Great location and very responsive host. Matt would take minutes to answer my emails at any time of the day, and his place was clean, stocked with everything you need to enjoy paradise and with one of the most comfortable beds I have ever slept in. I need one for my own house! The beach box is great but do pay attention to make sure the previous hosts didn’t break or misplaced anything on it. I took the snorkeling kit to Hanauma bay to discover once I was there that the snorkel was missing. Matt responded right away ensuring he would get a new one though.
Don’t sweat the parking either. I rented a car for two days and at night I would be coming after 6 so you can park in the areas Matt describes or anywhere else with a meter. Meters go from 8 or 10 am to 6 pm so if you are exploring the island, those times should be fine for you without having to pay for parking. You do need to be ready for a walk though.
There are tons of places to eat around, a great location to rent bikes on Lemon street (the apartment overlooks Lemon), and you are not even a block from the less busy part of the beach. Since it is also part of a hotel complex, shuttles are easy to arrange as well. Finally, the apartment is very quiet despite sharing the location with Hula’s bar. I would definitively would stay here again.