NATIONWIDE COVERAGE
CLOSE TO SITE STAYS
SHORTLIST WITHIN 1 WORKING DAY
CREDIT ACCOUNTS AVAILABLE

Locations We Serve

Contractor accommodation across the towns and cities we cover in the UK, close to project sites and transport links.

Can't find what you're looking for?

Let us do the legwork and source the right properties for you! Tell us your location, dates, and team size and we'll come back to you within 24 hours.

Why Choose Trade Stays

Built for teams working away: the right property, in the right place, to the right spec, without the admin.

Declan head of client success speaking with a client

One Call Sorts It

A dedicated account manager on every booking. Crew change at 4pm Friday, someone locked out at 9pm. One call, and they know your sites.

A shortlist of properties matching a booker's requirements with pricing and duration

Price It Into The Bid

Get weekly rates before you tender, so accommodation is a line in your bid rather than a guess you carry into the job.

A Trade Stays managed apartment for teams looking for a premium stay

A House, Not A Hotel Room

A kitchen, a washing machine and parking, confirmed before you book. Placed for the commute, not the postcode. That is a crew that settles instead of asking to go home.

A tablet on a desk showing a Trade Stays VAT invoice covering three properties on one project

One Supplier, One Invoice Per City

Your contract is with us, not with twelve landlords. One VAT invoice per city, however many properties it takes. Credit accounts available, 30 days from invoice, subject to approval.

How Trade Stays Works

From enquiry to check-in in three steps. Built to be quick for the person doing the booking.

  1. STEP 01

    Search Or Send Requirements

    Browse listings yourself, or send us location, dates, team size and parking. One enquiry covers it.

  2. STEP 02

    Get a Shortlist in 24 Hours

    We match properties to your project and send options with clear rates.

  3. STEP 03

    Confirm and Check In

    Approve, receive your VAT invoice, and your team moves in. We handle the rest.

Real Results for Modern Teams

Real placements from our booking history. Named, because we would rather show you who we house than ask you to take our word for it.

A row of furnished terraced houses on a residential street in an English town.
Energy and infrastructure

42 people, 18 months, 40% off the hotel bill

PPA ENERGO were running a series of projects across Bedfordshire with 42 people living in hotels. Morale was suffering, crew numbers moved up and down week to week, and spreading the team across several hotels was costing a fortune. Within a couple of weeks we had them in comfortable, spacious homes close to the sites, flexing the bed count as the project moved.

£317,520 saved, 40% lower cost
A white works van parked on the street outside a building.
Multi-site projects

Two counties at once, one supplier

FTS Merits had jobs running in Hitchin and Grimsby at the same time, booked by two different managers. We covered both: a five-man crew in Hitchin across back-to-back bookings through October and November, and a second crew in Grimsby running alongside it. Two sites, two counties, one supplier to deal with.

Two counties, same month
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Stonemasonry

Four masons on a Borders site, home every weekend

Laing Traditional Masonry needed four stonemasons near a site at Selkirk in the Scottish Borders, where there is very little to rent and almost nothing suited to a working crew. We placed them Monday to Thursday across sixteen nights, so the team got home at weekends and Laing paid for the nights they used rather than a full week.

Paid for 4 nights a week, not 7
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Traffic management

Seven years of bespoke homes from home

Chevron Traffic Management came to us in 2019 with long-term projects and a problem short stays could not solve. Their crews needed somewhere that felt like home rather than a different hotel every few weeks. We set up bespoke properties for them, and they stayed through project after project.

With us since 2019

Ready to sort your team's accommodation?

Send us the site, the dates and the headcount. You will have a shortlist within 24 hours, or call us on 020 3743 8989.

Less admin, better control

Built for Growing Teams and Bookers

One place to manage every stay. Whether you are pricing a bid, managing suppliers, or just need it off your desk.

No SearchingBrief us once and we come back with options that fit. Nobody on your side spends a day comparing listings.
No Wasted NightsIf the crew goes home at weekends, we can book Monday to Thursday rather than the full seven nights, so you are not paying for beds nobody is sleeping in.
30 Day TermsApproved accounts pay 30 days from invoice rather than up front, with a credit limit and facility fee agreed with you before you book.
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When The Job Changes

Timelines slip, crews grow and shrink, and sometimes there is nothing listed where you need it. These three things decide whether the accommodation keeps up with the job.

Flexible Terms

Extend, reduce or relocate teams as project timelines move.

We Source What We Do Not Hold

If we have nothing listed where you need it, we go and find it. That is how we cover 300+ towns across the UK, and how we place crews in Ireland on request.

Built for Long Stays

Average stay with us is 33 days. Hotels price that badly and short-stay platforms are not built for it.

Who we house

Whatever the sector, we will find a place for the people you need to house.

Energy & infrastructure

Project teams on major builds

Healthcare

Locum and clinical staff on placement

Insurance

Policyholder displacement after fire, flood and claims

Film & TV

Production crews on location

Emergency response

Utility and response teams during storms and outages

Logistics & haulage

Drivers and crews on multi-day routes

Events & exhibitions

Crews and staff working live events

Theatre & entertainment

Touring cast and crew

Sports

Teams and staff on away fixtures

Recruitment agencies

Project team placements

Care homes

Staff cover and temporary housing

Corporate

Relocation, project teams and away days

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about booking contractor accommodation with Trade Stays.

  • Any team working away from home. We can house construction crews, healthcare staff on placement, production crews on location, energy and infrastructure teams, and policyholders displaced by fire or flood. If you are booking for more than one person and for more than a few nights, we are built for it.