Aloha! This location was great for the value.My family and I did not spend too much time at the home. So it worked out fine for us.The host was welcoming and friendly by leaving coffee and chocolates upon our arrival.However, the house appears to be located in between some sketchy looking homes that you normally wouldn’t see on your vacation.It was definitely the nicest looking home on the block.It’s absolutely where the locals live. Although, it was nice to get out of the touristy area of downtown Honolulu. As it reminded us of busy Manhattan/Atlantic City. Additionally it would’ve been nice if there was a sitting area in the backyard but the host lives in the backyard and it would’ve been awkward. There is a bench in the front but you were looking at the homes that are unkept. Also, the washing machine and dryer are in the backyard. The inside of the home was much more welcoming. We did have an issue with the old mini 4 cup coffee maker that appeared to be broken the host took it and was going to replace it however he brought it back and said it worked that the power light didn’t turn on. So we tried it again and it did work but it’s a potential fire hazard because you forget that it’s on. The one thing that upset my family and I was a poor dog next-door that seem to be chained up day and night sun or rain and he looks so sad we wanted to do some thing but we weren’t sure what we could do since this is a different culture. I think he was guard dog but still. This location was drivable to all the awesome North shore beaches that were mostly empty which was nice not to have tourists and other people all over. There is no AC however with all the windows open at night it does get very cool and you don’t need it. Not sure how it is during the day since we were gone. There are three bedrooms however there was one room that only had a boxspring they did have a foldable foam mattress in one of the closets that we had to place on the bed for one of my teenagers. You will hear roosters at 5:30 AM like all of Hawaii which is kind of hilarious. We chose this location because of the rate.m otherwise with two teenagers we would’ve had to get two hotel rooms. Just take note that this place is about an hour from downtown Honolulu where all the tours take place. Most of them start at 8 AM so take that into consideration. Also be sure to book any of your activities two months in advance. We initially didn’t do so because of Covid we weren’t sure what was going to be available. However my friend who lives there said that we should book stuff immediately so we booked things only two weeks in advance and had to be put on a waitlist for a luau which ended up working out. Groupon had a lot of offers if you want to take a look at that. Mahalo