Overall: the house's location is great, the home is spacious and modern, and is mostly as pictured, with the exception of three things:
1) It could use a deep clean – the house was dusty, windows were dirty, bugs were stuck in all the screens.
2) The "lanai" was unusable – it was dark (literally because the lights don't work) and inhospitable (the furniture is sparse and old). Even in beautiful Kauai, we never used the Lanai once.
3) I recognize this is a problem throughout Hawaii, but the large family of roosters on the left-hand side of the house were a nightmare. Especially in the downstairs master bedroom, there were about 5 roosters just feet away from the windows that started crowing at 2AM and continued every 5-10 minutes until about 7AM. The entire house slept terribly, and slept with headphones.
The house was large and beautiful. They provided everything you need to enjoy your at the beach: chairs, towels, umbrellas, coolers, sand toys etc.
The house was large and beautiful. They provided everything you need to enjoy your at the beach: chairs, towels, umbrellas, coolers, sand toys etc.
This property fit us to a tee. There was room for our group of 10 to spread out and space for us to gather and eat together. We appreciated the boogie boards, snorkel equipment and bikes provided. We contacted vacasa with a question and received an answer in record time. Impressive!
Beautiful and large home! Welcoming touches of candy, granola and coffee were so nice! We were late arriving so didn't have any groceries to start out with so it was fun to have a bit of Hawaii there. I felt like the price for the home is a fair price if it were a beachfront home. I booked it thinking it would be easy to access a beach and it was not. That is my fault. The lights were hard to figure out. Maybe they could be labeled. Overall a wonderful home with all you need for a great stay but overpriced in my opinion.
This property fit us to a tee. There was room for our group of 10 to spread out and space for us to gather and eat together. We appreciated the boogie boards, snorkel equipment and bikes provided. We contacted vacasa with a question and received an answer in record time. Impressive!
The Blue Hawaii home is beautiful, spacious, and in a great location. We would definitely stay here again with a large group!
Nice property in a nice neighborhood.
On arrival the wi-Fi and entertainment system as well as a portable air conditioning unit did not work(no power) we searched for a circuit breaker panel none found. Called property manager ad they sent someone out. Breaker panel was located in a locked room. ( should be accessible for safety)
Exhaust fan in Jack and Jill bathroom did not work.
Several windows lift springs were broken and windows propped open with the broken parts. (Child safety concern) Patio chair had missing screw from seat allowing side to separate and seat bottom to fall causing laceration to leg.
Smoke alarm was going off with no smoke present.
Called management company. Removed alarm from ceiling and took apart to find corroded battery. No one came until next day to replace defective alarm.
Refrigerator/freezer: placed kids popsicles in freezer, next morning they were melted. Along with bag of ice. Temp of freezer did not keep things frozen. Kitchen Granite counter top broken behind sink. Garbage disposal switch cover comes off. Pull cords were noted and tangled in dining room. No safety anchors in place to keep cords kid safe. No vacuum cleaner available. No mop for floor cleanup available either.
This house is amazing! We enjoyed it fully.
The only description that is not accurate is that it’s walking distance to Anini beach.
We would definitely look for this house availability when we return to Kauai, hopefully next year.
Nice property in a nice neighborhood.
On arrival the wi-Fi and entertainment system as well as a portable air conditioning unit did not work(no power) we searched for a circuit breaker panel none found. Called property manager ad they sent someone out. Breaker panel was located in a locked room. ( should be accessible for safety)
Exhaust fan in Jack and Jill bathroom did not work.
Several windows lift springs were broken and windows propped open with the broken parts. (Child safety concern) Patio chair had missing screw from seat allowing side to separate and seat bottom to fall causing laceration to leg.
Smoke alarm was going off with no smoke present.
Called management company. Removed alarm from ceiling and took apart to find corroded battery. No one came until next day to replace defective alarm.
Refrigerator/freezer: placed kids popsicles in freezer, next morning they were melted. Along with bag of ice. Temp of freezer did not keep things frozen. Kitchen Granite counter top broken behind sink. Garbage disposal switch cover comes off. Pull cords were noted and tangled in dining room. No safety anchors in place to keep cords kid safe. No vacuum cleaner available. No mop for floor cleanup available either.
This house is amazing! We enjoyed it fully.
The only description that is not accurate is that it’s walking distance to Anini beach.
We would definitely look for this house availability when we return to Kauai, hopefully next year.
Our large extended family (11 people) had a wonderful stay in this house. It is spacious, well appointed, and very comfortable. The location is also excellent – very walkable to the shops in Princeville.
If we could give it 6 stars we would! We had a delightful experience. The staff was very helpful in supplying us extra blankets and such. It had lots of room for eating, games, and chatting for our large group. When we come back, we will for sure be using this property again!! Thanks
This house was an ideal stay for our group of 8 adults. Comfortable rooms with privacy, lots of room for lounging and plenty of bathrooms. The location was ideal, and conveniently close to the supermarket, delicious bites and stores. We even walked to Queen's Bath one day, which took about 30 minutes each way. Air circulation in the house was good when we needed it, but a steady breeze kept us cool in the unseasonably dry February month we visited. Vacasa was accommodating, and even brought us extra beach chairs that we used. Beds were comfortable and had all the sheets we needed. To help solve for the chicken noises at night, we brought white noise machines to help cancel out their sounds when sleeping. Highly recommend considering! Overall, a great house for our memorable, enchanting stay on Kauai. We'd recommend it.
If we could give it 6 stars we would! We had a delightful experience. The staff was very helpful in supplying us extra blankets and such. It had lots of room for eating, games, and chatting for our large group. When we come back, we will for sure be using this property again!! Thanks
The property is located in a quiet neighborhood except for the chickens that crow at 2am every morning. We booked a month in advance and was told a day or two before our arrival that the dryer was broken. We reused damp beach towels everyday. The home is large and roomy and it suited our weekend work retreat however many of the screens were dirty and several even broken allowing the mosquitos in. The bathroom fixtures did not operate properly in one bathroom and we were going to just overlook these things until the front door lock broke within the first day. When we called the property manager, she arrived promptly and so did the repairman. The yard men also arrived all in the middle of our meeting with loud leaf blowers. The repairman used his speaker while he spoke on the phone that further interrupted our meeting. We had to leave the house unsecured as we went about our day and overnight until the locksmith arrived the following day. We used the dining room furniture to block and secure the front door from the inside so we could sleep. I have never left a poor review like this because I think I’m pretty tolerant however feel that for the amount of money that we paid it should have been in better condition, better managed and our concerns taken more seriously.
The home was very clean and well appointed, comfortable for our party of nine. It was in better maintained condition than any that we have stayed at in the past. The TV packages were great ( we liked catching the early sports games). The only small downside was the local island roosters that kept earlier hours than us. Overall, the home was perfect and we enjoyed our stay immensely.
great house for large group