Drybrook, South West • England
Drybrook sits on the high ground at the top of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England, in the GL postcode area, a few miles from Coleford and Cinderford and within reach of the M50 for Gloucester. It's a village of stone and brick built for the old Forest industries. KrewBase houses work crews in whole serviced properties here: bills in our name, Wi-Fi tested before check-in, parking checked against your vehicles, and one monthly invoice for the company.
Housing around Drybrook is classic Forest of Dean: sturdy stone terraces from the mining and timber years, brick semis from the last century, and pockets of newer detached houses on the lanes out towards Ruardean and Lydbrook. Crews do best in the newer or edge-of-village places — off-street parking, room to store kit, and less chance of a 6am start upsetting half a terrace. We weed out anything with steep shared access, no parking or thin walls between bedrooms, because a crew house has to work Monday to Sunday, not just photograph well.
The Forest of Dean sees a steady rotation of construction and housing work around Coleford, Cinderford and Lydney, forestry and land-management contracts across the Dean itself, and utility and grid jobs following the lanes between villages. Healthcare rotas in Gloucester, Cheltenham and the local community hospitals also pull crews into the area. Most jobs are mid-size teams working a fixed contract — exactly the shape that suits a whole house over a block of hotel rooms half an hour away.
Drybrook links out through Coleford, about three miles south, and Cinderford a little further east, with the M50 roughly twelve miles east for Gloucester and the wider motorway network. Gloucester itself is about half an hour by road. There's no station in the Dean villages — the nearest rail is at Lydney or Gloucester — so almost every crew drives. When the job sits out in the Forest or across towards the Severn, we shortlist houses on measured drive time from the site, not postcode guesses.
The let is the whole property — house or bungalow — with gas, electric, water, council tax and broadband in our name. Wi-Fi is speed-tested before your crew arrives, parking is confirmed against the actual vehicles coming, and we look for two bathrooms once the crew hits five. A weekly clean and fresh linen are built in, repairs come to us rather than your office, and the whole cost lands on one monthly invoice, paid by card. No booking fees, no agent fees, no minimum crew size or stay.
Send us the requirement — town, dates, headcount, vehicles and any shift pattern we should know about. We come back within 2 hours with a shortlist from property we already hold, not a search we have just started. You pick, we confirm, the crew moves in, and we stay on it for the length of the job. One monthly invoice, card payment for limited companies, no booking fees.
Send the site postcode, crew size, vehicle list and start date, and we'll return a shortlist of suitable properties — usually within two working hours. Every option comes with photos, parking notes and a fixed weekly rate, so your office can sign it off the same day and your crew can be in by the end of the week.
We cover Drybrook plus Coleford, Cinderford, Lydney, Ross-on-Wye and the Forest villages in between. Most crews working anywhere in the GL17 area can be placed within a sensible drive of site, and if the contract shifts we'll re-shortlist around the new location.
We check parking before offering any property — driveways, garages or off-street bays, matched against your actual vehicle list rather than a generic 'parking available' note. Vans and pickups are what crews here bring, so it's one of the first things we filter for.
Yes — gas, electric, water, council tax and broadband all stay in our name, so your crew never chases a utility bill or tops up a meter. Wi-Fi is speed-tested before check-in, and the whole lot rolls into the one monthly invoice your company receives.
No. Small jobs get the same service as big ones, and short lets are as welcome as long contracts. If the job runs long, extending is usually a quick phone call — we confirm availability, adjust the invoice, and your crew stays put.
We do. Your crew reports a problem to us, we arrange the tradesperson and pay the bill — it never lands on your supervisor or your office. Because every property is a whole house we manage directly, faults get sorted quickly rather than passing through a landlord chain.
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Drybrook sits about 28 miles from Bristol. Plenty of crews working here base themselves in the city and drive out, especially on longer jobs or when the local supply is thin. Our contractor accommodation Bristol page covers houses across the wider area — two people or twenty, same service.
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Need beds in Drybrook? Send us the dates, the headcount and the shift pattern. We come back within 2 hours with a shortlist from property we already hold.
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