Very accurate description of the place. Located downtown so pretty much walking to distance to a lot of places such as the grocery store, restaurants, dessert places, bakery, and most of all the farmer’s market right behind the building! Marlene’s place is so clean! There’s no AC but she has few ginormous fans that you can use. One thing to make a note though, it is located at Hilo downtown so if you’re a little sensitive to noise (eg, police and fire truck sirens and one drunk guy yelling in the middle night) you might need to bring earplugs, lol. I will definitely stay here again.