Pros:

High floor of Aston Kaanapali Shores in West Maui

Walk to large grocery stores, numerous restaurants and beautiful park 4 blocks north – Honokowai Beach Park.

Condo was very clean

Kitchen had new appliances

Peekaboo views of the ocean and Molokai from the right side of the balcony – just awesome

Incredible sunsets every night in front of the resort

Resort had friendly employees and one of the classier ones in the region

Cons:

Not very close to a safe swimmable beach

There is a flock of birds which make spontaneous noises, at time in the middle of the night. It can make for disruptive sleep for whoever is in the main room.

Most alarmingly, Left balcony screen was completely broken and the right one was bolted down. We were not told of this condition before entering the condo, and she emailed me to confirm we were coming late Friday night (we arrived on Sat.) She claimed a note was left about the condition of the screens – but perhaps was blown away by the wind (sic.) This I find highly unlikely.

Also, the left glass slider door needed work – very hard to slide open, esp when travelling with someone over 80.

And the TVs -- Two big tv screens in unit. The one in the bedroom was not connected to a cable box, and the one in the main room had no volume – so both didn’t work when we arrived. There were absolutely no instructions anywhere in the unit. After numerous phone calls and emails, a man came on Sunday and after spending 40 minutes, the volume on the TV in the main room started to work. There were three separate remote devices and we found it too complicated to work, especially without written instructions.

Nadia offered a pro-rated refund if we wanted to leave – this was spring break for many major educations centers on the west coast and the island was packed – so it just wasn’t realistic at all, especially since we had been looking forward to the unit for so long and the unit is so very enchanting.

After numerous emails and phone calls it become clear she either didn’t care or had no repair people on the island or it was a long wait for fix the screens, as Maui is getting busier from a pandemic slumber. She responded quickly with emails but started to give robotic and automatic responses with more distorted and frankly, erroneous information. Finally, after lots of wasted time, we just wanted to get in the aloha spirit and just enjoy the unit, which we did.

I don’t know if I can recommend since we weren’t told about the screen doors et al — but it is an amazing space if and when thing gets fixed and she connects with a reliable repair person on the island