Thanks Charlotte for opening your beautiful home to us. My family and I had a wonderful time staying there.
The Hilo house is in a great location, it's only a few minutes drive to town and to the rainbow fall. The house is over a hundred years old but is very well kept. The rooms are spacious and each person had more than enough personal space to do their own thing (7 adults and 1 toddler). At night you can hear the water running from the stream below and by dawn you wake to birds chirping outside the windows. I also love that Charlotte put the TV down in the basement so that we could enjoy the house and the nature around us, considering a few people here are addicted to tv.
The only issue we had was that house felt a bit dusty. The furnitures in the living area had a layer of dust, perhaps due to the ceiling repair that was damaged from the recent earthquake. Some towels had makeup and dirt marks on them. We ended up washing them before using so it wasn't a big problem. We are sadden that the earthquake damaged parts of this beautiful house. Minor damages like cracks and french doors didn't open correctly. We hope they get repaired and that the eruption ends soon. Overall we really enjoyed our stay here and hopefully again in the future when we return for the Volcano park.