Tavistock, South West • England
Tavistock is a proper market town on the western edge of Dartmoor in Devon, South West England, in the PL postcode area. The A386 runs south to Plymouth in about half an hour and north to Okehampton, while the A390 heads west towards Liskeard. KrewBase arranges whole serviced houses and flats here for crews working across West Devon and into Cornwall \u2014 bills in our name, Wi-Fi tested before check-in, parking checked against your vehicles, one monthly invoice for the crew.
Tavistock is a stannary town built on mining money, and it shows in the housing: handsome stone and render terraces around the centre, solid Victorian semis on the slopes, and twentieth-century estates at Whitchurch and off the Plymouth road. Parking is the sorting line, as it is everywhere on the moor's edge \u2014 some central streets are tight for a works van, so we check every shortlist property against your actual vehicles before anyone packs a bag.
The town is small enough that nowhere is far, but we still weigh the commute carefully. Jobs towards Plymouth suit the southern end and the villages down the A386, while crews heading to Okehampton, Launceston or across the Tamar get houses that skip the morning bottleneck. A whole house, a driveway, a washer \u2014 that's the brief, and we don't suggest anything that can't deliver all three comfortably.
Crews base in Tavistock for a spread of work across West Devon: construction and housing development in the town and the growing villages, agricultural and moorland estates maintenance, utility and grid jobs out on the moor, and the steady traffic of contracts moving between Plymouth, Okehampton and east Cornwall. The town's position at the junction of the A386 and A390 makes it a natural camp for anyone covering the whole south-west corner without shifting digs every fortnight.
There is also seasonal pressure to plan around. When the moor is busy and visitor numbers climb through spring and summer, beds in town get tight and the guest houses fill with walkers rather than workers. If your contract runs into the season, earlier is better \u2014 we can pencil a house while the site confirms, and it costs nothing to ask.
Tavistock sits on the A386 between Plymouth, roughly fourteen miles south, and Okehampton, about eleven north. The A390 runs west past Gunnislake and over the Tamar towards Liskeard. Tavistock has its own station on the branch from Plymouth, and the main-line stop at Plymouth covers long-distance arrivals, so crews without vehicles can still get in without a saga, and the drive to Plymouth airport side is straightforward when jobs pull that way.
For sites out on the moor or across in Cornwall we shortlist by measured drive time rather than guesswork. Dartmoor roads are slower than they look on a map \u2014 a lane that promises fifteen minutes often delivers twenty-five once you've met the ponies, the gradients and the passing places. We'd rather hand you an honest commute than a hopeful one that costs the crew an hour a day.
You get the whole property \u2014 kitchen, sitting room, the lot \u2014 with bills in our name so nothing lands on your crew. Wi-Fi is tested before check-in, parking is verified against your vehicles, and crews of five or more get two bathrooms so the morning queue doesn't eat the shift start. A weekly clean and fresh linen come as standard, and maintenance is our problem, not yours, whatever the moor weather does to the roof, and we check each property in person so the photos and the reality match before check-in.
Billing is one monthly invoice, paid by card. No booking fees, no minimum stay games, no per-head extras. Two people for a fortnight is as welcome as twenty for six months \u2014 the house doesn't care and neither do we. The invoice covers rent and every bill, and extending the stay is a message rather than a negotiation. Nobody on site fronts cash for anything.
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 within a couple of hours of your enquiry. Tell us the dates, crew size and site postcode, and we'll come back with a shortlist of whole houses that fit \u2014 each one already checked for parking, Wi-Fi, heating and the practical stuff before we suggest anything at all.
Around it as well. We shortlist across West Devon \u2014 Mary Tavy, Brentor, Lamerton, and towards Yelverton and Horrabridge depending on where your site sits. The house follows the job, not the other way round, so a moorland site gets a different list to one down the Plymouth road.
We treat it as a hard requirement. You tell us what vehicles are coming, and any property we put forward has space that genuinely fits them. Central Tavistock streets can be tight, so we'd typically lean towards houses with driveways or off-street bays rather than hope for the best on the kerb.
Yes \u2014 gas, electric, water, council tax and broadband are all in our name and in the monthly price. Your crew never chases a utility bill and your accounts team gets one invoice instead of a folder of receipts. The number we quote is the number you pay.
No. Small crews and short jobs are fine \u2014 if the house fits and the dates work, we'll book it. Long contracts are equally welcome, and extending is usually a quick message once the site confirms more weeks. There's no gatekeeping here.
Yes. We note shift patterns before check-in so the house works around them \u2014 keys arranged for staggered returns, cleaning timed to avoid sleeping hours, and curtains that actually black out a room. Mention the pattern when you enquire and we'll match the property accordingly.
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If Tavistock is short on the right house for your crew, Plymouth is the obvious back-up, roughly 12 miles away. See our contractor accommodation Plymouth page for what we hold there. Small crews are as welcome as big ones.
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Need beds in Tavistock? 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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