Howard's house was a great place for our two nights in Hilo. As others have noted, the coqui frogs are extremely loud and the neighborhood isn't awesome after dark, but we felt safe and used the extra lock provided. The a/c units helped in drowning out the frogs, but not entirely. There are a/c's in both bedrooms plus the living area and all did a nice job managing the temperature. Note that the bedrooms do not have any storage areas or dressers, but there is an open closet area that connects the two bedrooms (and has access to the bathrooms). With the lack of drawers/dressers it made it impossible for us to unpack, but that wasn't a big deal for our short stay. Howard was very responsive to a couple needs and was a great host.