Register for the Sunset Properties Free Vacation Giveaway!

Sunset Properties is teaming up with Our State magazine for a special promotion this month. You can use this link to register for a chance at a free family vacation at a designated oceanfront home between now and the end of April. Hurry-this sweepstakes ends December 15th!


Sea Oats West is a modern four bedroom oceanfront duplex at Sunset Beach, and sleeps 10. It is part of the Sunset Properties “Platinum Perks” program, which includes free linen and early check-in privileges. One lucky sweepstakes winner will receive a spring week for free in this home!


Sunset Properties offers close to 400 vacation rental homes and condos on the islands of Ocean Isle Beach and Ocean Isle Beach on the southern coast of North Carolina. We work with some of the best homes on each island, and offer special services such as our Perks Club, Platinum Perks program, and Pet Friendly rentals. We’ll be introducing our new “Linen Ready” service next month for 2012 which includes linen setup and towels in designated rental homes.


So, take a minute now to register for the free vacation giveaway (1). Then visit our website to make a summer reservation.

Sunset Properties Staff

(1)-see the Our State website for full giveaway guidelines.

Join in the fun on Super Saturday!

The Ocean Isle Property Owners Association is planning another terrific day on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (Nov 26th), and everyone is invited to join in!

The Christmas Parade will start at 2 pm at the Museum (lineup time for participants is 30 minutes earlier). The parade goes east on 2nd Street and back west on 1st Street.

At 5 pm, the Tree lighting will take place at the fire station (and we'll have the holiday lights on at our Sunset Properties office and Ocean Plaza right across the street!). Santa will make a quick visit in for the kids right afterwards at 5:30 pm at the fire station. Enjoy some hot chocolate and cookies for all!

To top the day off, the waterway boat flotilla starts around 5 pm at Inlet View, and travels up the waterway and ends at Sharkys Restaurant on the island around 6:30-7 pm for the judging. Afterwards, stick around at Sharkys for the fun party that will include a charity raffle supporting Brunswick Family Assistance.

This is always one of the great days of the off-season at Ocean Isle. We hope you can join in. If you need a place to stay, check the Sunset Properties website for all of the options!

Watch the new Ocean Isle Beach Vacation Videos

We've updated our video page on the Sunset Properties website with links to several new clips you'll want to check out.

Thanks to the Brunswick County Tourism Development Authority for creating and sharing several of these. You'll find videos on a family's stay in a vacation rental home on Ocean Isle Beach, along with informational videos on sea turtles, kayaking opportunities, and the lighthouses in Brunswick County.

We hope you enjoy them all!

Photo and Video Contest Winners Announced

Sunset Properties is pleased to announce that Ryan Koechig from Media, PA. is this year's photo contest winner.

Ryan's winning photo was of a sunrise looking down Tubb's Inlet behind the bayfront homes from one of our rentals on Cobia Street.

Sunset Properties also has selected Sara Gerlich's family video as the winner of this year's video contest. Her video showed her extended family playing games on the beach strand like so many of our guests do during their stay.

Both Ryan and Sara will receive IPad 2's from Sunset Properties for winning the contests.

Thanks for all of the entries this year-we finished with well over 400 photos, and a handful of videos. You can view the photos in our gallery by using the social corner link on our website at www.vacationrentalsatoceanisle.com.

We also appreciated the feedback on the finalists both on our facebook pages and elsewhere. We had fun with the contests, and look forward to starting next year's contest in April!

Sunset Properties Video Contest Finalists Announced!

Thanks for the video entries to our Photo/Video contest for this year.

We've selected two finalists. They are:

Sara Gerlich's video

Maria Fehr's video

We'll announce the winner of the IPad 2 for the best video early next week!

Ennis Wins TV at Appreciation Event

Sunset Properties GM Pat Wolfe congratulates Amy Ennis for winning the annual Housekeeing raffle for a large screen TV.

Sunset Properties recognized over 40 individuals at its annual Appreciation Cookout for their efforts as housekeeping contractors with the company this past season. These individuals qualified for the recognition by working each of the prime summer season weeks with no guest or owner complaints.

The company held a drawing from those qualifying, and Amy Ennis was chosen to receive the top prize of a new 42" wide screen TV.

At the same event, the company recognzied 8 individuals that have qualified for the top award each of the last three seasons. Those individuals include: Alice Nolan, Betty Fuller, Clementine Hill, Lori Bass, Nancy Gibson, Rhonda Smith, Sherry Dowless, and Sheryln Ford.

Thanks to all of the vendors and homeowners that attended the event, and thanks for everyone's efforts during this past summer.

Ayscoe Wins Oyster Festival Tennis Tournament at OIB Park

Top-seeded Zach Ayscoe (Raleigh, NC) won the Mens 4.0 Singles division at this year's Oyster Festival Tennis Tournament by defeating Darren Cranfill (left in photo) 6-2, 7-5 at the Ocean Isle Beach Park. Cranfill (Advance, NC) was the 2010 tournament champion.

The 2nd annual tournament was sponsored by Sunset Properties and D&D Tennis, and presented by the Brunswick County Tennis Association, Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce, and the Brunswick County Parks and Recreation Department. The tennis tournament was sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association.

Ayscoe had to make comebacks in two tight matches with local players on his way to the finals. In the first round, he defeated Lamar Hardy 5-7, 6-1, 10-7. In the semi-finals, he defeated Jason Watts 7-5, 7-5.

Chip Ashley (Denver, NC)-shown with tournament referee Susie Honeycutt, won the Men's 3.5 Singles division, with Jeff Atkinson (Bladenboro) finishing second.

Jessica Walker (Sunset Beach)-shown with tournament referee Susie Honeycutt, won the Women's 3.0 level, with Jennifer Furr (Raleigh) finishing second.

Cristine Allison-left (Raleigh) was the Women's 3.5 champion, with Penny Watts-right (Ocean Isle Beach) finishing second.