Saltash, South West • England
Saltash is the Cornish gateway town on the west bank of the Tamar, in the PL postcode area, where the A38 crosses from Plymouth over the Tamar Bridge. Victorian terraces, waterside streets and post-war estates carry on up the hill, and crews split between Cornwall and Plymouth base here constantly. KrewBase supplies whole serviced houses and flats — bills in, Wi-Fi tested, parking verified, one monthly invoice.
Saltash stacks its housing up from the river: older terraces around Fore Street and the waterside, then semis and post-war estates towards the higher ground at Burraton and Pillmere. The upper estates are usually the crew pick — driveways, bigger kitchens and an easier run onto the A38. Older properties can be lovely to look at and grim to live in, so we only put forward ones we'd put our own crews in.
Parking near the older riverside streets can be tight, so we shortlist against your actual vehicles and don't offer anything that can't take the vans. For crews of five or more we insist on two bathrooms, and every property gets a proper heating and kit-space check before it reaches you. That sort of stock tends to let quickly, so we line up options in advance of your start date rather than after it.
Saltash sits in a genuine cross-border working zone. Crews here cover construction and housing development across south-east Cornwall, utilities and infrastructure work along the A38 corridor, and healthcare, logistics and manufacturing roles on both sides of the river, including around Plymouth. We've housed crews on every kind of job you can name, and the brief is always the same: near site, comfortable, sorted.
Because the bridge is right there, plenty of crews work in Plymouth but sleep in Cornwall — often a better value house for the same commute. We plan placements by real crossing time, including how the bridge behaves at rush hour, not just map distance. Whatever the sector, the pattern is the same: crews need a proper base near site, not a hotel an hour away.
The A38 crosses the Tamar Bridge straight into Plymouth, so most city sites are within about fifteen to twenty minutes depending on traffic. East along the A38 takes you towards Liskeard, the A30 and the rest of Cornwall. Crews tell us the commute makes or breaks a placement, so it's the first thing we get right. Seasonal traffic changes things in the South West, and we factor that in before booking, not after.
Saltash station sits on the main rail line into Cornwall, with frequent services to Plymouth and trains west towards Truro and Penzance. Crews travelling by road have the easiest crossing in the South West on their doorstep — which is exactly why Saltash works as a base. We time routes at the hours your crew will actually drive them, not midday on a quiet Tuesday.
You get the whole house or flat — your crew, your kitchen, no per-head hotel pricing. Bills stay in our name: council tax, gas, electric, water and broadband, with Wi-Fi speed-tested before check-in and parking confirmed against your vehicles. If the headcount changes mid-job, we adjust — adding or dropping a room is a phone call, not a renegotiation. Rates are agreed upfront and stay fixed for the booking, so there are no surprises on the invoice.
Crews of five or more get two bathrooms, plus a weekly clean and fresh linen. Maintenance comes straight to us, and your office gets one monthly invoice, paid by card. No booking fees, no minimum crew size and no minimum stay — small crews are as welcome as full squads. You get one point of contact at KrewBase from first call to final checkout.
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.
Typically within two hours of your enquiry we'll send a shortlist matched to your headcount and site, whether that's Plymouth or further into Cornwall. Check-in is usually within a few working days of you choosing a property. Set-up is handled before check-in, so the first night in the house feels like the fiftieth.
Yes — it's one of the most common arrangements we run. The A38 crosses the Tamar Bridge straight into the city, often around fifteen to twenty minutes off-peak. We time the crossing at rush hour too, so you know the real commute before booking.
Every property we shortlist is checked against the vehicles your crew drives. The upper estates around Saltash generally have driveways that take vans comfortably; tighter riverside streets we treat with caution and only offer where parking genuinely works. Your office deals with one supplier and one invoice; your crew just gets on with the job.
Everything: rent, council tax, gas, electric, water, broadband, the weekly clean and linen. One invoice per property, monthly, paid by card, with no booking fees. Your office deals with KrewBase as a single supplier. You get one point of contact at KrewBase from first call to final checkout.
Yes — St Germans, Landrake, Liskeard direction and the villages along the A38, as well as over the bridge in Plymouth if that's the better fit. We'll show you both sides with honest drive times and let you choose. Set-up is handled before check-in, so the first night in the house feels like the fiftieth.
KrewBase does. If the boiler, a lock or an appliance fails, your crew calls us and we sort the repair, usually same or next day. It never becomes a job for your site manager and never appears as an extra on the invoice.
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