Nice house on a lot full of fruit trees.
The location is good, about 5 minutes from downtown Hilo, on the other side of the airport. While you pass through an industrial area on the way, the house itself is in a nice area just across the street from a section of coast with protected beach areas.
The house was a good base for exploring the island, easy to get to Volcano National Park, the northeast coast, and close to the highway that crosses the island to the Kona area.
Well equipped for activities, with snorkels and masks, scuba fins is various sizes (and conditions) and plenty of beach towels.
It's got a nice tropical feel. There's a big porch that's very relaxing to sit on, with a couple hammocks. The night is full of the sound of frogs or crickets.
The architecture is pretty unique (at least I hadn't seen a house like it before) - built all out of bamboo.
It's mostly open except for a master bedroom and bath. There's another bedroom that has walls but not a ceiling, and from that bedroom stairs lead up to a loft. It's not ideal if there are two or more couples that want privacy.
The caretaker, Jim, lives next door and was very helpful with good advice about what to do.
The only significant downside for us was that it was very hot and humid outside when we were there, and the house isn't air conditioned. There are plenty of fans (ceiling and floor) but the rooms didn't cool down until well into the night even with all the windows open and some of us had trouble falling asleep.
All in all we enjoyed staying there.