Away from the hubbub of city living and tourist condos, Antonette has carved out an attractive potted plant landscaped yard and has done up a super comfortable space. I thought the room felt just as spacious as (if not bigger than) the pictures implied - when does that happen?
If you want to avoid the condo/resort world, expect some normal neighborhood sounds.
Walk down the street to an acceptable swimming beach (Antonette gave us her recommend for another great beach a short drive away as well) or up the street in the opposite direction to find a trailhead to a great forested loop trail. Mini-fridge, microwave, tv (but why do you want thousands of tv chanels on vacation anyhow?), toaster, coffee maker, club card to local shopping markeet, two super sweet pooches and lots of aloha.
For dinners we drove to nearby food trucks.
I was looking for a stay close to kahana bay, away from condos/the resort feel and Antonett's home was perfect.