Our family of four (parents and two teens) stayed in Andre's place at Kamaole Sands in mid July. In sum, our experience was excellent. The condo is spacious, clean, comfortable, and well-appointed, and a selection of beach gear is provided. The condo grounds are very well kept, and there are a number of outdoor showers for rinsing sand - one on the way back to the condo. The complex has a nice pool, and very nice gas barbecue stations.
The beach is excellent. You get both sand and some rocky areas, meaning that there's excellent snorkeling right off the beach that's right off the condo. There are tons of turtles, a fairly nice coral bed, and many fish. You can also run, or walk, easily down into Wailea, either on the road or, with a little meandering, on the beaches. There are also tons of other beaches around - Big Beach in Makena is very scenic.
We found the location in Kihei to be great. You could probably get by without a car, in fact. Some of our group walked almost everywhere - there are many great restaurants just down the street (Cafe O'Lei, Coconuts, Threes . . . .) But a car is good to have to see other parts of the island, and for market runs Kihei itself is a bit smaller, more relaxed, more local, and seems less touristy, at least to us, than some other areas, and we much prefer that. There's a Makai supermarket in Kihei, and a Safeway is 5-10 minute drive. The host was very helpful and provided a ton of useful guidance and tips. It did get windy a few afternoons, which apparently is not unusual.
We worked in a lot of scuba diving, and in fact our teens got scuba certified, and that was also easy - there are a lot of shops in Kihei (we used Scuba Shack), and a lot of very easy beach diving, as well as boat trips, mostly to Molokini. Ulua Beach, two miles away, is set up with gear benches and showers. A lot of classes use it. We would happily stay in Kihei again, and happily stay in this same place.
Last, this particular unit is one of the closest in the complex to the beach. It’s a very short walk. In doing our research we noticed that pretty much every place claims to be “close” to a beach, but that “close” has many definitions. This place really is close – it’s a very easy, maybe 2 minute walk. You do have to cross a street but that was never a problem. We would stay here again.