Joan's property was fantastic. Being able to walk to both the beach and shops/restaurants was perfect. The house was very comfortable and Joan was very accommodating. The beach equipment in the garage, particularly the boogie boards for our kids and paddle board for the adults was awesome. 10/10 would stay here again.
We love this house in Hanalei and have stayed here multiple times. It is comfortable, very well maintained and in a great location - close to town and an easy walk to the beach. The owner is wonderful and really cares about the guest experience.
Great location: a few blocks to the beach; a couple blocks to the Hanalei restaurants. Great house: nice, roomy open layout in the common area; nice bedrooms; very quiet location; very private due to landscaping. Nice host. Fast internet. Our family of four was very comfortable for a week here and would definitely return.
A fantastic house for a family adventure. Great access to town and the beach, very well outfitted and plenty of space (and privacy). We will definitely be coming back!
What a lovely property in a superb location! It's a 2 minute walk to the beach and a 1 minute walk to downtown Hanalei. Clean, charmingly decorated, well stocked, nice layout, and very responsive and friendly owner.
We stayed in this beautiful house for a week with our friends and their toddler. It was peaceful and the perfect location for us. Definitely warm in the afternoons, but room for everyone to have their own relaxing space. The kitchen was great as we made many of our meals in the house. Thanks for a wonderful home base for our vacation!
We have stayed multiple times And love our Hanalei home away from home. . Location is perfect, easy walk to beach and town. Owner super easy to work. House layout is open and perfect for us with beautiful lanais and is Well appointed and clean. We will be back.
We can't say enough great things about this home, we actually thought about skipping a review to keep it our little secret! :) We woke up our last morning and all said we will miss the house as much as Hanalei! It had everything we needed and more and was our best rental yet. This will be our top pick to stay every time we come to Kauai (hopefully not too far away....) Perfect location, perfect house, amazing hosts. It felt like we were staying with family instead of a VRBO. Thank you for sharing your home with us, Joan!
This house is so special. The location is amazing. Steps away from shops and restaurants and 5 minute walk to the beach.
We visited with our three young children and this house had all the items we needed to make it easy- wagon, beach chairs, umbrella, sand toys, boogie boys, and MORE! Main living area and bedrooms have AC and beds are very comfortable.
Thank you to the host for sharing your incredible home, we would love to stay here again!
We are a 3-generation family of 6 and enjoyed our stay in this lovely house in Hanalei. It is well located - within easy walking distance of the beach and all of the restaurants and shops in Hanalei. The house is well stocked both for beach adventures (chairs, umbrellas, wagons, sand toys, snorkeling gear, etc.) and for being comfortable indoors, with A/C in every room and a fully stocked kitchen. We also spent a lot of time on the back lanai, enjoying morning coffee and evening cocktails while the kids played the yard. Hanalei is a special place, and this is the perfect place to enjoy it!
The house had a great layout and PERFECT location, short walk to town and beach.
Lovely, well-equipped vacation home. Easily accommodates 6 people. Kitchen was easy to navigate and work in (serious cooks should bring their own chef's knife). Large, wrap-around porch to hang out on (front and back). I rarely review places; this rental was very good and I strongly recommend the Hanalei area. I've been to Kauai twice and find the Hanalei area MUCH preferable to Poipu or the east side of the island.
As a former resident of Hawaii, it was so much fun to go back and be a tourist; and this house was the perfect spot to do this. The privacy the house offers and the location were high marks in my book. The highlights for my family were the outdoor shower, the cats and a cute & cozy place to call home for a week. No complaints at all! We would love to stay there again!! Thank you Joan for sharing your home.
We have stayed at many places in Hanalei, Princeville, Haena, but this house really fit our needs and expectations. We loved the house. Very well appointed for those that enjoy cooking. The entire house has fans, air moving, we slept soundly all night. The back porch backs up to a lush, tropical greenscape. Within walking distance to the Hanalei Bay and close to downtown Hanalei. Thank you Joan. Loved the house and will be back!
My wife and I enjoyed staying in this property for a few weeks in February-March, 2016. The website photographs faithfully depict the property, which is spacious, very comfortable and fully stocked with all necessary kitchen and other supplies. The property's location couldn't be better -- just a few steps walk to shopping and restaurants in town, and a short walk to a spectacular beach. The owner is very professional and responsive. I highly recommend this lovely property, with confidence that you will enjoy it as much as my wife and I did.
Barry A.
10/10 Excellent
Thomas G.
3 août 2018
Great Location, Great Accommodations
The pictures don't do this property justice. The interior is open and spacious with modern amenities. The wrap around porch is absolutely stunning. We stayed here with our family of 6 and everyone had plenty of room to spread out.
The location is GREAT. It is literally less than minute walk from town and just 5 minutes down to the beach. Even though you are close to town the property is also very quiet (with the exception of Kauai's infamous roosters) because of the mini-jungle foliage and small stream that borders the backyard.
The owner was very responsive in answering questions and following up with us to make sure our stay was good.
I highly recommend.
Our family has rented on Kauai 5 times, and this rental was exceptional. Super clean, well-equipped, nicely decorated, and a great layout. The master suite is on one side of the living room, with the two other bedrooms on the other side...great for parents who want a bit of privacy from the kids. One block to town, about 3 blocks to beach, but since the home is tucked back at the end of a cul-de-sac, and backs up to a little creek and open space, you can still enjoy a more rural Kauai experience, particularly on the back Lanai. Outdoor shower and large porch were great for dealing with all the towels, shoes, equipment, sand and red dirt from Kauai activities.
Our family stayed in this lovely home for a month and enjoyed every minute. When we were not exploring the island, playing at the beach or paddling the river, we had plenty of fun at home. The kitchen, living and dining area is quite spacious so we had plenty of room to play games and gather for meals. We relaxed in the lounge chairs on the back porch surrounded by a beautiful tropical garden. We had candlelight dinners on the porch as well. We shopped the local Farmers Markets and cooked up Thanksgiving dinner in Joan's well-stocked kitchen. It is a beautiful, comfortable home in a fabulous place. Joan is a lovely host and offers up great tips for adventure on the island. We will be back, and we highly recommend it to others.
Location and convenience to Hanalei was fantastic. House was clean, as advertised and wonderfully quiet. Made 2 new friends there ( the cats). Beautiful area to be. Loved having beach accessories available in the garage. The roosters were quaint. Didnât bother me. Actually produced a smile every 6 seconds or so when they crowed. Loved both front and back porch to watch waterfalls and backyard was exceedingly tranquil. Easy house instructions and nice practical setup. Thanks for the opportunity! We donât want to leave! Hopefully be back next year!
We have stayed in Hanalei several times and this house was the most convenient for walking to coffee, shopping, markets and restaurants - Literally a 3 minute walk! We found the house to be very comfortable, although we did feel it was in need of some freshening up (new stove and oven and kitchen floor mats, specifically). We loved the cats (luckily we are a cat-obsessed family!) and they kept us entertained. We cooked a lot during our stay and had some issues with a couple of appliances due to their age, but Joan was responsive and couldn't have been more accommodating. I expect these appliances will be fixed/updated for the next guests. We enjoyed all our meals on the back lanai. We would have liked the backyard to be better appointed with some seating because it was a lovely setting. We ran out of propane after the first dinner, so we didn't use the grill after that. (The extra tanks in the garage felt empty, but maybe they weren't). The roosters didn't bother us. Anyway, all in all we had a great time in our Happy Place, Hanalei! I hope we left the home in good shape for the next guests. Thank you, Joan!
This house is located on a quiet culd-a-sac away from street noise and close to Hanalei shopping and restaurants. This makes it convenient to walk over to the grocery store or to grab a bite to eat. At the same youâre only a 2 minute walk (or bicycle ride) to Hanalei beach. Itâs just a perfect location.
The house was clean and had everything we needed. When we needed to get ahold of the owner she was quick to respond and was very helpful.
There were a couple cats that come and go and sometimes hang out on the property and you can feed them if you want or just ignore them. We chose to feed them and make a couple temporary friends during our stay.
This is a perfect house for a wonderful stay in one of the most beautiful places in the world. We would definitely stay here again!
This vacation home was absolutely perfect for our family in terms of location, size, comfort, and amenities. Hanalei is a beautiful, casual, fun spot. This home is within 5 minutes walking distance of everything we needed: beach, grocery, restaurants, coffee shops, bakery, ice cream. That made it nice for our teens when they wanted to do things on their own. It's quiet (except for the early morning chickens) and very private with a lovely, lush backyard that makes it feel like you're in the middle of a tropical rain forest. We enjoyed surfing every morning at Hanalei Bay and all the great places to eat nearby. We also appreciated Joan's tips on activities. Even with a few rainy days it all worked out.
We like new adventures so itâs not often we say we'd go back somewhere. But we would happily go back to Kauai and enjoy this wonderful house again.
We have stayed in Hanalei/Kauai many times and the house and host exceeded our expectations. First off, communications with Joan concerning arrival and questions about where things were located during stay were prompt and very helpful.
The house is beautiful and very well kept. The beds were super comfortable, all the appliances worked well, and the pantry spices and other items were a nice touch! The a/c came in handy at night (separate unit for each room, which is great) and access to the beach equipment in garage was a huge plus (boogie boards, SUPs, kayak, chairs, snorkel gear, etc.). The lanai was fantastic and was blessed with a number of friendly neighborhood cats who would show up for outdoor feedings in the morning and evenings (Joan provided plenty of cat food for them) which my family thoroughly enjoyed! Location is perfect to walk to town or beach. Great host, great house! Mahalo!
What a beautiful house at the end of a dead end private street. We stayed there as family with 4 teenagers from Germany and the house fitted us extremely well. The huge living room was the center of all activities inside the house. The location is perfectly convenient to visit Hanalei and offers good access to beautiful beaches like tunnels and secret beach as well as to wild and adventures Napali Coast. Hiking to and swimming below Hanakapi'ai falls was an exceptional experience. Joan was wonderful to work with. If you look hard you may find something that was less than perfect: cleanliness was good, but not exceptional and if you are not determined to feed the mosquitos you will probably not use the beautiful backyard. But we would love to come back soon...
Let me start my saying the property owner seems very nice and is very responsive. The house itself is weathered, in need of an update and a deep cleaning. It is very well located, right near town and about an 8 minute walk to the beach if youâre lugging equipment. I would recommend you like cats if you stay here. When we arrived there were about five plus cat beds, scratching posts along with tons of cat nip on the porch. The property owner had it moved when I asked but the outdoor doesnât feel very clean and floors arenât mopped and the furniture is not very clean. Overall we didnât spend any time on the lanais or anywhere in the backyard because of this. That was quite disappointing. The house is well laid out and the size is comfortable but again, it doesnât didnât feel very clean. Wish I had a better review for it and hopefully it will get a deep cleaning in the future.