Mid-term let management in Hamworthy
Hamworthy homes let for one to six months to boatyard and port contractors, visitors to the Royal Marines base and people between homes, a bridge away from Poole Quay. 16% commission.
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Hamworthy is the part of Poole where the work is on the doorstep. Sunseeker's yard, the port and the Royal Marines base all sit on the peninsula, and the people who come to work at them need somewhere to live for the length of a job. Mid-term let management in Hamworthy is our service for letting furnished houses and flats here for one to six months, with family summers kept where the house earns more from them. The service as a whole is set out on our mid-term and long stay management page.
Hamworthy homes for crews, families and professionals
The peninsula covers parts of BH15 and BH16, and its long-stay stock falls into two groups.
- Family houses. Three and four bedrooms, a garden and a drive, in the streets round Hamworthy Park and towards Rockley. They take crews of contractors and service families.
- Waterside flats. Newer apartments near the Twin Sails Bridge, for single engineers, surveyors and couples who want to walk to the Quay, the town centre and Poole station, with Hamworthy station on the main line too.
A crew house needs a bed for each person, parking for vans and a kitchen built for cooking every night. A flat for one professional needs a quiet bedroom, a desk and broadband that will hold a video call. In both, a washing machine and somewhere to dry work clothes are essential.
The people who need Hamworthy for months
- Boatyard crews on yacht builds and refits at Sunseeker's New Quay Road yard and the harbour's other yards.
- Port and freight contractors at the Port of Poole on the eastern shore.
- Service families and contractors connected with the Royal Marines base on Napier Road.
- Hospital staff at Poole Hospital, a short drive over the bridges, which is becoming University Hospitals Dorset's planned care site.
- People between homes and insurance placements, who want a house and garden rather than a town flat.
Two seasons in one house
Hamworthy has a family summer: a harbour beach open to dogs all year, a paddling pool at Hamworthy Park in season and the holiday park at Rockley. A house near the water can take those weeks in July and August and a long-stay guest from autumn to spring. A house inland on the peninsula, where holiday demand is thinner, may suit long stays in every month.
Long stays make for a calmer house. One arrival and one departure replace a run of changeovers, so there are fewer cleaning bills, less laundry and less wear on doors and stairs. We inspect during the stay because a crew living in a house uses it fully, and anything that needs a repair is reported to the contractor you choose.
Pricing a Hamworthy month
A monthly rate is set against furnished homes to rent locally and against what an employer would pay in hotel rooms on the Quay for the same crew. Bills sit inside the monthly figure. The listing leads on Flexiestays, the group's platform and Bournemouth's number one for winter and long stays, which charges only 8% on the bookings it brings, and runs on Booking.com, Airbnb, Vrbo and 20+ channels too.
Rules for a Hamworthy owner
Hamworthy is in BCP Council's area, which charges a 100% council tax premium on furnished second homes. Business rates apply instead if a property is available for 140 nights and let for 70, but nights in stays of more than 28 nights do not count as let, so a year of crews can leave the house on council tax. A guest who makes the house their only home can become a tenant, so we use the right agreement for each stay; take legal advice too. Waterside flats are leasehold: check the lease. The guides to holiday let regulations and holiday let tax after FHL go further.
How we run it in Hamworthy
We photograph and list the home, set monthly prices, vet each guest and the company booking, take inventories at both ends, inspect during the stay and answer guests 24 hours a day. Cleaning, linen and any repairs are done by local companies we recommend, invoiced to you, or by your own. Commission on Hamworthy stays is 16% of booking revenue, with no retainer: see pricing and how it works.
For holiday letting on the peninsula, see holiday let management in Hamworthy and Airbnb management in Hamworthy. Close by, see mid-term lets in Upton and across the bridges in Poole.
Full in summer. Earning in winter too.
Most holiday lets in Hamworthy go quiet from November. Ours do not have to. Alongside Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo, every property we manage goes out on Flexiestays, Bournemouth's number one platform for winter and long stays, where contractors, relocations, visiting families and remote workers book for weeks and months at a time.
- Flexiestays charges only 8% on the bookings it brings
- Winter stays of a week to several months
- Long stays fill the gaps between summer seasons
8% The Hamworthy letting market
A harbour peninsula west of Poole's lifting bridges, with family housing, newer waterside apartment schemes and the port on its eastern shore. Guests are ferry passengers, port and marine contractors, military families and holidaymakers who want the quieter side of the harbour. Demand is steadier and less seasonal than on Poole's beach side.
Hamworthy's long-stay demand sits on its own doorstep. Sunseeker builds yachts at its yard on New Quay Road, the Port of Poole occupies the eastern shore, and the Royal Marines base is on Napier Road. Work at all three runs through the year and brings engineers, fitters, surveyors and service families who need a furnished home for weeks or months.
That gives the peninsula a steadier calendar than Poole's beach side. Family houses with three or four bedrooms and a drive suit crews and families; the newer waterside flats near the Twin Sails Bridge suit single professionals who want to walk over to the Quay and the station.
Ferry traffic should not be part of the long-stay plan. Brittany Ferries has said its Poole to Cherbourg route ends in November 2026, but the stays on this page come from the yards, the port and the base, not from passengers.
What brings guests to Hamworthy
- Port of Poole ferry terminal. The passenger terminal for the Channel Islands ferries is in Hamworthy. Travellers book one night before or after a crossing, and port and freight work brings contractors midweek.
- Hamworthy Park and beach. A harbour beach with a seasonal paddling pool, a play area and views to the Purbeck Hills, open to dogs all year. It gives family and pet-friendly listings a beach within walking distance.
- Rockley Park. Haven's Rockley Park holiday park sits on the western shore, with a sheltered beach used for watersports, and opens for a season from spring to late autumn. It shows the pull of this side of the harbour for family holidays.
- Royal Marines Poole. The Royal Marines base is on Napier Road in Hamworthy. It generates demand from visiting families and contractors in every month of the year.
- Hamworthy station and the bridges. Hamworthy station is on the main line to Poole, Bournemouth and London Waterloo, and two lifting bridges link the peninsula to Poole Quay and the town centre. The Quay's restaurants are a short walk or drive across the water.
From first call to first guest in Hamworthy
Tell us about the property
Send the address and a few details, or run the income calculator first. We come back with a realistic income range for the property in Hamworthy, what it needs before the first guest and our terms.
We set it up
A set-up visit, professional photography and listings written for Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and 20+ channels. The one-off onboarding fee is not paid up front: it comes out of the first month’s income.
Guests arrive, you get paid
We price every night, answer every message and arrange the changeovers with recommended local cleaning and linen companies (or your own), which you pay directly. You are paid monthly and can block dates for your own use in the owner portal.
One commission. No retainer.
Holiday let management 16% commission on booking revenue - No retainer, no monthly fee
- We only earn when you do
- 45 days' notice to leave
What the 16% covers
- Listings on 20+ channelsAirbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and Flexiestays, written and optimised.
- Daily dynamic pricingRates reviewed every day for season, events and demand.
- 24/7 guest supportEvery message answered, day and night.
- Check-ins and inventoryArrivals handled and inventory checked.
- Regular inspectionsThe property checked between stays.
- Monthly payoutsPaid monthly, with an owner portal.
Paid separately
- Cleaning
- Linen and laundry
- Maintenance and repairs
We recommend trusted local companies and can arrange them for you; you pay them directly. Already have your own cleaner or contractor? Keep them.
A one-off onboarding fee covers the photography, the listings and the set-up visit. It comes out of your first month's income, never up front.
Full pricing and what is extraMid-term and long stay management in Hamworthy: questions
Do Sunseeker and boatyard contractors stay in Hamworthy for months?
The yards are a few minutes away, so Hamworthy is where many of them look first. Yacht builds and refits bring engineers, electricians, fitters and surveyors for the length of a project, and a crew wants a house with a bed each, parking for vans and a kitchen they can cook in. Houses in the BH15 streets near the yards and the port suit them. Their employer often books, which keeps the arrangement simple.
Is there long-stay demand from the Royal Marines base?
The base on Napier Road brings visitors in every month: families joining a serving member for a period, contractors working on the site and staff on courses or postings who need somewhere before quarters or a purchase come through. Lengths vary from a few weeks to several months. We would treat it as one source of demand among several, alongside the yards and the port, not as a guarantee.
Does the end of the Cherbourg ferry affect mid-term lets in Hamworthy?
Very little. The ferry mostly brought one-night stays before or after a crossing. Long stays in Hamworthy come from people working at the boatyards, the port and the base, whose demand does not depend on the Cherbourg route. Channel Islands services continue, and we review the calendar on the bookings that arrive rather than on forecasts of passenger traffic.
Should I keep my Hamworthy house for summer families?
It depends on the house. One near Hamworthy Park or Rockley, with a garden, can earn well from family weeks in the school holidays and take a crew or a long-stay family from October to Easter. A house further from the water may earn more from long stays all year. We compare both and agree the end date of each long stay before accepting, so the summer is never given away by accident.
What agreement do you use for a long stay in Hamworthy?
One that fits who is staying. A company booking a house for its crew, or a guest who keeps a main home elsewhere, is treated differently from someone living in your house as their only home, who may become an assured tenant; since 1 May 2026 those tenancies have no fixed end date. We confirm the purpose of each stay before accepting it and use the right agreement. Take your own legal advice.
How do long-stay guests find a Hamworthy property?
Through Flexiestays above all. It is the Flexiestays group's own platform and Bournemouth's number one for winter and long stays, where contractors and relocation agents search, and Flexiestays charges only 8% on the bookings it brings. We also list on Booking.com, which many firms use, and on Airbnb, Vrbo and 20+ channels with monthly rates, all on one calendar.
Guests on the properties we run
Excellent service from the team at sea breeze. The apartment is very well maintained and the team is available to assist whenever you need them.
Great apartment at a perfect location. Jack and the team were so easy to deal with. This is our second time at this apartment block and will definitely be returning in the not to distant future.
Lovely apartment in very close proximity to Bournemouth town centre and beach. The apartment was modern, very clean and well equipped. Onsite parking was a big bonus and once parked we didn't really need the car. We would definitely return.
Reviews are quoted word for word as guests published them about properties we manage.
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Tell us about the property and we will come back with a realistic income estimate, what it needs before the first guest and the terms. 16% commission, no retainer.