'Hale Nalu Palekaiko' Pool, Walk to Kailua Beach

The house is very nice (but not fancy ) the 2-bedrooms in the main house worked well for our kids and their spouses, and the 3rd.- room with 2- bunk beds was perfect for the 4- grandchildren ages 5 - 10. My wife and I enjoyed the quiet getaway in back cottage. The pool and the backyard was great when it was to windy for the beach.

The walk to the beach was not that far but the street out front is very busy with cars. With all the chairs and kids toys we found most of the time we loaded up the cars and drove to the beach. We never had a problem finding parking and the beach was great for the young kids. Mostly small wind swell waves perfect for the boogie boards. The location to the local markets and restaurants great. This was our first time staying on this side of the Island and thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

Thank you for the use of your home, it was perfect for our family vacation

Pictures are accurate. We had 6 adults and 2 babies (9 and 18 mths).

Good layout (every room is quiet). Living room, kitchen and sunroom are central, with the two suites on each side, so you don’t hear any noise. Very private backyard, perfect cottage in the backyard for us grandparents! All bedrooms are air conditioned, including the cottage. Rest of house has ceiling fans and lots of windows to open (just take the pins out of the window frames). Every toy you need is provided! Boogie boards, lots of sand toys for children, bocci balls, board games, dominoes, umbrellas, small kayak, beach towels. Also, fully stocked kitchen, cleaners, shampoo, bath gel, face wipes, many spices and condiments are left behind by previous guests. Kittie also leaves chocolates, cookies and coffee!

The house is a little older (1960’s?), but has had upgrades over the years to the appliances and bathroom fixtures. And we prefer the Hawaiian feel, over new and modern. Just the shower in the cottage was old, but not a big issue, as we loved the quiet location and quaintness of it. The cottage was fully stocked with small fridge, coffee maker, table and chairs, air conditioning and ceiling fan. All the beds were very comfortable. We also appreciated the pool being fenced in with the little ones.

7 minute walk to Kailua beach and small market with fresh coffee, and a few small stores, pizza, and walk-in clinic if needed. Kailua beach and Lanikai beach are fairly quiet, so nice to go to. Lanikai beach is about a 30 minute walk. No parking, so you park on the street and walk to the beach by paths between the houses. Kailua beach has parking. The main downtown has a market Thursday nights and Sundays, about a 15 minute walk. The road is busy, but your time is spent in the quiet backyard, or sightseeing. There is a sidewalk to the beach.

Kittie, the owner, answers all emails promptly and is very nice to deal with. She even phoned us in Canada to offer ideas and advice. We had a plugged bathtub drain, and the plummer was there the next day. We also had a problem with sugar ants whenever anything sweet was left out. They fumigate every month, and would have had it sprayed again while we were there, but we opted not to with the babies. We just made sure nothing Sweet wasleft out! Other than that, it was great.

I’d recommend it, other than you can expect more cloud and rain on that side of the island, and we did get an unusually bad week for weather for Hawaii 😞.

This house is better than advertised. Sleeps 8 comfortably when you add in the ohana suite. The yard and pool area are large. Owners have everything you could ask for regarding beach stuff including a couple of sea kayaks. Overall an excellent vacation home.

the house and location very good, but the neighbors are very bad, before 7pm already starting to complain.