This is a beautiful, spacious house with many rooms to offer for a large amount of guests. However, there are a few things that you should know.
First, the next door neighbors have many roosters. After reading other posts, we thought of course, there would be a few chickens around. No, the neighbors have MANY ROOSTERS in a small space. It can get loud, especially if you leave the windows open at night. Earplugs worked great :)
Second, the other neighbors have two huskies. They don't bark a ton, but do howl every time an ambulance would go by which was at least a couple times a day.
Third, there is a $2 charge for laundry which can get a little spendy if you have many loads.
Forth, the loft with the two single beds is open to the rest of the living areas so not super convenient for children since they usually go to bed before the adults.
All that said, we loved being close to Pahoa which had many good restaurants and just down the road to the north there was a quaint little fruit and veggie stand that was very convenient. Also, Joyce was great at communicating with us and answering any questions that we had.