I’m not someone who writes many reviews but this place deserves one! What an amazing home! We are probably in a different category than most who would stay here, being that we live in the neighborhood but needed a place to stay while our home was being repaired after a flood. First, the views here are absolutely breathtaking. From the ocean (you can even see if waves are breaking in Kawaihae) to the mountains (snow on Mauna Kea part of the year), there are very few other places with views like this! And then the sunrises & sunsets. Incredible. It can get insanely windy, but with the way the house is situated, it’s not so much of an issue like it would be at our house where we need to close the entire house up and not get any fresh air. Here, you really just need to close up one side. Not a big deal. And you still have those amazing Big Island views!
The inside of the house is just as amazing. We loved the decor and comfortable/functional furniture. We have a rental on Maui and this place gave us so many ideas of how we’d like to redecorate our place. Beautiful whitewashed entertainment center, incredibly comfy couches and chairs with plenty of room for our family of 4 (incl. 2 teenagers who “need” their space), large dining room table, a well stocked kitchen that I challenge anyone to identify something this kitchen DOESN’T have, board games galore, comfortable beds, clean/fun bathrooms, lanai off the master bedroom with comfy lounge chairs and another place to take in the spectacular views. Outside, there is plenty of functional patio furniture great for enjoying breakfast, lunch or dinner. I’m not a jacuzzi person, but this jacuzzi was right up my alley. It seems to be set to 100 degrees all the time (the perfect temp), so no waiting for it to heat up. And those views!
If you are looking for a place to stay, weather from Hawaii or elsewhere, I couldn’t recommend this place more. I’ll definitely be having my out of town family/friends stay here in the future. Oh, and whenever we reached out to the hosts, they immediately responded. Because of delays in the repair of our home, we did need to extend a couple times, and they were so easy to communicate with.
Side note: our stay also took place during the Covid-19, “stay at home/shelter in place order” so we got to spend a LOT of time together and indoors. We are so grateful we were able to find this Airbnb gem during such an incredible stressful time.