A Fort William home for crews and project staff.
Host crews yourself with Trade Nest Stays, or take a fixed monthly sum through our group's property company. Both start with one conversation about your Fort William property.
Who books
The working guests who come to Fort William
Most working guests travel as a team. Four or five people who work together all day would rather share a house with a kitchen and a lounge than spend months in separate hotel rooms.
Working guests are people away from home for the job: crews on a construction programme, engineers on a maintenance contract, fit-out teams and project staff on secondment. They stay for the length of the work and they need somewhere practical to come back to each evening.
What suits
What crews look for in Fort William
Location matters more than decor. A house close to a motorway junction, an industrial estate or a major site cuts the daily drive. That is what an employer is paying for.
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.
Flats work too, where the building allows short and mid-length stays and there is somewhere to park. A self-contained flat near the station suits engineers who travel light.
Your routes
Choose how involved you want to be
Host it yourself
Keep hold of the keys and host crews yourself. Trade Nest Stays brings the working guests; you set the price and the dates.
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
Keep the property and the income while Maine Property Solutions runs it for you, from guests to cleaning to the monthly statement.
ManagementSell quietly
A quiet sale keeps the property off the portals. Investors make any offer and you pay nothing on this route.
Off-market salePaperwork
The Fort William owner's checklist
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.
Before anything is signed, the paperwork is checked: title, lender consent, insurance, certificates and, for a flat, the lease.
Getting started
Taking the first step in Fort William
Across Scotland, energy, infrastructure and construction work bring crews who need whole homes near the job.
Send a few lines about the property. You can compare every route before deciding. There is no fee to ask. It starts with the property itself: its size, its parking and how far it is from the work. The route follows from that.
Your questions
Questions from Fort William owners
How do bookings reach me?
Trade Nest Stays brings working guests to hosts. You accept or reject every booking and set the price.
Do I need to live in Fort William?
No. Many owners live elsewhere. What matters is that repairs are dealt with quickly.
Does my mortgage allow this?
Check with your lender. Written consent for the use is needed before the first guest.
Can I block out dates?
Yes. As a host you control the calendar.
Start with one message about Fort William.
Whether you want control or certainty, there is a route for your property. There is nothing to pay to ask.