I’m not going to lie. A house right on the beach in Hawaii, what more could you ask for? That is why I closed my eyes and booked it even though it was costly. On the first day I just thought there was a beetle crawling on the kitchen counter so I swiped it down the drain. The counter is brown so I could not see exactly what it was. My husband wanted to put something in the toaster oven but he could not get it to go on. The toaster oven and toaster and coffee maker were not working so he, the handy man he is, moved them away from the wall so he could see what the problem was. That’s when we saw more roaches along with the roach traps that were behind some of the things. It turns out a circuit breaker was the reason the items were not working. As for wanting to cook with cockroaches I kind of lost my appetite. My husband was determined to make his coffee the next morning anyway but the coffee maker was broken, this time not due to a circuit breaker. The manager was nice enough to bring a new one and acknowledged the coachroaches. I was done with the kitchen and suggested we BBQ on the deck. My husband pulled off the cover. Well let’s just say that it had not been cleaned in maybe ever. So now there was nowhere to cook. By the time we left there were cockroaches crawling from the kitchen throughout the dining area, all the way to the sliding glass door.
The owner said I was complaining too much and said we could check out early. Well on a Mother’s Day weekend when people were just beginning to travel, let’s just say it was not simple to find a place. I felt he should refund part of our stay due to not being able to utilize the kitchen. After all, we were on the North Shore and there are not so many restaurants. In addition, we wanted to be able to hang out at the beach and cook at the house.
The ocean is beautiful as is the North Shore. I’ve spent many months there. The house is nice and had there not been a cockroach infestation things would have been great. But there was. I also would like to say that the downstairs furniture is extremely uncomfortable. There is a couch and chair both wooden with a very thin cushion atop them. I would highly recommend an actual couch.
The positive is that the house and rental could be exceptional if the owner just cared a little more. Obviously, there were cockroach traps already there so it was known. Don’t pretend like you didn’t know. Also, It would be nice to have some soap in the showers.