Kailua Kona holiday house

This is a great rental. If you are wanting to avoid the higher costs of staying at a resort is is the place for you. The western coast line of Kona is easily accessed north or south and is only 10-15 minutes away from the resort area.We do not have kids, which is the only reason that we would stay at the resort area(activities) We also were told of how expensive Hawaii was before we went. This is not the case in this area. While the resort areas will charge you a lot for their menu prices, food can be high. We visited the local grocery and found the prices to be maybe 10-20%(at most) higher than at home. Also going out to eat for dinner cost anywhere from 15-25 dollars, which is what we are also used to paying at home for a good dinner. The location of this home is in a close community of 12 homes with a shared pool. We only saw a few other guests all week. Most of the time we had the pool area to ourselves. Also the view from the master bedroom is awesome. You wake up to the coast line every morning. The home has two bedrooms upstairs with its own baths. There is a room off the living room with a pull out and a full bath downstairs. This third bedroom is out of the way of the traffic areas from the other two bedrooms and kitchen area. You would have to go around the wall(out of your way) to peer into this room, which gives anyone in that room some privacy. The gas grill works great on the patio as well as all other appliances. You don't need to worry that anything needed to cook or prepare food. Everything is there, including spices. You are also supplied with beach gear(coolers,body boards and mats) The gated feature is nice to have also. It gives you a little extra feeling of security because you will want to leave all windows and doors open while you hang out at the home.We did go in August so a/c is the only thing that would have been nice,(it was a little hot when we would get home-80 degrees) but it wasn't necessary.It would cool down overnight to mid seventies. There is a way to cool it down a little more by an exhaust fan that the owner told me about afterwards.(should have called him while I was there.) He is very easy to work with and is available for you to call anytime. We would definitely stay here again.