Nice location walking distance (on busy road) to a local beach. But you would want to drive to Paia. It was perfect for us as we were a 5 minute drive from the bike shop we needed to be at at 3 am for our sunrise ride down Haleakala and a 5 min. drive from Mama's Fish house where we had a dinner reservation that evening. And we got a jump start on our Road to Hana drive! Good storage space and they provided beach chairs, boogies boards, beach towels, umbrella etc which was great. The shared laundry worked well - it was steps away from the house. Nice outdoor space. Was a bit warm upstairs in the bedroom when we went to bed but it did cool off during the night to a comfortable temperature. We were just coming from Olinda upcountry and had to wear a fleece to stay warm so might have been a factor! They even had a secure place for our luggage while we did the road to Hana after we checked out including keeping our food in a cold place! Gave us a great tip about a short-cut to the airport (just remember to get gas in Paia as the shortcut does not have any gas stations on it...)