Coffee, slowly
A Sage coffee machine for your morning ritual, before the beach and without the rush.
The Haybarn · Properly equipped
The holiday house we always wished we'd rented
Ten years of renting other people's cottages taught us exactly what makes a week work and what quietly ruins it. We've written all of it down and we're building The Haybarn to that list.
We’re currently refurbishing The Haybarn with care, ready to welcome you. More photographs of the house will be available soon; in the meantime, here’s a little of what we’re making it into.
Room to settle in
A home for the whole family
Downstairs
An entrance hall welcomes you into the house, with an open-plan kitchen and dining space opening onto the rear garden. A hall leads to the downstairs double bedroom, shower room and utility. The separate living room is somewhere to curl up together, with a cosy wood burner for slower evenings.
A little easier to move around
Low-level access throughout the ground floor and a walk-in shower can make things easier for less mobile family members. If you have particular access needs, tell us what would help — we’ll talk through the layout with you before you book.
Upstairs
Two bedrooms share the first floor: the master double, with dual-aspect views, and the children’s bunk room. A family shower room keeps everyone close at hand.
Outside & all your kit
The rear garden gives you room to spill outside after supper. There’s a double garage and workshop, parking for two cars and storage for outdoor kit — a welcome home for surfboards, paddleboards and whatever comes along for your coastal days.
Every pet hate, fixed
Two saucepans and a warped frying pan
A full set of heavy-based pans, a stockpot big enough for mussels for six, two roasting tins, a cast-iron skillet and knives that are actually sharp.
A centimetre of olive oil left in the bottle
A proper larder: good oil, salt, pepper, vinegar, herbs, stock, coffee, tea and enough foil, cling film and baking paper that you never need to buy any.
Three dishwasher tablets, rationed
Dishwasher tablets, washing-up liquid, laundry powder, bin bags and loo roll in quantities that would embarrass a small shop. Use them.
One thin towel each and a hairdryer from 1994
Thick towels, beach towels kept separately so the good ones stay sandless, spare bedding, a real hairdryer and hot water that doesn't run out at child number three.
Nowhere to put wet wetsuits
An outdoor tap and shower, hooks and a drying rail for wetsuits and coats, wellies by the door and a boot room that can take the whole beach kit.
Wine glasses for four, plates for five
Matching china, glassware and cutlery for eight, so the table looks right even when the house is full.
Thoughtfully chosen
A little luxury, away from home
As we bring The Haybarn to life, we’re choosing the details that make everyday moments feel special — from the first coffee to the last light.
A lovely table
Robert Welch cutlery for long lunches, local produce and suppers that turn into evenings.
Sleep beautifully
Soak & Sleep bedding for that lovely moment of sinking into bed after a day by the sea.
A scent of Cornwall
St Eval fragrances to bring a gentle sense of place to your time at The Haybarn.
Enough saucepans to actually cook with. It shouldn't be a luxury, but somehow it is.
Little discoveries, lovely afternoons
The treasure trove
The games cupboard
A well-loved trove built over years: board games for the little ones and the ruthless ones, packs of cards, jigsaws, and the sort of games that fill a wet afternoon without a screen in sight.
The craft box
Paper, pens, paints, glue, googly eyes and shells collected from Daymer Bay. Rainy days here end up on the fridge door.
The bookshelves
A collection you can mosey through of an evening — Cornish writers, salt-stained paperbacks, cookbooks worth stealing recipes from, and a shelf of children's books for bedtime.
For the smallest ones
Travel cot, high chair and stair gates, so you can leave half the car boot at home. Just tell us what you need before you come.
Kit for outdoors
Bodyboards, buckets, crabbing lines, picnic rug and a cool bag by the door, plus tide times and our own scribbled beach notes pinned up in the kitchen.
Warmth and quiet
Woodburner laid ready with logs in, blankets on every sofa, good wifi for the evening film and thick stone walls that keep the weather where it belongs.