Maile and her family were quick to respond and we had an okay time staying with them. We were a little disappointed in the stay. It is advertised as ‘entire flat’ with private entrance, except the entrance is through their children’s play area next to their front door and follows a path around the house past every window so you can see into their place and hear their voices, and often bump into family members. We found this awkward.
The real issue for us was sleep. You can hear the family members talk through the night, their daughter throwing a huge tantrum with screaming for hours.. they have a dog that barks frequently, the neighbours security lights go on and off during the night and the window facing that house has no substantial curtain or blind we can use to block the light (the reason being you can’t put a blind over huge pipes for the air conditioning unit that exits the window). They also advertise as air conditioned, which they do have, by the unit was largely ineffective and louder than a jet plane, so you can’t have it on, and the piping drapes across the foot of the bed so if you’re able to sleep through the intense noise you would knock the piping out of the machine as you roll in bed, which we did a couple of times.
There is no parking on premises (there is free street parking, they don’t allow you to park on their premises), no storage for clothes, no ‘mountain views’ as the deck is broken and had no seating and from our room all you can see is neighbouring properties.
Although it’s the cheapest place to stay, and the hosts are lovely, we would not recommend if you’re after a relaxing quiet private getaway, however ideal if you’re passing through and just need a bed to crash on.