The Pikake House is a perfect home on the North Shore & we throughly enjoyed calling it our home for a week.My only suggestion is for the owner to upgrade the bedding linens.
We stayed at AF Pikake in May 2009. By way of background we have two 3 year old kids, so our perception of things is influenced by what we wanted for a kid friendly destination.This is a great vacation house. It has been renovated, but isn't super luxurious, just a nice clean and tidy beach home. It is close to Haleiwa, and the beach is fantastic for kids, a really gentle gradient (unlike many North Shore beaches) and no big shore break. Our kids were not water confident when we arrived, and they were extremely confident when we left. The beach is literally outside the front door and the sunsets are amazing. There is also some interesting coral right outside the house for snorkeling. The only real downsides we encountered, which could be readily fixed, were that the garden sprinkler system came on at 5.30 am every day. It was incredibly loud and woke the whole house up every morning. Also, the curtains in the rooms are very thin, almost transparent fabric, so you would probably wake up at 5.30 am anyway due to the sun. If some heavier blinds could be installed, and the sprinkler turned to a later time, this house would be ideal. Another great house we stayed at nearby is Koa's, which is a bigger, much more modern house but the beach isn't quite as nice.
I wanted cleaner.Ground floor lanai smelled like dogs.
We've had a great time in the Pikake House in Haleiwa.The location is awesome, the house is perfect.The price is reasonableThe beach is very quiet and almost privateWe can recommend this house very much to everyone who wants to be in paradise.
we had a great time. we are repeat clients of hawaii beach homes, and this house may be the best we ever had. thank you for a wonderful vacation, we can't wait to come back.
I may have had too high and expection given that the property rents for approx. $500 per night after fees are included. The lower level floor was covered in sand when we arrived which we didn't feel was worth mentioning at the time as the remainder of the house was reasonably clean. The rest of our issue was not with the management company who seemed to try and help but rather with the owner. The home was to have a telephone and answering machine, none was found and after the management company delivered a phone it was determined that the service was disconnected. The washing machine had a sign on it stating that the hot water option was broken. This resulted in washing all the towels in the sink using hot water and rinsing in the washing machine to remove the odor. If the owner would only properly maintain this home it would be an exceptional location.
This property is in a great location; private beach, two big parks in close proximity and walking distance to the heart of town. The overall appearance of the home was very clean. The kitchen was fully stocked and very useful. The only problem we had was the washing machine was broken and we were not notified of this prior to our stay, which created a huge inconvenience. The towels that were in the home were not very clean, which made me concerned about the sheets also! The upholstry on the living room sofas smelled of mildew and were a bit moldy.
I reasearched 30 specific locations on and near North Shore. I had narrowed my search to 3 beautiful homes. The determining factors for this home was 1) actualy beach FRONT property, 2) great decking (up & down) for private enjoyment, 3) spacious living arrangments, 4)updated beautiful kitchen and 5) high spead wireless internet service (which made the fact that I had to do work bearable, because I could do it out on the deck!) The bathrooms are very clean, and the closet space in the master is as big as another small bedroom! The only negative was the fact that there is not a television upstairs ... with 2 bedrooms, sitting room, dining room and kitchen areas located upstairs, I would have thought there would also be a television. We would not only stay here again, we considered buying the property! LOVED THE TOWN!
My wife and I loved the house. We got married right on the beach behind it and the sunset was beautiful and had practically a private beach for our day. Will return someday!