This home, and its host is amazing. When we walked in, it was shiny and clean with a few drinks and things in the pantry and ice already made in the freezer. I'm not sure if this is standard, or just things left behind from previous guests, but it was nice to have a cold Hawaiian juice after a long day of travel. We certainly left a lot in the pantry when we had to leave.

There is a large table on the back lanai and a smaller one out front. We used both, incidentally there's also a dining room table inside which we used as staging and what not, we ate outside. All of the beds were very comfortable and didn't have any signs of bedbugs (yes, I checked).

Each of the bedrooms has its own bathroom, which is nice if you're traveling with a few couples or families. My husband and I started in the bedroom off the deck, but moved upstairs on the second day because there's not any door on that bathroom. I think most couples would be OK with this but we were wanting a door. It's a shame, too, the glass block partition is gorgeous and very private feeling just not quite private enough for our extremely low tolerance. Oddly enough, the lack of window treatments didn't bother me as much as my husband, although a shade on the main floor bathroom seems like a good idea.

We stayed a total of 10 days, and really lived it up. We are a loud and rowdy bunch (3 men and myself, all 30 something) and Rick never once indicated that our noise was a bother. There were several nights that we played dominoes well into the morning, while drinking, and yelling (occasionally yelling profanities). It would have been warranted to request we quiet down!

The General Store was really great to have and the owner is amazingly nice. The house is pretty far away from everything (a huge plus in our book) so running to the store for eggs would be an endeavor without the little market.

We never made it the 3.5 miles up to the nicest beach on the island, but I understand its beautiful., We did visit several of the other beach access points closer to the house and they were all quite nice. Sandy and rocky, but plenty of sandy spots to "camp" out.

This is a home, not the Hilton so its important to gauge your expectations appropriately. There are ants in Hawaii, you have to clean off the counters or they'll come get your mess. We saw some other bugs too, not a big deal at all.

Overall I give our experience high marks and would certainly consider this home again.

PS: Go to Jackie Ray's Ohana Grill.... if you go nowhere else, go there. Best food I've had in a very long time, we went twice! Avoid substitutions, they know what they're doing.