The house was cute and was in a beautiful location. There were huge windows which provided a great view of the water just past the road. We found a cute black sand beach nearby that was close enough to walk to. There were several cute aspects of the house such as the huge windows, the large sitting area, plenty of fans, and the general decor around the house. For anyone who isn't aware that most residences in Hawaii do not have A/C for understandable reason and we were happy with the amount of fans in the house. There were an abundant amount of windows to allow sufficient airflow into the house.
However, there were some aspects that were surprising:
1. The floor in the kitchen area is lower than the rest of the floor in the dining area and living room area. We arrived at night and there were no lights; so my advise is just be aware that it's about a foot drop into the kitchen area. I was startled stepping down into the dropped floor.
2. The toilet is next to the shower. There are no doors or curtains that separate these entities. The shower/toilet is literally in the center of the house; therefore, if someone is using the bathroom then the exterior doors need to be used to get to any other part of the house. There were a few times where I had to ask my partner to unlock the front door before their use of the bathroom. There is also very little counter space in the "second" bathroom area with a tiny rotating mirror.
3. The stove was almost unusable. The location of the house is about 20-30 minutes away from any grocery stores and restaurants, so we decided that we would cook a couple of meals at the house. There was two burners that didn't work and the one that we did use was uneven proving to be challenging to cook even eggs in. There was no essential food items such as salt, pepper, or olive oil to use.
4. Lastly, we were a little frustrated that the instructions for the house dictated that we were responsible to take our garbage to the dump in Hilo.
This house was cute and provided us with a great vacation stay. We really enjoyed our stay in general. I would recommend staying here as long as you are aware of the aforementioned items.