First off the location is amazing. You're about a 5 minute walk to coffee and restaurants and groceries, and about a 10 minute walk to the downtown area, and maybe 15 minutes to the beach. Paia has great restaurants, and beaches, and is generally super walkable.
The house itself is even better than the pictures. What the pictures don't capture is that the house is built in such a way that there's a nice cool breeze running through it all the time. There are air conditioners for (I assume) when the wind isn't blowing, but we didn't need to use them.
The other thing the pictures don't capture is that the house is set at the every end of a very long private driveway, and backs a lot of greenery and trees. It's cool to be able to walk back from dinner and drinks in town, go to sleep to the sound of crickets chirping, and wake up to roosters crowing, and a mango tree swaying outside. Reminds me of what it felt like growing up in the islands.
Overall great location for a getaway.