Lau Le’a at Mauna Lani has just closed on the first 3 units in their community after almost 24 months of civil work and vertical construction of their product. Lau Le’a at Mauna Lani features detached and two story duplex plans that all include a small pool and spa. The detached units all face the… Read More »

One of our favorite activities near the monthly full moon is to attend “Talk Story” or as it’s formally known-“Twilight at Kalahuipua’a”. The site of this no charge, almost monthly event is the Eva Parker Woods Cottage located ocean front on an island of grass between Makaiwa Bay and the historic Kalahuipua’a fishponds. The fishponds… Read More »

I had a great opportunity to visit Kona Cold Lobsters with a friend who is a seasoned chef. Chef Paul and I took a quick tour of KCL, which is one of his local suppliers, located at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) near the Kona Keahole Airport. NELHA’s unique location and its… Read More »

A beautiful sight greeted Lissette and I this morning on our early morning walk.  Three sailing canoes were streaming together across the distant horizon-heading down wind and toward us at a very brisk rate, all with traditional “crab claw” sails unfurled.  There were two with traditional deep red sails and one with a dark blue… Read More »

I love to surf or he’e nalu in Hawaiian, especially early in the morning at day break and late in the afternoon at sunset or beyond until “dark thirty”. Lissette often heads to the shoreline with a flash light to find me and several other equally addicted surfers in pitch dark surfing under moonlight and… Read More »

My wife Lissette is adventuresome and is great at meeting very smart, talented and interesting people that live on our island.  She attends the North Hawaii Hospice “High Tea Fundraiser” almost every year and was the winning bid this year for “High Tea for 4” at the Martha Brahms’s tea farm in the hamlet of… Read More »

The developer’s representatives report approximately 45 total units left to sell in the community with 8 units in finished and ready to sell product.  Given Ka Milo’s historic absorption rate, I would estimate the community’s new home inventory will be sold out in December 2019. Here are the unit types and # of units to… Read More »

Kulalani at Mauna Lani offers the best value for a higher density community in Mauna Lani Resort featuring 4 and 6-plex buildings. New Construction Update Developer’s sales reps report that the last 3 buildings with 16 units total will be under construction or finished before the end of 2017. These are buildings 13, 14 and… Read More »

I’m often asked by clients for an update on The Villages at Aina Lea. For those not familiar with this development, it is the 1,099+ acre development, “mauka” of the Mauna Lani Resort-across the highway. Since 2009-10 the developer finished a majority of 40, two-story town-home buildings with distant ocean views. Selling the homes is… Read More »

The Villages continues to be an exceptional community comprised of 130 units on approximately 30 acres.  Four floor plans are available-2 duplex plans and 2 freestanding condominiums.  Currently there are 17 units for sale, slightly higher than the typical 10% of built inventory but late spring can be a slow season for sales. Availability includes,… Read More »