I only give this place 4 stars because of my personal comfort level. I was really nervous when the husband wanted to try a place with no doors or locks but I was pleasantly surprised!! I handled it just fine ! It seems to rain there nightly and the first night there was a storm and it felt amazing!! I was bit nervous as I wasn't sure if I should be pulling the shutters closed but glad we didn't! That wind was to die for! Jade greeted us on arrival and was very friendly. She walked us through everything we needed to know and showed us a map of things to see in the area. This house is "off-the -grid" so conservation of utilities was stressed but it wasn't a problem. We only stayed two nights and didn't really cook with the exception of making eggs for breaksfast however there is a little electric stove that you could do small amounts of cooking on and we used the French press for coffee. I was worried about mosquitos but I was perfectly fine. Jade has mosquito nets over all the furniture so I always stayed in a Cocoon. The husband on the other hand did get quite a few bites which is a surprise since I'm usually always the one to walk away itching from bites. We kept all our luggage with us in the car when we left for the day. We only stayed two nights and never got bAck by 6 so we were sad we didn't see the lava flow...Then when we left it occurred to us...She never said we couldn't go after 6 just that we want to go by 6 if we wanted to see the sunset!!! We felt dumb after this and ended up driving back to this side of the island to see it which sucks because were right there for 2 days! We were already tired from 2 other days of hiking so we paid to be shuttled the first 1.5 miles to the lava then we biked the rest of the way. If you do this just be sure they remember to put ponchos in your little pouch they give you! I am really glad we didn't just hike because it would have been a long hike back in the pitch dark...and it rained. I am glad we didn't pay for the tour though....it didn't really seem like you needed one...all though we never did find any glowing lava to get close up pictures of. Once you book you get an email of local restaurants and stores, you should note this list is only of a few of the restaurants, there are more of both. We used the list the first day and the second day we went to Walmart to get more supplies and Jackie oshays grill for dinner. Quick run down: we did VNP the first day (wear your workout gear and supportive shoes!). It cost 25$ to get in....