The title of this review would be “You Get What You Pay For.” This small studio condo was inexpensive, and it delivered the basics, but was a let-down. Think Motel 6, not Marriott Residential Suites.
PROs:
-central location,
-great shower
-soft sheets
-nice little beach right across the street
-nice pool and jacuzzi.
-host Matt was very responsive (within an hour) by email when we had questions.
-Check-in was easy.
CONs:
- The condo is on a very noisy, busy through-street. The loud motorcycles, etc. made it unpleasant to sit on the balcony or even leave the sliding door (the only source of ventilation) open.
-The bed is lousy, old and broken/saggy on the right side. Should be replaced.
-Although it’s advertised as non-smoking, their is a faint smell of stale smoke, emanating from the drapes, which makes you think they’ve not been washed in a lo-ong time.
-There is no cross ventilation. Other units have screen doors, but not this one. When we arrived the unit was very hot and stuffy. - -There is a window/wall A/C unit that is old, dirty, noisy and very inefficient. It regularly took 2 hours to cool the room down. It should be replaced. The noisy A/C did drown out the street noise.
-there is no dining table or chairs. There is a desk with an old stuffed chair, but no place for two people to eat together. Otherwise, it’s eat at the sofa with TV trays.
- not very clean. Appliances were put away dirty, as were some dishes. Bath towels smelled mildewed.
- no way to wash dishes. There was no stopper for the kitchen sink and no large bowl or pan we could use for washing. No dishcloth, only a moldy sponge.
Did we have a good time on Maui? Yes!! Would we return to this studio apartment? Definitely not, but if the low price makes your visit to Maui possible, then you may like it more than we did.