About this Recovery House
Oxford House Oleander Drive — Recovery Housing in Wilmington, North Carolina
Oxford House Oleander Drive is a peer-run sober living home for men at 5802 Verbenia Drive, Wilmington, NC. Directory records show a capacity of 8 with no reported openings. It falls within New Hanover County.
Address, capacity and contact for Oxford House Oleander Drive
- Address: 5802 Verbenia Drive, Wilmington, NC 28409
- County: New Hanover
- Resident group: men
- Reported capacity: 8 residents
- Reported vacancies: no reported openings
- Interview schedule: Sunday at 6:30pm
- Contact: Contact Marley at (910) 508-6285
- House phone: (910) 769-1902
- Map: View the reported location
At 8 beds it is about average among the 326 Oxford Houses listed in North Carolina. The last vacancy report showed all 8 beds spoken for. Interview times are listed as Sunday at 6:30pm. Contact Marley at (910) 508-6285 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
Paying for sober living in North Carolina
Sober living in North Carolina typically runs around $170 a week. That is a market figure, not this home's. Oxford House members divide the actual running costs equally, so ask the house directly. Statewide, median gross rent in North Carolina runs $1,228 a month. People who cannot pay a share up front commonly use programmes such as County opioid-settlement Recovery Housing Support and NC Commerce CDBG Recovery Housing Program. Funding of this kind runs through North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health,.
The Oxford House model and the resident interview
Oxford Houses are managed day to day by their residents, supported entirely by the residents' own contributions and substance-free as a condition of membership. New members are interviewed and admitted by the current residents, so an opening is not the same thing as an acceptance.
Recovery housing standards in North Carolina
North Carolina does not treat recovery residences as licensed facilities. North Carolina Association of Recovery Residences (NCARR), the state's NARR affiliate, offers voluntary certification. Oxford Houses run on a charter from Oxford House, Inc., not state certification, so expect this address to be missing from the state list. The certified-residence list for North Carolina is published here. Residents are protected by the federal Fair Housing Act and by North Carolina Fair Housing Law (North Carolina General Statutes Section 41A-4).
Nearby Oxford Houses in Wilmington and New Hanover County
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Seahawk Square in Wilmington, about 2.1 miles away; Oxford House Bretonshire in Wilmington, about 2.1 miles away; Oxford House Covil in Wilmington, about 2.7 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 21 in Wilmington, 326 in North Carolina. Browse recovery housing in Wilmington or sober living across North Carolina.
Vacancy information was last reported 09/07/2026. Bed counts and contacts change between updates. Confirm with the current members before acting on this.
Oxford House in North Carolina
Oxford House is a publicly supported, non-profit network connecting all Oxford House recovery homes or sober houses. Oxford House sober living is a concept in recovery for a democratically run, self-supporting and drug free home. Homes range from six to fifteen; there is sober living for men, sober houses for women, and some recovery homes for women with children. Read more about Oxford House and the Sober House Directory.
In North Carolina, Oxford House offers sober living typically with very reasonable cost and promoting resident recovery through a peer-supported model run by the men and women in the sober house. Established in 1975 and continuing to this day, Oxford House boasts over 2,000 homes and growing across the globe.
The Sober House Business
Oxford House offers a platform for peer-lead recovery homes. If you are interested in opening a sober house as a business venture, get in touch with Vanderburgh Communities for more information.
