We enjoyed staying across the street from Anini beach. My kids loved the loft bedroom, chasing lizards and talking to the chickens. It’s been a long time since we BBQd so that was appreciated. We even walked across the street one day to eat pizza on the beach for dinner that we took out from a place in Princeville.
Anini beach is gorgeous. We were lucky and had a spot on the beach to ourselves for 3 days. We also rented a SUP for two days and could easily carry it and our three kids and all the beach accessories across the street to spend the day.
As for the house, be aware it’s not glamourous. There was a bit of outdoors creeping inside which we were fine with as nothing ended up in the kitchen or in our beds! Just keep the kitchen tidy and you’ll be fine. There were a few other areas in the house that could be improved (mildewy shower curtain, stained bath towels and leaky kitchen sink) but overall it didn’t greatly affect our stay.
The neighbor which is somewhat nearby has two big dogs (boxers or pit bulls...not sure) that he walks off-leash right by the backyard and driveway. We know nothing about them and they come right on to the property and up to the house. Thankfully my kids weren’t at that side of the house when they went by. He did this daily and we did try to engage him once to learn about the dogs but he wasn’t very talkative and just kept walking. If you’re frightened of dogs or have small kids, you should be aware of this.
Finally, it seems in other reviews that the hosts were very responsive however we had the complete opposite experience. We had days without response as they themselves were on vacation and hadn’t given us an alternative contact before we arrived. We had many questions and had trouble finding things in the house (advertised baby bed and high chair...be aware you have to book this in advance) so we’ve recommended a detailed guest book (of which there is currently none) and I hope in future they will have someone help mananage their property if they are away.