings of a beautiful albino deer. This house is so perfectly located that you can easily walk to and from the beach if you don’t want to pack up and drive back and forth every time. We’ve worked with both property managers Laura and David between this year and last and they are both the absolute best!! So down to earth, kind and responsive. Already looking forward to 2025 🖤

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10/10 Excellent

John P., Mantua, NJ

Aug 16, 2017

An Awesome Vacation!!!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We rented this house last-minute after our vacation in Avon was cancelled a day before our check-in date due to the disastrous power outage. I am so glad we happened upon this place. The house was very clean, the pool and hot tub were awesome after returning from the beach. And horses, if you're into them, every day, all day. This place must have the sweetest grass in OBX. It got to the point where they were 10 feet from us while we would grill every night. And the entire surface on the ground level under the house is a wood deck - great place to hang out. If you're worried that the house isn't on the beach, don't be. It is a close walk.I have nothing but positive things to say about the house and our stay. And Laura was awesome to deal with as well! Very friendly and responsive.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Lori D.

Aug 5, 2020

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

Awesome NEIGHbors!!!!

What a great week at Summer Paws! The house was so clean and the kitchen was well stocked. We definitely could have used a pancake griddle though😊. A great feature of the house is an enclosed deck with a table and chairs. Our family ate dinner out there almost every night! You are literally a 1 min drive to beach, the house is located right next to a beach access. We had a group of 3 horses that came almost daily. One came up almost to the bottom deck, luckily we had the ropes on so he couldn’t get on! The beach is beautiful and we never had a problem with vehicles driving in front of us, they drive in back of your car. Make sure you have all of your necessities that you need with your or you’ll be driving 8 1/2 miles on the beach back to paved roads to a store. It took us 35 mins every time we needed to get onto paved roads, but it’s Definitely worth it, our family enjoyed every second of our time spent therel, and so did our dog, Lacie!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Amy C., Bowie, MD

Sep 29, 2020

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Peace at the Beach

Renting this house was one of the best decisions we have made! Staying on the 4x4 beach for the first time was an amazing adventure! My 4 year old loved to just go for drives on the beach! The horses are literally in the front yard every single day! Being out in the middle of no where and away from people and the hustle and bustle was exactly what my family needed. Laura was so great that she is the reason we are renting and returning next year! She is very quick to respond and will do whatever she can to make your vacation enjoyable. The house was very well stocked with pretty much everything you need! Tons of toys and games for little ones; the pool was very clean and very well taken care of - as was the hot tub. We had a few questions while we were there and a few minor instances where we needed to contact Laura - and she responded immediately. The house was very clean, the linens were not what you typically get from a rental (we were skeptical and brought our own just to be safe) but everything was perfect. Thank you for a great week! Can’t wait to come back next year!

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2020

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10/10 Excellent

Suzi K., Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA

May 23, 2018

Great Getaway

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was more than happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We had an excellent time spending a week away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Mom, dad and our 10 month old daughter truly enjoyed Summer Paws. The property was clean and well maintained. It was as closely baby proofed as a non-baby proofed house was. There are some games and puzzles for rainy days, as well as direct TV. Next time, we'd bring more to keep the baby occupied because pouring rainy days were a little rough. It was too cool for the pool, but the hot tub was perfect. The kitchen had pretty much every thing we needed. We brought our own crockpot to make freezer meals, which worked out very well. In the future, we would be better planned for the beach driving; tire gauge, quarters for air, etc... We would also be more mindful of the tide times. We would very much recommend this to friends, we already have.

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6/10 Okay

Dana M.

Jul 14, 2016

Overpriced and in poor repair

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was clean. I was more than happy with the location. I was very dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The home is in a fairly nice location, only 1 house close by and the beach is steps away. There is a nice ocean view from the upper decks. However, the furnishings and general repair of the place are really substandard for the price point, everything is cheap quality and sparse. There are no window coverings in the living area and the house next door has a direct view into the space. The sliding doors don't open in the 2nd bedroom and the ceiling fans wobble and squeak terribly. The beds are very cheap and the mattresses are horribly uncomfortable. Our backs were aching all week. The pool area was poorly landscaped and dirty. The beach equipment is gross. The decks, view and screened porch were nice. The horses come right into the yard so you will get some great pictures of them. The management company, Laura and her husband, are excellent and very responsive to anything you need. The shortcomings of the property are the owners and how they have outfitted the place. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this property for the price they are charging.

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10/10 Excellent

Courtney S.

Jul 30, 2024

Our favorite week of the year

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We love this rental and have used it year over year. The house is always so clean and well supplied. It's the most peaceful and restorative week of the year for our family.

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10/10 Excellent

Randy P.

Jul 23, 2024

Love our week at Summer Paws every year!!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This is our 4th year staying at Summer Paws, and we can't wait for our 5th! The location is great, and we feel right at home in this beautiful cottage. The house offers everything we need for a perfect vacation: a pool, hot tub, beach chairs, games for all ages, smart TVs in every bedroom, grill, screened in porch, outside shower, washer/dryer, and so much more. Our sweet english bulldog, Berta Mae, has come with us every year and loves Carova just as much as we do. We also have had horses visit every year, which we love!! Thank you for sharing your piece of Carova heaven with our family!! See you next year!

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10/10 Excellent

Jill J.

Jul 19, 2023

Great stay

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Laura was amazing and very responsive when contacted prior to our stay and during.

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