We had a great stay with KBM and Honua Kai. The location of the condo to the beach, ocean, Dukes, etc. is perfect. This is our 2nd stay in this specific condo, and both times we've had an excellent vacation. Some amenities of the condo were nice also - it was nice having an umbrella and chairs available to use. At first, we didn't think we'd use them, but after our first day, we took both and made for a more enjoyable stay at the beach. Other amenities would make it nice for a family with kids. The rooms were set up well with plenty of towels, including beach towels. The new key bracelet system was nice and did lesson the worry about not having our key, because it was on our wrist most of the visit.
The construction next door was in full force, but it did not bother us. The workers seemed to be aware of the condo's next door and tried to be quite, as much as possible, especially early (they start about 6:30). The condo is fairly sound proof, so unless the doors were open, the noise was minimal during the day (however, we were not in the condo often during the day). The site did try to keep the dust down, but they did produce a lot of dust, so the lanai did become dirty during the day, but we could use the broom and take a minute or two to sweep it up and wipe the table as needed. Overall, the construction would not prevent me from renting this condo once again.
A couple negatives - there is an oven for baking, but there are no baking dishes or hot pads for use while baking. We do like to cook in, and with some limitations, we had to modify. The screens to the lanai were zip tied open; this prevented us from closing the screens to keep the bugs out. Unfortunately we couldn't have the lanai doors open at night because of the bugs, and this is one enjoyment we were unable to have while using this condo. I'm guessing these were zipped tied open because people didn't know how to use them and have ruined them in the past. This was disappointing, hopefully this will change. The units of Honua Kai were originally equipped with a safe in the master bedroom of the unit. Unfortunately this was removed from our unit and we were not able to secure valuables in the safe as we left for the day. We've enjoyed this safety feature int he past, but unfortunately not this year.
Overall, we had a wonderful vacation and do recommend this condo.