Our family (12 guests, so we used the main home and cottage) had a wonderful vacation in Paia and Maiu. I will share some general comments about this home for others to have as they consider options for staying on the island.
First, the view from the property is beautiful, absolutely stunning. The best spot to view is the upstairs porch of the main home, where we spent time eating dinner a few nights. You can walk (carefully) from the property to a small local beach that often hosts turtles, or continue into town on foot (again, carefully as traffic on Hana Highway is fast and heavy at times). We were careful when entering and leaving the property in the car and appreciated a mirror that helps you see when cars approach.
We loved the grounds of the home, with landscaping and tons of geckos. Flowering shrubs are lovely. The kids played hide and seek, and chased geckos the whole week. Be aware that there is not guardrail bordering the grass to the drop-off to the ocean, or a gate at the top of the stairs to the rocks below. We have small children so we established rules right away about how close they were allowed to get. But you cannot access the beach from the property. The pool was so nice to have and was a great temperature! Big enough for several kids to play in, not big enough for laps etc. The walls around the pool are crumbling a bit, and some stones are loose. If the water gets low, you can refill it with a hose. There is a banana tree right next to it, and the kids loved that aspect. So nice to have pool floats, and extra sets of snorkel gear too.
Main House: Room sizes were appropriate, fitting a large comfortable bed inside all 4 of the home. The showers (no bathtub, note!) were adequate as well with plenty of towels. Overall, the size of the main home was adequate for our needs. The kitchen was well appointed with pots, pans, tools needed for cooking and grilling. We noticed quickly as the Olympics were on that there was no TV in the main living area, a major drawback for tv watchers in the group. We used our YouTube and Netflix accounts to watch any shows in bedrooms while there.
The home is what we'd consider an average quality accommodation, rather than a luxury property, and has some issues with insects/geckos accessing the home. For example, the exterior screen doors are rickety and stick (in the cottage as well, two hands are needed to open them). Furnishings were of clean and average quality, not what we could consider "designer" as described.
Cottage: The cottage is described as "rustic" in the listing, and I would consider it to be a lower quality residence than the main house. While two bedrooms are listed, the smaller second bedroom is accessed from the main back door. The room is loft-style, meaning the wall does not meet the ceiling. Rather, there are stairs the lead up to a little loft area (which is not protected from anyone jumping off the loft). And since the doors are louvered, the room is quite loud and all the sound from the come can be heard from inside the room. I would note this for anyone who has small children- it's not a good place to put a child down to bed early, for example.
We experienced bugs, including ants, small black bugs, some large beetles and 3 very large (~4 inches) centipedes (one of which crawled past my child's head during a diaper change), numerous geckos in the home during the week. We communicated with the property manager Pearl (Ron was not in communication about this property) about the issues. On the first day when an old screen came off the track, Pearl contacted maintenance and they were able to come out the next day. However, many screens in the home don't meet with window frame, or have aged/torn screens. The insect aspect felt unacceptable to us and some guests felt stressed through the week as a result.
We were thankful that Pearl was very responsive, although could not address the insect issue in our time there. She was apologetic, and did encourage me to use the flying insect spray for the kitchen and bathroom ants from the utility closet. She installed a strip below a main door to try to keep pests out. When a TV broke, she had it replaced the next day. When several lightbulbs had burned out, she had them replaced the next day. The stove stopped working one day, and she was able to get it working again that evening. And when the electrical work was needed in some other lighting, she brought a lamp over so that we'd have light in the main room. Overall, we observed that the property has some deferred maintenance needs.
Overall we had a wonderful visit to Maui and appreciated having the beauty of the environment of this property (minus the bugs), with the porches, landscaping, location, etc. in which to enjoy it.