Joy's place was very easily accessible to the boardwalk in hilo (about a 15 minute walk at least, a little longer when its hot) but very close to the airport barely 5 minutes!
The place had a stove and plates, which helped us save a lot of money to be able to cook our own food!
The place stayed pretty cool with the two fans.
If you can't sleep with noise i suggest having the window closed, on the hilo side the birds and frogs are pretty loud at night.
Overall, great place to stay!!