Monday, March 30, 2015

It's 3 a.m. I'm Going Out For A Slushie.


Did you see the story from this weekend where 4-year old Annabelle from Philadelphia decided she needed a late-night snack? At 3 a.m., she dressed warmly, walked several blocks in the rain to catch the bus to her favorite store to get a Slushie. 

 All ended well with a responsible bus driver taking charge of the situation and ensuring that Annabelle was safely returned home. (Mom and Dad shortly thereafter decided to upgrade their home's locks in honor of their daughter's rather adventurous spirit).

 Oh, Annabelle. Now THERE's someone who knows what she wants. We adults who have been conditioned to play by the rules should learn from Annabelle's example. When you want something, take the necessary steps to make it happen.

 If you've been entertaining that mindset, I have an opportunity that may appeal to you. 

 Imagine coming home from experiencing some of the highest waves in the world just a fifteen minute drive away.  You open the community’s private gates to arrive at your secluded two-acre retreat, far enough away to experience a diamond-studded, black velvet night sky, but still minutes from Makawao and Paia towns. As you make your way around the lush grounds, you notice that it’s just about time to relax and have a Slushie or a mai tai on the expansive tiled lanai for yet another Maui sunset.
You’re welcomed into an easy-flowing, open floor plan that allows plenty of room for indoor/outdoor entertaining. You and your guests enjoy 180˚ ocean views, West Maui Mountain views and the twinkling lights of Kahului and Wailuku below. You also enjoy privacy, in that all the lots in Maunaolu Estates are at least two acres, creating generous space between each parcel.

If the Eastern Maple flooring, knotted pine ceilings with lighted crown moulding, koa breakfast & entertainment bar don’t take your breath away, the floor to ceiling windows and doors will. You’ll also love the flexibility that comes with having an exquisitely appointed mother-in-law's room / office and an equally luxurious 2-bedroom ‘ohana.
Offered at $2,500,000. 
Current owner may entertain reasonable offers.
MLS 363163
Rhonda Smith-Sanchez
808-205-2175
RhondaMauiHi@gmail.com
PS: If anybody out there knows if Annabelle eventually got her Slushie, please let me know. Who knows...with a focus and a will like hers, she'll probably end up running a global Slushie empire one day.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

What's Better Than 25 Oceanview Acres on Maui?


26 oceanview acres on Maui!

 Take a close look at the photo that accompanies this blog. Everything there could be yours. Just imagine immersing yourself in your own oceanview arboretum every day.
To sweeten the deal, you're actually close enough that you could bike to Ho'okipa, the world-famous windsurfing spot on Maui's North Shore. (I blogged about Ho'kipa yesterday right here: http://rhondasmithsanchez.blogspot.com/2015/03/candle-in-wind.html).

Taking the superlatives even further, this incredible property is just off another world-famous locale - the incomparable Road to Hana.

Here are a just a few of the facts about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity:

26 acres
Ag zoning
6 water meters
Extremely private
Wide ocean views
Ideal for large estate
Entire parcel easily walkable
Fully landscaped and irrigated
Natural terraces & gentle slopes
See the lights of Kahului / Wailuku
Sunsets over the West Maui Mountains
Serve the community with social events
6 permitted, rentable, ocean view revenue-producing homes
MLS 363948
$6,500,000

Learn more about the property by visiting http://www.haikufarmestate.com. See the actual MLS listing at http://tinyurl.com/mac986j

Rhonda Smith-Sanchez, R(S) 73936
808-205-2175
RhondaMauiHi@gmail.com

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Monday, March 23, 2015

Candle in the Wind



So I'm sitting here trying to relax as I write my blogs. Music always does the trick to help clear the mind from its constant whirlwind. For some reason, I'm in a 70s mood lately. I guess that era reminds me of a more innocent time - one that didn't move quite as quickly, one that didn't have cell phones as compulsory appendages, one where I was more than a couple of years younger with a completely different set of priorities. 

Elton John is crooning "Candle in the Wind" right now. I don't know why I'm settling in on that one lyric, "...you lived your life like a candle in the wind." Maybe it's because now that I'm a lot older and hopefully a little wiser, I can look back on my life with a smile and be happy with the life I've lived so far. More importantly, I can look forward and be happy with the direction I'm going.

I've never been one to settle, and I don't see that changing. In interacting with friends, family, clients - people in general - it's part of my nature to urge them to reach for more as well - to not be that candle in the wind. I want them to have what they want and know that it's within their power to get it.

See that photo at the top of this blog? I get to drive by that place every day of my life. I've done so for many years. I can stop there and relax or play any time I want. It's Ho'okipa, sometimes known as The Windsurfing Capital of the World, on Maui's North Shore.

I'm offering these thoughts and that photo because I want my readers to see that such a beautiful playground can be yours whenever you want it, too. This part of life need not pass you by like a candle in the wind.

 Call, text, or e-mail me to visit an exquisite single-level 3/3 in a gated community that overlooks the very same shore that appears above. At the custom home, you’re welcomed into an easy-flowing, open floor plan that allows plenty of room for indoor/outdoor entertaining. You and your guests enjoy 180˚ ocean views and West Maui Mountain views. You also enjoy privacy, in that all the lots in Maunaolu Estates are at least two acres, creating generous space between each parcel. 

 If the Eastern Maple flooring, knotted pine ceilings with lighted crown moulding, koa breakfast & entertainment bar don’t take your breath away, the floor to ceiling windows and doors will. You’ll also love the flexibility that comes with having an exquisitely appointed mother-in-law's room / office apartment and an equally luxurious 2-bedroom ‘ohana.

 Property Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qt9QAGkOAU

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

15 Kulanihakoi Street, 17D in Kihei


Property Site: http://tour.circlepix.com/home/SMZKCB
Light and bright, this ground floor 3 bedroom/ 2 bath condo is perfectly situated at the back of the complex with a great grassy area outside your window to enjoy with your family! Remodeled master bath with walk- in shower, brand -new water heater and W/D new in 2013. A pleasure to show!
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2.00
Price: $280,000

For more information about this property, please contact Rhonda Smith-Sanchez RS at or RhondaMauiHI@gmail.com. You can also text 2018369 to 67299.


See more listings at: www.RhondaMaui.com


MLS ID: 360206

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2695 S. Kihei Road, 8-201 in Kihei


Property Site: http://tour.circlepix.com/home/DQEX6V
Rare, corner unit, single level 2 bedroom, with extra windows plus a 2nd lanai! Beautifully remodeled kitchen and baths, upgraded furnishings including a 45 inch flat screen tv, new washer/dryer, refrigerator and microwave, plus a brand new, 3 zone, energy efficient split A/C! Easy to show when vacant!
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2.00
Price: $599,000

For more information about this property, please contact Rhonda Smith-Sanchez RS at or RhondaMauiHI@gmail.com. You can also text 2018359 to 67299.


See more listings at: www.RhondaMaui.com


MLS ID: 359514

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130 Kuloli Place in Haiku


Property Site: http://tour.circlepix.com/home/EX677J
A home and Ohana on two rolling acres offering views of the ocean and West Maui Mountains. This main home has character and loads of possibilities, open your mind, imagine what YOU can do with these four walls. The home holds three bedrooms suites each with it's own private lanai. But it's the land, the fruit, the ponds and the additional structures that give us the excitement to show this property. This is the type of property you ask yourself...WHAT CAN I DO with this unique private and quiet property. The Hawaiiana Ohana is cute, clean and coveted.
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3.00
Price: $875,000

For more information about this property, please contact Rhonda Smith-Sanchez RS at or RhondaMauiHI@gmail.com. You can also text 2018280 to 67299.


See more listings at: www.RhondaMaui.com


MLS ID: 359562

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2736 Iolani Street in Pukalani


Property Site: http://tour.circlepix.com/home/85PRSB
Very clean and well taken care of. A sweet property to call home-bright atmosphere with big open views. An Ohana for extra room or office space. Today it is all you need-clean, comfortable and affordable. Enjoy your perfect BBQ space with the lifetime confidence of Trex decking. This home delivers simplicity, sunsets, surrounding views and convenience to Pukalani Terrace Center. James Hardy Lap Siding, Myratech composite board trim. Double insulated vinyl windows and lots of french doors. This is a Short Sale.
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2.00
Price: $495,000

For more information about this property, please contact Rhonda Smith-Sanchez RS at or RhondaMauiHI@gmail.com. You can also text 2018235 to 67299.


See more listings at: www.RhondaMaui.com


MLS ID: 357721

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2777 S. Kihei Road, I-216 in Kihei


Property Site: http://tour.circlepix.com/home/6Q2Q8F
One of the largest floor plans Maui Kamaole offers, 1214sf of a very clean, sweet, spacious condo with an ocean view. Enjoy 265 sf of calm windless front lanai with views of Molokini, Lanai, and the West Maui mountains, not to mention the front seat view of Maui s whale season. Your very own private setting to watch the most beautiful sunsets in the world. This unit is located in the quiet Ilima (the flower representing Oahu) Building. A Bathroom was recently updated to reflect the style and amenities that today s renters expect. Many recently replaced amenities are included in the sale together with all furniture. This airy, private and well taken care of unit has years and years of sunsets and memories to share with a new owner.
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2.00
Square feet: 1,214
Price: $899,000

For more information about this property, please contact Rhonda Smith-Sanchez RS at or RhondaMauiHI@gmail.com. You can also text 1938350 to 67299.


See more listings at: www.RhondaMaui.com


MLS ID: 358650

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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Seasonal Snowfall Record



"BOSTON (AP) — Boston's miserable winter is now also its snowiest season going back to 1872.

 The official measurement of 108.6 inches at Logan International Airport Sunday night topped a season record of 107.9 inches set in 1995-96..."

 ---HuffingtonPost.com: March 15, 2015

Why is a Maui girl writing about Boston snowfall? She wants to prompt her readers - specifically those who have a bucket list  - to think about life a little differently.

 You wake up one day and you realize you’re not fulfilling that bucket list.

That dream of owning semi-rural acreage in an eternal summer climate has somehow slid to the back burner. You’d planned to have your own fruit trees, your own exotic flowers, grow your own vegetables, live in a tropical paradise, learn how to paint or record in your own studio. The ocean and mountain views. They’ll come after there are x dollars in the bank and after x goal is accomplished. Throwing the surfboard on top of the car and driving 5 minutes to catch a wave. That’s on the list, but it can’t happen right now. That’ll come someday.

Friends, those things happen every day right here on Maui. One of the interesting dynamics of life here is that so many people understand that life is meant to be lived. Life is not meant to expire minute by minute at a soul-sucking, mind-polluting job, sitting in traffic while suffering from bone-chilling cold.

This beautiful 26-acre property in Haiku sits right at the corner of Haiku Road and the famed Road to Hana. It already offers more exotic tropical vegetation than you’ll ever be able to handle. Its gently sloped landscape is peaceful and serene. The sights include panoramic ocean and mountain views. The earthy, rainy aromas are intoxicating to the nature lover. The sounds. If you love silence and the distant song of a bird, this is home.

 The story of this property dates early in Maui’s history. Once used as housing for local plantations, this property was carefully selected by descendants of the Alexander and Baldwin family as a unique place to call home. The setting is ready for a beautiful estate and offers many opportunities for the savvy buyer will enjoy it for generations.

With just four minutes to Paia Town and two minutes to the Haiku Market Place, this parcel that has been pre-approved for 4, 5, and 7-lot subdivisions is in one of Maui’s most desirable locations. With six existing homes and recreation for miles around, this is the perfect family or corporate retreat.

All of the homes are of the old era plantation style. All have been recently tented and painted. The newly remodeled main home sits at the pinnacle of the property, encompassing views of the West Maui Mountains, the ocean, the cityscape and, of course, the acreage itself. The main home is the ideal place to live while the new owner builds the home of their dreams.

There is additional 4000 +/- square foot multi-use barn. There is also a free-standing building currently used as a personal fitness studio for the owner.

26 acres
Ag zoning
6 water meters
Extremely private
Wide ocean views
Ideal for large estate
Entire parcel easily walkable
Fully landscaped and irrigated
Natural terraces & gentle slopes
See the lights of Kahului / Wailuku
Sunsets over the West Maui Mountains
Serve the community with social events

MLS 363948
$6,500,000

Learn more about the property by visiting http://www.haikufarmestate.com. See the actual MLS listing at http://tinyurl.com/mac986j

Don’t wait for that next snow record or for that next thing - whatever it is - that you just flat-out want to place in your past. Call, e-mail or text me and I’ll be happy to schedule a private showing for your future.

Rhonda Smith-Sanchez, R(S) 73936
808-205-2175
RhondaMauiHi@gmail.com
http://www.RhondaMaui.com

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Monday, March 2, 2015

Live Long and Prosper



"Live long and prosper." Spock's signature salutation. 

What a beautiful phrase from such a stoic character. Close your mind off to all the distractions and ponder that phrase for awhile. "Live long and prosper." What does that mean to you?

"Live long." If one is to live long, one needs to lead a life that covers the positive spectrum of the human condition: fulfillment, joy, satisfaction, exuberance, peace. A little good luck doesn't hurt. Taking charge of one's physical environment when able doesn't hurt either.

"Prosper." For some, that word might have financial connotations. For others, it might have spiritual, creative or familial connotations. No matter, it's a word that wishes abundance upon its intended.

When you experience this property on Maui's North Shore, you may adopt Spock's phrase as your own. This 3/3 home in a gated community just off Baldwin Avenue sits on 2.1 hilltop acres and offers expansive ocean views. While relaxing on your lanai, look to your left and drink in the West Maui Mountains. After the sunset, enjoy the Kahului and Wailuku city lights down below. 

Call, text, or e-mail me to schedule a private showing. Viewing the property is one thing. Truly experiencing it on a visceral level is another.

I would love to be the one who opens the door to your leaving your old life behind when you decide that it's finally time to live long and prosper.
Offered at $2,500,000. MLS 363163
Rhonda Smith-Sanchez
808-205-2175
RhondaMauiHi@gmail.com

 
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#paradise
#Maui
#Hawaii
#luxuryrealestate
#Mauirealestate
#Hawaiirealestate
#NorthShore
#windsurfing
#kitesurfing
#kiteboarding
#standuppaddleboarding
#SUP





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