The place is beautiful and awesome for nature lovers. The drive up to the house from Hanalei was a little “sketchy”; we don’t travel often and this was our first time to Kauai or Hawaii, so maybe this is normal, but there were broken down cars and some trash almost the whole way up to the home. There is no service (Verizon) almost as soon as you leave the town of Hanalei, so be sure to have your GPS on and going before you leave town to head to the house. Once we got to the house, check in was easy, house was clean and WiFi is available so were able to use our phone then. The power did go out one night, around 2 AM. MY husband and I felt unsafe not having any form of communication and being so far out, unfamiliar with the area. We might have overreacted but to be safe and smart we left and drive 30+ minutes to the nearest hotel that could take us. We were glad we left, as we learned if it rains too much and there’s risk of mudslides they do closes bridges in/out of Hanalei. And we got to spend some time beach side, versus always having to drive to a beach or food. The house does have neighbors on each side, which was a surprise. There is enough vegetation in between the homes you don’t feel like you’re right on top of each other, but it was unexpected and you could hear the neighbors a couple nights. The home is beautiful and the nature around was wonderful, we are more outdoors/nature type so we appreciated that. We left early a couple mornings to catch sunsets and sunrises, as the beautiful mountains around the house do block it. Definitely bring bug spray! Mosquitos weren’t awful but definitely there. We did have ants in the kitchen, even though nothing was in the sink, but it wasn’t a huge deal. The small pool and hot tub were so nice to have, private with no one else. Definitely recommend Kalypso downtown, the fresh seafood market and just walking downtown Hanalei. Ask the locals what to do/where to go! The host was awesome and sends info before you come with wonderful and thorough info on where to go and beaches to go, that was so helpful! We did cook dinner ourselves a couple nights, the kitchen was handy having everything needed. The house is nice and clean, we did find a sock under the bed. It was definitely smaller than pictures made it seem, which was a surprise but for just the two of us it was fine.