Tranent, Scotland • Scotland
Tranent is a town in East Lothian, Scotland, in the EH33 postcode area, sitting just off the A1 a few miles east of Musselburgh and within commuting reach of Edinburgh. KrewBase arranges whole serviced houses here for crews working across East Lothian and the capital's eastern fringe — bills, Wi-Fi and parking included, one monthly invoice to your company, and no minimum crew or stay.
Tranent is a former mining town of stone terraces along the old main street, post-war council semis, and newer private estates on the edges. Crews generally do best in the semis and newer estates — driveways, gardens, and parking that does not turn into a daily negotiation. The terraces are solid and warm enough but kerbside space fills quickly on working streets, so we only use them when the van situation is genuinely light.
Every property is walked through before shortlisting: heating, hot water for the headcount, tested broadband, and parking matched to the actual vehicles. For crews of five or more we look for two bathrooms as standard, and we favour streets where early starts will not start a war with the neighbours.
East Lothian keeps a healthy flow of contract work: housing construction and refurbishment across the towns, farm and agri building maintenance inland, retail and hospitality upkeep along the A1, and the infrastructure and utility jobs that follow the main road. Crews also base here for work in Musselburgh, Prestonpans and the eastern edge of Edinburgh itself, where the commute is short but the rents are not.
Healthcare rotas, warehouse logistics and council maintenance add steady demand. Most of it runs in weeks, and the local letting market leans toward long tenancies — exactly the gap a serviced monthly-invoiced house fills.
The A1 is the artery: west into Edinburgh's eastern suburbs in around twenty minutes off-peak, east toward Haddington, Dunbar and the border road. The A199 links the coastal towns, and Musselburgh's rail connections put Glasgow and Edinburgh within reach for crews arriving by train.
Sites across East Lothian are mostly within half an hour, and we shortlist by real drive time from your site plus the evening parking picture. If the job is technically in Edinburgh, we will tell you honestly whether a Tranent base or a city base saves more than it costs in commute.
The crew gets the whole house — no sharing, no host. Electricity, gas, water, council tax and broadband are in our name and inside the rent; Wi-Fi is speed-tested before check-in, parking is confirmed against the arriving vehicles, and crews of five or more get two bathrooms. A weekly clean with fresh linen is included, and any maintenance issue is ours to fix and pay for.
Your company receives one monthly invoice, paid by card. No booking fees, no minimum crew or stay, and extensions are normally settled within a day. Send the site postcode, headcount and start date and we will 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 — the town's semis and newer estates suit crews well, and the A1 keeps Edinburgh, Musselburgh and Haddington within easy reach. We shortlist by drive time from your site, so send the postcode and we will place the crew where the commute actually works.
Roughly twenty minutes off-peak into the eastern suburbs via the A1, longer at rush hour. Plenty of crews working the city's east side base here for the lower rents and the driveways — tell us the site and we will work out whether it genuinely beats a city let.
All of them — electricity, gas, water, council tax and broadband are in our name and inside the rent. Broadband is speed-tested before check-in, and the crew pays nothing at the property. Your finance team reconciles one monthly figure.
We confirm parking against your vehicles before offering anything. Semis and edge estates usually have driveways; the older terraces can be tight on a working street. Van crews get matched to houses that genuinely take the vehicles, and we say so plainly when somewhere will not.
That is standard practice. One monthly invoice covers rent, bills, the weekly clean and linen paid by card, with no booking fees or per-person deposits. It slots into a normal accounts payable routine without any special handling.
Tell us and we extend the same house on the same terms — usually confirmed within a day. Weather and deliveries slip schedules often enough that we treat extensions as a normal part of the arrangement, not a renegotiation.
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Tranent sits about 9 miles from Edinburgh. Plenty of crews working here base themselves in the city and drive out, especially on longer jobs or when the local supply is thin. Our contractor accommodation Edinburgh page covers houses across the wider area — two people or twenty, same service.
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Need beds in Tranent? 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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