We were really excited to stay at this condo having been to Maui multiple times, but never having a beachfront condo. Upon opening the door the view was great! Unfortunately it kind of went down hill from there. Salt water in the air is hard on things and this condo has apparently experienced this.
The front door lock is sticky and I was nervous of breaking the key off in the lock. Entering the condo, the kitchen is described as new. The oven and sink both look new, maybe the microwave too, but the fridge was a bit dirty and the top is rusting quite bad. Being a "new" kitchen, I was surprised to find cracked tiles on the counter. There is also only one skillet. It took forever to make pancakes for our family literally cooking them one pancake at a time. There is also no tea kettle.
The bathroom door is missing paint about 6 inches up and the lock doesn't work great. Also the "exhaust" fan doesn't work anymore. There is a ceiling fan in there, but nothing to pull odors out. Weird side note, the bathroom nor bedroom garbage can had liners in them. The label on the shower handle is getting warn off. One of my kids took a cold shower thinking we were just out of hot water, but didn't realize the temperature selector (separate from the on / off) was on cold instead of hot.
The bedroom was ok. The door jamb looks like it is coming off and the handle/lock is about to fall off too. Moot point, but the Wifi router and model are just in a heap on the floor. Lighting in the bedroom leaves a bit to be desired of, but I didn't come to Maui to sit in the bedroom. What is an issue though is that their is no AC. The listing stated that there isn't, so this wasn't a surprise, but what was a surprise is that the wind is pretty stiff coming through the apartment. We HAD to have the windows open in the bedroom and out to the lanai to keep a draft going through the main area. Our second night, my wife woke up to use the restroom and the wind caught the door slamming it shut in the middle of the night. Needless to say that startled me and we had to be extra careful with the door from the bedroom because of this.
There is an inflatable mattress which is great! Except the pump needed to be charged for 12 hours before use. We were unable to use it the first night because of the need to charge first.
The Pikake has quiet hours from 10 pm to 9 am, which we were reminded of by our host abruptly the first morning. We were contacted the first day for being "loud". There are a handful of people that I think live there full time and they have the host on speed dial if there is something they don't like. We went out to watch the sunrise and turtles one morning and I am assuming woke up one of the "residents". The only issue with this is when the landscaping crew shows up at 7:30 am with leaf blowers and weed eaters. Also the street out front gets pretty loud with people traveling to work or whatever. This honestly killed the "Maui vibe" we were hoping to have here. Ironically enough our last day here, were were woken up by one of the neighbors going onto the lanai.
The laundry room also requires quarters. Not a huge deal, but all the other Airbnbs we stayed at on our trip had laundry facilities not requiring this. Not a huge issue, but not something I am used to while staying at an Airbnb. Hotel, yes. Airbnb, no.