Lochdon, Scotland • Scotland
Lochdon is a scattered village on the Isle of Mull in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, in the PA64 postcode area, sitting by the A849 a few miles south of Craignure, where the ferry from Oban arrives. KrewBase keeps crews working on Mull in whole serviced houses here, with bills, Wi-Fi and parking all arranged before arrival and one monthly invoice going to your company.
There's no estate agent grid around Lochdon — housing is crofts, cottages and detached homes dotted along the road and above the loch, each with land around it. For a crew that means space by default: parking for several vehicles, somewhere to dry gear, and no neighbours within earshot of a 5am alarm going off. Space is the one thing island housing rarely lacks, and crews notice the difference within a day.
We check island essentials carefully: heating that can cope with a wet west-coast winter, hot water for a full crew after a shift, and broadband that actually delivers at that specific address — rural Argyll speeds vary enormously, so we test rather than assume and rule out the properties that fall short. We also ask about winter access, because a house that's perfect in June can be a different story in January.
Crews on Mull are usually there for work across Argyll's islands: housing repair and improvement programmes, harbour and road maintenance, forestry and land management, utilities and off-grid energy work, and the ongoing upkeep that remote communities need to keep functioning through the seasons. Seasonal weather shapes the schedule, but the underlying demand for trades keeps crews on the island for most of the year.
Because the island's population is small and spread out, crews often cover multiple sites around Mull in a single trip — which makes a central base like the Lochdon area genuinely useful rather than just scenic, and why we plan placement around the actual site list rather than the ferry port. Getting that base right is half the battle on an island where every journey takes longer than the mileage suggests.
Everything starts with the ferry: Oban to Craignure takes under an hour, and Lochdon sits just a few miles south on the A849. Tobermory is the island's main town, up the north-east coast, and the island's single-track sections mean drive times are longer than the mileage suggests, so we plan with that reality in mind. Salen and the island's west coast are longer runs again, which is exactly why the site list comes first.
Tell us the site locations and we'll shortlist by real island drive times, and we'll factor the ferry timetable into arrival and changeover days — missing the last sailing is an avoidable mistake we plan around, and weather cancellations get flexed like any other schedule change. Weather cancellations get flexed like any other schedule change, with the crew kept informed at every step.
The whole property is let to your crew with council tax, heating, electric, water and broadband in KrewBase's name. Wi-Fi is tested before check-in, parking is checked against the actual vehicles — including anything coming over on the ferry — and for five or more we look for two bathrooms as standard, which narrows the island pool but matters to a working crew. The crew arrives to a warm house with working broadband and a clear run for the vans, whatever the crossing has thrown at the day.
Weekly cleaning and linen are included, maintenance calls come to us, and your company receives one monthly invoice, paid by card. No booking fees, no minimum crew or stay, and dates arranged around the sailing timetable rather than pretending the ferry doesn't exist. Extensions are handled the same way — one call, and we sort the owner, the dates and everything between.
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.
More than you would on the mainland — the pool of suitable houses on Mull is small, so two to three weeks' notice gets a proper choice rather than a compromise. We can sometimes move faster, but early word on dates, headcount and the site list genuinely improves the options your crew gets.
Lochdon, Craignure and the surrounding south-Mull villages, with placement further towards Tobermory or the Ross of Mull weighed honestly against drive times. Tell us where the sites are and we'll recommend the base that minimises the daily mileage — not just the nearest pin on the map.
Yes. Island properties usually have generous parking and we still confirm it against your vehicles. Broadband is speed-tested at the specific address before check-in because rural Argyll coverage varies street to street — we never assume a postcode delivers, and we check the actual house instead.
Exactly. Rent, council tax, utilities, Wi-Fi, cleaning and maintenance roll into a single monthly invoice paid by card. Your accounts team pays one bill and the crew never touches money for the house, which removes a whole category of hassle when the nearest bank branch is a ferry ride away.
We build the timetable into check-in and changeover plans, and if CalMac cancels we flex with the property where possible. Keep us informed and we'll shift things around the next sailing — island logistics are a normal part of the job here, not an emergency, and the crew's dates move with the boat.
We do. The crew reports it to us and we coordinate the local tradesperson and cover the cost. That's why we only use well-maintained properties and check heating and water systems properly before anyone moves in — on an island, prevention beats a callout every time, and callouts take longer.
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