Will’s place in Kihei served us well as our Maui home base for nine nights. The location is great, with good locations for paddle boarding, snorkeling, or kayaking 20–30 minutes north or south. We even dragged our rented kayak across the street one day and paddled out into Kihei Bay. And the Kalepolepo fish pond across the way had several large turtles hanging around every day. Really cool.
The kitchen is well stocked with pans and tools for proper cooking. The mango countertop is really cool, and the balcony works well as a dining table, though it can be warm (combination of weather and the air conditioner’s hot side right there). But there are a lot of birds about, and it was a nice place for breakfast nearly every day we were there.
Oh, there’s a folding drying rack that’s really helpful, a small but super-helpful touch.
Overall a really nice place, but some things to be aware of:
- The decor uses a lot of dark colors which makes the place feel smaller than it is and a little gloomy, even with the drapes wide open. This is especially true in the bathroom—we ended up using the mirror in the kitchen a lot because the bathroom was so dim. Didn’t help that a couple of the many li’l bulbs in the ceiling were out, but the lights are just not well positioned for the mirror. Cool shower, though.
- The loft isn’t really usable space, at least not if you want to take anything up there. Sure, you can go up there and crash on the couch or whatever, but the stairs are so narrow that we ended up just not using it, even though we had to work some and had planned to use the little desk up there.
- Speaking of working, the internet isn’t fast. No biggie at all for casual use, but if you’re planning to cover some work on your vacation be aware that things like video calls will be iffy. Yes, better things to do in Maui, for sure, than work.
- Mixed messages on parking in the listing: indications that there is assigned parking, and also that there isn’t. We were worried when we arrived and found a convertible Camaro parked in “our” spot, but stopped worrying after checking in with Edy. We tried to park in the assigned spot, but it was occupied a third of time time, at least.
- The Apple TV is a nice addition, but is older one so we weren’t able to log into our own accounts to watch stuff or airplay to it. That said, the local PBS station offers truly epic programming. We became big fans of the various fishing and diving shows and watched them almost every night to wind down from the day. :)