Stranraer, Scotland • Scotland
At the head of Loch Ryan, Stranraer is the ferry and market town of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the DG postcode area. The A75 and A77 meet here, putting Newton Stewart, Ayr and the whole Rhins within an easy drive. KrewBase supplies whole serviced houses and flats for crews working across the south-west, with bills, Wi-Fi and parking included on one monthly invoice. Two people on a short job or twenty on a long one — the size of the job doesn't change the service.
Stranraer has more stock than most towns its size: traditional terraces near the town centre, semi-detached estates off the A75, and council-built homes around the edges. We filter for what a crew actually needs — off-road parking big enough for vans, a second bathroom where five or more are staying, and a layout that lets early and late shifts overlap without queueing for the shower. Every property is viewed before it goes on a shortlist, not photographed from the street.
Stranraer anchors the Rhins of Galloway, and crews come through for work spread across the peninsula and the wider region — construction and housing development, harbour and marine maintenance, logistics tied to the ferry traffic, and trades work on farms and rural businesses. The pattern here is one base for a wide patch, so the house matters more than the postcode: crews want somewhere warm, practical and properly equipped, because the last thing you need after a run out to Drummain or the Machars is a cold shower and a coin meter.
The A75 east runs through Newton Stewart towards Dumfries and the M6, and the A77 north carries you up the coast to Girvan and Ayr. The ferry ports for Northern Ireland sit just up Loch Ryan at Cairnryan, so some crews split the week between the Rhins and runs up the Ayrshire coast. Rail from Stranraer station runs to Glasgow when the van's not an option. Where the job is off the beaten road, tell us the site and we'll shortlist by drive time, not by what's nearest the office.
You get the whole property — house or flat — with rent, council tax, utilities and broadband on one monthly invoice in your company's name. Wi-Fi is tested before check-in, parking is verified against your vehicles, and a weekly clean with fresh linen is part of the deal. Maintenance is our problem, reported by your crew and fixed by us. Terms are card payment, there are no booking fees, and there's no minimum crew or length of stay — the same setup works for a two-person job as for a twenty-strong team.
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.
Usually, yes. Send the site postcode, crew size and dates and we'll return a shortlist within two working hours. Because stock around the Rhins is limited, we hold the properties while you confirm, and most crews are checked in within a few days.
Yes — Portpatrick, Drummain, Sandhead, the Machars towns and up the A77 towards Glenluce and Newton Stewart. If the drive to site is sensible, we'll consider it. Give us the site location and we'll widen or narrow the search accordingly.
Yes — broadband is in our name along with gas, electricity and council tax, all rolled into one monthly invoice. We speed-test the connection before check-in, so your crew isn't troubleshooting a router on night one instead of resting.
We plan for it. Where a crew has staggered shifts we look for properties with separate living space, enough bathrooms to avoid queues, and bedrooms away from the street. Tell us the shift pattern at enquiry stage and the shortlist is built around it.
In most cases, yes. Extensions are a normal part of contract work, so tell us as soon as you know and we'll confirm the property can carry on or offer alternatives. Your monthly invoice simply continues — there's no rebooking process or extra charge for extending.
We do. Your crew reports any problem — a boiler fault, a leaking tap, a broken lock — and our maintenance team sorts it, without it landing on your site manager's desk. It's part of the service, not an extra.
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Need beds in Stranraer? 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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