Contractor lets in London, done properly.
Whether your London property is empty between tenancies or waiting for a buyer, working guests can keep it occupied while you decide what comes next.
Guests on a job
The working guests who come to London
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.
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.
What suits
The London homes working guests ask for
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.
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.
Good broadband is not optional. Site managers and engineers report in every evening. A crew will notice a weak connection before anything else.
Your routes
Choose how involved you want to be
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
Management keeps the asset and the income with you, less a fee, while the day-to-day is handled for you.
ManagementSell quietly
Selling is an option too, without a board or a round of viewings. The buyer pays the fee on the quiet-sale route.
Off-market salePaperwork
What needs to be in place in London
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.
Before the first guest arrives, the basics need to be in place: a current gas safety record, an electrical report, an energy performance certificate and working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.
Getting started
Starting with a London property
Across London, construction and infrastructure projects bring crews who need homes with good transport links to site.
Send a few lines about the property. You can compare every route before deciding. There is no fee to ask. Nothing is signed on a phone call. The first conversation is about the property and what you want it to do.
Your questions
London owners ask
Why let to working guests rather than a long let?
Some owners want flexibility and control over their calendar. Others prefer a fixed monthly sum. Both routes are open.
Who looks after the property between stays?
As a host you arrange it. On management or a company let, it is handled for you.
Does my flat need freeholder consent?
Read the lease first. Many leases need consent for short and mid-length stays.
Is there any cost to ask?
No. There is no fee to find out which route suits your property.
Let your London property to working guests.
Whether you want control or certainty, there is a route for your property. There is nothing to pay to ask.