Our intention was to live Hawaii for a couple weeks and this fit the bill. It was walking distance to surf school/rental, dining, and a grocery store. Kihei is more of a working class area than the resorts north and south. It felt less touristy much more alive with real people and real culture. We rented a car as needed through Turo for the more distant sights, but most of the time we walked to the main strip for anything we needed.
I don’t need to say much about the space as it was exactly as advertised. We, Dad and two teenage daughters, were comfortable and happy for two weeks. It’s a full kitchen. The pool was great (sometimes it’s easier than the beach). It has AC, but we never turned it on in June. You hear the comings and goings in the neighborhood, but that comes with a living neighborhood. We would have stayed longer, easily, if our lives weren’t calling us back.