It was fun staying at Budd's place. Best part of the stay is Budd who is extremely knowledgeable about the activities on the island and can also get you discounts on several fronts (restaurants, activities). We did not get to experience his famous banana bread but if you are one of the lucky ones that he bakes for, I have read in other reviews that it is quite amazing. It is a good location in Kona within a walking distance to the beach and some of the best restaurants in the city (highly recommend Fish hopper and Lilikoi volcano flavored shave Ice at Kona wave café as well as the one aloha shave ice Co). You share his apartment (he has his bedroom and bathroom on the ground floor) and you have a bed with your own bathroom in a loft area within the apartment. Beware, that you have to climb two flights of stairs to get to his apartment (no elevators) and then another flight of stairs within his apartment to get to the loft. It can get really hot/humid up in the loft and it takes some time for his air conditioner (which is on level ground) to cool up the temperature up in the loft area (which was not an issue for us since we were out and about in the city most of the time).