Let's Play A Real Estate Game: "Underrated or Overrated?" For West Hawaii

[@lifeisgood8905]

Thank you Julie and Lance for producing an exceptional video on the pros and cons of various popular areas on the west coast side of the Big Island. All house hunters should watch this video first before deciding which part of town they want to live in.

[@Bobchai]

Bravo! All the topics were excellent. I have a couple of questions for each of you which I will probably ask offline sometime (building a house, etc), but for anyone with even basic familiarity with living in Kona, this summary was as good as I have ever seen. I am at 1500 ft. in an older neighborhood next door to Palisades and I have thousands of books and photographic slides and negatives. I have never closed my windows in ten years, I have no heat or AC and I have no mold because of the cross ventilation. I used to want to live in Holualoa, but I'm happy to be in a still very green but drier place here. Also, Holualoa is not only wetter, with driving hazards, but much steeper even than Kalaoa, where I live. As you travel north from my subdivision it gets even drier in other subdivisions as you approach Makalei -- yet it is still forested above the highway.

[@monicasmith936]

Julie, would be such a blast to hang out with on the weekends!

[@kimcarroll1129]

Love this! This would've been so helpful before we moved here. :) As for building... a contractor was building a home down the street from us when we moved here...3 years ago! It's STILL not finished! He did some major screw ups and a 2nd contractor had to buy it off him to finish it. Us neighbors are still waiting for the heavy, loud trucks to stop frequenting our street. Julie, I've got some hormone info for you. :) I'm on HRT for life!

[@gregcoates5310]

Thank you guys! Great information

[@gregh7457]

waikoloa village: pros: lava zone 8, solar systems perform fantastic. wind cools the panels and they make gobs of electricity, less vog most of the time. good road to the airport and town, you actually have soil in most places, large lot sizes especially corner lots. Cons: fire danger is very real especially those that live on the upper edges of the village going towards waimea. When that dry grass lights on fire its fanned by the saddle and is directed right towards waikoloa, red dust everywhere, its blown down over the saddle and its a fine dust that gets into everything, If you don't have a/c you have to keep your windows open to let the breeze in. Lots of open beam ceilings in waikoloa which are uninsulated and let all that solar heat into your house

[@river-runner]

Great show. What do you think of buying in the waikoloa resort complex?

[@365HawaiiRealEstateInfo]

It's great if you don't plan on living there full time if you like community. It's mostly visitors 24/7 as almost all the housing are rentals. But it's a great place to be as a part time resident if you love the beaches, shopping, vibe and like to use it as a base while enjoying time here. As an investment property, it's awesome because so many people love that area for all that it has to offer for visitors.

[@river-runner]

@365HawaiiRealEstateInfo thank you so much for your thoughtful response. I've been coming there for over 40 years, and consider the place my second home. I own a fair amount of time share with HGV but have been considering a possible purchase of a condo there, and the chance to live there for several months per year, and renting it out otherwise. We like the location well enough but balk at the relatively high prices and maintenance, so i appreciate your insight.

[@christinewhyte7267]

Never had AC in my entire life here in Denver. Had to put in this past year due to menopause 😂 but don’t plan on it when we move to the Big Island 😃

[@kinshowa17]

AC - Even at 700 feet it is necessary for some people to sleep well. But that doesn't require full-house AC.