A wonderful house and stay. We felt v lucky to find Cindi's place. We were unable to confirm our trip to Hawaii until quite late and when I looked for accommodation just 2 months before our planned trip to Hawaii, many of the best places on AirBnb had already gone. Fortunately for us, Cindi had just started advertising her place on AirBnb and was available for our dates. After seeing the photos, we were sold and a few weeks later we were gazing out over the house's beautiful pool to a Kona sunset. The house itself is really nice. Great open space, cooling, fully equipped and modern kitchen. Has a huge TV, super fast internet and all the things that you'd need if you wanted to stay connected. We ended up spending a lot of time in the open area which looks out onto the pool (which is solar heated) and over Kona. The west facing direction and huge open spaces / views were really a highlight - feeling all the benefits of Hawaii's beautiful scenery and weather, combined with the convenience of a modern house. For our stay, it was two couples but the house could easily accommodate 6 and perhaps a couple more.

We found the location to be perfect. It's situated in hills of a residential area, so really quiet, peaceful and safe. Yet it's only 5 mins from Starbucks / Walmart / Safeway / Target, and about 10 mins to the beach. From there we took a few day trips - over to tropical Hilo, south to the Volcano National park and South Point. Each about a 2 hour drive.

As a host, Cindi was really well organized, left lots of information (restaurant info, guide books, etc) and was easily reachable. There's a few instructions for the house that are worth taking the 5 mins to read properly - to ensure you leave the place in just as great condition for the next guests and to get your deposit back.

Overall, easily deserves 5* in our opinion and a great chance to snap up availability while it remains fairly unknown on Airbnb (which I suspect won't be the case for long).