This is not like any other place anywhere and we loved it. We are from Hawaii and have visited the Big Island *many* times, but being on a lava field and looking out at the mountain and the sky transformed the way we saw everything else this trip. Matt deserves his superhost status and anticipates his guests needs beautifully, providing many things we didn't think to bring (or didn't have space to pack). (The thing we wished we had known to bring: beach towels, which we needed.) Matt's effort to be off-the-grid but comfortable is very cool and he is a font of useful & interesting info. Guests will want to be aware that this is something like a hostel-with-really-good beds-and-a-terrific-view. Lots of shared spaces and thin walls and, depending on your neighbors, the sounds that go with that. We found ourselves reminding folks of the quiet hour. The payoff was lusciously silent nights and *wonderful* sleep with a cool breeze coming into the room at night like a cool breath of Pele or Namaka (pick your goddess).