Queen Emma Gardens
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Queen Emma Gardens
Building Overview
Queen Emma Gardens in Downtown-Chinatown, a 1963 concrete building with pool and ocean/mountain views.
About Queen Emma Gardens
Queen Emma Gardens is located in the Downtown-Chinatown neighborhood. According to available records, the building was built in 1963 and is constructed of concrete with two elevators.
Based on MLS data, amenities include a pool, BBQ area, resident manager, and security guard. Units have window air conditioning and the property offers ocean, mountain, and sunset views.
Parking is available, covered, assigned, and includes guest parking. Pets and short-term rentals are not allowed. Management company is listed as unknown in the MLS. This information is based on MLS data; buyers should verify details with the listing agent or property management.
Building Features & Data Confidence
All features from MLS data with AI-assisted confidence analysis. Click each category to expand and see details.
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The remarks mention properties being suitable for owner-occupants, investors, renters, and tenants, including some units that are currently tenant-occupied or historically owner-occupied. However, no building-wide owner-occupancy percentage or clear majority-owner-occupied statement was provided, so the value remains unknown.
Multiple public remarks confirm that each tower has two elevators. This matches the current value of 2 and is reasonable for this 22-floor, 589-unit building.
Calculated from the lowest association fee observed across all non-penthouse unit listings for this building.
Calculated from the highest association fee observed across all non-penthouse unit listings for this building.
Calculated from association fees observed in penthouse unit listings for this building.
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Cable TV inclusion is supported by multiple listings across the building, with several remarks explicitly saying maintenance fees include cable TV or listing a separate cable charge bundled into the fee. The evidence appears consistent across different agents and towers, suggesting a building-level feature rather than a one-off copy/paste error.
At least 3 listings explicitly state that maintenance fees include "common area expenses," and multiple others mention electricity being included in maintenance fees. The 14/20 current MLS records with OTCOEX provide strong, consistent building-level support across listings.
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Most listings and remarks state unit electricity is sub‑metered and billed to owners (many explicit lines: "Electricity is sub-metered" / "billed monthly to owner"), and only a very small number claim electricity is included. MLS checkbox count (1/20) and widespread submeter notes indicate unit electricity is not included in maintenance fees for this building.
I do not see evidence that gas is included in the HOA/maintenance fees. The remarks consistently discuss water, sewer, hot water, and electricity, but gas is not mentioned, and the MLS indicator is sparse at 2/20 listings.
Hot water is consistently supported across the building: 12/20 current MLS records include HOTWAT, and multiple listings explicitly mention hot water in the maintenance fee. Although 2/20 listings contain WTRHTR, this appears limited to specific units and is outweighed by the strong building-level evidence and prior high confidence.
Internet inclusion is not consistently supported: only 1 of 20 current listings checks INTSER, and no remark explicitly says "internet included" or "internet in HOA." The reference to high-speed fiber and common-area WiFi appears to describe availability rather than a fee-included service, so this is omitted as a likely MLS checkbox error.
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At least 7 listings explicitly mention sewer as included in maintenance fees, commonly in the phrases "water, sewer, hot water" or "water, sewer and cable." The repeated confirmation across multiple agents strongly supports that sewer remains included.
Water is strongly confirmed as included in the maintenance fees: 14/20 current MLS listings contain WATER, with numerous remarks from different listings explicitly naming water among included utilities. The evidence is consistent with the building's prior high-confidence record.
Nearly every listing explicitly mentions the building's BBQ amenities, including phrases such as "8 BBQ areas," "BBQ grills," "designated BBQ grills," and "charcoal grills and picnic tables." The evidence is widespread across many listings and agents, strongly confirming this shared building feature.
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There is no corroborating remark evidence for a car wash facility in this building. Despite a small amount of MLS checkbox support, the current remarks repeatedly describe other shared amenities and never reference a car wash, auto wash, or wash station. This looks like a likely MLS data error or unchecked copy-paste entry.
Several listings mention a 'conference room,' 'meeting room,' 'conference room/cards social room,' 'recreation area,' and 'recreation area with a full kitchen,' indicating shared clubhouse or community-center functionality. The evidence is moderately strong, though agents more often describe the component rooms and gathering spaces rather than using the exact word 'clubhouse.'
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Dog-area evidence is modest but repeated: about 3 of 20 listings have the DGPRK amenity, and several remarks mention "dog walking with dog waste bins" or a "dog-friendly community." This is not as strong as BBQ or jogging-path evidence, but it is consistent enough to treat as a real building pet area amenity.
There is no meaningful remark-level evidence that the building has a doorman or lobby attendant. The only MLS signal is 1/20 listings with DOORMA, while the remarks repeatedly focus on security personnel and never mention a doorman, so this feature is best treated as absent.
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Multiple listings directly reference a "conference room," "conference/meeting rooms," "meeting room and mini-library," or "conference and social rooms." The repeated detailed descriptions across different listings confirm that residents have access to meeting or conference facilities.
At least 20 listings explicitly mention a lanai, balcony, or similar private outdoor space, with key phrases including “spacious covered lanai,” “private lanai,” “large lanai,” and “private balcony.” The evidence is strong across many listings and multiple towers/agents, confirming that Queen Emma Gardens offers patio/deck-type outdoor spaces, although some remarks are clearly repeated or copy-pasted.
Walking and jogging paths are repeatedly documented throughout the building's landscaped grounds. Multiple listings reference the paths with specific descriptions such as '1/3 mile jogging path' and paths weaving through the gardens, providing strong multi-agent confirmation.
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No listing remarks mention a "putting green," "golf putting green," or related practice area despite extensive descriptions of the property's amenities. The lone current MLS checkbox entry lacks corroboration and should be treated as incorrect unless independently verified.
The listings repeatedly describe shared recreation spaces, including an explicit "recreation area with a full kitchen," "recreation areas," a "large recreation area," and an "amenity deck with swimming pools." These references are consistent with the property's extensive common grounds and appear across multiple agents.
Several listings confirm indoor shared recreation or social spaces, including "recreation areas," "conference and social rooms," "Cards Social Room," and a "recreation area with a full kitchen." Although the feature is mentioned less often than BBQ or walking paths, the references span multiple descriptions and support a building-level amenity.
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At least 5 of the 20 current listings explicitly mention building or unit storage, including "storage availability," "if available, storage units for rent," and "storage lockers available for rent." Additional listings describe high-ceiling storage, spacious storage closets, or rentable basement storage, providing corroboration beyond likely copied MLS fields.
The listings support the existence of some general storage and bicycle parking facilities. Searches for surfboard storage, board storage, surf storage, and bike-and-surfboard storage found no mentions.
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Several listings directly confirm the system, including "trash chute access" and "Each tower offers laundry room, trash chute." Although not mentioned in every marketing description, the 19/20 MLS prevalence and explicit building-level references provide strong confirmation.
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No listing remarks support a whirlpool or hot tub amenity. Across many remarks, the building is described with swimming pools, kiddie pools, wading pools, and tea houses, but never with a spa, jacuzzi, or hot tub. Based on the repeated absence of any such mention, this feature appears not to exist despite the prior MLS checkbox signal.
Well over 20 listings mention the feature, including phrases such as “two swimming pools,” “adult swimming pool,” “lap pool,” “swimming and wading pools,” and “pool and kiddie pool.” The evidence is repeated across many listings and agents, with consistent details about shared adult and children’s pools rather than isolated copy-paste checkbox usage.
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Multiple listings confirm that the building has swimming pools, including adult and children's pools. Searches for "salt water pool," "saltwater pool," "salt pool," and "saline pool" found no mentions, so salt-water status is not supported by the remarks.
There is only one current listing indicating in-unit laundry, and none of the remarks explicitly say 'washer/dryer in unit,' 'in-unit laundry,' or similar. Because the evidence is sparse and not reinforced across multiple agents or remarks, confidence is low that this is a building-wide or commonly available feature.
At least 15 current listings explicitly mention community/shared laundry, including references to “community laundry,” “large community laundry rooms,” and laundry rooms in each tower. The confirmations come from multiple distinct remarks and consistently describe a building-wide amenity, strongly validating the current MLS data.
Community laundry is clearly present, but the public remarks do not establish that residents must pay to use it. Searches for coin laundry, paid laundry, laundry fees, card-operated machines, quarters, and coin-op language found no supporting mention.
Multiple listings confirm community laundry facilities in the building, including laundry rooms in each tower. Although the remarks do not consistently use the exact phrase "every floor," the repeated tower-wide descriptions support the feature.
Parking is clearly a building-level feature. Across the remarks, dozens of listings mention parking in some form, including phrases like "1 covered parking," "assigned covered parking stall," "2 covered parking stalls," and "1 indoor garage parking." The evidence is consistent across many agents and towers, so confidence is very high.
Assigned or reserved parking is repeatedly documented across many listings, including “1 assigned, covered parking stall,” “assigned tandem parking,” and “your own reserved parking stall.” The evidence is strong across multiple listings and agents, although some remarks use generic covered-parking language.
At least 17 of 20 listings identify covered or garage parking, with repeated phrases such as “1 covered parking stall,” “2 covered parking stalls,” “indoor garage parking,” “car garage parking,” and “huge underground parking.” Evidence is strong across all three towers and multiple agents, confirming this is a building-level offering.
The remarks repeatedly state that units include assigned, covered, garage, or tandem parking stalls. Although the listings generally use "assigned" rather than explicitly saying "deeded," statements that parking is included with the unit provide moderate evidence that parking is owned or conveyed with some units.
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The remarks describe covered, assigned, tandem, garage, resident, and guest parking, but do not identify a monthly or recurring fee for parking. Other fees mentioned relate to maintenance, cable, electricity, or storage rather than parking.
Guest parking is consistently described throughout the listings, with repeated phrases such as “ample guest parking,” “guest parking is available for visitors,” and “lots of visitor parking.” The feature is supported across many listings and appears to be a genuine building amenity rather than an isolated checkbox.
Secured access is explicitly or strongly implied in multiple listings through references to FOB-controlled entry, fob-secured elevators, security cameras, and secured entry. Only 3 of 20 current MLS records explicitly mark the feature, and some remarks describe general building security rather than the garage specifically, but the historical high-confidence evidence and repeated access-control references support inclusion.
Tandem parking is clearly offered for some units and should be retained as a building feature. Several listings independently describe tandem stalls, including assigned covered tandem parking and two covered tandem spaces.
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The listings frequently mention assigned or covered resident parking and ample guest parking. None states that residents must join a waitlist or waiting list to obtain parking.
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Multiple listings directly confirm FOB-controlled building or elevator access. These repeated references provide strong evidence of a card/fob access security system.
Security guard service is strongly and consistently documented across the building, with well over 18 listings referencing phrases such as "24/7 security," "24-hour security," "security patrol," and "on-site security." The repeated descriptions across multiple towers and agents, including details about staffed security offices, cameras, and patrols, confirm this is a building-wide amenity rather than an isolated or copied checkbox.
Several listings explicitly describe security patrols, including patrols of the grounds and 24-hour coverage. Repeated direct mentions strongly support that the building has a security patrol service.
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Window air conditioning is strongly supported across the building: at least 5 current or historical remarks explicitly mention window AC or individual bedroom/living-area AC, including “two bedrooms with window A/C units” and “newer window AC.” The MLS inclusion is also present in 6/20 listings, and the evidence comes from multiple listing descriptions rather than a single copied amenity statement.
None of the provided remarks explicitly mention “concrete construction,” “concrete building,” or “reinforced concrete.” However, 18 of 20 current listings identify CONCRE in the construction materials, consistent with the previously high-confidence determination and likely representing repeated MLS data rather than a change.
Eight of 20 listings identify DOUWAL in the construction-materials field, but none of the provided remarks explicitly describe “double wall,” “double-wall construction,” or “two walls.” The repeated MLS coding supports including the feature with moderate confidence, though the lack of independent remark confirmation suggests it may be checkbox-driven or copy-pasted.
Hollow tile construction is not evidenced in the public remarks and is effectively absent from the listing descriptions. The single MLS checkbox does not overcome the broad silence across the remarks.
Zero public remarks mention masonry or stucco construction. Only 2 of 20 current MLS records contain MASSTU, which is weak, non-independent evidence and may reflect limited checkbox usage rather than confirmed building-wide construction.
Steel frame construction is not supported by the public remarks, and only 1 of 20 current listings has the checkbox marked. The evidence looks like a one-off MLS data point or copy/paste error rather than a true building feature.
No provided listing remarks explicitly mention a “concrete slab” or “solid concrete foundation.” Only 3 of 20 listings mark SLAB, so current checkbox support is limited and may reflect inconsistent agent data; however, absent a verified correction or contradictory evidence, the previously established feature is retained.
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Above-ground construction/site development is strongly supported by the long-standing building description and the repeated references to extensive landscaped grounds, amenities, and tower structures. While only a small number of MLS listings currently check the box, the remarks consistently reinforce that this is an above-ground multi-building complex rather than a below-grade or subterranean-style building.
Brick construction is not supported by the public remarks and appears only once in the MLS data. The absence of any brick-related language across many listings suggests this is likely a copy/paste or checkbox error rather than a true building characteristic.
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Public remarks support conventional residential and long-term rental use rather than short-term rentals. No explicit STR-permission language was found, so STR is treated as not allowed based on the available remarks.
The remarks consistently describe Queen Emma Gardens as a residential condominium with pools, gardens, security, and resident management. Because STR is not allowed based on the remarks, hotel-pool participation must also be false.
No listing states that owners must participate in a hotel rental pool or rental program. Since STR is not allowed based on the public remarks, mandatory hotel-pool participation is also false.
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The remarks were searched for leasehold, land lease, ground lease, expiration, expiry, and renewal dates. No specific four-digit lease expiration year was found; references to fee simple indicate that a lease expiry may not apply.
Multiple public remarks directly identify Queen Emma Gardens as VA approved. The repeated explicit statements provide overwhelming evidence that VA financing is permitted.
Repeated public remarks confirm complete hurricane insurance coverage for Queen Emma Gardens. These statements strongly support that the HOA provides full building insurance coverage.
No listings explicitly mention fire sprinklers or a sprinkler system. Only 2 of 20 listings contain the FIRSPR amenity checkbox, with no supporting remarks, so the feature cannot be reliably confirmed.
The remarks were searched for explicit fire/life safety evaluation, FLSE, fire safety certification, life-safety compliance, and passed fire inspection language. None was found; references to 24-hour security, secured entry, and 100% hurricane insurance do not establish FLSE passage.
Flood zone determined from official FEMA Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) data using building coordinates, not from agent-reported listing data.
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Three of 20 current MLS listings mention ocean views, with phrases such as "partial ocean view," "slight ocean view," "panoramic views of the mountains, ocean," and "ocean as your backdrop." The repeated references across different units and towers strongly confirm that the building offers ocean-view residences.
Mountain views are mentioned in 12 of 20 current listings, with repeated explicit descriptions such as "city and mountain views," "mountain, sunset, and city views," and "peaceful views of the mountains." The evidence appears across multiple units and listing styles, strongly confirming that the building offers mountain-view residences.
Multiple current listing remarks (approximately 15 listings) explicitly mention Diamond Head — phrases include 'breathtaking DH and partial ocean view', 'Views of Diamond Head from living area', and 'facing Diamond Head'. The Diamond Head references appear across different agent remarks and towers (Queen Tower/King Tower/Prince Tower), indicating consistent building-level availability rather than isolated copy-paste errors.
City views are mentioned in 18 of 20 current listings, with repeated phrases including "beautiful city views," "open City Views," "cityscape views," and "unobstructed views of Honolulu’s cityscape." This strong, widespread evidence across many listings and towers confirms that the building offers city-view units.
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Garden views are mentioned in 9 of 20 current listings, including "quiet garden view," "serene city and garden views," "overlooks the beautifully landscaped gardens," and views of koi ponds and Foster Botanical Gardens. These references occur across multiple towers and units, confirming that garden-view residences are available in the building.
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Sunrise-oriented views/exposure appear in a minority of listings, but they are mentioned consistently enough to support the feature at the building level. The strongest evidence comes from remarks describing units on the "preferred east-facing side" and references to avoiding afternoon heat, which aligns with morning sun and sunrise views. This looks like a real partial-building feature rather than copy-paste noise.
Sunset views are explicitly mentioned in 3 of 20 current listings, including "mountain, sunset, and city views" and "breathtaking panoramic views of the mountains, ocean, sunset, and Aloha Tower." Additional remarks cite western-facing scenery and Hilton Hotel fireworks, providing credible evidence that select high-floor or west-facing units offer sunset views.
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Multiple listings explicitly state that units have views of Hilton Hotel fireworks every Friday. This satisfies the requirement for fireworks to be viewable from units rather than merely being nearby.
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Resident management is strongly supported across numerous listings, including phrases such as "on-site resident manager," "Resident Manager is onsite and very responsive," "resident manager and staff onsite," and "on-site Resident and Asst. Resident managers." The 16/20 current MLS prevalence and repeated detailed remarks from multiple listings confirm this building feature.
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Confidence levels are based on MLS checkbox data and AI analysis of listing remarks. High = strong evidence, Medium = some evidence, Low = limited or conflicting evidence. Buyers should always verify critical details independently.