Working guests for Eastleigh property owners.
Some Eastleigh owners host working guests themselves. Others prefer a fixed figure and nothing to manage. Either way the property works for the people doing the job.
Guests on a job
The working guests who come to Eastleigh
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.
Contractor stays are booked around a job. A crew arrives when the work starts and leaves when it finishes, so the booking follows the programme rather than the school holidays.
What suits
The practical things crews need in Eastleigh
A house that is safe, warm, well lit and easy to check into will suit working guests. Self check-in helps crews who arrive late after a long day on the road.
The homes that work are practical ones: enough bedrooms for the crew, a kitchen with space for everyone, a washing machine and parking for vans and trailers.
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
Host it, let it, hand it over or sell it
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
Prefer certainty? Maine Property Solutions can take the property on a company let agreement for a fixed monthly sum, with the voids carried on its side.
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
What needs to be in place in Eastleigh
Planning can matter too. Outside London there is no fixed night limit for short stays in England; whether a change of use needs permission is a question of fact and degree for the council.
A house that sleeps more people needs more thought about fire safety. Detection, escape routes and fire doors should suit the number of guests the house takes.
Getting started
Beginning with your Eastleigh home
Across the South East, construction and infrastructure projects bring engineers and trades who need whole homes with parking near the job.
A postcode area, the number of bedrooms and the parking situation are enough to start. The rest follows once a route is chosen. It starts with the property itself: its size, its parking and how far it is from the work. The route follows from that.
Tell us about it
Got a property in Eastleigh? Tell us about it.
Your questions
Eastleigh owners ask
Can a Eastleigh flat work for contractors?
Yes, where the lease allows it and there is parking. Self-contained flats suit engineers who travel light.
What does management cover?
Guests, cleaning, repairs reporting and a monthly statement, run by Maine Property Solutions.
Do I choose who stays?
As a host, yes: you accept or reject every booking.
What insurance do I need?
Cover that allows short and mid-length stays by working guests. A standard landlord policy may not.
Ready to put your Eastleigh home to work?
Apply to host it yourself, or send it to Maine Property Solutions for a fixed monthly sum, management or a quiet sale.