Pros: Grace is responsive and helpful to the most that she can. The handy man who lives nearby is relatively responsive as well. If you like remoteness and stay detached from the outside world, you have it here. Generally clean place and spacious. The decoration is contemporary and good. Nice little garden at the back with plenty of passion fruit if you would like.
Cons:
- Location is really remote and requires "fit". There is not much amenities nearby. Within 5-6mi there is a small bar and a little grocery store and that's pretty much it. Other than that the closest town with something is Pahua 20-25mn drive. If you need modern life like Kailua and Hilo, the location is off. It's my personal problem to underestimate the remoteness and not the host's problem (she did mention in the public description)
- Despite it is relatively clean, there is plenty of insects due to the remoteness. Mosquitoes are abundant outside, and we found insects and black ants inside the house (unavoidable). To be clear we had no issue , except for a few mosquito bite due to some that got into the house. The house does have good mosquitoes net though.
- I would wish to know in public description about possibility of lack of water and hot water beforehand. We did not have issue with running out of water but was a bit fearful of that when receiving check-in instruction. Hot water may temporarily run out if gas tank was not switched properly (the handy man helped us to check in late evening so we appreciated that)