Waikoloa village (Waimea: cul-de-sac, for sale, rentals)

[Love-aloha]

How is waikoloa village? Seems like a lot of homes of homes
Are for sale.

[Brav989]

Mmm what would you like to know? Very pretty area. Basically an entire community built on top of cooled lava away from any population centers.

[mdand3boys]

There is the actual town of Waikloloa and then there is Waikoloa Village. Both are very recent developments but the town is about 6 miles from the "Village". The village is where the resorts are as well as the open air mall/shopping center.
Beautiful area with virtually no rain in the village. The vast majority of the condos/townhouses are vacation rentals. If you are buying, be careful of high maintenance fees due to the "beauty restrictions" that are in place.

[hotzcatz]

Waikoloa is the world's biggest cul-de-sac and has great yard sales. It is a really large village, almost a town sized, group of houses and townhouses, a school, post office, fire station and a small shopping center halfway up the hill between the town of Waimea (aka Kamuele) and the big resorts along the Kona coast. There s also a golf course there. The native vegetation in the area is mostly scrub on lava, but the folks have done a lot of landscaping of their yards. It doesn't have a lot of rain in the area so most folks irrigate their lawns and gardens.

There are a ton of houses for sale in Waikoloa because there isn't much work left at the hotels and a lot of the folks there are/were hotel workers. There are also retirees and folks who have vacation rentals.

Whatever you do, IMHO, it is extremely important to at least visit first before buying a house ANYWHERE in the state of Hawaii. If you plan on moving here, verify your employment possibilities (if you will need employment income to live on) before hand, too.

[Love-aloha]

Thanks for all the great information. We were looking in Kona,
but it is a little on the crowded side.
I noticed such a large amount of homes for sale in Waikoloa,
But the no work part makes alot of sense. Sad sense, I hate
To hear about so many people out of work.
It also seems that there is not a High school close by,
My son would have a long way to go every day.

[mdand3boys]

Originally Posted by Love-aloha

Thanks for all the great information. We were looking in Kona,
but it is a little on the crowded side.
I noticed such a large amount of homes for sale in Waikoloa,
But the no work part makes alot of sense. Sad sense, I hate
To hear about so many people out of work.
It also seems that there is not a High school close by,
My son would have a long way to go every day.

Here is the school complex map. Click on a complex for the schools and locations.

Big Island School Complex Map