Construction Workforce Accommodation Resource: Scotland

Before you commit to a property

• Off-street parking counted per vehicle, not per property — site vans plus personal cars
• Drying space or a utility room for wet and muddy PPE
• Washing machine capacity matched to headcount (one drum per 4–5 people)
• Heating type and running cost — check whether bills are inclusive
• Broadband speed adequate for evening use by the whole team
• Distance and realistic drive time to site at shift-start hours, not off-peak

Contract and commercial checks

• Exclusive use written into the agreement — no shared rooms, no third parties
• Break clause aligned to programme float, not the landlord's default term
• Change-of-occupant policy for rotational crews and personnel swaps
• VAT invoice with purchase-order reference and monthly account terms
• Damage and dilapidations process agreed in writing before arrival
• Named account contact with an out-of-hours escalation number

Welfare and retention

• Bed per person — never doubled up unless the team has agreed it
• Communal space large enough for the whole crew to eat together
• Weekly clean scheduled around shift patterns
• Local food shopping within walking distance or a designated vehicle
• Quiet-hours policy where night-shift and day-shift crews overlap

Exclusive use, never HMO

Every Trade Rentals property is let to one team. Shared-occupancy houses in multiple occupation are outside our model and carry licensing exposure for the hiring contractor.

Gas, electrical and fire safety records

Current gas safety certificate, EICR and smoke/heat detection to Scottish standards are held for every property and available to your HSE team on request.

Repairing standard

Scottish private rented properties must meet the statutory repairing standard; we evidence compliance before a team moves in.

CDM-adjacent welfare expectations

Accommodation sits outside CDM 2015 itself, but principal contractors increasingly audit it under their own welfare policy — the checklists above map to what those audits ask for.