Fort Augustus, Scotland • Scotland
Fort Augustus sits at the south end of Loch Ness in Highland Scotland, postcode area PH, where the Caledonian Canal runs through the middle of the village. Crews posted to the Great Glen, the A82 corridor or jobs across Highland stay in whole serviced houses and flats booked through KrewBase. Bills are in our name, Wi-Fi is tested before check-in and you get one monthly invoice for the company. Small or large, short or long, we shortlist housing that suits tradesmen, not tourists.
Fort Augustus is a small canal-side village, so crew housing here is a mixed bag of stone cottages, terraced houses and a handful of modern bungalows on the quieter edges of the village. The streets off the A82 and up towards the golf course tend to offer the easier parking and the space a working crew actually needs. KrewBase filters every property for driveway or kerbside parking that fits vans, a living space that works after a long shift, and a proper kitchen rather than a holiday let with a microwave. We don't list anything that wouldn't suit people working, not sightseeing.
Crews come to the Great Glen for work across Highland: construction and housing development, utilities and grid maintenance along the glen, forestry and land management, and tourism infrastructure upkeep. The A82 is one of the main arterial routes through the Highlands, so road, drainage and telecoms jobs keep small teams in the area year-round. There are also NHS and care roles covering the dispersed Highland communities around Loch Ness. Whatever the job, the pattern is the same: a small crew needs a solid house near site, not a hotel an hour away.
Fort Augustus sits right on the A82, the main Fort William to Inverness road. Inverness is roughly 35 miles north-east, Fort William about 30 miles south-west, so crews can cover either end of the glen from one base. There's no railway in the village itself — the nearest stations are at Inverness and Fort William — so most crews arrive by van and stay put for the duration. If your site is up a glen road or spread along the corridor, tell us the pin and we shortlist by actual drive time rather than guessing from a map.
You get the whole property to yourselves, with the rent, council tax, gas, electric, water and broadband all in KrewBase's name. Wi-Fi speed is tested before anyone checks in, and parking is checked against the actual vehicles on the job, not just a photo of a drive. Properties sleeping five or more come with two bathrooms as standard. A weekly clean and fresh linen keep the place decent, and any maintenance goes straight to us — your crew just reports it. You receive one monthly invoice, paid by card, with no booking fees and no minimum crew size or stay length.
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.
Tell us the site location and crew size, and we send a shortlist within two hours during working hours. Housing stock in a village this size is thin, so we also check the surrounding glen villages along the A82 to make sure you get workable options rather than an empty list.
Yes. Parking is checked against the actual vehicles on your job before we shortlist anything. Crews working across Highland usually run vans or pickups, and we only put forward houses with a drive or reliable kerbside space that fits them properly.
Yes. Broadband is in KrewBase's name, part of the monthly cost, and the speed is tested before check-in. If your crew needs to run tablets for job sheets or make calls home after a shift, tell us and we'll check that the connection handles it.
That's the standard arrangement. You get one monthly invoice covering rent and all bills paid by card. There are no booking fees and no chasing receipts for utilities — your accounts team deals with a single document each month. There are no per-person extras either, so the figure we quote at the start is the figure that arrives.
Yes — we shortlist by drive time from your site, so houses along the Great Glen towards Fort William or Inverness are all in scope. Give us the site pin rather than a town name and we'll work out the sensible radius around it.
KrewBase does. Your crew reports a problem to us, we arrange the tradesperson and it costs nothing extra on the invoice. Weekly cleaning and fresh linen are included as standard, so the house stays fit for the whole stay. You won't be passed between letting agents and landlords while the job is running.
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Need beds in Fort Augustus? 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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