My wife and I had a wonderful 1-week stay at Fred's condo in February of 2022. The unit was very clean, spacious, and well-equipped, as the photos suggest. It has a washer and dryer within the unit, with detergent provided. The entire complex is beautifully landscaped, and all units overlook a small sandy beach. The highlight of the unit is the fabulous view overlooking the beach with neighboring islands in the distance. During winter, humpback whales are all around Maui, and every day from the lanai we saw large splashes in the distance when they jumped out of the water or slapped their tails against the surface. Often they were close enough to see their bodies above the surface. On the first day of our visit the wind was very calm, and we could hear them hitting the water. While snorkeling at the beach you could hear faintly the whale calls! The only two potential negative things to be aware of---which didn't bother us---were the sound of cars from a nearby road when in the bedrooms (pretty much only during the daytime), and the fact that if a neighbor of yours is smoking on their lanai, you might smell it. More on those items at the end of this review.
Some details about the beach: The unit provides beach towels, beach chairs, umbrellas, boogie boards, and (for the pool) some "noodle" floats, so no need to bring your own. While we were there, there was consistently a good-sized swell with waves breaking on the beach, so parents with small children do have to be cautious, and it might be difficult for kids not familiar with the ocean to swim beyond the breakers into the relatively calm water. I don't know if the bay is calmer at other times of the year.
Some details about the kitchen: We cooked almost all our meals at the condo, and never lacked a utensil or device. There are plenty of dishes, pots, etc. The kitchen is big enough that you might have to hunt around to find what you are looking for, but we always eventually found it. There is a metal free-standing trashcan which I was told is generally used for recycling, while there is another trashcan behind a cupboard door which is typically for trash. I don't know if this is always the case, but there were aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and plastic sandwich and storage bags in the kitchen, so we did not have to buy them. Speaking of buying things, the owners will recommend doing any major grocery shopping near the Kahului airport when you arrive, where there are Costco, Safeway, and Whole Foods markets. There is at least one very small market just a 10-minute drive from the condo in the Wailea Gateway center, but we did not use it.
Some details about the interior: As the photos show, most of the condo is a "great room", serving as living room, dining room, and kitchen, which overlooks the beach. The two bedrooms are in the back of the unit and overlook the tall trees and landscaping of the complex, but just beyond that is the road. While in the bedrooms you will hear cars that drive by. There is very little traffic at night, however, so it was never an issue for us, even though I am a light sleeper. My wife and I prefer extremely firm mattresses, and found the King size bed in the master bedroom to be a little too soft for our tastes. The twin beds in the 2nd bedroom are much firmer, so if that is your preference you can request that the twin beds be arranged so as to create a queen-sized bed in that room. We never heard sounds of conversation or a TV from the units to either side or below our unit...I don't know if this building is well sound-proofed or if everyone is just very considerate. Sitting on the lanai overlooking the beach we occasionally heard our neighbors talking, but the sounds of the surf pretty much drowned that out. There were a few times we smelled cigarettes and cigars on our lanai coming from a neighboring lanai. When that happened we typically were just about ready to go inside anyway, so we didn't complain, but it might have been an issue if we were just starting a meal out there. The condo association rules do prohibit smoking on the lanai if it bothers anyone else, so if you aren't shy you can ask that a neighbor stop. (Smokers could use the lanais off their bedrooms for smoking, which overlook the before-mentioned road, with minimal chance of disturbing others.) I want to emphasize that the road and the smoking did not interfere with our having a fabulous time here! Even though I am sensitive to both, traffic was very light and the smoking was infrequent enough that it was not an issue.