This airbnb has a lot of things going for it, but the heat/limited air flow made our stay uncomfortable.
Everything else about the place is wonderful:
It is stylishly decorated throughout--our bedroom, the bathroom, the outdoors kitchen. There are thoughtful touches everywhere. We were also impressed by high comfort level of the bed and the quality of the bed sheets and of the beach towels. The bed sheets are certified to be free of toxic chemicals and the cotton beach towels are so light to carry to the beach, while at the same so stylish! Wow!
Gay Lena and Brian were amazing hosts. They were friendly, lovely to chat with, and quick to answer any questions or help out.
The place was also very clean. The bathroom we shared with another couple was cleaned every day while we were there, the towels and bed sheets were clearly bleached and flawlessly white. So refreshing staying at an airbnb place where the hosts take care to sanitize towels between guests.
Now, while we loved so many things about the place, we also felt that the place was too hot for us to feel comfortable. This is my 5th trip to Hawaii and we stayed at 3 other places during this trip, and I never needed A/C on any trip. If a place would have A/C available, I would turn it off. We both felt like this place needed A/C.
The temperature in our room during the day with the 2 fans left on was 33 degrees Celsius (91 F) and it dropped to 27 degrees Celsius (81 F) during the night. Not only was it hot, there was also very little air flow throughout the entire part of the house we could use (the common area, the bedroom, the bathroom) in spite of fans being left on throughout the day. It was uncomfortably hot and we woke up with headaches due to overheating in the morning.
We stayed in the Koa Room and perhaps the other rooms were a bit cooler since our room was the only that has windows that look unto the open kitchen area. The other rooms might be facing a better direction for coolness. To note, our main bedroom window was 6 feet away from the outdoors barbecue. Thankfully, no one used the barbecue, but this would have made an already hot room even hotter.
Interestingly, the bathroom we shared had not fans or windows. The only way you could air it was opening the door that opened right unto the open kitchen area.
As it was hot, everyone kept the fans open throughout the night. While we found the other guests very polite and quiet, the fan noise from other rooms made it difficult to sleep without ear plugs (I am sensitive to noise), which were provided, so no problem there!
Overall, if this place had A/C, I'd 100% recommend it to other guests. Fair be fair, Gay Lena and Brian make it clear in the airbnb listing that there's no A/C and the summers are hot. I am just very surprised the other guests didn't mention the heat, since I would have re-considered booking if I knew it is going to be this hot.