Lode, East of England • England
Lode is a village on the eastern edge of Cambridgeshire, in the CB postcode area, sitting between Cambridge and Newmarket within a couple of miles of the A14. It is fen-edge country — big skies, quiet lanes, and a surprising amount of work nearby. Crews on jobs across east Cambridgeshire, Newmarket and the A14 corridor can base themselves here in a whole serviced house. KrewBase puts the bills in our name — utilities, council tax, Wi-Fi — and bills your company once a month.
Lode itself is small — a village of period houses, cottages and a modest amount of newer building along the Bottisham road — so most crew housing comes from Lode, Bottisham, Burwell and the hamlets between them. The area is strong on exactly what crews want: semis and detached houses with gardens, driveways that take vans, and neighbours far enough away that a 5am start is nobody's drama. We view and vet every property for bathrooms, parking, broadband and plain practicality before it goes near your shortlist.
The land between the two cities keeps crews busy in several directions: construction and housing development in the growing fen-edge villages, logistics and warehouse work along the A14, the equine industry around Newmarket with its yards and stud work, utilities and agricultural infrastructure across the fens, and Cambridge itself within an easy run for hospital and site contracts. Lode sits close to the middle of all of it, which makes it a sensible base when the job list spans more than one town.
The A14 is the key road — junctions for this area put Cambridge about fifteen minutes west and Newmarket a similar run east, with the M11 reachable through Cambridge for journeys south. The A10 and A11 are also within reach for jobs towards Ely or Norwich. Bottisham and the local bus routes cover the villages, though most crews drive. Tell us the site postcode and we will measure real drive times and shortlist from the villages that put your crew nearest the work — often that means Lode, but sometimes Burwell or Bottisham edges it.
Every KrewBase house is let whole, with your crew as the only occupants. Bills — council tax, gas, electric, water and broadband — sit in our name, and we test the Wi-Fi before check-in. Crews of five or more get a minimum of two bathrooms, weekly cleaning and fresh linen are part of the rent, and maintenance calls come to us, not to whoever is on earlies. Your company gets one monthly invoice, paid by card, with no booking fees and no minimum stay. Two people for a fortnight is as welcome as twenty for six months.
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 receiving the site postcode, headcount and start date we will send a shortlist of vetted properties with honest drive times. Village stock around Lode moves quickly, so we only offer houses we have actually checked — parking against your vehicles, bathroom count, Wi-Fi speed — which means you can say yes the same day.
Lode, Bottisham, Burwell, Swaffham Bulbeck, Reach and the surrounding hamlets, with Cambridge and Newmarket both in range when the job is city-side. Give us the site postcode and we will shortlist from whichever cluster genuinely shortens the commute rather than defaulting to the biggest village.
Yes — fen-edge villages are generally good for parking, with driveways and roadside space that town centres cannot offer. We still check every property against your actual vehicles, including trailers or plant, and confirm the arrangement before check-in. You will not arrive to find a single car-width drive and four vans.
Everything is in our name: council tax, gas, electric, water and broadband, all covered in the rent and all on one monthly invoice to your company paid by card. We test the Wi-Fi speed before your crew checks in and will not shortlist a house with a connection that will not stand up to a working crew.
Yes, that is standard. One monthly invoice covers rent, bills, cleaning and linen, paid by card with no booking fees. We work against purchase orders and can break costs down by cost code if your accounts team needs it. Extensions if the job runs over simply continue on the same invoice.
Yes, we regularly house crews on equine and yard work around Newmarket, including split shifts and early starts. Tell us the pattern and we will shortlist houses where people can sleep at different hours without falling over each other — extra bathrooms, sensible layouts, and neighbours who are not on top of the property.
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If Lode is short on the right house for your crew, Cambridge is the obvious back-up, roughly 6 miles away. See our contractor accommodation Cambridge page for what we hold there. Small crews are as welcome as big ones.
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Need beds in Lode? 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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