This house is very spacious and great for if you need room for your kids to run around. It is located by Pearl Harbor and just around the corner for the airport. No worries you will not see or hear any airplanes.
Our review may be different than others due to covid times. We booked for 1 month so that we may quarantine and have room for our kids to run around. On your first day the owner will send you a TAT fee which we paid $553.83 (14.9621%). Just make sure you budget that in.
As we walked in the house my husband could just smell the mold. After a couple of days we found it in the guest bath in the gap, Black mold on the refrigerator liner, and mold in the washing machine liner. The owner insist that this is normal on the island. Owner unable to come in and resolve due to covid quarantine I had to clean the best I could. I had to instacart cleaners and bleach because there was no disinfectant on site. Owner asked me what I needed and instead of bringing drano he brought toilet bowel cleaner.
Also staying in July and August it is very HOT in the house because the evening sun beats down on the house in the front and no curtains to block it. You will have to sit in front of the ac to actually cool down. Keep in mind we can't go anywhere during quarantine. 1 ac is not sufficient. I had to use a floor fan to distribute air to the rest of the house. We had to sleep quite a few nights in the main bedroom with the windows open because it was just hot. With the windows open there was this dog in the back who would not stop barking all night long.
The house is in a residential neighborhood. The neighbor is very nice and offered us mango. As we sat and hung out most our days on the patio it was relaxing and also comical. We watched neighbors down the road fighting. The bus stop is right in front of the house. It has it's pros and cons.
You may see dead roaches here and there but rest assure the owner says it is normal on the island.
The couch was dirty and brown. Owner stated that they shampooed it 4 days upon arrival. Honestly I would get a cover for it which would be easier to clean after each guest or just invest in a newer one.
After quarantine we stayed at a different place by the ocean for the 3rd week. Came back and packed our things up and hopped to different island at the last minute on the 4th week.
Due to covid the owners were not able to resolve any issues but to refund cleaning supplies. Every time I message the owner I felt he got offensive every time and claimed it was the first time he heard of the complaint. All of the message were long and drawn out with no resolution. After 2 weeks of quarantine he didn't offer to send anyone to fix the issues addressed. I just stopped messaging him and went with the flow. I don't like writing bad reviews but maybe if I say something now he won't go back and tell someone else that this is the first he has heard about a complain.
We had good times hanging out on the patio and got to catch up on work during quarantine. Kids got to run around on the playground. Don't think we will be back here. We travel to Oahu every 1 to 2 years and love to experience different areas of the island each time.