Here's where I stayed during my 7D/6N trip in March. I realise this place hasnt been mentioned in this thread before.
It's called
Anawin Bungalows and only cost me 9800 baht for two people, around Sgd30/pax a night. Do note they dont take credit card.
Location: Fantastic. Just off the main shopping road where there's a family mart and 7-11. 3-5mins walk to the beach. A outdoor restaurant 1 min away if you are hungry. Not noisy at night.
Accomodation: This is not a 5* accomodation, its very basic. Its airconditioned, theres a wall mounted fan as well. Plus a bed, a cupboard, a toilet, a tv with bbc,al jazeera, cna. The king size bed is two singles joined together, but its huge. Rooms are clean, room service is available. I left a tip but they didn't take. Hangars are provided. A clothesline is available in the balcony. The balcony is just two chairs and a table where you can sit and feed mosquitoes. Toilet is clean, they provide shampoo and bar soap. I suggest to bring your own. There's no heater, but with the Krabi heat, you won't need it. The wall mounted fan makes some noise if you oscillate it, but it gets cold at night, so I usually turn it off. The windows are shielded to prevent mosquitoes from entering. There are curtains, but you have to close it properly to ensure privacy especially from the sides. No one will have a reason to walk outside your door though, each house has its own front porch.
Facilities: None. If you want swimming pool, just roll to the beach. If you want thai massage, just across the road(200 baht). All available in a short walk.
Breakfast: Breakfast can be ordered at 100 baht, starts at 7am.(I did not try)
Host: Fantastic. His name is Ismail. Very responsive to emails. Over there, he can help you book tours, book cabs, book songtaews. Some tours (like sunset kayak tour 1200baht/pax) he can even get discounts for you. He chalked off 200 baht for me, might have been able to ask more I think. If you're going there clueless, he's the man to arrange stuff for you to do in Krabi.
I highly recommend this place for it's
price, location and good host. If you are looking for heated baths, lavender scented rooms, breakfast in bed kind, then definitely not for you.
I booked through booking.com.
I realise no one mentioned about diving in Krabi as well. So here's my experience.
Diving: I took my Advanced Open Water with Stingray Divers. You can go to their website to check prices, its fixed no bargaining. The instructors are nice and are really thorough, they make sure you read the book and not only that, also answer the questions in the course book before diving. Tons of food is served on board, watermelon, bananas, cornflake, lunch, electrolyte drinks, coffee, hot water for tea, banana muffins. Dive sites wise are near Phi Phi Island, it takes abt 2hrs to reach, there were lots of lion fishes and monray eels to see. They have a wreck dive on Mondays too. Their instructors are mostly Germans, but they speak English too. They share the boat with another dive school called The Dive.