So many great things to say about this experience! Starting with the obvious - the VIEW - it is AWESOME! spread out before are the lush green, well landscaped grounds and the ocean stretching all the way to the horizon. very very peaceful! The unit itself is very nicely decorated and EXTREMELY well appointed! The furnishings are comfortable and pretty, the bed comfy and the sheets - sinfully soft! The large flat screen TVs worked great and you can access a whole host of streaming services if you are so inclined. Tom and Margaret are very responsive - every one of my messages was answered within 10 minutes - responsible and easy going.
What blew me away was the thoughtfulness with which the owners have stocked it. The kitchen has everything you'd ever need - from the usual utensils you'd expect and a lot of things you wouldn't. Spices (REALLY! - a good variety of them) including couple varieties of cooking oils, sugar and salt (HIMALAYAN PINK!); freezer packs, coosies for your beer, even CHIP CLIPS!! One cabinet yielded specialty teas - making me feel as if I was a valued guest in their home - not a renter!
The bedroom closet has children's sand toys, boogey boards, a high chair and couple lounge chairs - the kind you carry like a backpack - to the many beaches within walking distance. The bed is comfy and the sheets are super soft!
If you are a walker, like we are - the location is superb! A 5 minute walk takes you to Brenecke's beach and the neighboring Marriott beach; walk for 15 minutes in the opposite direction - thru manicured grounds and lush landscaping - and you re on the Shipwreck beach and the coastal trail where you can sit high up on rocks as the ocean sends two story high sprays all around you - AWESOME! If you have a round trip radius of 5-6 miles, you can traverse not just Breneckes, but the baby beach, the Sheraton beach, and on to Lawaii beach - and beyond - if you are adventurous. You can walk to a whole host of restaurants! Kalapaki Joes, Breneckes deli and restaurant, The plantation restaurant (don't remember its name), Lava , Holoholo, and on to the Kukuiula shopping center which has everything from Lapperts to upscale steak restaurants. You can even walk to the Poipu shopping center, pick up groceries and souvienirs at Whalers, and access another selection of restaurants. Even the local doc - POIPU MD - is a 5 minute walk away! We stayed here for two weeks and never took our car our of the parking lot.
We thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed our stay here and would surely book this unit again!