Port Askaig, Scotland • Scotland
Port Askaig sits on the Sound of Islay in Argyll and Bute, Scotland — the island's ferry port in the PA postcode area, with the Kintyre mainland a short crossing away at Kennacraig. When crews are working on Islay they need a proper base, not a guest room over a pub. KrewBase takes whole serviced houses and flats on the island, puts the bills in our name and hands your company one monthly invoice for everything.
Housing on this part of Islay is a mix of whitewashed island cottages, stone-built bungalows and a handful of newer houses, many of them standing on their own ground with room to park vans. We look for properties with off-road parking for at least two vehicles, because on an island like Islay your crew's transport is everything. Most places here are whole houses rather than flats, which suits us — we let the entire property to one crew so nobody is sharing with strangers.
We also check heating, water pressure and phone signal before anyone moves in, because island properties vary enormously. A cottage that looks fine in a photo can have a temperamental boiler and a shower nobody would thank us for, so every house is walked through and tested before we shortlist it. Our job is to make sure the first week on site isn't spent chasing the landlord about the heating.
Islay's economy runs on distilling, agriculture, tourism and the public services that keep an island of this size functioning. Crews come for maintenance shut-downs at the distilleries, building work, repairs to jetties and island infrastructure, and the ongoing healthcare and council work that can't wait for a ferry. There is also a steady stream of contractors supporting the island's renewable energy and farming sectors.
Whatever the job, accommodation is the awkward part. Hotels on the island are scarce, seasonal and priced for visitors, and a wet-weather week on a building job is miserable if you're drying overalls over a hotel radiator. A crew house gives the team somewhere to cook, wash work gear and be on site for an early start without a mad dash to catch the morning sailing.
Port Askaig is the island's gateway: the ferry from Kennacraig on Kintyre comes in here, with connections onwards towards Colonsay and Oban. The island's main road runs south through Bowmore towards Port Ellen, so we shortlist houses by real drive time from your site rather than postcode alone — ten miles on Islay is slower going than ten miles on the mainland.
Islay also has its own airport near Glenegedale, a short drive south of here, with regular flights to Glasgow — handy when you need to swap crew members mid-contract. Tell us where the site is, which ferry your people are catching and what time the shift starts. We will position the house so the commute is the easy part of the day, not the thing everyone moans about at breakfast.
Every KrewBase let on Islay is the whole property — no shared hallways, no other tenants, no awkward conversations about whose turn it is to buy bin bags. Gas, electricity, council tax, water, Wi-Fi and the TV licence go in our name, so your crew just moves in with their bags. Wi-Fi is speed-tested before check-in, parking is measured against the actual vehicles turning up, and any house sleeping five or more gets two bathrooms as standard.
A cleaner comes weekly with fresh linen, and maintenance is our problem, not yours — one number to ring and we deal with the plumber, the boiler man and everything else. Your company gets one monthly invoice covering the lot, paid by card, with no booking fees and no minimum crew size or 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.
Tell us the headcount, start date and site location and we will come back with a shortlist within two working hours. Island stock is limited, so the sooner you flag the job the better — a few days' notice usually secures a properly vetted house rather than whatever is left.
We cover Port Askaig itself and across Islay, including Bowmore and the villages on both sides of the island. Tell us where the site is and we will shortlist by actual drive time — on Islay, distance on a map and time behind the wheel are not the same thing.
We only shortlist properties with space for the vehicles you tell us about — vans, pickups and trailers included. On an island with limited public transport we treat reliable parking as essential, and we check it against the real vehicles before anyone books the ferry.
Yes — everything sits on one monthly invoice: rent, bills, Wi-Fi, cleaning and linen. We work paid by card, so your finance team is not chasing receipts for five different utilities at the end of the job. No booking fees and no deposit surprises at any point.
Yes. A whole house means nobody is tiptoeing around other guests at three in the morning, and the crew sets its own routine. We check for blackout blinds, quiet bedrooms and flexible cleaning slots as standard whenever you tell us the shift pattern in advance.
Just the headcount, start and end dates, the site location and the vehicle list. With that we check real availability, confirm drive times from the ferry terminal and the site itself, and send back a single quote covering the house, all bills, cleaning and linen.
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Need beds in Port Askaig? 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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