Review for unit #344. This place was near perfect (see below for exception to perfection) and exceeded expectation. I travelled with my wife, 3 year old, and mother-in-law. The unit is at the back of the complex but has an ocean and pool view from the lanai with full sun in the winter months. Parking was plentiful. There is elevator access. Excellent beach with some good snorkeling (turtles, fish, coral, etc.) within walking distance across the street. Within walking distance to shops and food. Short drive to grocery stores. Excellent breeze through the unit with the screened windows and screen door open. Did not need the air conditioning.
Drying line on the porch came in handy for daytime drying of swimsuits. Snorkeling gear, bodyboards, beach towels, beach balls, and sand toys were all provided in the closet on the porch. Again, full sun on the lanai all day while we were there (late January/early February). And we could see the sunset on the water from the lanai.
TV with DVD/Blu-ray player came in handy for our 3 year old on the rainy afternoon. Wifi works anywhere you go within the unit. Didn't check to see if it reached the pool, but it might have (the wifi router was place near the wall nearest the pool). There is a pull out couch in the living room area that we did not use.
Kitchen had everything needed to prepare meals, snacks, and coffee (coffee pot and filters provided) and to devour meals, snacks, and coffee. The one thing the kitchen did not have was a dish towel so we used the provided paper towels for hand drying.
Bathrooms were excellent. Shower downstairs with detachable head just inside the front door to remove as much sand as possible from the stubborn 3 year old who could not would not rinse anything above her knee in the cold water of the rinsing station at the beach. We were able to keep nearly all sand out of the unit in this manner. Upstairs bathtub was large with whirlpool jets (didn't have time to use it though) and also had a detachable shower head.
Excellent lower bedroom. Mother-in-law snores extremely loud and this room contained her snoring! We could not hear her from the upstairs bedroom.
Upstairs bedroom was not restful. Our 3-year old, a deep sleeper once she is asleep, slept in the upstairs bedroom between some bed bumpers. Around 4am on the first night we heard her crying and went to check on her. We heard scratching and loud squeaking from the wall near the window facing Haleakala just next to the head of the bed. The noise lasted 10 minutes or so then went away, but returned at 5:30am and again at 6:30am. My wife and I are light sleepers and couldn't hear it from the loft, but it was very loud in the bedroom. Our daughter awoke the next night; the noise happened throughout the following morning I checked outside. No birds/animals on the roof or wall. We heard the same noise a few times during the day as well while placing our daughter down for her nap. No mice dropping inside or holes in the walls anywhere. On our fourth day, we contacted the front desk and they said they would look into it. We also contacted the renter that day and they said they would send someone out to look into it. We did not see anyone check it while we were there. Hopefully this will be taken care of, because this was the only flaw with the entire place and we would love to stay here again! Our daughter got use to the noise and was able to sleep through it the final two nights. I have a recording of the noise, but there is no feature on airbnb to share recordings. Available on request.
Loft was great. Desk with ample lighting and a pull out couch. My wife and I slept on the pull out mattress, but placed it on the floor to avoid the rails of the "bed frame" in the couch. It got the job done.
I felt extremely safe in the unit and the surrounding area. Again, I would stay here in a heartbeat if the noise in the upstairs bedroom could be identified and eradicated. Thanks again for the stay!