Our stay was kind of a mixed bag and a little rough. The space, energy and location on a lava field were pretty amazing! It’s decorated perfectly for a meditation area and it’s crazy being out on the lava and seeing people building and living however they want in that extreme environment. But we did have a couple issues, enough that I probably would’nt have stayed there had I known.
I can rough it a little and was expecting an open air, off-grid, no lights at night experience but there was at least Wi-Fi to plan what to do the next day, manage my own Airbnb and entertain the kid so I could meditate and relax…except the Wi-Fi didn’t work the whole 3 days we were there (nor our carrier, Verizon.) Jade was really quick to respond when I had questions about this and said sometimes it’s spotty, especially after a rainstorm. I tried going to town to screenshot troubleshooting after still not having Wi-Fi a day and a half after the storm, didn’t get a follow up from her until I contacted her again, which still didn’t resolve the issue. It definitely made for a rough time and as a host myself I would’ve definitely followed up on an issue like that because I care about my guests’ experience.
The other issue, which I’m really surprised no other reviews I read mentioned, are the stairs. They violate a couple of codes. Yes, I know it’s off-grid but that’s no reason they shouldn’t be safe when it’s an easy thing to do. There is no riser on the top step and the bottom step is too low to the landing and too high to the next step up, by at least an inch I would guess. Stair codes are very strict for good reason, no more than 1/4-3/8” variance on rise and stairs must have risers if the gap is more than 3-4” so your foot doesn’t get stuck in there and trip you. My son fell on the bottom step and got hurt and I just about bit it on the bottom and top step. Just be careful on them till they’re fixed.
Other more minor things in reviews I’ll second: dishes are a little dirty, unknown people parking in driveway at night weirded me out too, wind/frogs/trees hitting building is loud but also pretty cool, not super actively managed/mostly automated but jade is very quick to respond if you contact her. All in all, I reeeally wanted to like this place and just about did.