Fantastic location, just across the road from the sea, plenty of food and shopping choices within a few minutes walk. We saw shoals of reef fish and turtles while walking along the front.
The Kona Islander is a wooden, colonial style block with banana and other trees in the courtyard. Breakfast on the lanai at tree height (Don's condo is on the 3rd floor) means you can watch the birds and butterfly's, some finches and geckos come close for good photo opportunities as they drink the water from the end of the air-con breather pipes.
Don has equipped the place with modern equipment, large flat screen TV, Bluetooth music player, large microwave, new hotplate etc. The kitchen is small, but we rarely used it, too many good eating options close by.
Comfortable and clean it has everything you need and Don has left snorkeling and body board equipment.
Cons: it is in the third floor and no elevator. Not a problem for us or most people, the stairs are wide and even but if you can't do stairs this might be a consideration.
The air-con is noisy. This would be my only real criticism of the place. Of course being on the 3rd floor we felt safe enough to leave the lanai door open with just the fly screen which kept the room cooler, as did the ceiling fan. But there were times when the air-con was just needed.
We did have a minor problem. Somehow the booking person had set everything up to check us out a day early. It was a little worrying to get back and find the door key no longer works! Soon sorted without any problems.
I'd certainly not hesitate returning. The booking and check-in process was smooth and the problem with dates fixed quickly. Don answered all my questions beforehand making this an easy rental.