Location, Location! Beachside, Just off the sand, Hawaiian Home with heated pool

We had an amazing, RELAXING vacation!!! Thanks for sharing your beautiful home!

The Morgan’s

Southern California

This is our second year in a row to stay in this amazing property! There are so many reasons that we love staying here. First of all, the property is beautiful and extremely well maintained. The house is the most organized and cleanest property I have ever stayed in. They really thought of everything to make your stay comfortable and easy. The drawers are labeled so you can access everything you might need in the kitchen from pots and pans to Tupperware, great laundry next to the kitchen, grill, hooks by the pool, spotless linens and sun shade over the patio table. I am very particular and I love seeing the gorgeous basket of fresh matching towels rolled by the pool door. It is such a wonderful touch. The air conditioners keep the house nice and cool for bed time which is great in the summer. The pool is great and the kids spent hours playing in the pool and running around in the large back yard. The gardens in the back are gorgeous. The mother-in-law suite was perfect for us this year. We didn't use it last year but this year we had a grandparent come with us. It was perfect. She was able to retreat to the detached suite away from us for her quite time. She loved it. Secondly, the location is absolutely perfect for us. it is very close to the beach. It is not on the beach but it is as close or closer than many beach front hotels would be from the property to the water. They provide chairs so we would pack our things and easily walk to a private access to the beach. The beach is not crowded and is lovely. My husband kite surfs so it is perfect! The house is also a quick walk to get a great cup of coffee or snacks, lunch at Kalapawai Market and awesome Bob's pizza. My husband also mountain bikes and he is able to rent a great bike and ride every morning maybe 5 minutes from the house by car. The bike rental store is very helpful. My son and husband golf and they played at the Royal Hawaiian Golf Club which is less than 10 minutes from the house. It was really gorgeous. There is plenty of hiking very close to the house too. The house is easily accessible to the highway to take adventures around the island from the North Shore to Waikiki for surf lessons. It is less than 30 minutes from the airport. We love working with the manager/owner and will definitely stay at this property again.

Our family of four plus my parents enjoyed an amazing two weeks in this lovely home. Every day time was spent in the pool and at the beach which is literally a few hundred feet away. We really enjoyed the pool in the evening when we didn't want to get sandy again but need a quick refreshing dip before or after dinner. My parents enjoyed having a detached master, my two teens each got their own room, and the generous living space was more than enough for meals, and time together. The yard was more lush and beautiful that the pictures show, with birds, lizards and day geckos running around all day. The home has everything we needed in the kitchen to cook and serve, very well stocked.

The island of Oahu was a wonderful destination as well. We highly recommend taking a full day at Pearl Harbor. Our children are old enough to appreciate the historical and human aspect of that tragic day. Amazing day at Hanauma Bay for snorkeling, we watched a regatta at Waimanalo Beach, went to the fish auction in Honululu, ziplining at Kuoloa Ranch, surfing in Waikiki and Haleiwa, hula lessons and haku lei making at Turtle Bay Resort, farmers markets in Kailua on Thursdays and Sundays are not to miss, and a few days of doing nothing but swim and boogie boarding. Kailua Beach is clean, the sand feels like flour, never very busy and close enough you can go for an hour or all day...a very special place.

John had great recommendations for the local restaurants and shopping. Foodland was our grocery goto. They make 14 kinds of poke fresh every day!! Island Snow got quite a bit of our money :) And we celebrated my dad's 80th at Roy's Hawaii Kai. In Haleiwa, I highly recommend Rajanee Thai...very small restaurant, BYOB, but the food was amazing. Thank you John for the wonderful rental and great customer service provided by your caretaker (also John). We hope to return!

We liked the location, the atmosphere, furnishing, and equipment of the house a great deal. Beautiful landscape lighting in the back garden, and the pool was a wonderful temperature due to solar heating, making it just right. The 4 year old in our group never enjoyed swimming so much in his admittedly short life. Lots of thoughtful touches present, e.g. boogie boards, pool toys, ample kitchen towels/linens. The house was not stingy about making sure guests have needed cleaning, laundry, and paper supplies to start. The single drawback was that this June was particularly hot and a bit still, so despite the available AC and fans, it was a little uncomfortable in some areas. The owner was incredibly responsive, though, as was the property manager he has looking after the place, who was an incredibly nice and helpful person. I would stay here again.

Our first impression was one of being welcomed in a spacious house that had the inviting touches just so. It was after dark when we arrived, and the TV was illuminated to the Island channel and we saw the little amenity basket with the house information placed conveniently for us to see.

This is a special house, open plan and built in the 1970's so the hallways are large, and the rooms comfortable and restful. Have no fear though, the appliances are convenient and modern! John, the caretaker was very helpful, friendly and kindly lent us his fiery umbrella for the extent of our stay.

We were not blessed with sunny weather, all the locals agreed it was a strange winter. As an aside, we did have the 'luck' of witnessing a tropical downpour accompanied with lots of thunder and lightning one night, and did worry about a flash flood (since we all had the alerts on our smartphones). Perhaps this is a testament to the construction of the house, but the drainage system worked very well!

Despite the cloudy weather, the pool and the beach were well utilized by us, and I have no qualms in saying that this vacation was one of the best in recent memory. A large part of that was because the room layout allowed for three families (8 people including two young children) to enjoy the space without feeling crowded or disturbed.

This property is also within a leisurely 20 minute walking distance to the town on Kailua and we enjoyed this walk several times during our stay, The household booklet gives you some tips and guides for some of the stores.

We had two cars, one parked in the garage and the other by the entrance. This gave the three families freedom to move about the island as they pleased. Most places were at most a 40 minute drive, and we used this to enjoy many towns and beaches on Oahu. At the end however, we did enjoy the one just out the back the best! The winds were brisk, bringing hosts of kiteboarders out for us to watch while we picnicked there. The water was cool and just wavy enough to boogie board with some excitement!

Before even leaving I was contemplating another stay in this little oasis of peace and calm. It was a thoroughly enjoyable stay.