Crews need homes in Lowestoft. Yours could be one.
Whether your Lowestoft property is empty between tenancies or waiting for a buyer, working guests can keep it occupied while you decide what comes next.
The guests
Working away in Lowestoft
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.
Companies book homes for their crews because it keeps the team together and the travel short. The booking is made by the employer, so the guest is there for work from the first night.
What suits
What working guests value in Suffolk
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.
Good broadband is not optional. Site managers and engineers report in every evening. A crew will notice a weak connection before anything else.
Parking is the first thing a crew asks about. A house with room for two vans outside will be booked ahead of a nicer one with parking two streets away.
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
Take a fixed monthly sum. Our group's property company, Maine Property Solutions, takes the property on a company let agreement and pays the same figure each month.
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
A quiet sale keeps the property off the portals. Investors make any offer and you pay nothing on this route.
Off-market salePaperwork
The Lowestoft owner's checklist
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.
Get the certificates together early: gas, electrical, energy performance and alarms. They are the first things checked and the usual reason a start date slips.
Getting started
Starting with a Lowestoft property
Across the East of England, ports, energy and construction projects bring crews who need homes with parking near the work.
Send the details and choose how involved you want to be. You can host, hand over or sell. You can change your mind before signing. 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
What Lowestoft owners want to know
Do contractors need a whole house in Lowestoft?
Usually. A crew that works together all day would rather share a home with a kitchen and a lounge than spend weeks in separate rooms.
Is parking a deal-breaker?
Often. Vans and trailers need somewhere to go, so off-street parking puts a house ahead of one without it.
Who pays for the stay?
Normally the employer, as the booking is made for work.
Can a flat above a shop work?
It can, where the lease and the insurance allow it and there is somewhere to park.
Ready to put your Lowestoft home to work?
Choose hands-on hosting or a hands-off company let. Both start with a short message.