This place is all about the location and value as you get the entire house to yourself. The neighborhood is very quiet and safe, but if you are sensitive to noise you should bring some ear plugs as the local birds can be noisy in the evening (it did not bother us, but the bird activity was noticed). Check-in and check out was a breeze and the house was easy to get to via gps navigation. The location is close to all the main attractions on the island (Caves, waterfalls, volcano, beaches etc). Here are some details about each section of the house.
The living room:
The wood floors were clean enough, but still a little dusty so we wore slippers. Otherwise the room was spacious and comfortable.
Bathroom:
Because this was an older house, we did not expect everything to work like new, but when the first shower was taken the water had backed up to my ankles. It took a few hours for the water to completely drain so we had to work with the host to get the water to drain. To make a long story short we had to remove the drain cap to get rid of a lot of old tangled hairs then use drano to remove the rest of the blockage deeper in the pipe. It was not something I wanted to do on my vacation, but at least the water would have no issues draining at that point forward. The host did give us a small compensation for this issue, but we did hope for a little more since it was not a simple fix. We noticed there was some old dog hairs on the floor corners in the bathroom. Otherwise the everything else worked fine.
Kitchen:
The kitchen was very spacious with generous sized appliances, but keep in mind that only essential equipment was provided so you can only do basic cooking. The lighting was also very dim as there was only 2 light bulbs with some shelf lighting for the dining table area. This made it difficult to do meal prep especially on the kitchen island which was the dimmest area. There were 2 ovens, but only one of them worked consistently. The oven on the right side would only work intermittently as half the time it would randomly shut off in the middle of heating. Keep in mind that there is only a toaster, but no microwave so if you plan to reheat food, you'll need to do it in the oven or over the stove.

Bedrooms:
The master bedroom was nicely decorated and carpeted, but we did notice a mild odor that would develop if the room was not ventilated. We also noticed this odor in the spare bath towels in the closet so we had to wash them before usage.
As long as we aired out the room in the afternoon, it would be fine in the evenings. The second bedroom was clean with no issues. We really appreciated that our host provided a bed railing for our 3 year old along with additional books and toys to keep him occupied. We would say this house is kid friendly.
Miscellaneous:
The listed amenities included a beach umbrella along with snorkeling equipment, but host was actually not able to provide that so at the very least those items should be removed from the listing. There's only a washer so you need to air dry your clothes which can take a very long time if the sun is not out so consider washing on sunny days only. Wifi and TV amenities were great and beach chairs with towels were provided.
Our host was very communicative, responded fairly quickly whenever we had questions and did her best to deal with any issues that came up with the house.
Overall not a bad place to stay in Hilo and we would consider staying here again if some of our concerns are addressed.
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