Pros: Great views, spacious, private, very close to downtown Hilo, kitchen & master bed+bath area was clean
Cons: House is a bit run down and shabby. Unused nails and nail holes in the walls, broken light switches, odd wires hanging out of the wall, mold in the rafters, gecko poop that I'm pretty sure wasn't cleaned after last guest, upstairs water leak, uncomfortable lighting in master bath, mismatch furniture
I think that because there are so many layers of responsibility here -- the owner has Evolve manage things, and Evolve outsources everything to local staff (who seem nice) -- that no one pays attention to the details of maintaining such a large property in such a harsh environment.
It wasn't bad enough to force us to leave early although if we were staying longer we would have. It definitely didn't feel worth the price or high cleaning fee. (although they did refund us half the cleaning fee) Of course if they fixed it up really well they could charge even more!