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

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Mud, matting and sweet peas

16th Nov 2025 leyfarmcottages

We had friends over this weekend so didn’t have time to start one of our more significant jobs. We did however get a few smaller

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Celebrating five years at Ley Farm

27th Jul 2025 leyfarmcottages

This week we reached our fifth anniversary of living in Devon. It definitely doesn’t feel that long! Each year we’ve made progress renovating the property

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An odd-job gardening sort of weekend

21st Apr 2025 leyfarmcottages

With Good Friday taken up with our final Easter holidays same-day changeover, we spent most of the remaining weekend days outdoors catching up on odd

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First impressions

23rd Mar 2025 leyfarmcottages

This feels like a far less productive weekend than last week. Our main focus has been in the garden again, making the most of the

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Re-roofed!

25th Sep 2023 leyfarmcottages

We seem to have reached the stage where the jobs completed are very visible and are completed mostly within the week, so it feels like

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