Any Horse Owners Here?

[DTCwordfan]

Paddocks +/-3 acres in 3 fields, not in great state but we will get them cleaned up and any posts and wire to be replaced. Water available, access to a horse box.....what would/do you pay in rent for something comparable.

Got a prospective tenant who wants to put 2 ponies on the land...

Thanks

[bednobs]

probably one of the most important bits of the equation is missing : where?

[Retrochic]

Depends on where you live. What do you mean access to 'horse box? -do you mean a shelter or an actual stable? Is there anywhere to store hay and feed? anywhere to tack up? Plain grass livery where we are is around £10 per pony per week with no facilities or up to £20 per pony with stabling and storage. Be very carefull who you let on your land and make sure you have a contract! A neighboring farmer let a man put three horses on his land and he ended up putting 12 on and stopped paying rent -the Police were called in the end but it took 18 months to get them off!

[DTCwordfan]

Down here boxtops.....

there will be a contract, numbers limited to three, liability defined, maintenance and upkeep defined etc etc....

No stabling, the land has access from a private lane and a landrover (or equiv) with a horsebox can get down the track. She comes with a recommendation from a neighbour, so that is encouraging.

[DTCwordfan]

sorry, bednobs!

[Retrochic]

I would say £40 per calendar month per pony. Also stipulate she has to 'poo pick' the droppings as this will keep the land fresher, and that she uses the fields on a rotation, sticking to only one or two in the winter months to prevent too much damage.

[ruthann58]

hi DT 30 quid a week and here there is no way you would get 3 acres to put 2 horses on

[DTCwordfan]

Thanks folk, my view is 1000 a year and a copy of the insurance policy for liability. Fortunately, the land is nicely back from the road, a country lane.

[Retrochic]

ruth you must live somewhere really expensive! When we moved back from canada we brought two horses with us and had to have them in livery for a while until we built facilities at home.-it was only £10 per week per horse grass livery and we had stables if we wanted them. The going rate in riding stables near us is £25 per week DIY with stable,bedding and use of riding arena.

[ruthann58]

north suffolk chic

[DTCwordfan]

thanks again - sorry been watching the (excellent) Paxman programme on Churchill.

[Ann]

Be careful what info you give away DTC, someone in my county got the gypsy horses invading their fields when they wanted to rent it out.

[DTCwordfan]

It stays private between her, her landlord and the local family that own the land around us, Ann.