Location is great - walking distance of downtown Kona. Very central location to different places on the island. Easy drive across the island to Hilo as well.
Communication with the owner was great. August app in general worked well. There was just one time where the app seemed glitchy and we spent a little time trying to get into the place. I think if it had not worked, I'm sure the owner would have let us in remotely. But it did work so didn't have to resort to that.
It was pretty clean. There's been updates to the room - new flooring, paint on the walls, some furniture was still old/dated, but overall liked the decor.
We liked the extras in the place, sunscreen, kitchen items, boogie boards etc.
Appreciated the AC in both the living room and also in the bedroom.
We stayed a week so we did have to go out and buy some extra things like toilet paper and paper towels.
The only bummer was the dishwasher was broken. We specifically picked this place because it had a dishwasher knowing we would be doing a lot of cooking. So this meant we spent a lot of time doing dishes while on vacation in Hawaii.