We had to book this condo on the fly, so did not conduct our usual investigation, we had to trust the owner's description and photos of the property as accurate and fair.

This property is woefully misrepresented and seriously overpriced. This is an extremely modest condo and the owner completely fails to disclose in the property description that the condo is directly next door to a shopping center. And by next door, the entrance, egress and workspace for the 808 Surf Store are less than 10 feet away. Looking over the lanai, you see directly into the open doors of the 808 Surf Store (and they are looking right back at you). 808 Surf shop conducts all their rentals, clean-up and repairs right below the lanai starting at 7am EVERY morning with deliveries, power washing, sanding, grinding, and general banging. The employees talk at full volume, laughing and yelling to each other. Customers arrive early with lots of loud interaction with the employees. The noise is constant and goes on all day and into the evening.

Due to the heat the condo doors, windows and drapes are always open, there is no way to muffle the noise and there is no privacy. AC does not reach the bedroom, so the lanai doors are the only source of air.

Checking Google Maps, it shows the condo next to the shopping center, the parking lot for the 5 business' is on the other side. You assume that the stores customer egress is on the parking lot side, but 808 uses the patio and walkway between the condo and their back door rather than the front door to the parking lot. You can't tell from the map how much traffic and noise is generated by the 808 store through the backdoor entrance.

After renting the condo, we received a handmade map of the property from the owner which shows an 'ohana' building between the condo and the shopping center, implying a buffer. There is no building between the condo and the store, they share the same garden patio space.

When we got home we contacted the owner to discuss the lack of disclosure re: the actual location of the condo and to ask if he would work with us on some compensation as we felt we had been seriously over charged for what this rental really is. From the conversation it was very evident that the owner is fully aware that the condo is located directly next to a noisy shopping center & his requests to the 808 shop to quiet down were ignored. The owner said he would get back to us to let us know his decision but he has not responded.