We stayed a month at Cherie's place over the holidays and had the best time. We were a group of five friends, two couples + a solo traveller. At points we were three different people working remotely/video calling from the cottage at the same time without issues. The internet is strong, and the separate rooms + outside table made it easy to be on video calls at the same time. The cottage is tucked away from the main road and felt private with its own outdoor area/lawn behind it shielded by wilderness. The kitchen is smaller, but it had everything we needed to cook a full christmas dinner, and dinners in general almost every night. There is a humungous BBQ behind the cottage (five separate burners) that came in handy too.
Cherie and her husband are super sweet and really helpful with any issues/requests, whenever we asked for a new propane tank, or to borrow anything, they came over in a few minutes but other than that also gave us all the privacy we wanted.
Surprisingly little bugs despite being so close to nature, lots of wildlife, birds, around, saw wild pigs one night. Temperature stays cool at the cottage which is great for productivity and sleeping, if you step outside in the sun its nice, warm, even hot in the middle of the day, but inside it stays cool. If you drive 15min down to South Point, or the other beaches to swim, it's instantly hot.
The area in general is very cute, community driven, lots of small family owned businesses hidden away. There's a local ranch that sells its own high quality beef, another that sells lamb, lots of coffee farms, local chocolate at south point, etc etc, seek and you will find so many cool spots. A few cool spots to explore, South Point for cliff jumping, sunsets on cliff ledges (plus points for bring a portable bbs) and snorkeling, Green Sand beach for an extremely unique nature phenomenon (read up about it) and really fund 4wd driving, Punaluu Beach for black sand beach and turtles galore, Volcano for epic hiking, cute community, and amazing lava glow at night. The list goes on and on. The guide books don't write much about this area, but if you put in a little bit of effort, you'll realize all these hidden gems.
Embrace the remoteness, the country side, the small town community, and the unlimited nature adventures + animals, Enjoy!