Hilarious… charged EXTRA for the black sand on the floor.) I am not that type of person who is leaving negative reviews but this time I feel like I need to warn everyone who is planning to rent this guest house. I felt offensive when I was asked to pay extra $200 ( on top of $180) for the black sand on the floor especially when you are staying in Hawaii ( or a gum when you don’t chew a gum at all)!I did extra efforts to clean the house before we left ( stripped the bed, washed and even loaded towels in to the dryer, cleaned all dishes, threw all the garbage, etc). So I guess owner is expecting from you even to sweep and mop the floor or it is just the other way of making extra money. I owned a cleaning company for over 5 years where we took care of luxury houses in Rosemary Beach, FL so I do know what are the standards.
Even though is says private home keep in mind that you are staying on the 1st floor of the house and the owners are staying on the 2nd floor. Expect to follow certain rules the the owners have : like be quit after 9 pm, you won’t be able to use outside pool and jacuzzi after 9 pm as well. We go to the bed around 8:30-9 so it wasn’t a problem for us but if you are looking for extra privacy not sure if it will work for you.
The owners were nice in general and even met us with complimentary fresh avocados and mango but this extra $300 charge was something above and just threw me off. Also owner will ask you to pay extra tax fees in cash upon your arrival - which was also a surprise for me. We do travel a lot using AirB&B and this was the 1st time we had to deal with something like this. The positive side of this stay - is the liaise pool which we had to enjoy every morning.