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

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Planning for growth

21st Dec 2025 leyfarmcottages

This weekend we held our annual end-of-year review and 2026 planning meeting. Something John learnt from his corporate days is the importance of reviewing our company financials to see how we’ve done over the

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Stud walling 

14th Dec 2025 leyfarmcottages

Work has continued this week in our one bed cottage. All the insulation is now in and our carpenter has started putting in the stud wall between the bathroom, bedroom and kitchen. The plumbers

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No winding down for Christmas here… 

18th Dec 2023 leyfarmcottages

It’s hard to believe it’s the end of Sunday again – and with Christmas only just over a week away, we’re somewhat frantically trying to

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Building work – entering month 8

16th Oct 2023 leyfarmcottages

We entered our 8th month of building work this week- and what a week of progress! The windows and french doors were installed in the

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Kitchen designs and lessons in roofing felt for bats

26th Jun 2023 leyfarmcottages

A busy week and weekend means our blog is delayed again! It’s definitely harder to fit in everything that needs doing at the moment –

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The barn roof lights are in!

11th Jun 2023 leyfarmcottages

After a particularly busy week where a work trip and village event prep meant that we didn’t have a single free evening, we were grateful

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