Estate Agents
See Letting Agents.
Farm Shops
See Food Shops, Farm Shops and Farmers’ Markets.
Fencing
See also Garden Services, Carpenters.
See also Wildwood Trees and Timber (feature 156).
Cheaper is seldom better. Unrealistic prices that cannot be
achieved without cutting corners or by charging you more
than originally quoted. All businesses in Our Local Expert
have been recommended for good quality service and
products, and for value for money.
Hares Landscapes
01626 852612 / 07989 357309
[email protected]
Facebook search ‘Hares Landscapes’
Experts for various styles of timber fencing and
decking; lawns, astro turf, paths and patios. See
gallery on their facebook page.
69. Park Lane Garden Services
01392 347444 / 07975 805015
[email protected]
www.gardenfencingexeter.co.uk
Installation and repairs for all types of fencing
including panel, featherboard, trellis, gravel boards,
gates and posts. Free advice, all jobs considered, all
waste removed. 12 month guarantee. Recommended
for ‘excellent customer service and hard working’.
70. RAS Fencing & Property
Maintenance
01404 813299/ 07886 585087
[email protected]
www.raspm.weebly.com
Ray is a City & Guilds qualified carpenter (and
firefighter). Fencing, decking and all other garden
carpentry. Carpentry and maintenance in and around
your home from built in wardrobes to decorating. No
VAT. ‘Thorough’, ‘worked hard’, ‘cleared up well as he
went’, ‘a very nice man’.
Flooring
See also Carpets, Floor Sanding, Carpenters and Joiners.
See also Tiling.
The Floor Doctor
01404 510226 / 07816 620548
[email protected]
www.thefloordoctorsw.co.uk
Recommended to us as an ‘excellent craftsman, polite,
considerate, and fairly priced’. The Floor Doctor offers
the complete wooden floor service. A Master sander
and renovator of all wooden floors, with unique
gap-filling technique guaranteed to cut out draughts,
using reclaimed wood fillets. Parquet floors a speciality.
71.
Food Shops, Farm Shops and Farmers’ Markets
68.
Financial Advice
See Independent Financial Advisers, also Insurance, also
Accountancy.
Fireplaces and Stoves
See Woodburning Stoves.
Flood Response
For flood risk analysis see Benchmark Exeter Ltd. (feature 147).
Floor Sanding
See The Floor Doctor (feature 71).
The South West produces some of the best food in the
country. Enjoy local food, support local producers, reduce
food miles!
Darts Farm Village,
Topsham, EX3 0QH
01392 878200
www.dartsfarm.co.uk
Voted ‘Best Farm Shop in the UK’ at the National Farm
and Deli Awards 2016. Lifestyle shopping destination
including farm shop; restaurant; cider works and ale
house; butchers; fish shed; florist. Not to mention
interiors, outdoors, home and garden gifts. Also
children’s section, bicycle hire and hair, beauty and
fitness spa.
73. Exe Valley Farm Shop
Nr Thorverton, Exeter, EX5 5LZ
01392 861239
www.ExeValleyFarmShop.co.uk
3rd in The Times best farm shops in the UK 2011, you
won’t need to visit a ‘super’market again. Locally
sourced food and ethical alternatives to standard
supermarket goods. Good supplies for special dietary
needs, local ice cream, pet dinners, animal feeds. Just
off the A396 (towards Thorverton) 9am–6pm every day,
9am–1pm Sundays. Ample free parking outside shop.
74. Pipers Farm Butchers
01392 881380
[email protected]
www.pipersfarm.com
Multi-award winning, exceptional quality home
produced meat and pies delivered to your door. Clever
single portion packaging makes cooking simple
without waste or fuss. Telephone and online orders
accepted for free delivery throughout the wider
Exeter area.
72.
FOR A CHANCE TO WIN £50 to spend at Pipers Farm
Butchers, see reader competition, inside front cover.