Thorlby, Yorkshire and the Humber • England
Thorlby is a quiet stone-built village a couple of miles west of Skipton in the BD postcode, tucked between the A629 and the Aire gap towards Gisburn. Crews working across Yorkshire and the Humber — Craven's building trades, the Aire Valley, the Forest of Bowland's eastern edge — find it a peaceful base minutes from town. KrewBase supplies whole serviced houses in and around Thorlby, with bills in our name and one monthly invoice for your business.
Thorlby itself is small — stone houses, farm conversions and a handful of newer properties along the village lanes — so most crews are housed across the lane in Skipton or in neighbouring Gargrave and Carleton. Skipton brings terraces, semis and estates with drives, plus shops and takeaways on the doorstep. Wherever the house lands, we check the same things: off-street parking for the real vehicles, heating that handles winter, enough bathrooms for the headcount, and no damp corners. A crew house has to work, not just photograph well.
Craven's economy keeps small crews moving: housebuilding and renovation across the towns and villages, farm and estate maintenance through the dales, and the businesses of Skipton itself. Crews working across Yorkshire and the Humber pass through on their way between the Aire Valley, the M6 and the Dales, and Lancashire's eastern edge adds work around the Bowland fringe. The bookings we place here are usually two to five people staying weeks at a time — the natural fit for a whole house.
Skipton is about two miles east, on the A629, with the A59 running through it north to the M6 at junction 34 and south towards Clitheroe. Settle is roughly twelve miles up the dale, Keighley about ten down the Aire Valley, and Leeds is reachable for bigger runs. Skipton station links the Leeds–Morecambe line for crew changes. If your work straddles Craven and the Ribble Valley, tell us the sites and we'll shortlist by drive time — the village is well placed either way.
One whole property for your crew, with council tax, gas, electric, water and broadband all in KrewBase's name. Wi-Fi is speed-tested before check-in, parking is verified against the actual vehicles, and houses sleeping five or more get two bathrooms. A weekly clean and fresh linen are included, maintenance calls come to us, and your accounts team receives a single monthly invoice paid by card. No booking fees, no hidden extras, and extensions are a quick phone call.
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.
Thorlby first, then Skipton, Gargrave, Carleton, Embsay and the villages along the A629 and A59. We shortlist by drive time to your site, so a crew splitting its week between Craven and the Ribble Valley still gets a house that makes sense for both. Tell us the locations and we'll cover the sensible radius.
With the site, headcount and dates, a shortlist typically comes back within two working hours. We match against vetted stock across the Skipton area, so the houses are real and their availability confirmed. Choose today and keys can usually be ready within a day or two.
For two or more people staying weeks at a time, yes — per head it's cheaper than hotel rooms, and your lads get a kitchen, washing machine, living space and parking outside. Rural hotels are also scarce around Craven, and a house puts the crew ten minutes from site instead of forty.
Everything's included: council tax, gas, electric, water and broadband in our name, all bundled into the rate. Broadband is speed-tested before check-in, and any bill that goes wrong is chased by us. Nobody in your crew will ever be handed a utility demand.
Yes — one invoice per month to your company, card payment, covering rent and all bills, with no booking fees. The crew pays nothing and claims nothing. Give us a job or cost-code reference and the invoice lands in your accounts ready to file.
Extensions are routine. Give us as much notice as you can and we'll hold the same house or line up a close alternative, keeping the one-invoice arrangement intact. Long rural jobs are common, so the setup flexes without re-papering everything.
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If Thorlby is short on the right house for your crew, Leeds is the obvious back-up, roughly 24 miles away. See our contractor accommodation Leeds page for what we hold there. Small crews are as welcome as big ones.
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Need beds in Thorlby? 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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