First, a list of things I enjoyed during my two night stay in Geoff and Amanda's home. It was as clean as the pictures showed. Everything is new. The view of the ocean is nice. There is a wonderful shopping center with an impressive grocery store, Subway sandwich shop, L&L Hawaiian cuisine as well as a couple other eateries a short drive away (less than 5 minutes). The home has a good deal of sleeping space. One of the bedrooms has 4 twin beds which really came in handy with our large group. And last, the walk on the point at the end of the street is worth driving to Laie for. We met a couple that came from the other side of the island just to see the point, and for us it was just a stroll down the street from this house. Unfortunately the reason why I wouldn't return is because the home is a duplex with an adjoining identical unit sharing a wall and sharing the back deck. The two mornings there, we were woken up between 5:00am and 5:30am to the sound of running, screaming children and multiple adults chatting on the back deck. Mind you the home doesn't have air conditioning and becomes uncomfortably warm unless you leave the doors open. This meant that between 5:00am and 5:30am we could hear every scream, every word of every conversation, and the pounding on the floors and shutting of the doors, the screeching of the dining room chairs being pulled along the wood floors. There were times they would stand on the back deck and watch me eat my food just 20 feet away from me. There were times I wanted to sit on the back deck and stare off into the ocean but I never had the chance because the shared unit had about 5 or 6 children who made the back deck their space to scream and play. If you look at picture #6 on the listing you will see the thin rails that divides the long deck. The picture looks serene but imagine 5 screaming children just on the other side of the rails. We were really looking forward to the peace and quiet of the North shore and chose the house after reading the unit is "very private". The fact that it was exactly opposite of private is the reason for my poor review. Another thing to mention is the pictures that show the open concept between the house and deck because of the removable sliding doors that open up the space was broken during our visit. We were only able to open it the width of a wide door. This really affected the air flow in the whole downstairs. During hot days the ceiling fans don't cut it.