We had a great stay at the Beach Shack. It is a great location north of Kona. Along the street of the shack are plenty of shoreline public access points and just a few miles down the road are 69 beach and Hapuna Beach which are great white sand beaches to relax and swim in the ocean.
The place itself is clean. It takes a few minutes for the AC to cool down the house and it doesn't quite cool off the bedroom much. To get to the shower you do have to go outside to get into the indoor shower. The kitchen is great and has everything you'd need minus a microwave.
Every morning we saw turkeys out the window. They did not bother us at all. We did find a few cockroaches inside the home. We'd recommend driving down to the Lava Lava Beach Club for happy hour to drink mai tais and watch the sunset on the beach.
We had a great time here and highly recommend if you want a calm, relaxing trip away from the crowds of tourists.