Doug's place is the ultimate beautiful, quite, old Hawaii experience. The sound of jungle birds and coqui frogs sing day and night. You can hear the ocean and walk to the ocean park. The neighborhood is quite and lush with vegetation. Pahoa is a cool town with a great little natural food grocery store. The Sunday farmers market is huge with great food and craft artisans. The house is large, comfortable and well equipped. The beds are very comfortable. The kitchen was well equipped and there was even a knife that was fairly sharp, always a nice surprise with Airbnb's. The place is kid friendly and has a great supply of toys and beach gear 😊
The cons:
There is currently no outdoor living space. The lanai, furniture and grill are not available unless you're willing to drag them out and thoroughly clean.
I know it's out of anyone's control but there's a feral cat problem and not cool if you're sensitive to it. The smell is intense in the carport areas, not an issue in the house itself.
There is a laundry room but soap will not be provided so bring your own.
The humid climate is condussive to mold growth and we did do a bit of cleaning to make ourselves more comfortable.
All in all a great value and great jungle experience.