Keys ready before the gang lands
Mobilisation dates slip and then un-slip. We confirm same day in hub cities and send arrival instructions to the site manager before Monday morning, so nobody is standing on a kerb with a holdall.
Construction workers accommodation, UK-wide
Construction workers accommodation UK
Fully managed construction workers accommodation across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Tell us the site postcode, how many people and for how long — we come back with a shortlist of real, vetted houses near site, usually within two working hours.
Two people for a fortnight is as welcome as two hundred for two years. No minimum crew, no minimum stay.
- 200+
- Properties under contract
- 1,284
- Crews housed
- <2h
- Typical shortlist turnaround
- 4
- Nations covered
Built around a working site
Housing that works the way the job works
A site crew is up at half five, out the door at six, and back at six with wet boots and an empty fridge. The accommodation has to fit around that, not the other way round. We hold whole properties under contract and shortlist against what a working gang actually needs.
Vans, tools and somewhere to dry kit
Parking that fits a Transit or three, tools off the street overnight, a washing machine and drying space for soaked gear. We filter on all of it before anything reaches your shortlist.
Job moves? One call.
The frame runs four weeks long, six more bricklayers land, or the whole gang rolls onto the follow-on site. Because we hold the stock, we extend in place or re-place the crew without a rebooking saga.
Site crews vs hotel rooms
Why gangs don’t stay in hotels
A hotel is built for someone on a two-night business trip. A site crew on a twelve-week job needs a 5am breakfast, somewhere to dry waterproofs, and a parking bay that fits a van with tools in the back.
| KrewBase house | Hotel rooms | |
|---|---|---|
| 5am breakfast before the drive | Own kitchen | Restaurant opens at 7 |
| Wet gear after a rainy shift | Washer + drying space | Nowhere |
| Van and tool storage | Driveway / secure parking | Paid car park, if it fits |
| Gang under one roof | Whole house | Rooms on three corridors |
| Gang home at weekends | Weekday-only billing | Charged seven nights |
| Job overruns | One call extends | Checkout and rebook |
| Cost per head | Usually lower | Adds up fast |
How site stays are priced
Quoted against your job, not a rate card
Construction accommodation is priced per person per night, and the number moves with location, dates, gang size and duration. We quote against the actual job — the rate we quote is the rate invoiced, with no separate booking fee.
Mobilisations and short runs
A two-week strip-out, a month of night works, six weeks of fit-out. Fast shortlist, weekday-only options, and no weekend charge when the gang is home.
Long runs and frameworks
Multi-month and multi-year jobs with rolling reviews as the work moves. One booking, one invoice, and nobody rebooking the crew every few weeks.
One gang or the whole site
Two carpenters on a fortnight’s snagging or forty operatives across trades. Small gets the same service as big — no minimum crew, no minimum stay.
Where we hold stock
Near the work, in all four nations
Live city pages showing what we hold around each hub. Your site outside them? Send the postcode — sourcing on demand is normal for us.
By stage of the build
Every stage crews differently
A groundworks gang and a fit-out team need almost opposite things. We brief hosts on which stage your crew is on before anyone moves in.
Groundworks & civils
First on site and often first to need beds. Big gangs, muddy kit, early starts — and site cabins fill fast. Whole houses close to the gate matter most here.
Frame & structure
Concrete, steel and frame crews on long runs. Accommodation that stays put and stable while the job works through its phases.
Fit-out & MEP
Joiners, sparks, plumbers and plasterers rotating in waves. Properties that flex as the numbers shift week to week.
Refurb & maintenance
Smaller gangs, shorter notice, odd durations. Weekday-only stays and quick turnarounds are the norm.
Snagging & handover
Small teams finishing up. Short stays, weekday billing, and no paying for nights nobody is there.
Same gang, new site
Follow-on work somewhere new? Give us the new postcode and we re-place the crew before the current booking ends.
How it works
From site postcode to keys in four steps
01
Send the site postcode and gang size
Postcode, trades, start date, rough duration, vehicles — plus anything that matters: female-only, weekday-only, split shifts. Two minutes on the form or one phone call.
02
We shortlist houses within drive time
We hold the stock under contract, so we check what is genuinely free on your dates and come back with photos, gate-to-door minutes and what is included — not marketplace bids.
03
You pick, we hold it
Choose the option that suits. We handle the host, the contract, the keys and the arrival instructions, and send everything to the site manager before the gang sets off.
04
The gang moves in — and we stay on it
Boiler dies at 5am, the frame runs four weeks long, two more sparkies land on Tuesday. You ring us, not the landlord. Everything rolls onto the same invoice.
A sample of the portfolio
Real properties, currently held
A small slice of what we hold. Rates depend on dates, crew size and duration, so we quote per job rather than posting a price that turns out to be wrong.
Out-of-town site? Good — that’s our home turf.
Power stations, rail depots, data centre campuses and rural infrastructure — the places with no hotel for miles. Those are the requirements we handle best.
Construction
Construction workers accommodation, UK-wide
Most of what we do is housing site crews. A main contractor, a subcontractor or an agency needs beds for a gang, the job is nowhere near where those workers live, and six months of hotel rooms is neither affordable nor good for the team.
What a site crew needs is different from what a business traveller needs. A kitchen, because nobody wants to buy every meal for a fifteen-week job. A washing machine and somewhere to hang wet gear. Parking that takes vans and lets tools come off overnight. Shared space so the gang is not perched on the end of beds at 8pm. And walls thick enough that a 5am alarm wakes nobody else.
So we let whole properties to one crew. The gang has the house to itself — no mixing with other firms, no per-bed rules, no strangers on the landing. Gas, electricity, water and broadband are included and in our name. Wi-Fi is live before check-in. Cleaning and linen are standard, and maintenance calls come to us rather than turning your site manager into a landlord.
Any gang size, one invoice
Two joiners on a fortnight’s fit-out and forty operatives on a multi-year infrastructure job are different problems. Small crews get one house. Above roughly twelve we place two or more properties close together — it books better, keeps the gang travelling as a group, and stands up to any welfare or accommodation check. Several sites at once is still one contact and one invoice.
Near site, even where there is nothing
Sites do not get built next to hotels. Power stations, rail depots, wind farms and rural infrastructure are exactly where supply runs out first and late bookings get expensive. We hold stock permanently in hub cities and source on demand everywhere else, so an awkward postcode is a normal enquiry, not a problem.
Booked and billed to the company
Site accommodation is a company cost, so we treat it like one. Booked in the company name, one consolidated monthly invoice, and card payment accounts for limited companies. No booking fees, no per-head admin charge, and extensions stay on the existing invoice — because jobs move.
Common questions
Construction workers accommodation, answered
No. Two people for a fortnight is as welcome as two hundred for two years. Whether it is one joiner for a week or a full site crew for a year, you get the same shortlist service and the same one invoice.
It is priced per person per night and depends on location, dates, gang size and duration — so we quote against your actual job rather than publishing a rate that turns out not to fit. Quotes are all-inclusive with no booking fee, and limited companies can pay by card on monthly invoice terms.
A shortlist normally comes back within two working hours. In hub cities we can often confirm and have keys ready the same day. For remote sites or very large crews, allow 24 hours.
Yes. A gang of six gets a house with a kitchen, drying space and somewhere to sit after a shift. Larger numbers are spread across nearby properties we hold, all run through one contact and one invoice.
Yes. Weekday-only is how a large share of site stays run because gangs go home at weekends. You are not charged for nights the crew is not there, and the property stays held for the following week.
Tell us and we extend. Because we hold stock rather than broker it, we can usually extend in place instead of moving everyone mid-job. Extra people, fewer people or finishing early all work the same way.
On most properties, yes, and it is one of the things we filter on before shortlisting. Tell us the vehicles and whether tools need to come off overnight, and we only send options that work.
Yes — every property we shortlist has a full kitchen, so a 5am breakfast before the drive is normal, not a workaround. That is one of the main reasons crews stop being put in hotels.
Yes. We hold stock permanently in hub cities and source on demand everywhere else — including the rural and industrial locations near power stations, rail depots and infrastructure sites where there is very little existing supply.
Yes. Send the new postcode and we re-place the crew before the current booking ends, so there is no gap between sites and no double-paying for overlapping nights where it can be avoided.
The company, always. Accommodation is booked in the company name and billed on one consolidated monthly invoice. Your workers never put a personal card down and never claim it back on expenses.
Housing arranged by the employer for a site crew working away from home — normally a whole house or apartment near site rather than a hotel room each. The gang gets a kitchen, laundry, van parking and drying space, and the company books and invoices the whole crew in one go instead of reimbursing individual expenses.
Usually, once a crew is three or more and the job runs more than a couple of weeks — and the gap widens the longer it runs. The saving is not only the nightly rate: a kitchen removes the evening meal claim, and one invoice removes the per-head expense admin.
Yes. Sudden mobilisations are a normal part of this industry. Give us the dates and the gang size and we come back fast with what is genuinely free — often same day in hub cities.
We do. The gang contacts us, not the landlord. Housekeeping, maintenance callouts and anything that goes wrong at an inconvenient hour land with us to sort.