Got to stay here for 10 days exploring Hilo and that side of the Big Island before going to Kona and staying at a Hilton Resort for the next 5 days.
It's probably the most cost-effective AirBnB and location is probably why you would stay here. There are many restaurants, groceries (KTA etc), farmer's market, even a small museum within 3-5 minutes away. You can even play tennis across the street at the elementary school if not in use or drive to the University of Hawaii for better tennis courts (less than 10 minutes). There are at least 4-5 beaches (where you can fish or swim with turtles, fishes) that is about 10-15 minutes away past the airport. Airport is 10 minutes away. Highway to Kona is 5 minutes away. Basically i used this as my base for exploring most of Big Island from Volcano (and its park) all the way to the most southern tip of the US and the other towards Waimea (opposite direction). But there are pools/rivers/falls within 5-10 minutes from this apartment if you don't have time.
Don't expect the apartment to be a hotel. Its the typical budget airBnb that you'll find in Big Island, Maui or Kauai. Probably better considering the price we got this for. Unlike most Airbnbs in this price range, this one has AC. There is AC in each room and a portable AC in the main living room (which you can't really move as its attached to the window). Although we tried to get acclimated to the weather by not using the AC, its helps to have that option especially when trying to sleep. It sucks trying to sleep while sweating.
No bugs here. I've stayed in hotels like Hilton/Marriot and higher end Airbnbs and if you look hard enough (sometimes not even hard as they will look for you, lol) you will find bugs..... as in cockroaches. Unfortunately this is a typical tropical (hot and humid) inconvenience that i've had to accept if i want to visit hawaii. But... surprisingly i have not seen any bugs in this location in the whole 10 days i stayed here. It probably helps that this is on the second floor (if you hate bugs, the farther you are from the 1st floor, the less likely you have to deal with them). It also helped that we immediately washed our dishes (no dishwasher here) after eating and made sure to put any opened food in the fridge including unopened/unprocessed fruits. Don't leave crumbs or else you will attract these nasty creatures.
Also temper your expectation.... this is not beach side property or even a resort. This is in an apartment complex and the people living around here are locals going about their regular daily lives which is good because there are no loud college break parties going on at 2am or drunk people around. My interactions with my neighbors are minimal but i prefer it that way. There is a coin operated laundry just across the parking lot and for all intents and purpose they were functioning well and relatively clean.
Anyway i digress.... i wouldn't mind staying here again.
Oh yeah, the young lady (i believe it was Kristine) even gave us a homemade cup of the most wonderful coffee ever!