Bring your vision to this well-loved Hamakua fixer-upper! This property offers a great opportunity to restore and personalize a home with ocean horizon views. Whether you're looking for a primary residence, rental investment, or renovation project, this home has plenty of potential. Conveniently located approximately 12 minutes from Hilo Town, with the Pepeʻekeo Post Office just around the corner. The property features a fragrant pua kenikeni tree, a healthy fruiting ʻulu tree, and a drywalled storage shed offering additional flexible space. Connected to County sewer. If you're ready to bring new life to this Hamakua home, don't miss this opportunity! Information herein, while deemed reliable, may contain inaccuracies and is provided without warranty or guarantee of any kind. Buyer and Buyer’s Agent to perform due diligence and verify all material facts, including availability of utilities. Property sold As-Is.
Prince Jonah Kalanianaole Elementary & Intermediate School
Public PreK-6 • Assigned • 3.1mi
3/10
Hilo Intermediate School
Public 7-8 • Assigned • 7.8mi
8/10
Hilo High School
Public 9-12 • Assigned • 7.7mi
6/10
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About Makahanaloa
Ahupua`a
Makahanaloa Ahupua`a, located between Hilo Bay and the Hamakua Coast, is a rural and coastal Pepeekeo neighborhood with sugar-era plantation remnants and steep gulches dropping to the ocean. The neighborhood’s character concentrates around the Pepeekeo Scenic Drive corridor near the old mill area, where roadside fruit stands, small workshops, and ocean-view pullouts set the daily rhythm. Plantation-style cottages and utilitarian farm structures sit among dense tropical growth, with long views toward Mauna Kea on clear days. The Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden frames the area’s rainforest geography with footpaths and stream crossings. Onuma’s Sugarcane Train and the nearby Hamakua Heritage Corridor keep the region’s agricultural story in view. Life here follows the coastline and rain, with narrow roads, big skies, and a working-landscape feel.
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Market insights
28-2869-A Kapehu St · $395,000
DAYS ON MARKET
39 days
The average home goes pending in 112 days.
SALE-TO-LIST
96.6%
Most homes are selling 3% below list price.
LIST PRICE
$395,000
Median sale price in this area is $603,297. (53% higher than this home)
PRICE DROP
0 price drops
23% of homes in this area have had a price drop in the past month.
Property details
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Bedroom
Living
Interior features
Carpet flooring
Bathrooms
One full bathroom and one half bathroom (two total bathrooms)
Kitchen
Range
Range hood
Refrigerator
Laundry & utility
Washer and dryer included
Flooring
Carpet
Heating & cooling
Electric water heater
Exterior features
Stone fencing
Flag lot with grassy terrain
Home design
Fee simple ownership
Property attached
Parking
Attached covered parking
Utilities
Electricity available
Public water
Sewer connected
No solid waste disposal specified
Financial info
Not a short-term vacation rental
Other
Zoned RS-10
Located in lava zone 8
Road access: County
Electricity and solar
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Single Family Residential
County
Hawaii County
APN
3280230830000
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Last updated by owner on Jul 6, 2026.
RS-10
Single-Family Residential District - 10,000 sq ft
The RS (single-family residential) district provides for lower or low and medium density residential use, for urban and suburban family life. It applies to areas having facilities, and to carry out the above stated purpose.
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Community / recreation center
Day care facility
Hospital / medical center
Housing-Group
Housing-Single unit
Housing-Senior
Bed & breakfast
Public service
Agriculture-Cropland
Park & open space
Climate risks
1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
Fire Factor
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Heat Factor
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Wind Factor
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1/10 Air Factor
Minimal risk of unhealthy air over next 30 years
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Historical weather
Pepeekeo, HI • 96783
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Sun exposure
94/ 100
Exceptional sunlight
Sunscore
There appears to be minimal shading by surrounding buildings, terrain, and vegetation.
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Redfin Estimate for 28-2869-A Kapehu St
$377,568
$17K under list price of $395K
Nearby comparable homes
The Redfin Estimate uses 6 recent nearby sales, priced between $190K to $610K.