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My husband and I are interested in a house in Lanipuna Gardens. We're living in the Huelo area of Maui right now, and looking forward to coming to the Puna district. We love the house / land in Lanipuna, and we're excited about it, but we know very little about the subdivision itself. We've heard rumors about the Geothermal Plant being a health hazard... We've heard rumors of all kinds -- seems like it depends on the eye of the beholder. Any thoughts / suggestions / warnings ... we'd be happy to know about any of it.
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Aloha Hope, Go to google, type in the words hawaii, geothermal, lanipuna. Several articles come up. I live nearby in Leilani, I'm not worried.
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The way the geothermal plant works is that water is pumped down a hole to a olava hot spot... it produces steam... as the steam risess, it turns a turbine... electricity is created. Helco has done its best to bash geothermakl r/t competition issues. There are no more chemicals or gasses released than are through normal activity. IMHO, go for it and enjoy!!
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The fellow I work with said there can be a lot of very loud noise when they are in the drilling mode. While drilling the machines will run 24/7. When he worked there, there was a lot of sulfur dioxide (rotten egg smell) in the air.
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We looked in Lanipuna extensively, were interested as it is a small area and we met some lovely people while searching. This was 2004. We luckily learned about Albezia trees before we bought, so check out and Google albezia trees and be prepared. Aloha, Mella
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quote:
There are also residential neighborhoods within Lava Flow Hazard Zone 1 in the lower east rift zone of Kilauea volcano. All of Leilani Estates, Lanipuna Gardens, and parts of Vacationland Hawaii and Nanawale Estates are within Zone 1.
An eruption in 1840 might be used as an example in this part of Kilauea. That eruption started on May 30 near the summit. A vent opened north of Leilani Estates and produced a lava flow which entered the ocean five days later. Leilani Estates would have missed that lava flows but not the gas emitted from the vent. Nanawale Estates would have been completely inundated. In addition, the flow would have crossed and blocked all roads out of lower Puna.
source: What are our island's worst-case eruption scenarios (part 2)? http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2005/05_12_01.html
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IMHO, Lanipuna Gardens is one of the most underrated subdivisions in east Hawaii. Basically it has everything that makes Leilani Estates attractive without the CCRs . . . paved roads, county water, home mail delivery, etc.
For all intents and purposes the S/D consists of only 3 streets. Virtually all the lots are 1 acre in size but are more 'squarish' than those in LE - 130' wide as opposed to 100'. On the downside there several areas with HUGE stands of albezia trees notably at the end of Lauone St. and near the intersection of Hinalo & Pohoiki Rds. Also, most of the area is lava zone 1.
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a post from Konaforum from last year
(unfortunately the original post from J. Rabi is not there anymore and I could only get this one from the cache - it's not on the forum anymore)
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Just to expand a bit on John's info regarding Lanipuna Gardens. As stated, it is immediately below Leilani Estates (makai), and basically consists of 100 parcels along 3 streets.
The easiest way to get there is to take Hwy 132 (Pahoa-Pohoiki Rd.) through Pahoa town, to just past Lava Tree State Park where Pohoiki Rd. branches off to the right. About a mile from the branch, the first cross street you'll come to on your right is Leilani Avenue - pretty much the "main" street of LE. Continuing on maybe another quarter mile or so and you'll come to Hinalo Street. This intersection could be condidered the center of Lanipuna Gardens.
The subdivision's Pohoiki Rd. lots (there are 25 of them) begin a couple of hundred yards before you get to Hinalo, and continue for approximately .3 mile past it. Hinalo St. itself dead-ends in both the left and right directions from Pohoiki (more or less a half mile each way). The third street is Lauone. It is a dead-end spur roughly .4 mile in length off of the left-hand section of Hinalo.
Like John says, it is in Lava Zone 1. Everything is paved and on regular electric with phone. Not sure about cable. The terrain is fairly level. The elevation is between 600' and 700'. The majority of the lots on all three streets are 1 acre with the most common dimension being 120' x 363'. The whole area is nicely wooded without being jungley, although there are huge a$$ed albezia trees toward the end of Lauone and near the Hinalo/Pohoiki intersection.
sorry gene I didn't see that you reposted your own post.
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Edited by - miketat on 05/16/2006 17:20:35
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Thanks for all of the replies to my post about Lanipuna ... it's all very helpful.
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FYI - Just in case you don't know lava zone one means that most insurance can only be accomodated by state hazard insurance (a requirement for any mortgage loan) so it will be very expensive to get this type of insurance unless you can continue the current policy with the insurer.....as an example my hawaiian beaches home is only 1200 square feet 2bed/1bath but my monthly insurance for being on lava zone 2 is approx $230 monthly for an older home...if you want to consider better coverage insurance wise look for properties where lavazone 3 is the norm.
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noel
