We stayed here to have space for our daughter’s wedding and reception. They both took place in the yard/pool area and turned out about as close to perfection as possible. The weather even cooperated despite hurricane warnings and near guarantees of rain by the weather prognosticators. The weather was perfect and we had a beautiful sunset. There are very few, if any, other rental homes in the Kona area that will allow larger gatherings (we had about 30 people) and Peter and Cathy were very accommodating and helped make it a lasting memory for everyone involved.
Guests should be aware there is no air conditioning, but it is at a higher elevation and with ceiling fans in each room remains pretty comfortable even in mid August. There also is no TV cable. Netflix, Amazon and Hulu are available on a nice newer TV but this is Hawaii anyway so who wants to stay inside and watch TV? The layout of the property is also different. It is basically three identical rooms. A bedroom with bath and shower on each end and a small living space in the middle with a kitchen area where the bathrooms are in the bedrooms. There is a refrigerator/freezer, microwave, toaster oven and induction cooktop but no oven or garbage disposal. The caterers who prepared the food for the reception had to scramble a bit and used barbecue grills in lieu of an oven, but everything turned out great. We can say that the outside areas are nicer and the pool is larger than one would think in the pictures provided. All in all, it’s a nice place to stay if you don’t care about being within walking distance of Kailua and the ocean and served our purpose very nicely.