We stayed at Anderson's place on a recent trip from Australia for a relaxing break before our first child arrives in October. It was a fantastic place to stay but wasn't quite the 5-star service and experience as the property name suggested for us, but that's not to say it won't be for others.
5-star for us was the cleanliness, modern amenities and comforts of the beds and pillows (the longer pillow to cuddle my pregnant belly was particularly great). Ceiling fans were helpful for the warmer nights. We can't imagine a better location on the north shore to stay! You are walking distance from Sunset Beach which we deemed to be one of the better beaches to swim at in the area. The place is about a 15min drive into Haleiwa town and just as close to Turtle Bay in the other direction.
Not living up to the 5-star title for us was the accuracy of the description and noise we experienced. It's listed as an entire place attached to main house, yet the place is actually split into 2 other rented Airbnb properties - one directly above the studio and another at the front/connected to the studio, so whilst you have your own place - you are sharing common walls and ceilings with others. We experienced noise from adjoining walls (chatting and loud tv) and the thumping of people walking and dragging around furniture upstairs late at night and early morning which didn't make for the most relaxing stay. Something we appreciate is out of the host's control but had it been explained there were adjoining rentals we wouldn't have taken the risk and stayed.
We unfortunately experienced a toilet stench in the bathroom for the first 2 nights so this didn't make for a great first impression when we arrived. Anderson was prompt to respond to our issue and organised a plumber to attend the next day. We did consider looking elsewhere to stay and Anderson said he would offer a full refund should this be the case but the smell did improve (yet not completely) by the second morning and we couldn't find anywhere else to go at last minute so decided to stay.
Whilst we didn't feel like we got value for money during our stay, the North Shore of Hawaii is a MUST when visiting Oahu and the location is the perfect one to live the the life of a local for a few days.