This was the first vacation rental in Hawaii I have stayed in that wasn’t ocean view or beach front and I wasn’t sure I would like it. The location made up for the lack of beach/ocean view. We could walk to the grocery store/ aka ice cream shop. We were minutes away from several beaches. There is a lot of hiking in the area. The town of Hanalei is close if you want to walk around shops. Na Aina Kai botanical garden is close; I saw Albatross chicks there, Kilauea Lighthouse is amazing, the Anaina Hou Community Park is down the road and has a fun fire show, Common Ground is also down the road and offers a great educational tour and dinner. There are so many things to do in the area. I had no problem filling our days. The house needs some love, as do all homes. The dishwasher is grumpy, there are directions on how to use it in the house. The house is comfortable, with lots of places to sit back and relax. We ate all our meals outside and basically spent most of our time on the lanai. We stayed for a month, to save money, I cooked a lot and had no problems cooking a variety of meals. The grill looks small, but it works great. We were very happy with it. A big plus was that the ice maker worked I find they don’t always work in a rental property. My husband and I both worked while we were there and the office was great for my loud husband’s zoom meetings and the internet was great, no problems working. I worked on the lanai. There is no AC which was not a problem in February and March, but the house does get warm. There are some basics in the house, soap, some shampoo, sunscreen, those types of items. Bring bug spray we bought some bug coils for outdoors during the evenings. There are beach items; cooler, umbrella, beach chairs, boards, and snorkel gear. We also liked the puzzles they gave us something to do when it was raining. The pool was good for taking a dip and cooling off or floating and reading. Communication with Christine and Sophia was great, and they checked with us to make sure things were going well. We really enjoyed our stay.