Sleeping Giant Cottage with Plunge Pool TNVC #1244

Tucked away in the hills surrounded by greenery. When we checked in at around 430 all the windows were closed and the house was quite warm because there is no AC but after an hour with the windows open it was very pleasant. The location is good for both northern and southern excursions.

Beautiful, quiet secluded spot. Host was very kind and helpful. We definitely want to stay again!

I’m a critic for cleanliness, and it was flawless. It felt comfortable and homey. Beautiful drive to get to the beach, and a great central location if you want to explore both north and south equally. It was the perfect, secluded spot for a relaxing trip.

When I saw this listing I was very excited and it looked awesome for my husband and my toddler of 3 years old. Especially with the pool I thought my son would have a lot of fun and he did. However, the pool is not heated and even though it's Hawaii and it's hot outside it may take awhile for some to get used to it cooling pool. ( We knew that before arriving) Also, the pictures listed are when the place was recently done with renovation because when we arrived it looked run down and dirty. This was a red flag for us especially with COVID. We expected this home to be clean. When I was looking around we found no toiletries. No hand soap for the kitchen so we contacted the person in charge and she mentioned that they were probably in a rush and didn't leave it for us. Dishes and utensils for kiddos were also dirty with crumbs and residue. There's also no dishwasher which we knew before going. However, the drying rack was so dirty it was driving me insane to put clean dishes on a dirty drying rack. Then their bathroom sink had a previous leak and their P trap stunk so bad because it was old and it was probably semi clogged from many travelers. My husband wanted to replace that for them so bad since he's very handy. We could smell it from our bedroom or whenever we were in the hall way. We also found complimentary resort toothbrush and toothpaste that was left from previous owner as well in the bathroom. In our bedroom we also found a booster seat for dining and I was pleased to see that since we have a toddler but when we took it out it was so filthy I ended up cleaning it. (Please bring a pack of disinfectant wipes since there are none provided at this place) At that point, I ended up cleaning all the surfaces with disinfectant wipes that I had brought. Also, their lanai is awesome since its screened in but all the furniture had stains on it and that was disturbing to the point I couldn't let my family sit on the couch on the lanai. I ended up using the sheet that they had provided from our bedroom to put it over the bed in the lanai area. There's also no AC and this was something I asked before booking. They mentioned that's pretty windy so we should be fine. After staying there, they definitely need AC there because it was very very hot and barely any wind in the afternoon. We were excited to see how they had beach gear and it was so rusty to where it was embarrassing to bring to the beach. I have so much more to say but ran out of room.