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

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Tag: build preparation

A mixed week of maintenance, cooking, seaside and building work prep 

30th Nov 2025 leyfarmcottages

Another week and a few more jobs ticked off our to-do list. The external steel stairs up to the Games Room had started to go green

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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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Making good progress with our build 

19th Mar 2023 leyfarmcottages

In some respects we can hardly believe it’s only been a week since our last blog – but equally Sunday night seems to have come

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A month in

12th Mar 2023 leyfarmcottages

It feels like it’s been particularly busy this week. The building work seems to be progressing well despite the weather – our builders had ordered a

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Pouring concrete

5th Mar 2023 leyfarmcottages

This week our builders have been hard at work again, digging out the final parts of the ground within the shippon to create the different

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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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