Chulmleigh, Devon: Death by platitudes

Is Chulmleigh a nice place to live or is Chulmleigh rough?

Having had the pleasure of living in Chulmleigh for many years, I can say that it is nice. However, if you are looking for true local Devon folk, aside from those clustered in the cemetery, you won’t find too many. Like other parts of North Devon, Chulmleigh has fallen victim to net migration from counties […]

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Braunton – Posh yet grimy

Is Braunton a nice place to live or is Braunton rough?

Braunton is a village that at first appearances, seems rather hip and cool. It has some nice pubs that cater to the middle class and also the working class… and that’s about all. You will find Braunton to be full and I mean full of 40-60 year old Karens and dodgy Daves from all social […]

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North Devon: the second home ghost-coast nightmare

Is Barnstaple a nice place to live or is Barnstaple rough?

North Devon – once a thriving district comprising over sixty civil parishes – includes Barnstaple, Ilfracombe, Instow, South Molton, Lynton and Lynmouth. And it’s full of trophy homes. How would you like to live in a community where half of local domestic properties are empty second homes, or holiday lets? Where people are being evicted […]

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Karens tour of North Devon

Is Woolacombe a nice place to live or is Woolacombe rough?

If you are thinking of moving here to live by the sea in Devon while working in a job under £30’000 a year?? Then don’t! What you’ll get is either a victorian slum that’s overpriced, or a nice apartment in a block full of holiday homes. And believe me, Karen’s will constantly belittle you for […]

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Is South Molton, Devon a nice place to live?

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North Devon – Don’t do it!

Is Combe Martin a nice place to live or is Combe Martin rough?

If you were thinking of moving to your over-priced dream North Devon property for a new life, then read on. Unfortunately everybody else had the same idea. Chopsy Brummies, cockneys, scousers, incompetent caterers, useless Pub landlords, and robbing shysters, have settled their fat arses down here already. Sorry about that. Devon isn’t paradise, it’s Sheffield […]

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