My husband and I really loved our stay at Jan's condo, and would definitely look for it again in the future!
Pros:
- Location location location! Right on the ocean front, and walkable to everything in the main area of Kailua-Kona. It's enough out of the way of commotion that it's pretty quiet too.
- Balcony looking out at the ocean, lots to watch in the water! The waves are great background noise for sleeping.
- Peaceful/quiet: we barely heard our neighbors for almost the whole time. Most of the residents/visitors seemed quiet and to keep to themselves. The pool was almost always empty. The exception was our last night when a family with a toddler moved in above us - then you could tell the floors were a bit thin, but it didn't seem like noisy kids were the norm.
- Full kitchen: we didn't end up cooking anything but it was nice to have a full size fridge, dishwasher, utensils for cutting fruit, and a microwave for reheating leftovers.
- The bed was pretty comfortable, as far as beds-that-are-not-my-own go.
- The unit does have A/C, but we didn't even need to use it in part because it was a bit colder than normal, but also the ceiling fans do a great job of keeping the place cool.
- Wifi worked great
Other notes:
- The balcony faces Southwest and gets a lot of sunlight during the afternoon, so it can get kind of hot out there. It is however great in the early morning, and during and after sunset.
- The carpet in the bedroom looked like it's had some history - clearly it has been cleaned since, but... one wonders what exactly was spilled there? :)
- the shower room seems a little barren and out of date, but works well enough.