Portland, South West • England
The Isle of Portland hangs off the Dorset coast on a single link - the A354 causeway through Weymouth - making it a DT-postcode island in England's South West joined to the mainland by one road. Weymouth is five minutes away, Dorchester about fifteen. KrewBase houses working crews on Portland in whole serviced properties: bills in our name, Wi-Fi tested before check-in, parking matched to your vehicles and one monthly invoice to your company.
Portland's housing climbs the hill: terraces and quarriers' cottages around Fortuneswell and Easton, post-war houses on the lower slopes, and newer estates with sea glimpses higher up. Streets can be steep and parking tight in the older hearts, so our shortlists favour the roomier properties with off-road space for vans. Every house is checked for drying room for gear, a decent kitchen, and enough bathrooms for the crew size.
The island runs on marine trades, stone and construction, plus the steady upkeep of a working harbour and the businesses around it; crews also cross the causeway for jobs in Weymouth and across Dorset - housing development, infrastructure, energy and grid work. We keep it generic deliberately. Send the site location and dates and we'll shortlist Portland properties by drive time from the gate.
Everything starts and ends with the A354 causeway: five minutes to Weymouth, fifteen to Dorchester and the A35, and from there the trunk roads east and west. Traffic can bottleneck on the single road at peak times, so we shortlist with that in mind - the right house on the island beats a cheaper one stuck behind the queue. Parking is confirmed before check-in, so vehicles leave loaded from the door.
The crew gets the whole property - no hotel corridors, no breakfast slots. Bills stand in our name, broadband is speed-tested before arrival, and parking is checked against the vehicles coming. Crews of five or more get two bathrooms; weekly cleaning and fresh linen are included, and maintenance is ours to fix. Your company gets one monthly invoice, paid by card, with no booking fees and no minimum crew or stay.
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.
About two hours during working hours, once we have the site, headcount, vehicles and dates. Each option is a whole house or flat at an all-in rate, so the shortlist can go for approval the same day you enquire. Uncertain end dates are fine - we quote against current dates and flex if the programme shifts.
Yes - Weymouth is five minutes over the causeway and often broadens the shortlist nicely, while jobs across Dorset pull options toward Dorchester. Everything is ranked by drive time from your actual site, causeway included. If the crew is commuting to sites across Dorset, we'll bias the shortlist toward the causeway side.
It can be on the steep older streets, so we shortlist the roomier houses with off-road or guaranteed space and match each one to your vehicle list. Parking is confirmed before check-in, so the crew's van has its own spot from day one.
All of them - gas, electric, water, council tax and broadband stand in our name inside the rate. Wi-Fi is speed-tested before arrival, so paperwork, calls and streaming all work without the crew chasing suppliers. The crew moves in with nothing to set up and out with nothing to cancel at job's end.
For stays beyond a few nights a whole house beats a hotel on cost per head, and it gives the crew a kitchen, laundry, parking and somewhere to dry kit. On one monthly card payment invoice it's also far easier for accounts than a stack of receipts.
Your company receives one invoice per month covering rent, bills, cleaning and linen for the Portland property, payable paid by card. No booking fees, no extras, and no minimum stay - the arrangement flexes with the job. PO references or cost codes can be printed on the invoice so your accounts team files it cleanly.
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If Portland is short on the right house for your crew, Exeter is the obvious back-up, roughly 49 miles away. See our contractor accommodation Exeter page for what we hold there. Small crews are as welcome as big ones.
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Need beds in Portland? 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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