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Renovating beautiful self-catering holiday cottages in the Blackdown Hills in East Devon

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Tag: build prep

Looking back at our third year here 

28th Jul 2023 leyfarmcottages

Three years ago on Sunday we moved to Ley Farm, with grand plans and aspirational timescales. Little did we know just how difficult it was

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A week of excavating and salvaging 

26th Feb 2023 leyfarmcottages

Week two, and building work seems to be progressing well. Our builders have dug out the concrete from the shippon floor, and have taken down

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Snowdrops, stones, and – finally – starting our build!! 

19th Feb 2023 leyfarmcottages

This week was the moment we’d been waiting for for so long – our builders finally started on site! We’re technically still in the final

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About to start! 

12th Feb 2023 leyfarmcottages

After a few postponed dates, it looks like building work will actually start this coming week! On Friday we had an unexpected delivery of the

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A busy weekend

22nd Jan 2023 leyfarmcottages

Everything is starting to ramp up suddenly. Since our meeting last week, we’ve exchanged several emails with our architects and builder to finalise details on

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Shippon clearing – job done!! 

11th Dec 2022 leyfarmcottages

Success! We managed to tick a big job off our to-do list this weekend despite the freezing temperatures – one that’s on the critical path

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