Our stay here was much better than expected. We originally booked it as just somewhere cheap and relatively nice to stay after arriving on a late flight. Well it turned out to be one of our favourite spots during our entire stay! The road is steep and dark, but we still had no problem finding the place in the mind space of someone who's been traveling for twenty four hours. We had the entire huge main floor to ourselves as well as a private patio and access to the front deck which has an incredible view of the ocean and surrounding lava flows. Maria was super friendly (her and her partner waited on the deck in the dark for our arrival!), with lots of nice touches in the space and a very well stocked kitchen! In a nutshell, we could not believe the value for what we paid, and Maria's place has gone from "backup place" to where we will probably spend our entire vacation next time we come to the big Island (and we will be back!)