My wife, in laws and I loved this place. If you plan to visit Hilo, activities beyond Hilo and also the volcano, this is the place you wanna stay. The house is overall very quietwith very few cars passing. You will hear lots of birds as expected and coqui frogs can get very noisy in the night (we did not care too much about it). Mosquitos, as lots of places in Hawaii, are very active here. Arthur lives in the rear house and was very responsive when it was needed. Cleanliness was great overall.