The location is fantastic. It is literally on the beach in between bonzai pipeline and sunset beach. Plus it was pretty close to all the food and beach stuff we wanted to check out. And he did let us check in a little early.
The place itself was shabbier than we expected based on pictures and reviews. The biggest issue we had initially was that the main lock on the slider did not lock. We contacted Kenneth about it, and based on the exchange we had, we thought he was going to fix it. But it was not fixed during our stay. So we hid our stuff and kept the blinds closed. Tis the paranoia that comes from living in a big city where all doorknobs are jiggled, I suppose.
Other than the lock, there were ants, both fans made a clunking noise (sadly, at different intervals), and the bed felt like it sagged in the middle and was weirdly over-springy. We didn't sleep much and my girlfriend kept telling me she felt like we were camping.
Our expectations were probably a little too high. Watching the surfers from the balcony in the morning was pretty nice, though.