Four-House Waterfront Compound Built Like a Private Resort on Hawaii’s Big Island

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Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Price: $28 million

Perched above Keauhou Bay on the private and historic Ha’ikaua Peninsula on Hawaii’s Kona Coast, this compound offers four fully renovated and furnished homes, more than 600 feet of waterfront and 270-degree views of the Pacific Ocean.

“I’ve been doing this a long time and I’ve never seen anything like this—to have 600 linear feet of oceanfront and this much privacy,” said co-listing agent Rob Kildow, of Hualalai Realty. 

“The way this is configured you have no beach in front of you, so you have nobody looking in your windows or walking by,” he said. Yet you have three access points down to the water, which is very swimmable because a nearby reef keeps the water calm.

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“If you’re looking for a resort lifestyle, 10 minutes down the road is a private golf community with dining and tennis,” Kildow said. 

“This is a very special piece of property” due to its association with Hawaiian royalty, including important historical figures like King Kamehameha I and King Kalakaua, he said. In ancient times, Keauhou Bay was a significant cultural and political gathering place for Hawaiian Ali’i (chiefs) and their communities, and the site is where ceremonies, rituals and trade took place. 

“The history goes way back,” Kildow said. Only Ali’i were allowed to set foot on Ha’ikaua Point. 

Known as Ha’ikaua Point Estate, the 1.3-acre property comprises five contiguous properties acquired over a 10-year period, including the main residence on the point, two oceanfront bungalows and a building with an office, a media room and a four-car garage, according to the listing. A hidden road leads up to the private property.

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“The owners had a vision,” said co-listing agent Kurtis Becker, of Hawai’i Global Luxury Group. “The homes were there. They bought them and remodeled all of this and made them into a single village.”

“This was designed and built to be like your own private resort,” he said. All of the materials were locally sourced, and “there was no question about costs,” Kildow said. “The owner told me, ‘My wife didn’t have a budget and she exceeded it.’”

“This place is bulletproof and the ocean views are unbelievable,” he said.

The main house has open-plan living and dining areas downstairs, and the primary bedroom suite takes up all of the upstairs level, Becker said. Every bathroom has an indoor-outdoor shower.

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The estate is being sold fully furnished, including the owners’ art collection, according to the listing. The value of the art collection hasn’t been disclosed.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale will go toward the Jonathan Dale Miller Foundation, which the homeowner and his wife started in 1999 to honor their grandson’s final wish, Kildow said.

The landscaped grounds “have movement to them, with a wonderful flow,” he said. “There is really good energy here.”

“The options are limitless,” he said. “It could be a corporate retreat or a family deal. This has some real underlying meaning and texture and history to it.”

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Stats 

Including the main house, the two bungalows, and the building with an office and a media room, the home has 8,913 square feet of interior space with eight bedrooms, 10 full bathrooms and one partial bathroom. The parcel measures 1.3 acres.

Amenities 



Amenities include a free-form infinity swimming pool, 600-plus feet of private ocean shoreline with access to Keauhou and He’eia bays and the ocean, a large covered patio with multiple seating and dining areas, unobstructed 270-degree ocean, bay and sunset views, two bungalows, an office, a media room and a four-car garage.

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Neighborhood Notes 



Kailua-Kona is the second-largest settlement on the island of Hawaii, after Hilo, and the largest on the island’s west side, according to published reports.

The Kona International Airport is 15 to 20 minutes from the home, Becker said. The Kona Coast is known for its calm, blue waters most of the year.

It also has some of the best sport fishing in the world, Kildow said.

Agents: Rob Kildow, director of residential sales and principal broker at Hualalai Realty, and Kurtis Becker, managing director at Hawai’i Global Luxury Group

View the original listing.