extremely friendly host, which some folks might not prefer/enjoy. he is around and about during your stay, you will hear him and see him. if you don't mind then this is fine, but if you're looking for privacy, i would avoid this place. in all honesty, i feel like the charge should be less if you're not going to have ultimate or close to ultimate privacy at these places. we were traveling with my elderly, disabled mom and it was unfortunate that he was literally watching us unload the car with her and her cane. somewhat embarrassing. futhermore, there were two flights of stairs not pictured or mentioned in the posting that my mom struggled with for our entire stay. i wish there was info about this in the posting, however there are not even pictures of the two bedrooms.amenities lacking, be prepared to bring ALL of your kitchen and bathroom needs. host was friendly and brought us a coffee grinder when we asked if there was one, but then we found no coffee machine.this place was extremely close to town which was awesome for the first leg of our trip to big island.