# Tell me about your imaginary dream house on Hawai'i Island **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219 "2023-06-08T18:38:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219/21 "2023-06-11T18:35:55Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > > [@Bumbazine](#): > > > > Unfortunately Google won’t let me link the picture. > > This one ? > [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/@19.6242281,-155.9858193,3a,75y,204.86h,90.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2OapbtD7wx9NxHJ28wI2pg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu) > Nice view ! Yep. Thanks. I see that it’s actually 3 stories, not 2, and in my memory it was oranger, but I’m pretty sure that’s the one. Great view. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219/22 "2023-06-11T18:55:31Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > 75-5972 Ali’i Dr. Nice location, but it looks like a bunker. I wouldn’t want to live that close to a highway. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219/23 "2023-06-11T19:45:37Z")
I’m with you on the highway part, but usually I prefer my buildings even _more_ bunkery. But this has just enough tropicality around it that being relatively resorty gives it the perfect look. If there had been less, or even _more_, tropical nature around it, I would have preferred it being unpainted concrete. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219/24 "2023-06-11T20:37:16Z")
Not my style, at all! I feel like I were living in a penitentiary. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219/25 "2023-06-11T21:53:30Z")
> [@Didi44](#): > > How is it for you when the vog hits? I’ve been staying down in Kurtistown a lot, and it can get pretty bad there, although luckily I don’t react much myself - I know people who get headaches from it. But now I’m in Honomū, and it’s nearly unheard of to experience noticeable vog. My cousin lives on the Kona side - I think it’s worse for him and his wife. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219/26 "2023-06-12T06:17:17Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > But now I’m in Honomū, Ooh, we drove through there, that seems like a really nice area. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219/27 "2023-07-06T02:01:20Z")
Now [here is the sort of quirky place](https://mls.hiinfo.com/public-deep-links/multi/0612ff92-ad95-4a65-a705-a0aadaee16ab/mls-mid) I would love to own if I had an unlimited budget for repairs, was young enough to not mind some inconveniences, and I had the time, know-how and energy for a lot of DIY fix-ups. None of those conditions hold, alas, but I can dream. It is priced below its appraised value, probably because the estate executor just wants to get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219/28 "2023-07-06T02:30:01Z")
This looks okay: > **[64-5242 Puanuanu Pl, Kamuela, HI 96743 - 7 beds/5 baths](https://www.redfin.com/HI/Kamuela/64-5242-Puanuanu-Pl-96743/home/166621409)** > > (HI Information Service) For Sale: 7 beds, 5 baths ∙ 3681 sq. ft. ∙ 64-5242 Puanuanu Pl, Kamuela, HI 96743 ∙ $1,599,000 ∙ MLS# 670211 ∙ Two 2-story homes, each with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, designed and built by the owner w... [![](https://ssl.cdn-redfin.com/photo/168/mbphoto/211/genMid.670211_2_0.jpg) ](https://ssl.cdn-redfin.com/photo/168/mbphoto/211/genMid.670211_2_0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219/29 "2023-07-06T02:39:20Z")
That looks nice! Kamuela (usually referred to as Waimea) is pretty upscale. It’s also on the cooler side, for those not thrilled with super-hot weather. But, PRICEY! And who needs two houses (I don’t think it’s a great neighborhood for rentals, though I could be wrong.) Maybe something for a set of in-laws to buy together, one house for each. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219/30 "2023-07-06T02:47:02Z")
I’m sure I can think of something to do with the space. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219.md?page=1)