This place was dirty. To be fair, It had clean towels and sheets that looked clean, countertops had probably been wiped down, most of the bathroom wasn't disgusting, i was grateful for that. But there were many areas of the apartment that were gross. Lots of dust, some spots looked like they hadn't been dusted in years. Floors were dirty. In one of the drawers, i think the silverware drawer, there appeared to be some kind of spill that was never cleaned up.
Speaking of towels... our only request from the host the entire stay was for fresh towels half way through the week. I thought that was a reasonable request. The host replied she was off island and couldn't get them to us but that a cleaning person was coming the day before we leave(I'm guessing to clean a different unit?) and she'd make sure the cleaning person brought us clean towels then. We never got them.
There were also lots of bugs. There was a note that included a warning not to leave food out or you could get bugs. I saw that when I first walked in. I also saw several bugs on the countertop crawling around the note. We hadn't even brought any food in yet. We were very careful sealing all containers of food or putting it in the fridge. We were also paranoid about what we put in the indoor garbage. If there was unsealed food we took it to the garbage outside. It didn't help. I saw at least 10 bugs a day.
Then there's the cat that thinks it lives there. Some people may view this as a positive. I'm not one of those. I'm severely allergic to cats. The cat would run into the apartment the instant we'd open the door, even if we'd just shooed it off a moment before. One of the times it ran in it also ran across my bed. For 2 days while we were there there was a dead mouse on the path between the door and the car. I assume because of the cat.
The air conditioning unit was very old and run down. It's my understanding lots of places in Hawaii don't have air conditioning. i wouldn't have booked one of those places. i have to have my a/c. The note in the kitchen requests that you turn off the a/c when you're going to be gone. Which is a reasonable request,(which we followed) or at least it would be if the a/c were affective. It took running it at least 6 hours, (after dark) after getting home to cool the place down. i slept with no covers 6 out of the 7 nights we were there. Which is fine, i don't need covers so long as I'm a comfortable temperature. But I wasn't comfortable.
I'd like to end this on a positive note, so i thought of something that was good. The larger bed was reasonably comfortable.
At least at the time of our stay there weren't many options on this side of the island at this price point. So if you want to stay in this area and you're on a budget you may need to make some sacrifices. I'd pay more if there's a next time to get a better place.