A Dunstable house that earns from working guests.
A three-bed near the ring road or a flat near the station can suit the engineers and trades who travel to Dunstable for work. Here is how it works.
Who the guests are
Who a Dunstable owner hosts
These are guests with a job to get to in the morning. They want a good night's sleep, a quick breakfast and parking for the van outside, not a city-centre view.
Crews who work away value the same things wherever they are: a bed each, somewhere to cook, a washing machine and parking. A home that offers those is the one they come back to.
What suits
The Dunstable property checklist for crews
Whole houses with two to five bedrooms suit crews best, especially with a driveway or off-street parking. Separate beds for everyone on the booking matter more than a feature wall.
Beds come first: singles or twins for crews who would rather not share, with enough of them for the whole team. A sofa bed does not count as a bed on a working booking.
Durable, easy-clean furnishing suits working guests. Workwear, boots and early starts are part of the stay, so the house needs to take it in its stride.
Your routes
Pick the route that suits you
Host it yourself
Host working guests yourself with Trade Nest Stays: you set the price, you accept or reject every booking and there is no upfront fee.
Apply to hostA fixed monthly sum
For a fixed figure and nothing to manage, the property can go on a company let agreement with Maine Property Solutions Ltd.
Company letsHand over the running
If you want the income but not the work, Maine Property Solutions can manage the property for a percentage of booking revenue.
ManagementSell quietly
Sell quietly. The property is registered for an off-market sale and introduced to investors, with no board, no portal and no fee to you.
Off-market salePaperwork
Before any guest stays in Dunstable
Compliance is the owner's foundation for working guests: safe gas and electrics, working alarms and an insurer who knows how the property is being used.
Insurance is the paper owners most often forget. A standard landlord policy may not cover working guests, so the cover needs checking before the first booking.
Getting started
How to start in Dunstable
Across the East of England, ports, energy and construction projects bring crews who need homes with parking near the work.
A postcode area, the number of bedrooms and the parking situation are enough to start. The rest follows once a route is chosen. Tell us about the property and the route you are leaning towards. Terms are always written down before anything is agreed.
Your questions
What Dunstable owners want to know
How long do working guests stay?
As long as the job lasts, which varies from booking to booking.
Can I switch routes later?
Often, yes. The terms of each arrangement say how and when.
Is furniture needed?
Yes. Working guests need a furnished home with separate beds, a kitchen and laundry.
Who do I speak to first?
Send the property details and the route you are interested in. Everything is written down before anything is agreed.
Let your Dunstable property to working guests.
Send the details and compare every route before deciding. Nothing is signed on a phone call.