The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)

[Gorilla Mask]

Here is a close-up of the previous Facebook shot of the groundworks.

One of the Facebook comments said that the Boat/guestHouse was torn to rubbles...

But It looks like, to me, it is still there behind the branchs of the foliage...


https://ibb.co/4MTjhHc

[robbie308]

These look like flat roofs to me, not foundations. They seem further along!

I agree – especially after seeing the new picture posted by Gorilla Mask.

[JosipCro]

Merry Christmas everyone ...


One question I would have, I don’t think I’ve asked that yet (if I’m an apology), is there anyone on this forum that was walking inside the Robins house? A guest house or a house by the entrance?
I think it would help a lot to make a sketch of the interior of the house.

I think I saw on one page on Facebook a post of one man who was allegedly inside, because there is a photo where he is pictured inside the boat on the stairs that descend into the living room of the boat. I sent a private message to that person on facebook but no reply.
Maybe that man is here on the forum too without me noticing it?

[Pahonu]

Merry Christmas everyone ...


One question I would have, I don’t think I’ve asked that yet (if I’m an apology), is there anyone on this forum that was walking inside the Robins house? A guest house or a house by the entrance?
I think it would help a lot to make a sketch of the interior of the house.

I think I saw on one page on Facebook a post of one man who was allegedly inside, because there is a photo where he is pictured inside the boat on the stairs that descend into the living room of the boat. I sent a private message to that person on facebook but no reply.
Maybe that man is here on the forum too without me noticing it?

I don’t believe there is anyone on the forum who has been in any of the buildings on the estate. If there are, they’ve been hiding pretty well for the last 10 years!!! Forum member Styles Bitchley got inside the gate near the gate house and has a photo. Perhaps the photo you saw was from the set decorator, Rick Romer, who has a blog about his experiences on the show.

Any photo of stairs inside the boathouse is from the set. The boathouse doesn’t have interior stairs. There are pictures of the main room upstairs from the real estate listing back when it was for sale. The upstairs has the lanai, which is about 2/3 of the space, a single room about 10x14 feet, and a bathroom on the side by the perimeter wall. The ground floor, which is partially submerged except on the beach side, is a giant garage-like storage area for water paraphernalia, hence the name boathouse. It has a regular door to it on the side with stairs up to the lanai, and a large garage-type door on the beach side with a ramp down to the sand and a gate.

The interior of the main house has had many rooms shown on other TV shows, but not MPI. All the rooms in the one-story ell have been shown (living room, library, and bar/den), but not the half bath. Very little of the rest of first floor has been seen besides the main stair hall, the kitchen briefly, and an even more brief glance into the dining room. There are also two en-suite bedrooms with dressing rooms, service stairs, a butler’s pantry, servant’s dining room, trunk room, laundry, cold storage, service porch, another half bath, 5-car garage, and workshop.

Upstairs, 2 of the 3 bedrooms have been seen, 1 of the 2 sitting rooms, a dressing room, and of course the upper part of the main stair hall. There is also a sewing room and linen closet. The 3 bedrooms are en-suites, 2 with sitting rooms and lanai. All 3 have balconies.

The gate house downstairs was also shown in the real estate photos, but it had been modified into an apartment by opening up some of the spaces. It was originally 5 bedrooms for servants, along with 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, laundry and 1-car garage.

All of the information about the unseen rooms existence is from 1930’s newspaper articles written at the time of Pahonu’s construction. They were located by forum member Rembrandt’s Girl.

[JosipCro]

Merry Christmas everyone ...


One question I would have, I don’t think I’ve asked that yet (if I’m an apology), is there anyone on this forum that was walking inside the Robins house? A guest house or a house by the entrance?
I think it would help a lot to make a sketch of the interior of the house.

I think I saw on one page on Facebook a post of one man who was allegedly inside, because there is a photo where he is pictured inside the boat on the stairs that descend into the living room of the boat. I sent a private message to that person on facebook but no reply.
Maybe that man is here on the forum too without me noticing it?

I don’t believe there is anyone on the forum who has been in any of the buildings on the estate. If there are, they’ve been hiding pretty well for the last 10 years!!! Forum member Styles Bitchley got inside the gate near the gate house and has a photo. Perhaps the photo you saw was from the set decorator, Rick Romer, who has a blog about his experiences on the show.

Any photo of stairs inside the boathouse is from the set. The boathouse doesn’t have interior stairs. There are pictures of the main room upstairs from the real estate listing back when it was for sale. The upstairs has the lanai, which is about 2/3 of the space, a single room about 10x14 feet, and a bathroom on the side by the perimeter wall. The ground floor, which is partially submerged except on the beach side, is a giant garage-like storage area for water paraphernalia, hence the name boathouse. It has a regular door to it on the side with stairs up to the lanai, and a large garage-type door on the beach side with a ramp down to the sand and a gate.

The interior of the main house has had many rooms shown on other TV shows, but not MPI. All the rooms in the one-story ell have been shown (living room, library, and bar/den), but not the half bath. Very little of the rest of first floor has been seen besides the main stair hall, the kitchen briefly, and an even more brief glance into the dining room. There are also two en-suite bedrooms with dressing rooms, service stairs, a butler’s pantry, servant’s dining room, trunk room, laundry, cold storage, service porch, another half bath, 5-car garage, and workshop.

Upstairs, 2 of the 3 bedrooms have been seen, 1 of the 2 sitting rooms, a dressing room, and of course the upper part of the main stair hall. There is also a sewing room and linen closet. The 3 bedrooms are en-suites, 2 with sitting rooms and lanai. All 3 have balconies.

The gate house downstairs was also shown in the real estate photos, but it had been modified into an apartment by opening up some of the spaces. It was originally 5 bedrooms for servants, along with 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, laundry and 1-car garage.

All of the information about the unseen rooms existence is from 1930’s newspaper articles written at the time of Pahonu’s construction. They were located by forum member Rembrandt’s Girl.

Maybe I mispronounced, we are talking about a guest house located by the sea. Stairs for descending into the living room.

Yesterday I made an effort and looked for more accurate information.
The man's name is Kimo Maiwela.
I also managed to find a post on the FB group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2512801 ... 191646145/

You can also see photos in the comments of the post

Picture from FB Kimo gallery :

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 0..&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 1544406145

He was reportedly part of the cast

It would be really nice if this man was part of the Magnum Mania forum ...

[Pahonu]

Merry Christmas everyone ...


One question I would have, I don’t think I’ve asked that yet (if I’m an apology), is there anyone on this forum that was walking inside the Robins house? A guest house or a house by the entrance?
I think it would help a lot to make a sketch of the interior of the house.

I think I saw on one page on Facebook a post of one man who was allegedly inside, because there is a photo where he is pictured inside the boat on the stairs that descend into the living room of the boat. I sent a private message to that person on facebook but no reply.
Maybe that man is here on the forum too without me noticing it?

I don’t believe there is anyone on the forum who has been in any of the buildings on the estate. If there are, they’ve been hiding pretty well for the last 10 years!!! Forum member Styles Bitchley got inside the gate near the gate house and has a photo. Perhaps the photo you saw was from the set decorator, Rick Romer, who has a blog about his experiences on the show.

Any photo of stairs inside the boathouse is from the set. The boathouse doesn’t have interior stairs. There are pictures of the main room upstairs from the real estate listing back when it was for sale. The upstairs has the lanai, which is about 2/3 of the space, a single room about 10x14 feet, and a bathroom on the side by the perimeter wall. The ground floor, which is partially submerged except on the beach side, is a giant garage-like storage area for water paraphernalia, hence the name boathouse. It has a regular door to it on the side with stairs up to the lanai, and a large garage-type door on the beach side with a ramp down to the sand and a gate.

The interior of the main house has had many rooms shown on other TV shows, but not MPI. All the rooms in the one-story ell have been shown (living room, library, and bar/den), but not the half bath. Very little of the rest of first floor has been seen besides the main stair hall, the kitchen briefly, and an even more brief glance into the dining room. There are also two en-suite bedrooms with dressing rooms, service stairs, a butler’s pantry, servant’s dining room, trunk room, laundry, cold storage, service porch, another half bath, 5-car garage, and workshop.

Upstairs, 2 of the 3 bedrooms have been seen, 1 of the 2 sitting rooms, a dressing room, and of course the upper part of the main stair hall. There is also a sewing room and linen closet. The 3 bedrooms are en-suites, 2 with sitting rooms and lanai. All 3 have balconies.

The gate house downstairs was also shown in the real estate photos, but it had been modified into an apartment by opening up some of the spaces. It was originally 5 bedrooms for servants, along with 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, laundry and 1-car garage.

All of the information about the unseen rooms existence is from 1930’s newspaper articles written at the time of Pahonu’s construction. They were located by forum member Rembrandt’s Girl.

Maybe I mispronounced, we are talking about a guest house located by the sea. Stairs for descending into the living room.

Yesterday I made an effort and looked for more accurate information.
The man's name is Kimo Maiwela.
I also managed to find a post on the FB group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2512801 ... 191646145/

You can also see photos in the comments of the post

Picture from FB Kimo gallery :

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 0..&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 1544406145

He was reportedly part of the cast

It would be really nice if this man was part of the Magnum Mania forum ...

The picture of him on the steps is the guest house set located on the stage in Diamond Head. The boathouse by the water on the Pahonu estate was used for exterior filming only and is in Waimanalo. It was called the “guest house” in the show, but the estate had no actual guest house. The boathouse, as described in my post above, is nothing like the “guest house” set on the inside.

The last photo with him as a security guard is also a set on the stage at Diamond Head. The stair hall shown, living room, and Higgin’s den do not exist at the actual estate as they were shown on the show. In fact, the estate’s actual living room is on the ocean side of the home in the one-story ell. It’s on the opposite side of where it’s shown in the show, by the driveway. The stair hall is in the middle of the actual home.

This isn’t meant in a bad way, but are you interested in the actual interior rooms of the Pahonu estate, or the sets used in the show? They are COMPLETELY different. Pretty much none of MPI was filmed inside the actual home.

[JosipCro]

Merry Christmas everyone ...


One question I would have, I don’t think I’ve asked that yet (if I’m an apology), is there anyone on this forum that was walking inside the Robins house? A guest house or a house by the entrance?
I think it would help a lot to make a sketch of the interior of the house.

I think I saw on one page on Facebook a post of one man who was allegedly inside, because there is a photo where he is pictured inside the boat on the stairs that descend into the living room of the boat. I sent a private message to that person on facebook but no reply.
Maybe that man is here on the forum too without me noticing it?

I don’t believe there is anyone on the forum who has been in any of the buildings on the estate. If there are, they’ve been hiding pretty well for the last 10 years!!! Forum member Styles Bitchley got inside the gate near the gate house and has a photo. Perhaps the photo you saw was from the set decorator, Rick Romer, who has a blog about his experiences on the show.

Any photo of stairs inside the boathouse is from the set. The boathouse doesn’t have interior stairs. There are pictures of the main room upstairs from the real estate listing back when it was for sale. The upstairs has the lanai, which is about 2/3 of the space, a single room about 10x14 feet, and a bathroom on the side by the perimeter wall. The ground floor, which is partially submerged except on the beach side, is a giant garage-like storage area for water paraphernalia, hence the name boathouse. It has a regular door to it on the side with stairs up to the lanai, and a large garage-type door on the beach side with a ramp down to the sand and a gate.

The interior of the main house has had many rooms shown on other TV shows, but not MPI. All the rooms in the one-story ell have been shown (living room, library, and bar/den), but not the half bath. Very little of the rest of first floor has been seen besides the main stair hall, the kitchen briefly, and an even more brief glance into the dining room. There are also two en-suite bedrooms with dressing rooms, service stairs, a butler’s pantry, servant’s dining room, trunk room, laundry, cold storage, service porch, another half bath, 5-car garage, and workshop.

Upstairs, 2 of the 3 bedrooms have been seen, 1 of the 2 sitting rooms, a dressing room, and of course the upper part of the main stair hall. There is also a sewing room and linen closet. The 3 bedrooms are en-suites, 2 with sitting rooms and lanai. All 3 have balconies.

The gate house downstairs was also shown in the real estate photos, but it had been modified into an apartment by opening up some of the spaces. It was originally 5 bedrooms for servants, along with 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, laundry and 1-car garage.

All of the information about the unseen rooms existence is from 1930’s newspaper articles written at the time of Pahonu’s construction. They were located by forum member Rembrandt’s Girl.

Maybe I mispronounced, we are talking about a guest house located by the sea. Stairs for descending into the living room.

Yesterday I made an effort and looked for more accurate information.
The man's name is Kimo Maiwela.
I also managed to find a post on the FB group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2512801 ... 191646145/

You can also see photos in the comments of the post

Picture from FB Kimo gallery :

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 0..&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 1544406145

He was reportedly part of the cast

It would be really nice if this man was part of the Magnum Mania forum ...

The picture of him on the steps is the guest house set located on the stage in Diamond Head. The boathouse by the water on the Pahonu estate was used for exterior filming only and is in Waimanalo. It was called the “guest house” in the show, but the estate had no actual guest house. The boathouse, as described in my post above, is nothing like the “guest house” set on the inside.

The last photo with him as a security guard is also a set on the stage at Diamond Head. The stair hall shown, living room, and Higgin’s den do not exist at the actual estate as they were shown on the show. In fact, the estate’s actual living room is on the ocean side of the home in the one-story ell. It’s on the opposite side of where it’s shown in the show, by the driveway. The stair hall is in the middle of the actual home.

This isn’t meant in a bad way, but are you interested in the actual interior rooms of the Pahonu estate, or the sets used in the show? They are COMPLETELY different. Pretty much none of MPI was filmed inside the actual home.

Ohhh Ohhh ... I'm really confused now. I'm only interested in having Pahon.

But this first photo where a man sitting on the stairs is not inside the boathouse? or I misunderstood something.
I am a little confused

[Pahonu]

Merry Christmas everyone ...


One question I would have, I don’t think I’ve asked that yet (if I’m an apology), is there anyone on this forum that was walking inside the Robins house? A guest house or a house by the entrance?
I think it would help a lot to make a sketch of the interior of the house.

I think I saw on one page on Facebook a post of one man who was allegedly inside, because there is a photo where he is pictured inside the boat on the stairs that descend into the living room of the boat. I sent a private message to that person on facebook but no reply.
Maybe that man is here on the forum too without me noticing it?

I don’t believe there is anyone on the forum who has been in any of the buildings on the estate. If there are, they’ve been hiding pretty well for the last 10 years!!! Forum member Styles Bitchley got inside the gate near the gate house and has a photo. Perhaps the photo you saw was from the set decorator, Rick Romer, who has a blog about his experiences on the show.

Any photo of stairs inside the boathouse is from the set. The boathouse doesn’t have interior stairs. There are pictures of the main room upstairs from the real estate listing back when it was for sale. The upstairs has the lanai, which is about 2/3 of the space, a single room about 10x14 feet, and a bathroom on the side by the perimeter wall. The ground floor, which is partially submerged except on the beach side, is a giant garage-like storage area for water paraphernalia, hence the name boathouse. It has a regular door to it on the side with stairs up to the lanai, and a large garage-type door on the beach side with a ramp down to the sand and a gate.

The interior of the main house has had many rooms shown on other TV shows, but not MPI. All the rooms in the one-story ell have been shown (living room, library, and bar/den), but not the half bath. Very little of the rest of first floor has been seen besides the main stair hall, the kitchen briefly, and an even more brief glance into the dining room. There are also two en-suite bedrooms with dressing rooms, service stairs, a butler’s pantry, servant’s dining room, trunk room, laundry, cold storage, service porch, another half bath, 5-car garage, and workshop.

Upstairs, 2 of the 3 bedrooms have been seen, 1 of the 2 sitting rooms, a dressing room, and of course the upper part of the main stair hall. There is also a sewing room and linen closet. The 3 bedrooms are en-suites, 2 with sitting rooms and lanai. All 3 have balconies.

The gate house downstairs was also shown in the real estate photos, but it had been modified into an apartment by opening up some of the spaces. It was originally 5 bedrooms for servants, along with 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, laundry and 1-car garage.

All of the information about the unseen rooms existence is from 1930’s newspaper articles written at the time of Pahonu’s construction. They were located by forum member Rembrandt’s Girl.

Maybe I mispronounced, we are talking about a guest house located by the sea. Stairs for descending into the living room.

Yesterday I made an effort and looked for more accurate information.
The man's name is Kimo Maiwela.
I also managed to find a post on the FB group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2512801 ... 191646145/

You can also see photos in the comments of the post

Picture from FB Kimo gallery :

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 0..&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 1544406145

He was reportedly part of the cast

It would be really nice if this man was part of the Magnum Mania forum ...

The picture of him on the steps is the guest house set located on the stage in Diamond Head. The boathouse by the water on the Pahonu estate was used for exterior filming only and is in Waimanalo. It was called the “guest house” in the show, but the estate had no actual guest house. The boathouse, as described in my post above, is nothing like the “guest house” set on the inside.

The last photo with him as a security guard is also a set on the stage at Diamond Head. The stair hall shown, living room, and Higgin’s den do not exist at the actual estate as they were shown on the show. In fact, the estate’s actual living room is on the ocean side of the home in the one-story ell. It’s on the opposite side of where it’s shown in the show, by the driveway. The stair hall is in the middle of the actual home.

This isn’t meant in a bad way, but are you interested in the actual interior rooms of the Pahonu estate, or the sets used in the show? They are COMPLETELY different. Pretty much none of MPI was filmed inside the actual home.

Ohhh Ohhh ... I'm really confused now. I'm only interested in having Pahon.

But this first photo where a man sitting on the stairs is not inside the boathouse? or I misunderstood something.
I am a little confused

You are correct. The first photo of the man sitting on the steps is NOT inside the boathouse of the Pahonu estate. He is on the set at the studio in Diamond Head. This set was built for the pilot episode and was created to be a plausible interior of the multi-level boathouse on the estate. They never filmed inside any of the rooms at Pahonu, including the boathouse. The owner at the time, Eve Anderson wouldn’t allow interior filming any more after some damage was done on a Hawaii Five-O shoot. There were a couple of small exceptions though. The set decorator, Rick Romer, explained how he had to get permission to go inside and put plants on the long upstairs balcony for filming scenes in the courtyard below.

If you are interested in the actual interiors of Pahonu, I’m probably the one to ask. I created a 3D model of the entire estate with the SketchUp program. It includes all buildings and much of the landscaping and hardscape. It was created using property surveys, tax records, period newspaper articles, real estate photos, and filming from older shows that used the actual interior of the main house. It is very accurate in scale and size, however some of the interior rooms have never been seen, though their existence is known from the newspaper articles about the home’s construction. Go back to pages 140-152 of this thread and you can see some of the model and plans and where the information came from.

I’m glad to answer any questions you have about Pahonu that I can, but the most important thing to understand is that all the interiors you see on the Magnum pi show are NOT in any of the buildings of Pahonu. Interior scenes = stage sets, exterior scenes = Pahonu estate.

[JosipCro]

I don’t believe there is anyone on the forum who has been in any of the buildings on the estate. If there are, they’ve been hiding pretty well for the last 10 years!!! Forum member Styles Bitchley got inside the gate near the gate house and has a photo. Perhaps the photo you saw was from the set decorator, Rick Romer, who has a blog about his experiences on the show.

Any photo of stairs inside the boathouse is from the set. The boathouse doesn’t have interior stairs. There are pictures of the main room upstairs from the real estate listing back when it was for sale. The upstairs has the lanai, which is about 2/3 of the space, a single room about 10x14 feet, and a bathroom on the side by the perimeter wall. The ground floor, which is partially submerged except on the beach side, is a giant garage-like storage area for water paraphernalia, hence the name boathouse. It has a regular door to it on the side with stairs up to the lanai, and a large garage-type door on the beach side with a ramp down to the sand and a gate.

The interior of the main house has had many rooms shown on other TV shows, but not MPI. All the rooms in the one-story ell have been shown (living room, library, and bar/den), but not the half bath. Very little of the rest of first floor has been seen besides the main stair hall, the kitchen briefly, and an even more brief glance into the dining room. There are also two en-suite bedrooms with dressing rooms, service stairs, a butler’s pantry, servant’s dining room, trunk room, laundry, cold storage, service porch, another half bath, 5-car garage, and workshop.

Upstairs, 2 of the 3 bedrooms have been seen, 1 of the 2 sitting rooms, a dressing room, and of course the upper part of the main stair hall. There is also a sewing room and linen closet. The 3 bedrooms are en-suites, 2 with sitting rooms and lanai. All 3 have balconies.

The gate house downstairs was also shown in the real estate photos, but it had been modified into an apartment by opening up some of the spaces. It was originally 5 bedrooms for servants, along with 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, laundry and 1-car garage.

All of the information about the unseen rooms existence is from 1930’s newspaper articles written at the time of Pahonu’s construction. They were located by forum member Rembrandt’s Girl.

Maybe I mispronounced, we are talking about a guest house located by the sea. Stairs for descending into the living room.

Yesterday I made an effort and looked for more accurate information.
The man's name is Kimo Maiwela.
I also managed to find a post on the FB group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2512801 ... 191646145/

You can also see photos in the comments of the post

Picture from FB Kimo gallery :

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 0..&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 1544406145

He was reportedly part of the cast

It would be really nice if this man was part of the Magnum Mania forum ...

The picture of him on the steps is the guest house set located on the stage in Diamond Head. The boathouse by the water on the Pahonu estate was used for exterior filming only and is in Waimanalo. It was called the “guest house” in the show, but the estate had no actual guest house. The boathouse, as described in my post above, is nothing like the “guest house” set on the inside.

The last photo with him as a security guard is also a set on the stage at Diamond Head. The stair hall shown, living room, and Higgin’s den do not exist at the actual estate as they were shown on the show. In fact, the estate’s actual living room is on the ocean side of the home in the one-story ell. It’s on the opposite side of where it’s shown in the show, by the driveway. The stair hall is in the middle of the actual home.

This isn’t meant in a bad way, but are you interested in the actual interior rooms of the Pahonu estate, or the sets used in the show? They are COMPLETELY different. Pretty much none of MPI was filmed inside the actual home.

Ohhh Ohhh ... I'm really confused now. I'm only interested in having Pahon.

But this first photo where a man sitting on the stairs is not inside the boathouse? or I misunderstood something.
I am a little confused

You are correct. The first photo of the man sitting on the steps is NOT inside the boathouse of the Pahonu estate. He is on the set at the studio in Diamond Head. This set was built for the pilot episode and was created to be a plausible interior of the multi-level boathouse on the estate. They never filmed inside any of the rooms at Pahonu, including the boathouse. The owner at the time, Eve Anderson wouldn’t allow interior filming any more after some damage was done on a Hawaii Five-O shoot. There were a couple of small exceptions though. The set decorator, Rick Romer, explained how he had to get permission to go inside and put plants on the long upstairs balcony for filming scenes in the courtyard below.

If you are interested in the actual interiors of Pahonu, I’m probably the one to ask. I created a 3D model of the entire estate with the SketchUp program. It includes all buildings and much of the landscaping and hardscape. It was created using property surveys, tax records, period newspaper articles, real estate photos, and filming from older shows that used the actual interior of the main house. It is very accurate in scale and size, however some of the interior rooms have never been seen, though their existence is known from the newspaper articles about the home’s construction. Go back to pages 140-152 of this thread and you can see some of the model and plans and where the information came from.

I’m glad to answer any questions you have about Pahonu that I can, but the most important thing to understand is that all the interiors you see on the Magnum pi show are NOT in any of the buildings of Pahonu. Interior scenes = stage sets, exterior scenes = Pahonu estate.

Ohhhh great info! You are here as a professor for Mangum PI ...

I looked at pages 140 to 152 before, but I didn't realize that this from the picture is not part of the boathouse.
I'm very surprised

[Pahonu]

Maybe I mispronounced, we are talking about a guest house located by the sea. Stairs for descending into the living room.

Yesterday I made an effort and looked for more accurate information.
The man's name is Kimo Maiwela.
I also managed to find a post on the FB group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2512801 ... 191646145/

You can also see photos in the comments of the post

Picture from FB Kimo gallery :

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 0..&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 1544406145

He was reportedly part of the cast

It would be really nice if this man was part of the Magnum Mania forum ...

The picture of him on the steps is the guest house set located on the stage in Diamond Head. The boathouse by the water on the Pahonu estate was used for exterior filming only and is in Waimanalo. It was called the “guest house” in the show, but the estate had no actual guest house. The boathouse, as described in my post above, is nothing like the “guest house” set on the inside.

The last photo with him as a security guard is also a set on the stage at Diamond Head. The stair hall shown, living room, and Higgin’s den do not exist at the actual estate as they were shown on the show. In fact, the estate’s actual living room is on the ocean side of the home in the one-story ell. It’s on the opposite side of where it’s shown in the show, by the driveway. The stair hall is in the middle of the actual home.

This isn’t meant in a bad way, but are you interested in the actual interior rooms of the Pahonu estate, or the sets used in the show? They are COMPLETELY different. Pretty much none of MPI was filmed inside the actual home.

Ohhh Ohhh ... I'm really confused now. I'm only interested in having Pahon.

But this first photo where a man sitting on the stairs is not inside the boathouse? or I misunderstood something.
I am a little confused

You are correct. The first photo of the man sitting on the steps is NOT inside the boathouse of the Pahonu estate. He is on the set at the studio in Diamond Head. This set was built for the pilot episode and was created to be a plausible interior of the multi-level boathouse on the estate. They never filmed inside any of the rooms at Pahonu, including the boathouse. The owner at the time, Eve Anderson wouldn’t allow interior filming any more after some damage was done on a Hawaii Five-O shoot. There were a couple of small exceptions though. The set decorator, Rick Romer, explained how he had to get permission to go inside and put plants on the long upstairs balcony for filming scenes in the courtyard below.

If you are interested in the actual interiors of Pahonu, I’m probably the one to ask. I created a 3D model of the entire estate with the SketchUp program. It includes all buildings and much of the landscaping and hardscape. It was created using property surveys, tax records, period newspaper articles, real estate photos, and filming from older shows that used the actual interior of the main house. It is very accurate in scale and size, however some of the interior rooms have never been seen, though their existence is known from the newspaper articles about the home’s construction. Go back to pages 140-152 of this thread and you can see some of the model and plans and where the information came from.

I’m glad to answer any questions you have about Pahonu that I can, but the most important thing to understand is that all the interiors you see on the Magnum pi show are NOT in any of the buildings of Pahonu. Interior scenes = stage sets, exterior scenes = Pahonu estate.

Ohhhh great info! You are here as a professor for Mangum PI ...

I looked at pages 140 to 152 before, but I didn't realize that this from the picture is not part of the boathouse.
I'm very surprised

A lot of fans of the show who aren’t familiar with the production process are surprised to learn that none of the interiors are actually in the house, but sets. However, it’s pretty much standard in television series to use sets on a soundstage for interiors that appear frequently. It’s generally less expensive and somewhat faster to film on a soundstage than on location. The pilot of MPI made use of locations entirely, except for the guest house interior, which was made because the boathouse was not usable as such. The uncertainty about whether the pilot would be sold and more episodes made led to all this location shooting. Once it was sold as a series, the costs of building sets outweighs shooting repeatedly on location. Some of these sets built later were used infrequently but could be disassembled and stored until needed again.

Let me know if you have any questions about Pahonu.

[Gorilla Mask]

Hi JosipCro,

As a small addition, In order to illustrate Pahonu's point, here is a small comparison:

Here are two pictures from episode 1.4 where you can see the outside of the boathouse/'guesthouse' lanai (real but fitted out for the needs of the serie) and the inside which corresponds to the studio shot.

https://ibb.co/xjjxN3C
https://ibb.co/tc9TQz6

Then, back to reality, here is the famous picture published for the sale of the estate in 2014 (I think). One can see that there is no staircase and that the available space is much more limited and narrow.

If i am not mistaken, I remember that, for the need of the shooting, the decorators just set a fake stair railing in the opposite wall, facing the entrance.

https://ibb.co/28tg8Lk

[Pahonu]

Hi JosipCro,

As a small addition, In order to illustrate Pahonu's point, here is a small comparison:

Here are two pictures from episode 1.4 where you can see the outside of the boathouse/'guesthouse' lanai (real but fitted out for the needs of the serie) and the inside which corresponds to the studio shot.

https://ibb.co/xjjxN3C
https://ibb.co/tc9TQz6

Then, back to reality, here is the famous picture published for the sale of the estate in 2014 (I think). One can see that there is no staircase and that the available space is much more limited and narrow.

If i am not mistaken, I remember that, for the need of the shooting, the decorators just set a fake stair railing in the opposite wall, facing the entrance.

https://ibb.co/28tg8Lk

Hey GM, perfect examples! Pictures really are worth a thousand words, as they say. Yes, the production crew did build a railing just inside the door to try and match the set. There’s even a shot someone found that shows the railing, angled down to mimic the staircase rail, just screwed down in the middle of the wood floor.

The door in the last photo, from the real estate brokerage, has been replaced and swings in the opposite direction, it seems? I’m curious.

[Gorilla Mask]

The door in the last photo, from the real estate brokerage, has been replaced and swings in the opposite direction, it seems? I’m curious.

Hey, Pahonu !

As you could notice, you're absolutely right concerning the inverted swing axis of the door:

https://ibb.co/qyPpxgk - left, instead of right side.

The hypothesis is that the shooting induced some heavy mockup on location... Or was be the 'boathouse' overhauled after 1988 ?

Another hypothesis is that the Lanai scenes were also filmed on soundstage ... unlikely ?

Many mysteries, since no one had (except from some excerpts from Hawaii 5-0) an extensive look of the inner layouts of the estate.

[Pahonu]

The door in the last photo, from the real estate brokerage, has been replaced and swings in the opposite direction, it seems? I’m curious.

Hey, Pahonu !

As you could notice, you're absolutely right concerning the inverted swing axis of the door:

https://ibb.co/qyPpxgk - left, instead of right side.

The hypothesis is that the shooting induced some heavy mockup on location... Or was be the 'boathouse' overhauled after 1988 ?

Another hypothesis is that the Lanai scenes were also filmed on soundstage ... unlikely ?

Many mysteries, since no one had (except from some excerpts from Hawaii 5-0) an extensive look of the inner layouts of the estate.

I highly doubt the lanai scenes were filmed on a soundstage as you can see parts of the the grounds, including the water in most of them. The only adjustment made to the actual lanai I ever noticed was to place blinds between the pillars on the side looking at the Shriner’s property. It could probably be seen from the elevated lanai, destroying the illusion of the estates size.

I think perhaps the door shown in MPI was the original door, but was replaced sometime after the series because of decay. There are several places around the estate shown in more recent photos where wood rot was evident, particularly in the rafters of the roof eaves. The marine environment is harsh and there seemed to be pretty poor maintenance on the estate after the series ended. I don’t recall any examples of it being used for filming ever again and it just deteriorated.

The door shown in the real estate listing looks to be a lower quality replacement. I was just wondering about the rational for reversing the swing. Perhaps the door-case had rot too, which is very possible. In that circumstance, the replacement was likely just to secure the structure, with no consideration given to architectural style or detail.

[Mad Kudu Buck]

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