Good
The condo was nice, clean (except the floors in kitchen and bath could use a deep cleaning), Comfortable bed, fully stocked kitchen. It was nice to have beach equipment; chairs, umbrella, cooler (very handy), and snorkeling gear. No issues with the condo itself.
Bad
No A/C. I’ve been to Hawaii many times and always had A/C. This was my fault that I did not see no A/C listed as an amenity, but I wasn’t looking for that. It was stifling for us to come home after golf or other activities and expect a cool condo, but that didn’t happen. We tried to open windows and doors to try to get cross ventilation. Sometimes it worked, but most times it did not. Sleeping at night was miserable. We tried leaving the windows and curtains open, but there was a bright light in front and even though it’s not a busy street, there was traffic noise, especially early morning. We are old, so getting 5 hrs a sleep impacted our activity level.
Ugly
When I researched this property in April, a couple of guests mentioned there were sand bags on the beach as there was shore erosion. One person was quite upset about the inconvenience, but the other acknowledged this issue but said you could access the beach through another resort nearby. It didn’t sound like a big deal.
However,, by the time we arrived, there was major construction going on. Our condo was at the south end of the complex. All of the equipment was stored right in front of the front door. I’m talking about huge, towering cranes, bull dozers, large piles of rocks, portable toilets and dumpsters; again, right in front of our front door. Every weekday morning, they started work promptly at 8am. These cranes and bull dozers were working right in front of our condo and on the beach side condo until 4pm, building a drainage and sea wall.
This was our first Airbnb and condo rental. We picked this option so that we could just relax at our condo, enjoy the view and access the beach without packing the car and traveling. This did not happen. We could not sit on the patio without the bull dozers working in front of us, and I didn’t feel comfortable using the pool with a bunch of construction workers in the area. We were able to enjoy the property on Sunday, as there was no work but had no access to the shore as other resorts had their beaches blocked off as well.
There was no prior warning from the property owners, managers or Airbnb about the construction before our arrival. I noticed some other properties now have a warning, “seawall construction” at the end of the ad, and offering a discount for construction, but no warning or discounts for us. Between the no A/C and construction, it was a pretty miserable trip.