This listing is in a fabulous location. The master suite is very nice. The bed is very comfortable, and it is wonderful to fall asleep to the waves every night. Ali, the very nice host, met us upon our arrival and showed us around.

The two main reasons I docked a star are kitchen and value for the price. The kitchen has all the expected newish appliances. However the kitchen layout makes meal preparation a bit of a challenge (if you plan to mostly eat out, ignore this). One kitchen area has a sink, refrigerator, microwave, and dishes; the other kitchen area has another sink, stove (no oven), and barbecue grill. These areas are separated by 6 paces or so, with a very nice, big, island table placed between them. Further, the kitchen had virtually no basic ingredients other than salt and pepper: e.g., spices, starter olive oil, balsamico or vinegar, butter, coffee or tea, etc. The listing didn't supply tissues. Someone renting property of this caliber doesn't want to spend precious vacation time, shopping for common staples. Also, although advertised as a prime spot for ocean activities, the listing does not provide snorkels, fins, or any other equipment.

The listing seems to have more than it's share of little pests: a rat who lives above the microwave entertained us in the evening, red millipedes that come out nightly and made it to my pillow on two nights, and 4-inch long red centipedes that look pretty scary. This may be common in the tropics, but we stayed in 2 other Big-Island listings during this vacation, and this listing seems to be a bit of an outlier.

As another reviewer mentioned, the property is located directly on Alii Drive, however, the road noise gets mostly blocked out by the waves if you're staying in the master bed. The second bedroom is closer to the road and away from the wave sound.

In sum, the property is not the best value -- at least half the price is due to the first-rate ocean-front setting. Unless most of the other similarly situated ocean-front listings are already taken (which was the case with us), look closely. That said, we'd probably rent it again if it came to that: the setting is really THAT nice and it is a special experience to watch the turtles at the cove directly at the house.