A small collection of UK retreats
Six houses.
Six places worth going.
Owner-managed. Direct-booked. Five of six welcome dogs. We answer the phone.
We restored six houses across the UK because we couldn’t find ones that made us want to come back.
Each property is restored with the same standards we’d apply to a home of our own. Kitchens that work properly, beds you sleep in for ten hours and don’t want to leave, bathrooms that don’t disappoint at 2am.
South Croydon · London
Avondale
A six-bedroom townhouse twenty-five minutes by direct train from London Bridge
Falkirk · Central Scotland
Randyford
A five-bedroom Falkirk townhouse for work-stay professionals and tourists. Ten minutes from Grangemouth, five from the Kelpies.
Falkirk · Central Scotland
Kersehill Crescent
A three-bedroom family home in a quiet Falkirk neighbourhood, five minutes from the Kelpies and Helix Park.
Falkirk · Central Scotland
Vicar Street
A three-bedroom Grade B listed flat in the heart of Falkirk town centre. One minute from the train station.
Glasgow · Merchant City
Coming soon
College Street Studio
A Merchant City studio with king bed, ensuite, kitchen, and balcony — for couples and solo work-stay professionals.
Glasgow · Merchant City
Coming soon
College Street Apartment
A 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom Merchant City apartment for groups and small work-stay teams.
Same houses, better price, real humans.
5% saving every night
Booking direct skips Airbnb’s service fees, and we pass the saving on. £20–£35 a night on most of our houses.
Replies within four hours
A real person, not a chatbot. Every day, including Sundays. We answer questions before you book and stay reachable while you’re here.
No hidden fees
The price you see is the price you pay. Linen, towels, log baskets, and end-of-stay clean are included on every booking.
Where we are
South Croydon · London
The leafy southern edge of London. Twenty-five minutes by direct train to London Bridge and the Thameslink corridor — Tower of London, The Shard, Tate Modern, St Pancras — with Gatwick Airport seventeen minutes the other way.
Falkirk · Central Scotland
The Forth Valley between Edinburgh and Glasgow. INEOS Grangemouth ten minutes east, the Kelpies and Helix five minutes south, Stirling twenty north. Three Falkirk properties covering different group sizes — a 5-bedroom residential townhouse (Randyford), a Grade B listed town-centre flat (Vicar Street), and a quiet 3-bedroom family home (Kersehill Crescent).
Glasgow · Merchant City
The historic heart of Glasgow city centre. Two properties at 29 College Street — a studio for couples and solo work-stay professionals, and a 3-bedroom apartment for groups. Five minutes’ walk to Glasgow Queen Street station, Buchanan Street, and the Gallery of Modern Art. Register interest at bookings@kaulgroup.co.uk to be told first when bookings open.
Reading
Work stays · 6 min read
Working at INEOS Grangemouth? Where contractors actually stay
Hotels, B&Bs, or a whole house — the real options near the Grangemouth complex, and what a six-person crew actually pays over a fortnight.
Travel guide · 7 min read
Falkirk as a base for touring central Scotland
Edinburgh and Glasgow in under 45 minutes, Stirling in 20, the Kelpies five minutes away — and roughly half what an Edinburgh flat costs.
Travel guide · 5 min read
The Kelpies, the Falkirk Wheel, and a weekend in Falkirk
When to see the Kelpies, whether the Wheel boat trip is worth it, and the Roman frontier and 600-year-old house the coach tours drive past.
Booking guide · 8 min read
Six-bedroom London Airbnbs: what to actually look for
Four criteria that matter for groups of 8–12, the five pitfalls to avoid, and an honest price benchmark at £25 per person per night.
Visitor’s guide · 8 min read
Croydon, properly: a guide for visitors who only know it as a name
A market chartered in 1276, a Tudor archbishop’s palace, 200 acres of ancient woodland, and the best evening street-food venue in south London.
Travel guide · 7 min read
London plus a side trip: where to base yourself if you want both
Brighton in 50 minutes, Cambridge in two hours, Paris in four. Why South Croydon turns out to be one of the better London bases for a London-plus-one itinerary.
Travel guide · 6 min read
Flying into Gatwick? Where to base yourself for London
Why South Croydon is a smarter London base than zone 1 for travellers arriving via Gatwick — and what you can reach from this corner of the Thameslink corridor.
Travel guide · 7 min read
London by Thameslink: ten attractions reachable from South Croydon without changing trains
Tower of London, Tate Modern, St Paul’s, Coal Drops Yard, the British Library, and six more — with the right station to alight at and the walk from each.