Toab, Scotland • Scotland
Toab is a small settlement on Orkney's mainland, Scotland, in the ZE postcode area, a short drive south of Kirkwall and close to the airport. Crews working around the islands' capital are exactly who KrewBase houses here — in whole serviced properties with bills, Wi-Fi and parking included and one monthly invoice to your company, with no booking fees and no minimum crew or stay.
Toab itself is a scatter of houses and farms rather than a village centre, and crew accommodation for the area is drawn from the settlements along the road south of Kirkwall as much as from Toab proper. Stock is typical Orcadian: sturdy stone and rendered houses, post-war bungalows, and modern detached builds — usually with space around them. That space is gold for crews: driveways, room for drying kit, and no parking wars.
We check every property properly before shortlisting: heating that can handle an Orcadian winter, hot water for the full crew, tested broadband, mobile signal, and parking verified against the arriving vehicles. Island housing mistakes are expensive to undo, so we do not make them.
Crews come to Orkney for construction and refurbishment across Kirkwall and the mainland parishes, harbour and marine work around the capital's busy port, energy projects and grid upgrades, telecoms improvements, and the healthcare rotas that keep the islands' hospital and clinics staffed. Agriculture and its supporting trades add steady building and maintenance work through the year.
Whatever the trade, the pattern is the same — a contract of weeks, a crew that must live on the island for its duration, and hotel stock that is small, seasonal and priced for tourists. A serviced house near Kirkwall is the practical answer, and it is what we arrange.
Toab sits minutes from Kirkwall along the main south road, and from the capital ferries and flights connect to the North Isles and the mainland — so crews travel to Orkney by air or sea, and we plan the arrival around flight or sailing times. The airport being close to Toab is genuinely useful for crews flying in weekly.
On the mainland island the roads are quiet and sites are rarely more than half an hour from a Kirkwall base, though weather sets the pace in winter. We shortlist by real drive time and check that the house works in January, not just July.
The crew takes the whole house, with electricity, heating, water and broadband in our name — everything inside the rent. Wi-Fi is speed-tested before check-in, parking is confirmed against the crew's vehicles, and for five or more we insist on two bathrooms. A weekly clean with fresh linen keeps things decent, and maintenance is ours: reported to us, fixed by us, paid by us.
Your company gets one monthly invoice, paid by card. No booking fees, no minimum crew or stay, and extensions are a quick conversation. Send the site details and start date and we will return a 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. We draw houses from Toab and the settlements south of Kirkwall, shortlisting by real drive time from your site. Send the site location, headcount and start date and we will return options within two working hours, with honest notes on heating, broadband and parking.
Minutes — it is one of the closest settlements to both, which makes it a handy base for crews flying in weekly or commuting into the capital. Ferries from Kirkwall serve the North Isles, so a Toab base also suits jobs that move between islands.
Everything is in our name — electricity, heating, water and broadband — and inside the rent. Broadband is speed-tested before check-in because island speeds vary, and we flag mobile signal in advance. The crew pays nothing at the property.
Usually yes — Orcadian houses tend to sit in their own ground with driveways, and we verify parking against your actual vehicles before offering anything. If somewhere will not take the vans, we rule it out and say why.
Yes — one monthly invoice covering rent, bills, cleaning and linen paid by card, with no booking fees or per-person deposits. Island logistics are complicated enough without your finance team chasing a dozen separate bills.
We do. The crew reports the problem, we arrange the local tradesperson — parts and all — and we pay. Heating faults are treated as urgent in an Orcadian winter, and none of it lands on the crew or their expenses.
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Need beds in Toab? 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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