The location is great to the beach to just walk across the street. The use of the beach buggy was fantastic to just throw things in and cart over. The unit was a nice proximity to the stores and restaurants. The beach accessories and baby items available were awesome for our two and 4 month old.
We did have some unfortunate things happen during our stay though. Some out of the control of the owners such as a transformer blowing our second day there and not having electric until day 3. On day 3 they were servicing the elevators all morning. This made leaving for the beach crazy with a beach buggy full of stuff hoofing it down 4 flights. And then on day 4 there was construction two units over from us. Jack hammering all afternoon was so loud it was unbearable. Made for a hard day with tired kids that couldn’t sleep since it was too loud to be in the unit.
Rob was great to communicate with but unfortunately we weren’t able to fix the issues during our stay.
We had many malfunctions throughout the trip. The fans were not able to be used because the lights Kept turning on and off light a strobe light. The dishwasher wouldn’t drain and couldn’t be used. Smelled gross by the end of our stay. It was disappointing to be spending out time washing all our dishes by hand and not being able to enjoy the trip.
For the water heater it was evident that the water temp and pressure varies between all faucet points. At lest the sink actually gets hot water and stays most consistently. The upstairs bathroom had poor pressure but gets warmer. Your back needed to be against the wall but you have to crouch under the shower heads because they are so low. I’m only 5”5. Downstairs tub has water pressure but barely gets warm and when it does it doesn’t maintain heat. Again. The shower head is super low.
Since we had to run the AC longer due to not being able to use the fans because of the lights constantly going in an off it seems like the ac temp doesn’t hold.
Lastly we couldn’t use the lanai to have adult time when the kids were inside when running the AC since the unit spits water everywhere.
This was our third trip to Kihei and first in this unit. I’d have to say it was not relaxing or enjoyable unfortunately due to the series of events and malfunctions. Too bad.