Crews need homes in Maidstone. Yours could be one.
Crews working in Kent need somewhere to stay that is not a hotel. A whole home in Maidstone lets them live together and get to site on time.
Who you would host
Who books a whole home in Maidstone
A working guest is usually on the road with colleagues and on a schedule set by the job. The house needs to fit the crew, the vans and the early starts.
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 Maidstone property checklist for crews
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.
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.
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.
Your routes
The routes, side by side
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
Hand over the running. Maine Property Solutions manages the property as serviced accommodation and sends you a monthly statement.
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
Before the first crew arrives in Maidstone
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.
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
From first message to guests in Maidstone
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. Send a few lines about the property. You can compare every route before deciding. There is no fee to ask.
Your questions
Maidstone owners ask
What happens if something breaks during a stay?
As a host you arrange the repair. On management it is reported and handled for you.
Do guests stay at weekends?
Some go home at weekends and some stay on. It depends on the job.
Can the arrangement end?
Each route sets out how it ends. Read the terms with your solicitor before signing.
Is there anything to pay upfront?
Not to host with Trade Nest Stays. Commission is only taken on completed bookings.
Own a Maidstone property that suits a crew?
Apply to host it yourself, or send it to Maine Property Solutions for a fixed monthly sum, management or a quiet sale.