We enjoyed our week long stay over the Christmas holiday at Koana's Ocean Hale. The condo was as described, modest and clean and located a short walk from Keahou Bay. Even amongst many other condos, the upper lanai has a lovely and serene view of plants and ocean. Having a washer/dryer was useful, though the provided detergent was unusable for those of us with allergy/sensitivity to synthetic fragrances (would recommend replacing with unscented detergent). Proximity to the nearby KTA was ideal and we could pick up our groceries and picnic items with ease prior to our daily excursions. Things I would have liked to know before our stay: 1) The sleeper sofa pull out mattress is made of springs and extremely outdated and uncomfortable. We opted to put the mattress on the floor for better support, but was still very uncomfortable. This might be an okay option for children, but would not recommend sleeping for adults. 2) While kitchen was stocked with cooking tools, it did not have any basics like salt, pepper, or cooking oil, which deterred/limited some of our in-house cooking. 3) There does not appear to be any recycling of cans/bottles on premise. This is really unfortunate to discover after the fact and would deter our stay in the future as our preference would be to stay at accommodations that make an effort to minimize the footprint left behind by visitors to this beautiful island.
This place was definitely not what we expected!
It was an older, not well taken care of, small unit that had a bug infestation. It wasn't the typical topical bug problem...it was an everyday big problem. Ants and worms in the bathroom, on the walls and ceiling and in your towels every morning!
Since it's a corporation that owes this place and not a single owner, it was very difficult to get our issues resolved quickly. We had several maintenance people try, and they did fix some of the smaller issues, but the bugs and the clogging toilet obviously are bigger problems then management wants to disclose.
Another issue was that these units are very close together and have some people that live in them full time. When sitting outside on the lanai you have to whisper unless you want to have your neighbors hear you. You can literally hear everything from their TV's to them using the bathroom since everyone leaves their windows and doors open because there is no air conditioning in these units.
The kitchen was very small and also had ants. The refrigerator and freezer smelled like fish and the floor was flilthy. I truly don't think anyone had really cleaned the unit in a very long time.
We definitely will not be staying here again...and my recommendation is to rent from super hosts in the future, NOT Corporations as I believe they are ruining VRBO's.
all excellent. Fully equipped. Bathroom sink slow to drain, but unless you stayed there a couple of days, you wouldn't know. Extremely quiet, nearby units appeared to be fully rented but totally quiet neighborhood. Would be nice if they could include snorkel equipment, but as former owners ourselves, stuff like that tends to walk off.
We were very happy overall. Place is great for a couple. There's a nice pool and an amazing bay down the block that I highly recommend walking to.