There were some really wonderful things about the house. We loved the pool and swam nearly every day. The kitchen was well set up with cookware and dishes for our large party. The location is wonderful and we could walk to the beach.
However, there were some issues that we had along the way that were off-putting, and which would cause us to not rent this particular house again were we to come back to Kauai.
The first had to do with the air conditioning. As per the ad, the house has mini splits providing air conditioning only in the bedrooms and we were ok with that. Similarly acceptable was that the units were locked out as to not go below a 70 degree setpoint. What wasn't advertised, and what was not ok was that all the units were programmed to automatically turn off after a certain amount of time (unpredictable but roughly 2 hours). It's not a luxurious experience by any stretch to wake up every few hours overnight all hot and sweaty and turn the AC unit back on.
The other issue we had is petty, but for the price we were paying for the house – more than $1600 a night with all the fees – just seemed crazy. There were 9 of us staying in the house for 11 nights. About a week in, we started to get low on toilet paper. I messaged asking about where extra might be kept in the house and was told that after the "starter pack" allotment that was there we were responsible for our own. This level of service is insulting at this price point.
Overall we enjoyed our stay, but with those issues we would not go back.