Originally listed for $12.9M, this 6.76 acres of oceanfront land in Puako is now asking only $5.495M!!
Original List Price: $12,900,000 List Price: $5,495,000 (-$7,405,000)
Imagine… 6+ acres of land—oceanfront in Puako Beach, one of the Big Island’s most premier, upscale communities. There are so many possibilities in terms of developing this land. Proceed with the original developer’s dream of a luxury, gated community of 8 properties, split into two or three parcels, or better yet, build one of the most prestigious, ultimate luxury estate homes on the entire Kohala Coast! With no CC&R’s, there is only County building codes for restrictions – this oceanfront parcel simply cannot be beat! Read entire post →
7 Puako Beach Drive, come around 4-ish and help us celebrate!
When I agreed to open the “office” for Hawaii Life Real Estate Services in February, 2009, I understood our best retail space to be our company website, where we receive 40,000-60,000 unique visitors every month. Being born and raised in Los Gatos in the heart of the Silicon Valley, the concept of working virtually didn’t phase me in the least. After all, isn’t that what technology is for? To afford us the opportunity to work where we want to work? After six years of commuting to an office in wet, rainy Waimea town, where I had to wear closed-toed shoes to keep warm (in Hawaii! Who knew?), I was more than ready and eager to work from home in a bikini and pareo, across the street from the ocean in beloved neighborhood of Puako Beach.
18 months, $45.6M sold and 90 satisfied clients and customers later, I’m thrilled to announce the Grand Opening of our first physical Big Island office—located at 7 Puako Beach Drive, next to the General Store. We’ve completed an entire remodel Read entire post →
Most Hawaii residents I know have one huge priority upon arriving back to our beautiful island home—jump in the ocean!
Ahhh… Jump right in from #58! (MLS# 232168). Oceanfront. Asking $2.5M
Original Price: $3M
Reduced to: $2.5M
Life in Puako Beach makes it easy to immediately don beach wear and jump into the luscious, crystal clear blue water, swim with some honu while washing away all the grime of travel, and hectic pace of the mainland. At least, that’s what I did upon arriving home to Puako Beach today—after spending a week in San Francisco and the Bay Area environs. Don’t get me wrong—the trip was an enormous success.
Just last week, Hawaii Life closed another Puako Beach oceanfront property.
Sold for $4.2M—a new oceanfront owner is embarking on their own Puako life!
It’s always a thrill when another house in Puako sells—confirmation that even in this market, Puako Beach is an extraordinary place to live your best Hawaii Life! It’s even better when we represent one of the parties to the transaction, as we did for the new owner.
There are many things to know about buying oceanfront property in Hawaii such that it is to a buyer’s benefit to hire an agent who knows (and lives and breathes) the neighborhood, but also knows the details about dealing with shoreline access, rock walls, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii County, etc. It can be complicated—but worth it!
Ready for your own Puako Beach life? Contact me today – there are more properties available to buy than those currently listed on the MLS.
When someone “discovers” Puako Beach on the beautiful Big Island of Hawaii for the first time, usually the words “old Hawaii” get slipped into their enthusiastic description of this very special neighborhood.
Don your pareo, we’re going back in time with recently sold property prices as well.
New Oceanfront Listing in Puako—coming soon! In the meantime, check out my favorite Puako homes for sale →
Lava from Kilauea Volcano reaches the ocean at the Kalapana Lava Viewing Area
Now is a great time to visit the Big Island’s Kilauea Volcano. While lava is not currently reaching the ocean, a new trail is allowing visitors to hike out to view the mesmerizing glow and movement of the slow-moving flow of lava above the pali (cliffs). Read entire post →
Perhaps one of the best kept secrets along the entire Kohala Coast of Hawaii’s Big Island is the mauka side of Puako Beach real estate.
It’s a common phenomenon for visitors—some who have been coming to the island for years, staying at the Mauna Lani Resort or Mauna Kea Resort—to “discover” Puako, fall in love with this charming community and only have eyes for property on the makai (oceanfront) side of the street. Who can blame them? It’s gorgeous and special, without a doubt!
Quite often people wander into our office next to the General Store at 7 Puako Beach Drive, nearly breathless in their quest for an answer to the age old question, “What is that house down the road selling for?” We watch closely for the “jaw-drop” when replying, “$500k-$2.25M mauka (mountain) side, or $1.8M-7M+ on the makai side of the street.” What a difference 100 feet make.
Originally asking over $1M, today selling for $699,000 (MLS# 218691)
So, for all of you Puako fans with champagne taste on a beer budget, I offer the following solution: think mauka, not makai. Read entire post →
A Puako oceanfront property (MLS# 218052) sold last week for $1,800,000 after being on the market for 447 days. The initial asking price was $3,375,000 in November 2008. The listing went through 2 price reductions and sold for $700,000 less than the final asking price ($2,500,000). Read entire post →
