Staying here was a mistake. Overall, a very unpleasant experience with a host that was unfriendly in his interactions and did not offer to rectify any issues we had with the unit.
To start, it is worth noting that my parents lived off-grid for almost ten years and the host’s definition of “off-grid” is not what you might expect. According to Rev. Les, “off-grid” apparently means no-power for most of the stay…it is not accurate in the listing to say there are amenities when they can barely be used (including the oven, microwave, lights, and fridge all morning, evening and night). The host failed to take any responsibility for this, instead mentioning a message to us regarding electricity usage that he did not actually send (afterwards, he said it was something he meant to send).
And for those thinking they can hack it without power for a few nights, you will also need to be prepared to stay in a fairly dirty unit…which according to Rev. Les - we should just hope is clean when we get there, as he was not sure that the cleaner had been to the unit lately (this was his message to us before we arrived). It was not clean. The floor was filthy, there were gecko feces on pillowcase and a rather intense ant infestation in the kitchen despite our best efforts. To add insult to injury, Rev. Les expected us to deep clean the space at the end even though we had paid a US$100+ cleaning fee.
To balance the review, I should say that although I found the interactions with Rev. Les to be unpleasant and very much unwilling to resolve our issues, he did eventually apologize for his rude and unpleasant messages. That being said, he was again rude after this apology…
So to sum it up, staying here put a severe damper on our first trip to Hawaii - it is not a place I would recommend to others at all.