Port Charlotte, Scotland • Scotland
Port Charlotte is a whitewashed village on the shore of Loch Indaal, on the Rhinns of Islay in Argyll and Bute, Scotland — a quiet PA-postcode community within easy reach of Bowmore, the island's main village. KrewBase houses contractor crews here in whole serviced houses and flats, with bills, Wi-Fi and parking all in and one monthly invoice going straight to your company.
The Rhinns of Islay is cottage country: rows of whitewashed terraces along the shore, stone bungalows on the braes and the odd newer detached house on the edge of the village. Gardens tend to be decent and parking is easier than in a city, which matters when two vans and a trailer arrive on a Sunday night. We favour houses with proper off-road space, dry storage for wet gear and heating that copes with a Hebridean winter.
Island stock moves slowly, so we walk every property before shortlisting it rather than trusting a listing. Water pressure, boiler age, phone signal, road access and parking are all checked in person, and we are honest with you if a pretty cottage is better suited to a two-person job than a six-strong squad with three vans — we would rather lose the booking than put your crew in the wrong house.
The Rhinns supports a working economy of farming, distilling and the trades that keep villages like this one running. Crews book with us for distillery maintenance and construction, farm building work, road repairs and utility jobs across Islay, plus the healthcare and council cover that comes and goes on island rotations. Work is spread out, so where the crew sleeps matters more than the postcode.
Accommodation is always the pinch point on an island job. Visitor season squeezes the island's already limited beds, and a hotel room makes a poor workshop for drying overalls, charging batteries or feeding four hungry blokes after a ten-hour shift. A whole crew house sorts the practical side — proper kitchen, washing machine, drying space and a table big enough to spread drawings out on.
The Kennacraig ferry lands at Port Askaig, at the other end of the island — around an hour's drive over the island road through Bowmore. Islay's airport near Glenegedale has regular flights to Glasgow. We shortlist by real drive time from your site, so a crew working in the Rhinns does not lose the start and end of every day to the road.
Ferry spaces for vehicles need booking well ahead in season, so tell us the crew's arrival day early and we will flag it. Most crews drive up through Argyll and cross from Kennacraig; some fly into Glasgow and pick up a hire van. Either way, we make sure someone is at the house with the keys when your people land, whatever time the ferry gets in.
Every let is a whole house or flat — one crew, no strangers — with gas, electricity, water, council tax, Wi-Fi and TV licence in our name. Wi-Fi is speed-tested before check-in, parking is verified against the actual vehicles you list, and a house sleeping five or more gets two bathrooms. A weekly clean and fresh linen come as standard, and maintenance calls come to us, not your site manager.
Your company gets one monthly invoice, paid by card — no booking fees, no per-head charges, no deposit surprises and no separate bills for utilities landing on your desk. If the crew changes size mid-job, tell us and we adjust the house or the paperwork, whichever is simpler for you. The point is that your lot worry about the job; we worry about the house.
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 — small crews are welcome. Plenty of work on Islay runs two or three strong, and a whole cottage is often cheaper than three hotel rooms once meals and laundry are counted. Tell us the numbers and dates and we will find a property that fits rather than oversells you.
Rent, gas, electricity, water, council tax, Wi-Fi and TV licence — all in our name, all on one monthly invoice. Cleaning and linen are included weekly. Your crew brings clothes and food; everything else is already running when they walk in.
Port Askaig, where the Kennacraig ferry docks, is roughly an hour's drive away across the island. We factor that in when shortlisting: a crew based in the Rhinns should never be commuting to the far end of Islay daily unless the job is there.
We speed-test the connection before check-in and only shortlist houses where it holds up for video calls, uploads and the usual streaming after a shift. If your job needs a particular minimum speed, tell us at the quoting stage and we will confirm it in writing.
We do. One phone number reaches us, and we deal with the plumber, the electrician or the heating engineer. Island call-outs can take a day or two for parts, but your crew should never be chasing a landlord — that is what the invoice is for.
Usually, yes. Island availability is tight in summer, so we cannot promise, but if the house is free beyond your dates we simply extend on the same terms. Tell us as soon as you know — a week's warning is worth a lot on Islay.
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Need beds in Port Charlotte? 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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