An independent Exeter barbers renowned as much for its hidden away location as it is for regularly welcoming Exeter Chiefs players through its doors has stepped into the spotlight after moving to bigger premises. The Execlusive Barber Club was previously tucked away in a small brick building in Sivell Place next to car garage Heavitree Auto Repairs. Staying true to its Heavitree roots, this week it reopened around the corner in Church Street after renovating a former long-established electrical shop.
It has doubled its number of barber chairs from two to four and has created a New York-style themed experience for its clients. The Grade II building has sympathetically been converted so that the beamed ceiling is still exposed but is now highlighted with modern hexagonal lighting. The grey and black colour scheme is a world apart from the previous interior when it was occupied by E.
C Drewe and Sons which has closed its shop but still remains open for business. Read next: Map shows new Exeter bus network Future of 'critical' Devon railway line Barber shop co-owners Andrey Kozarev and Nathan Hallett collected the keys for the shop on July 1, and carried out the renovation while still working full-time in the old premises. Its opening day on Tuesday, August 6, was a double celebration for the duo because they were not only welcoming people into the new premises for the first time but also marking the date of the fourth anniversary of The Execlusive Barber Club.
Andrey, who has bee.