Kuau Plaza Condominium

Kuau Plaza sits right on the Hana Highway in Kuau, the quiet stretch of coastline just past Paia town on the way toward Ho'okipa Beach Park, the windsurfing and surf break known around the world. Built in 1973, it's a straightforward three-story building of 30 homes, mostly one-bedroom units with a handful of larger two-bedrooms, close enough to the water for beach access without the density or polish of a resort complex.

There's no pool or elevator here, just association-paid cable and a community laundry room, the kind of unfussy setup that suits full-time North Shore living. Kuau Plaza is apartment-zoned and appears on Maui County's official Minatoya list at 777 Hana Highway, where the county records the zoning as A2. It also holds a confirmed hotel-use variance that exempts it from Bill 9's apartment-district phase-out, so short-term rental stays allowed here on the same terms as today rather than the January 1, 2031 countdown that applies to other Minatoya buildings. Variances are property-specific and can be amended, so confirm the current status with Diane before counting on rental income. For anyone who wants to live near Ho'okipa without paying resort prices, this is one of the few condo options in Kuau itself.