We (2 couples) stayed at Marie's place in the last week of 2015 since we didn't want to do it the resort style. We didn't get a chance to meet Marie but her husband Mike was great with coordinating things. The house is close to shops/restaurants but you may still need a car to go around. The house itself was great for our needs but the location didn't turn out to be the best since most of our snorkeling and luau bookings ended up being around Waikiki. We had both the top and bottom floors to ourselves - it's a really big place with about 5 mattresses and 2 bathrooms. We mostly stayed upstairs as it had views to the beach and also because the lower level was kinda musty (probably a tropical island thing). There's wifi but the signal isn't very strong. The one thing we couldn't get info on was trash disposal so that may be a good thing to know in advance. And oh, the gate - make sure it's safely secured!