WAIMEA, Hawaii island » Just above the state’s most expensive private school, four homes and several other structures sit on a 125-acre hillside parcel with commanding views of this rural community and the ocean on the distant horizon.

County records show that nine structures in all are on the property, owned by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and leased to Flora Solo­mon through a 99-year pastoral homestead lease.

The rub is that DHHL records show that only four structures and two corral or fenced enclosures have been reviewed, according to DHHL.

Department regulations allow only one home per homestead lot and, under certain circumstances, a worker’s quarters.

In written responses to Star-Advertiser questions, DHHL Deputy Director Darrell Young said the department has been discussing this issue with the lessee for several years. He did not provide additional information.

The apparent problem on the homestead lot reflects what many beneficiaries say is DHHL’s lax oversight.

The lot is adjacent to a 106-acre parcel that state Sen. Malama Solo­mon, Flora Solo­mon’s daughter, is leasing on a month-to-month basis from DHHL. The senator said she received a revocable permit for the pastoral property in 2000 after the agency asked whether she wanted to rent it. The request came because the upper parcel was landlocked by her mother’s homestead lot, according to the junior Solo­mon and DHHL.

The senator declined to comment on the DHHL inquiry, saying she didn’t want to upset her ill 87-year-old mother. The senator said she is living on the homestead parcel, caring for her mother and her 87-year-old father, who also has health problems.