the house is wonderful, the surrounding garden spectacular, you see all the local vegetation there. we loved exploring it. it's very secluded from busy Kona, but still very close to everything. we found out there is puna chocolate plantation right above us, took a tour. just wonderful. some of the best snorkeling is just few minutes away, the nearest shopping area had a great bookstore. we loved watching sunsets everyday from the patio, listening to the frogs, chasing geckos, enjoying the chicken that come over. it felt very local being there. the house was clean, true to the pictures. after two weeks here we spent another 10 days in Maui, and we wished we didn't, because there was nothing there even remotely close to this house. absolutely wonderful.