10/10 Gracious hostess who gifted us food items upon our arrival
10/10 Convenient location to kayaking and snorkeling
10/10 Secured private parking, there was break-in incident on cars parked in the side street outside the house during our first full day. we advise to take everything to inside the unit when parked.
10/10 Cleanliness of the entire place with no-shoe policy in the unit
8/10 Two separate bedrooms, each with a queen bed, one of which doesn't have a closet to hang clothes, comfortable beds/pillows
8/10 Sharing laundry machines with long-term tenants downstairs. There are clothes lines, hangers and pins to use for hanging wet swimwear on the balcony outside the kitchen
10/10 a fully stocked kitchen with a full-size refrigerator to use
7/10 Bugs in unit, make sure to wipe table and counter top clean after each use and put any food in fridge
5/10 We were asked to take food compost to dump on the lava rocks/under the tree across the side street.
4/10 Unit gets very warm during the day (in late August) and the heat didn't dissipate until about 9/10 pm, even with the fans (all 11 of) turned on. Only one of two bedrooms has an ac unit. This really affected the comfort level for us.
7/10 Communication was a hit-or-miss
We stayed here for four nights as a base to explore the west coast of the Big Island. We had stayed the prior four nights on the east coast near Hilo. We felt that we were able to sample most of what the island had to offer as first-time visitors.