Stornoway, Scotland • Scotland
Stornoway is the main town of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, in the HS1 postcode area, served by ferry from Ullapool and by flights from the mainland. KrewBase arranges whole serviced houses here for crews working across Lewis — bills, Wi-Fi and parking included, one monthly invoice for your company, with the travel logistics planned into every booking from the outset.
Stornoway's housing mixes sturdy stone terraces and villas from the town's fishing-boom years with council-built semis and plenty of modern detached estates on the edges — areas like Plasterfield and the Sandwick road side. Crews almost always do best in the newer houses: driveways, good insulation, proper heating, and none of the damp issues that older island stone can hide. We walk every property and check heating, hot water, broadband and mobile signal before shortlisting.
Parking matters more than people expect — island households run multiple vehicles, and kerbside space fills quickly on the older streets. We match each property to the vehicles actually arriving, and we are blunt about any house that will not take the crew's vans.
Crews come to Lewis for construction and refurbishment across the town and the island's villages, harbour and marine work around Stornoway's busy port, energy projects and grid upgrades, telecoms improvements, and the healthcare rotas that keep the island's hospital and clinics staffed. Crofting and estate buildings need steady maintenance, and the renewables sector brings its own flow of short contracts.
Island jobs share one trait: they cannot be staffed by commuting. Whoever takes the work has to live here for its duration, and the island's limited hotel stock makes a serviced house the only realistic option for most squads. That is the work we do.
Stornoway's lifelines are the ferry from Ullapool — around two hours forty-five across the Minch — and the airport with mainland flights, so crews and materials travel on a schedule and we plan around it. Van space on the ferry should be booked well ahead, and we advise on sailings as part of the booking, because a missed sailing can cost a working day.
On the island the roads are quiet and mostly single-carriageway, with sites across Lewis reachable in under an hour from the town. Distances look small but weather sets the pace, so we shortlist by real drive time and winter access, and we tell you honestly if a site on the west side changes where the crew should live.
The crew takes the whole house, with electricity, heating, water, council tax and broadband in our name — all inside the rent. Wi-Fi is speed-tested before check-in, parking is checked against the arriving vehicles, and for five or more we insist on two bathrooms. A weekly clean with fresh linen is part of the deal, and maintenance is ours: island tradesperson arranged, bill paid, nothing reclaimed.
Your company gets one monthly invoice, paid by card. No booking fees, no minimum crew or stay, and extensions are straightforward when island weather shifts the schedule. Send the site details and start date and we will shortlist within two working hours.
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. Stornoway has the widest housing choice on Lewis, and we favour the newer estates for crews — driveways, good heating, space for kit. We shortlist within two working hours of getting the site details, with honest notes on broadband, mobile signal and parking for each house.
By CalMac ferry from Ullapool, around two and three-quarter hours, or by air into Stornoway airport. Ferry van spaces need booking well ahead, and we build the sailing schedule into the plan so the crew, the keys and the materials land on the same day.
Everything is in our name — electricity, heating, water, council tax and broadband — and inside the rent. Broadband is tested before check-in, and we flag mobile signal honestly because it varies across the town. The crew pays nothing at the property.
We verify parking against your vehicles before offering anything. Modern estates usually have driveways; older streets fill up fast with island traffic. If the crew runs two vans, we simply rule out the tight streets and tell you why.
Yes — one monthly invoice covering rent, bills, cleaning and linen paid by card, with no booking fees. Island jobs are complicated enough logistically; the financial side should be one line in your accounts payable.
We do. The crew reports the problem, we arrange the island tradesperson — or coordinate with the ferry for parts — and we pay. Heating failures are treated as urgent, because a cold house in a Hebridean winter is not a minor issue, and it is never the crew's to solve.
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Need beds in Stornoway? 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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