Mike & Carolyn Ball B&B

Comfy beds, located on a nice quiet street, lovely and attentive owners, and a well stocked breakfast room. Couldn't have asked for more!

I booked this lovely self contained single room in 2021, ahead of my interview for medical volunteer at the Commonwealth Games. I knew I would be coming and going at all different times throughout the games and needed to be completely independent. Mike and Carolyn are lovely people, they welcomed me with open arms and couldn't do enough to help me settle in and checked in with me from time to time to see how I was getting on at the games. The room is fully self contained and they left me some provisions to start me off for the fortnight, and topped them up from time to time. There is a full set of cooking utensils and on the second day of my visit they upgraded the toaster, kettle and the two ring cooking hob. I was being fed at the Games workforce dining room so didn't need to use the cooking facilities, but the toaster was very handy for a snack, particularly on the days when I did double shifts. The area is lovely, too. Very quiet, nice walk to the train or tram station (between 12 and 15 minutes depending on your walking speed) and the commute into Birmingham (I was based at the NEC) was easy, even on the days of the strike the tram (Metro) and buses were operating a full service, so I never had to panic about being late for my shifts. Unfortunately all my time was devoted to the Games, so I didn't have the time to do any touristy bits, however, I would highly recommend the Black Country Museum as it is very near, easily accessible by public transport and I had the best time when I visited about ten years ago.

Nothing, everything was exactly what I needed.

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