The house is very nice inside - modern and spacious. Downtown Kailua-Kona is a very short drive, and the location is perfect in many ways - close to/from the airport, and right between the beaches further north and the snorkeling further south. The view is as advertised in the image - you're in a residential neighborhood but can view the ocean across the neighbors house. The place it equipped with everything including nice beach chairs and towels and when a mixer was missing the owner brought a new one the next day. I give it a solid four stars with the caveats below:
1. While we were there, the neighbor left every morning at around 5:30 to return at 6:30 with his very loud truck. This is mostly an issue in the north facing master bedroom, not the two south facing bedrooms, but sleeping in in the north facing master bedroom was not possible because that truck's engine rumbling shakes that room.
2. No laundry: Again this is probably mentioned in the posting but is a bit unusual for a property in Hawaii and in particular this one since it's otherwise quite luxurious. Being at the beach and hiking all day a washing machine is nice to have in HI and hopefully the owners will add it.
3. This is probably described in the details of the booking, but it's a bit unusual so I thought it was worth mentioning: there is only one toilet paper roll per room and one trash bag. You will need to buy your own TP and trash bags on the first day so make sure to take time for that before running out.
4. While a super quick drive into town with all the great restaurants and shops, you're probably not going to want to walk to Kailua downtown as it is along the main road and a bit far.