Name: Buddies B & B
Address: 75 Kings Rd W, Swanage BH19 1HJ, UK, Swanage, Swanage, Swanage, BH19 1HJ, United Kingdom
Rating: 9

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Swanage 18 Hole Pitch and Putt

Santa-Fe Fun Park

Swanage Beach

Swanage Museum and Heritage Centre

Pier Beach

Swanage Pier

Durlston Country Park

Bournemouth Airport

Southampton Airport

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If you looking for accommodation for a dive trip then look no further.

12 adults, some of us rather large, were accommodated with ease.  Great kitchen facilities in the house that enabled us to cater for ourselves.  The kitchen has a large fridge and freezer for your use as well as a dishwasher and oven suitable for feeding hungry divers.

The rooms were a decent size and to be honest, were way better than I was expecting.

There is a large lean to on the side of the house with hangers for dive kit which is a great touch and stops you having to take wet kit into the house.

Parking is of course an issue but then isn’t everywhere in Swanage? 😂

This is a fantastic self catering house let opportunity and we will definitely be using buddies for future trips.

Great dive accommodation 

We have just returned from Buddies after a family get together in Swanage watching the Flying Scotsman Steam train.We arrived late afternoon and found parking ok. We had been warned that the parking was restricted so were advised to park the car where we could and as everything was in walking distance leave the car. Great advise as Swanage was extremely busy over this weekend. We had a family room as had taken our granddaughter and the room was perfect. We had a double and bunk beds, drink making facilities, Tv and our own bathroom (never a cold shower, water hot - Not ensuite). Everything with this place was clean, excellent service and hosts were lovely. The breakfast is cooked to order and you have everything that you need from cereals to a full English breakfast. The hosts have a dog , which will bark when you enter the door but the hosts have control the whole time. This was a great stay and an ideal place if you want to close to facilities, town centre, beach  and home from home accommodation in Swanage.

Very welcoming and great stay.

This property is advertised to accommodate twelve people. This is definitely not the case. There maybe twelve beds, but that’s as far as it goes. We were a family of eight adults and four children. At no time were we able to sit together and eat, as only ten dining room chairs. Fridge not big enough for twelve people. Lounge tiny, and full to the brim of the owners clutter, and seating for six. Photo’s misleading and parking hell. Slate hanging off roof, unable to let children in the garden to play for fear of slate falling off roof and injuring one of them. Not enough bins for rubbish, recycling bin half full. Filled up on first day with pizza boxes. Rubbish was not recycled as we had nowhere to recycle. Owners did not return part of our deposit as we didn’t recycle, I didn’t realise this was the “law”. Surely as a business it should be trade waste and not domestic waste. There were no instructions on how anything worked, tv, cooker etc. There where lots of instructions about what was not allowed to be touched, ie, certain shelves in the freezer. Bifold door on “private” bathroom, with flimsy cheap lock, hardly private. This is the first place we have stayed to find no welcome pack or welcome from the owners. All in all very disappointing, avoid at all costs!!

Not impressed

We stayed for one night, on a 3-day cycling trip around the New Forest and Purbecks. Jason could not have been more helpful, he was very informative on local cycling routes (best routes avoiding steep hills!!), and is a very cheerful chap. He is in absolutely the right job. The night we were there, we went to a Pub in Swanage (the Red Lion - fantastic cider, Jason's recommendation) and I left my phone in the bar when we (eventually) left. The landlady found the last number I had dialled, and called Jason - he jumped in his car immediately and went to collect my phone. What a guy, top marks for that!!!  Breakfast was an experience - great food and a long discussion about the political implications of Brexit. Great fun, and a top man. Highly recommend. Even though he is a leaver, we still really liked him !!

Great host!!

We arrived for a walking weekend on Thursday evening to be warmly greeted by Jason and Lesley the owners. 
Our rooms were comfortable with twin beds and all the usual facilities. One had an ensuite with lovely “rainforest” shower and the other had a private bathroom next door also with a rainforest shower.
Breakfast was the usual selection but the full English was lovely and of good quality.
There was one big table around which we ate with other guests but we all found that a really nice way to have breakfast 
Jason had an amazing knowledge of the local area and helped us plan our walks which were well enhanced as a result.
We loved the coastal walks and Buddies was a great base. Corfe Castle and the village itself are a must see and Swanage itself has some great pubs and restaurants to sample 
Would definitely recommend

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