Beautiful view, short walk to village
My husband and I stayed in this condo, third week in October 2019.
Entry door on parking side with lanai on the ocean side. Good sized parking slots. Underground parking, if you prefer. Each unit allows two vehicles to be parked. See white binder in desk niche for unit appliance manuals, and complex rules. The binder also contains good information about restaurants, beaches, attractions.
Easy lock box self-check in. This is a second level corner unit with windows on two walls (West & South) with the front entry on the Mountain side (East) wall. Locking Steel screen door at the entry allows for taking advantage of refreshing breezes. The entry door latches open, if desired, to prevent door from slamming closed. The unit has a small through wall AC unit.
The Lanai side is three+ stories up on the complex terraced lot and you will be delighted with the SW facing view of the pool, gardens and the Pacific Ocean.
Bedroom, kitchen, LR have windows on south side, with wonderful breezes coming through in the mornings and evenings. There is a gazebo seating area on the South side lower level, designated as a smoking area. It is fifty to sixty feet away from the exterior wall of the unit. Noise/smoking smell was not a problem during our visit. We saw people sitting there in the morning, with coffee. A few smokers.
After leaving the airport, during our first week in another condo, we shopped at Costco for food items only. We wanted to check the condo before buying condiments, oil, seasonings, gear. Likewise when we moved to this unit. Previous guests leave condiments and seasonings which I did not feel uncomfortable using. Local shopping, Safeway, Walmart and KTA close by.
If you are a foodie, visit KTA. Abundant local produce, Hawaiian, Mexican and Asian foods, great bakery and deli. Fresh made bentos at the deli counter. Mochi donuts in the Bakery area. Oh Heaven!
The Management Service of this condo left a ‘Welcome” supply of TP, Paper towels, laundry soap, cleaning supplies, dish soap, shampoo and conditioner. Some household items, lotions/sunscreen/insect repellant may have been left by previous guests and may not be in good supply when you arrive. I would recommend checking first, before buying. There is also 2 big beach towels and bath linens, enough for 4 people. We found a small ice chest in the pantry, that we used to pack lunch for our outings and to carry snacks poolside. This unit does not have a sofabed in the LR. There is a Queen size airbed, in a bag in the bedroom closet and additional linens for the bed.
Tiled and wood floors. Bring your inside house shoes for ‘no shoes please’ home. Please bring reef safe sunscreen.
The kitchen is basics equipped with plenty of dishes for up to 8 people, cookware and some bakeware, flatware, glassware, barware, plastic drinkware for lanai/poolside and a set of good enough cutting knives/steak knives, in a wood block. Good electric range. DW, microwave. Coffeemaker, bean grinder, toaster, blender. No rice cooker. The kitchen appliances are in good working order. I brought my Wild Yeast from home, and baked sourdough here. The oven works very well, preheated to 435F in 17min. It was so nice to have a toaster for toasted sourdough.
Bonus-filtered water faucet at the kitchen sink.
It was nice to have a vacuum and sweep most days, including the lanai, after rain and wind.
Stack GE W/D to keep your laundry clean so you can pack light. Broom/dustpan, vacuum, iron, ironing board. 4 Beach chairs, two body boards, two pool noodles, snorkel gear for two.
Comfortable bed with cotton linens, good pillows. Very nice Vintage bent bamboo/rattan furniture in the LR, comfortable side chair. Glass dining table with 4 chairs. Lanai has dining table and seating for 4.
New furniture at poolside; loungers, tables with tilt umbrellas, chairs. Seating in sun and shade. Four Weber gas grills poolside, under the pavilion, kept spotless by grounds maintenance staff.
Very short walk to village/town. Walk to town using road on ocean side street, to avoid walking up busier Ali’i Drive.
Look for the white “Elite Vacations, Kona Reef F-11” binder in the computer desk niche, which gives you great information about the Appliances, WiFi access, TV/DVR and remotes instructions, and other amenities provided for your use while staying in this comfortable place.
Accessibility-The shower has a curb, there is a 1” threshold out to the lanai. Parking area has no curb, with same elevation walkways to elevators. Entry door has a 1” tall threshold at the unit entry doorway. The complex has elevators from the underground parking to all levels and wide walkways.
This Airbnb accommodation, is managed by a Property Management service, open Monday-Friday, with weekend emergency service only. We found the Management Service to be very helpful.
We enjoyed our stay in F11 at Kona Reef Condos in Kailua-Kona.