Little Shelford, East of England • England
South of Cambridge on the road to Hauxton, Little Shelford is a village in the CB postcode area, close enough to the city for every contract but far enough out for quiet nights. Crews working on the southern edge of Cambridge — the hospital and research campus, the M11 corridor, the building sites that ring the city — often find a village base here beats a city hotel on price, parking and sleep. KrewBase lets whole serviced houses with bills in our name and one monthly invoice to your company.
The Shelford villages are classic south Cambridgeshire stock: Victorian and Edwardian terraces and semis along the main road, 1930s and post-war houses on the quieter lanes, and newer developments on the outskirts with driveways built for two cars or more. Great Shelford has the bigger pool of properties; Little Shelford and Hauxton offer the occasional gem with a large garden. We shortlist only houses with the bathroom count, parking and broadband a working crew actually needs, and we view every one before it is offered.
The area south of Cambridge is one of the busiest work zones in the region. There is long-running construction and fit-out work around the hospital and research campus, housing development across the shelf villages, utilities and highways contracts along the M11 and A10, and the steady churn of maintenance and refurbishment that comes with a wealthy, fast-growing district. Crews also reach Newmarket, Saffron Walden and the M11 corridor easily from here, so a base in the Shelfords covers a lot of ground.
The A10 runs past the village heading north into Cambridge in ten minutes or so and south towards Royston. The M11 is a few minutes east — junction 11 is the usual turn-off for this side of the city. Great Shelford station has trains towards Cambridge and London Liverpool Street, and Cambridge station is the hub for everything else. As always, we shortlist from your site postcode using measured drive times at your crew's actual hours, because a house five minutes closer can save a crew an hour a day.
You take the whole house — no shared hallways, no other guests. Council tax, gas, electric, water and Wi-Fi go in our name, with the broadband speed-tested before check-in. Five or more in the crew means at least two bathrooms. Weekly cleaning and fresh linen are included, maintenance comes to us around the clock, and your company gets one monthly invoice, paid by card. No booking fees, no minimum crew size, and stays can be extended if the job runs long.
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.
Within two working hours of getting the site postcode, crew size and start date. We check each property against measured drive time to site, parking for your vehicles, bathroom count and Wi-Fi speed, so the shortlist is decision-ready. Village stock is limited, so being precise about the site location helps us find the closest workable house fast.
Little Shelford, Great Shelford, Hauxton, Trumpington, Stapleford and Shelford-adjacent parts of south Cambridge, plus towards Sawston and the Shelfords' rural edges. If the job sits nearer the M11 or the hospital campus, we will lean towards properties on that side; if it is a village site further out, we will shortlist accordingly.
Yes — a two or three-person crew is as welcome as a full team, and village semis often suit small crews better than they suit anyone else. There is no minimum crew size or stay length. You book the property that fits, and because pricing is per house rather than per head, small crews usually find the cost beats hotels and digs comfortably.
Generally yes, but it varies street by street, which is why we check it properly. The newer developments have double driveways; the older terraces near the main road can be tighter. Tell us what vehicles the crew runs and we will match the property to them, confirming the parking arrangement in writing before check-in.
Yes — council tax, gas, electric, water and broadband are all in our name and covered in the rent. We test the Wi-Fi before anyone moves in, because a slow connection is a real problem for a modern crew. Your company then receives a single monthly invoice paid by card, with no booking fees and no utility chasing.
Extensions are routine. Tell us the new end date and, subject to the property remaining available, we extend on the same terms and the same single monthly invoice — your accounts team will not need to re-book anything. If the house is genuinely booked after you, we will find the closest equivalent and move the crew without a gap.
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