Dennis was a great host and has a great spot in Kihea. We stayed for 9 days. I have listed my pros and cons for staying here:
Pros:
- Great location; we walked to multiple restaurants (Miso Phat, Coconuts), dessert spots (Maui Pie and gelato), coffee and a grocery store. An awesome, quiet beach is a 3 minute walk away with amazing view for sunsets! Other great places are within 5-30 minutes driving. We enjoyed it for central access.
- Amenities; 2 boogie boards, 2 beach chairs, beach umbrella and bag. These were awesome to have and use! The kitchen has everything you'd need.
- Well furnished; it's a very nice space with a modern feel. It was clean and comfortable.
- A/C; it got pretty hot and humid while we were there so it was nice having the air. It got a little warm in the bedroom at night since it's on the opposite side of the unit from the a/c, but was otherwise fine.
- Parking; lots of it and easy.
- Nice lanai; I really enjoyed sitting on the lanai. There's also a hose there for washing the sand off.
Cons;
- Privacy; the doors inside, including the bathroom door, are slated so it's not super private. It doesn't block out sound or light.
- Use of the space; Dennis keeps his place very clean but we felt like we couldn't fully make ourselves at home with the towels on the couches and chairs. We were also left only 2 rolls of toilet paper for 9 days. I contacted Dennis and he was very responsive and left us 2 more.
- The bottom floor location; this is certainly not Dennis's fault but the neighbors upstairs were SO LOUD it woke us up multiple times a night for the first week we were there. It sounded like they were moving furniture and unfortunately spoiled our experience a bit. We were tired from being woken up so often. We contacted Dennis on day 3 and he contacted the owners of the upstairs unit to inform their guests that they were not following the quiet hour rules, but they were still loud. We believe they left on our 2nd to last day and the quiet was so nice. When they were being loud, we resorted to earplugs, which is saying a lot for me because I'm a very deep sleeper.
Overall, the space was very nice but we will probably find a place that doesn't have upstairs neighbors in the future. Dennis was very accommodating and easy to work with.