Gatehead, Scotland • Scotland
Gatehead is a small village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, postcode area KA, just off the A71 between Kilmarnock and Irvine. There isn't a hotel or a letting office on the corner — which is exactly the gap KrewBase fills. We arrange whole serviced houses and flats for crews working across this part of Ayrshire, with bills, Wi-Fi and parking included and one monthly invoice to the company, shortlisting around the site itself rather than forcing everyone into Kilmarnock town centre.
Gatehead itself is small, so housing comes from the surrounding patch: semi-detached and detached houses on the village edges, terraces in neighbouring settlements, and the estates a short drive away. That scattered stock is normal for Ayrshire villages, and it's why we shortlist by drive time rather than postcode. Every property we put forward is checked for the things that matter on a job: a drive or hardstanding that takes the van, heating and hot water that don't argue, a kitchen that feeds a crew, and neighbours who won't complain about a 5am start.
This stretch of East Ayrshire sees housing development around the nearby towns, utilities and grid work across the rural network, road and infrastructure maintenance, and the logistics and manufacturing traffic that runs along the A71. NHS and care roles across the area bring in staff on longer postings. Crews here are usually small — two to five people — and the job runs weeks or months, which is exactly the shape a whole house beats a hotel: room to spread out, somewhere to wash kit, and a proper night's sleep between shifts.
Gatehead sits just off the A71, with Kilmarnock a few minutes east and Irvine around ten minutes west; both have supermarkets, suppliers and rail stations for crew changes. Glasgow is roughly 25 miles up the M77, reached in about half an hour. There's no railway in the village itself, so the van does the commuting. For sites scattered across Ayrshire, send us the pins and we shortlist from the point that keeps everyone's daily drive short — that calculation, done properly at the start, is worth more than any property feature.
Your crew takes the whole property. Rent, council tax, gas, electric, water and broadband all sit in KrewBase's name, so nothing lands on the crew or your accounts team mid-month. Wi-Fi is speed-tested before check-in, parking is verified against the actual vehicles, and properties sleeping five or more have two bathrooms. Weekly cleaning and linen are included, maintenance is our job, and you get one monthly invoice, paid by card. No booking fees, no minimum crew 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.
Two hours during working hours from site location and crew size. We'll check the village itself and the surrounding settlements along the A71, and tell you straight if the best option sits a couple of minutes' drive out. Booking ahead matters in a village this size.
Yes — we shortlist by drive time from your site, so the A71 corridor and both towns are in scope. Most crews end up a few minutes from site whichever way the shortlist falls, and we show the drive time per option.
Every property is checked against the vehicles on your job before it reaches the shortlist. We don't forward houses where the van has to park half a street away — that check is done up front, not discovered after check-in.
Always. Rent and every bill on one card payment invoice covering everything, with no booking fees and no per-person add-ons. It's the same single document for your accounts team whether the crew is two people or twenty. Utility receipts never touch your inbox.
Yes — broadband is in our name, inside the monthly figure, and speed-tested before anyone arrives. If your crew needs it for job sheets or video calls, that requirement filters the shortlist and we confirm speeds in writing. If the connection won't handle your needs, the property isn't shortlisted.
Site location or postcode, crew size, start date and expected duration. With those we shortlist within two hours and quote the all-in monthly figure — no surprises on the invoice at the end of the month. If dates are approximate, give us the window and we'll work around it.
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Gatehead sits about 22 miles from Glasgow. 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 Glasgow page covers houses across the wider area — two people or twenty, same service.
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Need beds in Gatehead? 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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