This place is quintessential Hawaii, surrounded by tropical foliage, slightly rural and private driveway. We were here for a week, party of 5 and it was the a great base for the week since we were 30 min from downtown Hilo and about 40 min from the Volcano National Park.
The house is well stocked and it was a big plus since we purchased groceries for at least breakfast and snack items to carry with us during the day. The house had coolers to use as well as beach towels and chairs. We used the washer/dryer because even this is Hawaii we would head out to hike and come back home ready for our clothes to be washed.
The house feels spacious and with several windows for a nice breeze if you are present but we followed Elena's directions on locking up during the day and kept the fans on and we were set for the day .
Great communication and even though we did have a hiccup at the time of check-in our code wasn't working we were able to get in thanks to Kosha.
Now about Kosha, she is the house cat and loves to have people around and just wants to hang out. If she needs your attention she will let you know. I think this was the saddest thing for us, to leave her behind but we were comforted that she is taken care of.
One more thing, we never ran out of propane or water which was one of concerns since I had booked another Airbnb and they had too many rules and also the water & propane sounded scarce. I understand that due to the location it is common to be limited but we did not face any issues at Elena's and Vasily's place.
Mahalo