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Elegant Accommodation: Surveyor's Residence Bungalow in Kandy offers a villa with five bedrooms and five bathrooms. Guests enjoy a spacious living room, private pool, and a beautifully maintained garden. Outdoor Amenities: The property features a terrace, year-round outdoor swimming pool, and free WiFi. Additional facilities include a lounge, outdoor play area, and picnic spots, ensuring a relaxing stay. Comfort and Convenience: Guests benefit from private check-in and check-out, a 24-hour front desk, and free on-site parking. The villa offers air-conditioning, a fully equipped kitchen, and amenities such as a barbecue and yoga classes. Prime Location: Located 26 km from Victoria Reservoir Kandy Seaplane Base, the villa is close to attractions like Bogambara Stadium (4 km) and Sri Dalada Maligawa (6 km). Highly rated for its swimming pool, attentive staff, and beautiful garden.

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Property highlights

    • Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (8.9)

    • Breakfast info

    • Full English/Irish, Vegetarian, Halal, Asian

    • Free private parking available on-site

    • Activities:

    • Badminton equipment

    • Yoga classes

    • Themed dinner nights


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Accommodation Type
Number of guests
 
Bedroom 1
1 bunk bed
and
1 large double bed
Bedroom 2
1 large double bed
Bedroom 3
1 large double bed
Bedroom 4
2 single beds
Bedroom 5
1 large double bed
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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Duncan
    Australia Australia
    Lovely quiet location. Great facilities and pool. Amazing staff. Beautiful meals. Lovely grounds.
  • Marko
    Netherlands Netherlands
    Beautiful residence not far frim the city center. Personel is outstandung, making sure you feel comfortable and organize everything you desire. The bungalow is relaxed with private for everyone.
  • Helene
    Australia Australia
    Loved everything about our stay here. What a delight! Staff were absolutely wonderful. Nothing was a hassle, very welcoming and friendly. The home was so lovely. We ordered the Sri Lankan breakfast one morning, and it was fabulous, a great way to...
  • Bronte
    Australia Australia
    This residence is exceptional. From arrival to departure all the staff were friendly willing to help and flexible. My partner and I enjoy an early coffee at our home and looked forward to something not Nescafe. Spoke to the kitchen guys, "no...
  • Jacqui
    Australia Australia
    This property is large, spacious, beautifully furnished and has lovely grounds and pool area. Perfect for our group of 7 to swim and relax after a day of travelling!
  • Kay
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    As a party of 6 we have been exploring Sri Lanka for several weeks and our 2 night stay at the Surveyors Bungalow has been the most special so far. Nalin and his team catered for our every need and made us feel like we were superstars. The evening...
  • Karumuttu
    India India
    Neat and clean place, swimming pool, friendly and helpful staffs
  • James
    Australia Australia
    Greta location, peaceful, lots of room and the pool right out back. Perfect for the kids. Each room had a/c. The housekeeper was super friendly and great food cooked for breakfast!
  • Dan
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Beautiful and immaculate villa with wonderful, attentive staff. We really enjoyed our stay at the surveyors residence and enjoyed the history of it. The food was excellent and reasonably priced too. Would definitely recommend.
  • Stu
    Australia Australia
    Great little classy place with staff on site 24hrs ready to help, staff were genuinely extremely friendly and helpful, went the extra mile to assist with some personal requests. We did feel awkward asking sometimes as we didn't want to feel like...

Quality rating

Booking.com rated the quality of this property as 4 out of 5 based on factors such as facilities, size, location and services provided.

Hosted by Kanchana Senaratne

9.8
Host review score
Kanchana Senaratne
Surveyors’ Residence is a newly renovated bungalow of a former licensed surveyor and his family, located in the suburbs of Kandy. The family lived in this property from 1983. The bungalow was converted to a fully serviced private holiday bungalow / villa in 2018 as "Surveyors’ Residence" with 5 air-conditioned rooms, pool, and other amenities. This property is surrounded by lush greenery, offers a pleasing homely feeling, along with an unforgettable experience of diverse food choices and tailored service offerings. Our personal chef who caters to your culinary needs is skilled in cooking, diverse Sri Lankan & western cuisine including, soups, salads, Sri Lankan & western main meals. We provide meals for the guest from 6.00 am to 9.00 pm as per your choice including picnic packs for excursions. We don’t offer self cooking option for safety of our guests and service of our chef is provided free of charge. On availability, we provide home-grown fresh fruits & vegetables to make your meal satisfying. We have an a la carte menu with Sri Lanka, Indian and Western options including a kids menu . Meals can be pre-ordered from the a la carte menu for your convenience at a reasonable price. Further, we offer facilities for pre-arranged BBQ dinners at the pool side lawn. We provide kids meals around the clock on your request at a reasonable price. Hot water or a kettle can be provided for you to prepare meals for kids free of charge. Housekeeping services are available from 9.00 – 18.00 Hrs for your convenience. We have a private, child friendly pool in the bungalow, with a Kid’s pool, child friendly pool. Gates are available around the pool deck for the safety of your kids. For entertainment, TV lounge is available with selected local & international channels. We provide board/card games, extra activities for kids absolutely free. Bungalow with a scenic view, has ample space for children to run-around, discover plants such as coffee, cocoa and herbs.
Your host Kanchana and the team at Surveyor’s Residence, offer a range of services to create memorable moments in family holidays, family reunions and leisure outings for families during your stay at the bungalow. We facilitate and provide tailored services for your excursions in and around Kandy. These include picnic food baskets, amenities for excursions, takeaway food packs, drinks Etc. We provide details of popular excursions and customized services; we offer for each excursion at the bungalow. Please refer to our information guide and discuss with the caretaker to for arrangements to way you prefer. If you or part of your group wish to stay back and relax, we can organize food and drinks on the BBQ lawn, pool terrace or in the garden as a picnic to keep your children happily occupied. Our back garden has tropical herbs and plants including cocoa, coffee, vanilla wild berries, citrus plants, aloe vera, king-coconuts and many more. We provide garden-fresh produce on availability. (Some are seasonal crops and may not be available) Kanchana, a RYT 200 accredited yoga trainer will conduct “Mind Body and Soul” yoga sessions as pre-arranged sessions. Host resides outside the premise within close distance and can be contacted for assistance.
Surveyor’s Residence is located, 3 Km from the Kandy City Center closer to Cinnamon Citadel Kandy. Bungalow is located in a central location, Kandy city center and most of the tourist destinations can be reached within 15 -30 minutes from the bungalow. following are some of the popular tourist destinations in and around Kandy. This may help you to plan your stay. We provide an information guide at the bungalow which has popular excursions and customized services we offer for each excursion. HERITAGE - WITHIN THE CITY • Dalada Maligawa -20 min • Natha Devalya – 20 min • Buddhist Museum – 20 min • National Museum – 20 min • British Garrison cemetery - 30 min • St Paul's Church- 20 min • Kandy Lake - 20 min • Wales park - 20 min HERITAGE - AROUND KANDY • Tea Museum Hantana - 45 min • Gadaladeniya temple - 45 Min • Lankathilake temple - 45-60 min • Commonwealth war cemetery – 15 min • Railway museum -Kadugannawa – 45 min NATURE / SCENIC - AROUND KANDY • Royal Botanical gardens. – 20 min • Udawattekele forest reserve – 20 min • Hantana bird park (Captive birds) – 45 min ADVENTURE • Ambulugala Tower – 90 min • Hike in hantana mountain ridge - 60 min • Hike in Alagalla/ Saradiel trail - 90 min • Hike in Knuckles range/ Corbet’s gap-120 min CULTURE • Cultural dancing show-Kandy Lake Club – 30 min • Brassware factories in Pilimathalawa - 30 min • Kadugannawa Tea Factory – 45 min • Bahirawakanda temple – 30 min • Pillaiyar Kovil (Hindu Temple) 20 mn • Visit to central market – 20 min • Short train tripfrom Perdeniya station – 30 min. SHOPPING • Kandy city center mall (KCC) – 20 min • ODEL Luv SL souvenir shop – 20 min • Laksala Souvenir shop – 20 min • Central market – 20 min NATURE / SCENIC LOCATIONS - (5+ HOUR EXCURSIONS) • Sembuwatta lake – 90 min • Hunnas falls Hotel and nature trail – 90 min • Mandaram Nuwara (Misty Town) – 120 min • Victoria dam view point – 90 min • Kothmale dam view point – 90 min
Language spoken: English

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House rules

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Check-in
From 13:00 to 23:00
You'll need to let the property know in advance what time you'll arrive.
Check-out
From 00:00 to 11:00
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Children and beds

Child policies

Children of any age are welcome.

Children 13 years and above will be charged as adults at this property.

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Cot and extra bed policies

0 - 2 years
Cot upon request
Free

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There are no extra beds available at this property.

All cots are subject to availability.

Age restriction
The minimum age for check-in is 18
Cash only
This property only accepts cash payments.
Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.
Quiet hours
Guests must be quiet between 23:00 and 06:00.
Pets
Pets are not allowed.

The fine print

Need-to-know information for guests at this property

Quiet hours are between 23:00:00 and 06:00:00.

Legal information

This property is managed by a private host. EU consumer law relating to professional hosts might not apply.

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