We checked in to Maui Sands - Seaside for our week stay in Maui only to be misled by Wade's posting. While the grounds were lush and well maintained the condo was not. Yes, we had access to the beach by way of a walk to the end of the beach and no the condo does not have a direct view of the ocean. A view of the grass and a chain link fence. When you walk out the sliding glass door it's only a few steps down the grassy yard to the ocean seawall. Yes, the view was beautiful, private and quiet. There is no direct access to the beach, the stairs in the photo are the neighboring community's steps which you can't get to. Only option - hop down the seawall or hop the cement ledge, walk down the other side of the Maui sands apartments(different complex) and use their stairs. My daughter could hop down and climb up but stairs were preferred. Yes, the beach is relatively private. Only a few people walk by in the mornings. There is a park about 1/4 mile north.
The condo - their welcome book said "vintage Hawaiian". Definitely not vintage - very outdated and not maintained. The blinds on the sliding door were missing many
- so no privacy, and the screen door was very torn. The windows were louvers and the cranks were broken. The big kicker was the AC. There is only 1 unit, a wall unit in the living room. And it was broken. We asked the host about it being fixed and he said he had someone come out before our check in. He did not. It was blowing hot 80 degree air with black dust stained and broken vents. There was not enough power to blow the air back to the bedroom. The bedroom ceiling fan only had 1 speed - slow. There was one additional standing fan that helped ever so slightly, but was super dusty. Unfortunately, this was the part that we were most disappointed in. We know Hawaii can get hot and after a long day on the beach or out exploring we want a cool room to sleep. It made it very hard to sleep. Especially since the screens had holes letting bugs in. We have a list of other things that were wrong with the posting and we notify the host upon check in. He said he tried to get someone to fix the AC while we were there, but no luck. We were there for 6 nights, 6 hot nights. With the issues we had the host agreed to partially refund us for our stay. The location of the condo in Lahaina is great and very easy to access where we wanted to go so that was a plus. Had the rest been up to par it would have been a perfect stay. Hopefully he can make the necessary fixes before the next visitors but be sure to ask!