Isle Of Rum, Scotland • Scotland
The Isle of Rum rises out of the sea in Scotland's Small Isles, Inner Hebrides, in the PH postcode area, with the ferry from Mallaig the only way in. Crews heading to Rum are typically there for estate, conservation, building maintenance or infrastructure work on the island. KrewBase arranges whole serviced accommodation — bills in our name, Wi-Fi tested before check-in and one monthly invoice to your company — planned properly around ferry sailings and island life.
Rum has a very small permanent community and a limited set of properties, so crew accommodation is arranged as whole-house lets in what's available, whether that's estate housing or the island's self-catering stock. The checks matter more than the finish: enough beds for the crew, proper heating, a workable kitchen, somewhere to dry wet outdoor gear, and clarity on where vehicles sit. We confirm every detail with the property owner before your crew books ferry tickets, because on Rum there's no popping back to fix a missed detail. Get in early and it runs smoothly.
Work on Rum centres on the island's estate and infrastructure: maintaining buildings, tracks, the pier area and the natural environment, alongside conservation and ecology projects that the island is known for. Crews come for defined contracts — tradespeople, surveyors, outdoor workers — and they need somewhere to live for the duration, not a commute. That's our job. We sort the whole living arrangement so the crew can focus on the site from day one, wherever on the island the work sits.
The Small Isles ferry from Mallaig serves Rum, with the A830 from Fort William the mainland route in. Crossings take around an hour and a half and are weather-dependent, so arrival plans always carry slack. On the island itself distances are short but terrain can be rough, and kit moves by vehicle, trailer or on foot depending on the job. Tell us the full journey — where the crew starts and what they're carrying — and we'll plan the stay around the sailing times.
We arrange the whole property for your company as a serviced let. Bills — heating, power, water, broadband — go in our name, Wi-Fi is tested before check-in, and we run the island-specific checks: fuel supply, hot water, cooking kit and drying space. Maintenance issues come to us, and cleaning and linen are arranged to suit the job length. Your company gets one monthly invoice, paid by card, no booking fees. Rum's limited stock means notice is everything — call us as soon as the contract looks likely.
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 enough notice. Rum has a small pool of whole-house options, so we match the property to the crew and job, then coordinate with the ferry timetable from Mallaig. A few weeks' lead time makes a real difference to what's achievable on the island.
By the Small Isles ferry from Mallaig — about an hour and a half's crossing, booked in advance, with vehicle space weather-dependent. The A830 from Fort William reaches Mallaig. We plan arrivals with buffer time so a rough forecast doesn't delay the start of the job.
Vehicles come over on the ferry and there's space near the main settlement area, but it's confirmed property by property. We nail down exactly where the vehicles sit before check-in, so nothing is left to guesswork on arrival day and the crew knows the plan before they travel.
Yes — the property runs fully serviced with heating, power, water and broadband in our name, and Wi-Fi speed-tested before your crew arrives. We also check island essentials like hot water, fuel and laundry facilities, because those are what make a working stay actually work.
One monthly invoice to your company paid by card, covering rent, bills and servicing, with no booking fees. Your accounts team gets a single clean cost line instead of a pile of hotel and expense receipts, and nothing changes mid-contract.
No minimum — small teams on short contracts are fine, as are larger crews on longer jobs. The practical constraints are ferry sailings and available properties, so the limiting factor is lead time rather than crew size or contract length.
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