PROS: Lovely decor, lots of upgrades.
• We stayed in another Pali Ke Kua unit 2 years ago that had not undergone any remodeling, so we could really appreciate all the work put into the kitchen and both bathrooms, as well as ceiling fans in all rooms, faux wood blinds, and textured paint with crown molding.
• Exceptional customer service from Cindy at Oceanfront Realty, who was able to put us in this unit because of construction noise problems with the one we had originally booked.
CONS: ANCIENT TV and DVD player!!!
• Not having a "smart" TV was a huge disappointment for us. We don't go out at night, and so we presumed we would be able to stream all of our Netflix shows in the evening. But the TV does not have Internet access; in fact, it isn’t even high definition. We only used it to watch the news each night (I forgot how grainy the picture is on an old-school cathode tube TV). We could only watch Netflix on our iPad or small laptop, which was quite a step down from the big flat-screen TV’s we’ve enjoyed at all our other rentals on Kauai. This alone was a deal-breaker for us; we would not stay here again.
• GROUND FLOOR, so not much privacy, plus noisy neighbors in the unit above ours the first couple days, as well as next door the last two days. Speaking of privacy: The cleaning lady had a scheduling mix-up and came to clean 3 days before we were due to check out. When we didn’t hear her knock, she just removed the slats in the window next to the front door and broke in!!! A scheduling mix-up is understandable, but it seems like it would have made more sense for her to call the rental office, rather than break into the condo! :-0