Totnes, South West • England
Totnes is a market town on the River Dart in Devon, South West England, in the TQ postcode area, where the A381 runs north to Newton Abbot and the A385 heads east towards Paignton. Exeter lies up the Dart valley route and the coast road. KrewBase arranges whole serviced houses and flats here for crews working across the South Hams and the Dart valley \u2014 bills in our name, Wi-Fi tested before check-in, parking checked against your vehicles, one monthly invoice for the whole crew.
Totnes is built up a steep hill from the Dart, and the housing follows the slope: narrow medieval lanes and terraced cottages around the high street and castle, Victorian and Edwardian houses on the terraces above the river, and post-war semis and newer estates out towards the Plains and the Dartington side. The old centre is charming and impractical \u2014 tight lanes, scarce parking \u2014 so crews usually land in the upper town or the estates, where driveways, garages and normal-sized roads make the working week possible.
We check every shortlist property against your actual vehicles, and we look seriously at heating and drying space, because the Dart valley is beautiful and damp in equal measure. A five-minute climb from the centre buys space, parking and a house that works for a crew rather than a curiosity shop, and we'd rather suggest that than a postcard with a nightmare commute attached.
Crews book into Totnes for work across the South Hams and the Dart valley: construction and refurbishment of the town's old housing, the steady maintenance the countryside demands \u2014 farm buildings, estate work, the rural infrastructure of lanes, bridges and utilities \u2014 and the visitor-economy trades that keep the valley busy through the year. Totnes also suits crews whose sites scatter: it's between Newton Abbot, Paignton and the southern Hams, with the A38 and the road to Plymouth both within reach.
There's a seasonal rhythm to it. When the valley fills with visitors from spring onwards, beds tighten and prices follow, and the guest houses that might take a worker in January are full by June. A contract crossing the season is worth booking early \u2014 we can hold a house while your site confirms dates, and holding costs nothing while you wait.
The A381 runs north to Newton Abbot, about ten miles, where it meets the A380 towards the M5. The A385 heads east to Paignton, roughly seven miles, and the A38 towards Plymouth lies south-west. Totnes has its own station on the Exeter to Plymouth main line, which makes it one of the better-connected small towns in Devon for crews arriving by rail \u2014 the walk up the hill to most of the town is short.
For sites scattered across the Hams we shortlist by measured drive time from the site postcode. The Dart valley's lanes are slower than they look, and the difference between a workable commute and a miserable one can be a single hill \u2014 so we measure, we don't guess, and we tell you straight what the drive looks like at shift time before you commit.
The whole house or flat is yours for the duration: kitchen, sitting room, the lot, with nobody else in the building. Bills go in our name, Wi-Fi is speed-tested before check-in, and parking is checked against the vehicles you list. Crews of five or more get two bathrooms, a weekly clean and fresh linen come as standard, and every maintenance call lands with us rather than your site manager or the lads after a long shift, at whatever hour the valley damp finds a weak spot.
You pay one monthly invoice, paid by card. No booking fees, no minimum stay or crew size, and extending the job is a message rather than a fresh negotiation. Your accounts team sees one tidy line a month, the quoted price is the paid price, and nobody fronts cash for bills. The crew just comes home to a warm, dry house.
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.
Around two hours from your enquiry once we have dates, crew size and the site postcode. Totnes's stock is decent, but the crew-friendly houses with driveways are a smaller pool than the town's size suggests \u2014 early enquiries get the choice, so don't leave it to the last week.
Yes \u2014 Dartington, Stoke Gabriel, Ashprington, and towards Newton Abbot and the Dart valley villages depending on the site. The shortlist follows the job's location, so a crew working the Hams gets a different set of houses to one working up the valley towards Totnes itself.
At any property we suggest, yes. The old centre's lanes are tight, so we check each house against your actual vehicles and lean towards the upper town and the estates where driveways are normal. No parking, no shortlist \u2014 it's that simple, whatever the house looks like.
Yes \u2014 gas, electric, water, council tax and broadband all sit in our name and in the monthly rate. Wi-Fi is speed-tested before check-in, and your accounts team receives one tidy invoice rather than a folder of bills to chase and reconcile at month end.
Yes. We note shift patterns before check-in so the house works around them \u2014 key arrangements for staggered returns, cleaning timed to avoid sleeping hours, and a briefing for the neighbours where it helps. Mention the pattern when you enquire and we'll match accordingly.
We do. The crew reports it, we arrange the tradesperson and chase the fix to done. Old houses have their moments \u2014 damp, boilers, locks \u2014 but every one of those moments is our phone that rings, not yours, and the rent doesn't move while a repair is underway.
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Need beds in Totnes? 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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