My wife and I never met Louisa, though she was nice in her correspondence. As for the hut, we booked it for two nights and only stayed for one night because it was not our thing. Here are all of the details: First, it is in quite a remote area, a long way to get to, and we found out later that the neighborhood is a hippie haven. The property you will be staying on has a lot of eastern religion statuary and such...so if you are not into Buddah, this might not be for you. My wife and I are Christian, so the vibe was a bit weird. There is NO privacy at the hut, there are not even blinds on all sides...no curtains. You cannot lock the door - oddly enough it locks from the outside....so somebody on the outside can lock you in there! The floor is just slats with wide gaps, so any bug or creature that can fit through the cracks has full access to you in the hut. My wife had 6 large bites on her face in the morning. The shower area also has no real privacy...there needs to be a curtain. You are fully exposed to Louisa's house s well as the neighbor if they decided to be in that part of their yard. This is probably not a big deal in hippieville, but it didn't feel right to my wife and me...needless to say, we took no showers there!
So, I just wanted this setting and property to be fully disclosed so that you have all of the facts and can use them to make your decision. We disliked it so much we had to pay for another hotel in Hilo, even though we had already paid for a second night in this hut, money which we lost sadly, due to no fault of ours.