Isle Of Canna, Scotland • Scotland
Canna is one of the Small Isles in Scotland's Inner Hebrides, in the PH postcode area, reached by ferry from Mallaig on the mainland. It's a tiny, close-knit island, and crews heading there are usually working on infrastructure, housing or community projects across the Small Isles. KrewBase arranges whole serviced properties with bills in our name, tested Wi-Fi, sensible parking and one monthly invoice — and because island logistics take planning, the earlier you call us, the smoother the stay.
Canna has a very small resident population and almost no conventional rental stock, so crew accommodation here works differently from a mainland town. Stays are typically arranged in whole houses or the island's available self-catering properties, and the practical details — heating, hot water, food deliveries, ferry timings — matter more than fancy fittings. We plan each Canna booking carefully with the crew's employer, checking the property against the actual job: how many people, what kit, which vehicles, and how long the contract runs. Island jobs reward preparation, so we start early and nail everything down before the ferry sails.
Work on Canna is driven by the basics of island life: maintaining and upgrading housing, paths, piers and community buildings, plus renewable energy and estate work across the Small Isles. Crews might be tradespeople on a short contract, ecologists, surveyors or workers supporting the island's infrastructure over a longer stretch. Whatever the trade, the employer's problem is the same — finding somewhere the crew can actually live while the work gets done. We handle that side end to end, so the focus stays on the job from day one.
Canna is served by the Small Isles ferry from Mallaig, and sailings are weather-dependent, so crews travel as foot passengers or with vehicles booked well ahead. Mallaig itself sits at the end of the A830 from Fort William, the main road in from the central belt. We always plan accommodation around the ferry timetable and build slack into arrivals and departures — if your crew is coming from Glasgow or further south, tell us the full journey and we'll time everything around it.
We take on the whole property for your company and run it as a serviced let: bills in our name, Wi-Fi tested before check-in, and the practical checks that matter more on an island — heating fuel, laundry, food supply and where the vehicles sit. Maintenance issues go to us, and we arrange a weekly clean and fresh linen where the property and stay length suit it. Your company gets one monthly invoice, paid by card, with no booking fees. Because Canna has so little stock, we need as much notice as you can give — call us as soon as the job is on the cards.
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.
Yes, with notice. Canna has very little rental stock, so we arrange whole-house or self-catering lets around the crew and the job, and we need to plan around the Small Isles ferry from Mallaig. Give us as much lead time as you can and we'll sort the stay properly from start to finish.
By the scheduled Small Isles ferry from Mallaig, with vehicle spaces booked in advance — sailings are weather-dependent, so we always build slack into the arrival plan. Mallaig is reached by the A830 from Fort William. Tell us where the crew starts from and we'll plan the whole journey around the ferry timetable.
There's no off-island-style parking worry — vehicles travel over by ferry and there's room near the properties, but it's checked case by case because island arrangements vary. We'll confirm exactly where the vans or pickups will sit before your crew commits to the booking or buys ferry tickets.
Yes. The let is fully serviced: heating, power, water and broadband in our name, with Wi-Fi speed-tested before check-in. On an island we also check the practical things — fuel supply, hot water and laundry — so there are no unwelcome surprises in the first week of the contract.
Yes. We invoice your company once a month paid by card, covering rent, bills and the servicing, with no booking fees at any point. It's the same clean arrangement we run for mainland crews — the only difference is we need to plan the booking further ahead because of the ferry.
There's no fixed minimum — we've arranged stays for small teams on short island contracts as well as bigger crews on longer jobs. The real limiting factor is ferry logistics and the small pool of available properties, so early contact matters more than crew size.
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