We have had such a lovely stay at Chris and Karla’s cottage. The deck and heated pool are fabulous- even better than the photos! We enjoyed it at all times of day as water temperature was so nice (and hot tub was great too). Important for us was that the deck had a good balance of shade and sun throughout the day which was good. The views are wonderful both from the deck and also from the cottage windows.
The cottage itself is separate from the owner’s accommodation which we appreciated with our children who were up early. Kitchen and bathroom were basic but fine and worked well for us - we ate most meals at the cottage on the deck and spent evenings when the kids were asleep star-gazing as there is so little light pollution. Comments on road noise are fair - but we didn’t find this a problem at all.
Cats and dog were excellent company and our kids loved playing with the lovely children at the property too. Karla and Chris were so welcoming - above and beyond our expectations and this was so appreciated. If you hire a car then this property is perfect for reaching the resorts - and escaping them again - we spent most of our journeys along Alli Drive congratulating ourselves on having found much nicer accommodation for our holiday than any other apartments we’d looked at in the area! Chris pointed out good beaches and local expert knowledge is so much better than guide books on this. We enjoyed snorkelling at several beaches and swam with turtles from the beach too. Supermarket nearby was good and we enjoyed local restaurant Sam Choys, the coffee tour and drinks on the lanai at Kona Joes, coconut from Cooks Bounty fruit stand and sunset dinner at Daylight Mind. Heads up that the volcano park is still recovering from the recent eruption so there are limited things to see at the moment - still fascinating though.
Would 100% come back here and thoroughly recommend.