Recent content by atherstonestables

This is effectively spot on. I think the fact the shed already has got offices in it along with male/female toilets and kitchen facilities has helped as well as it gives him a proper base in this area and like you say suffolk is a bit busy with horses so space is at a premium. Just over an hour...

Well we had a meeting yesterday along with my friend and he also brought his current boss (race yard owner) along and if we do anything it will be stables in said shed with the small indoor arena. It would be used for recuperation/rehab of race horses. We would provide the infrastructure and it...

Beginning to think that actually as it appears some horse owners just love creating problems.

15 mins spare from my day job and log on to more criticism. The two you quote are exactly the type of people I would not allow onto the yard and if if they slipped through and then started moaning once in they would be removed very quickly. I just get the impression some horsey people think the...

I will just answer this point though as I've been misunderstood. Obviously anybody could visit their own horse whenever they wanted and I did mention that after my initial post somewhere. What I meant was if we had a routine and you wanted your horse to be ridden out daily then it would...

Hi everybody and thank for the many replies. I cannot reply to each one individually but a summarized reply in no particular order is as follows: 1. My current business involves some construction. We have the equipment and staff to put in a menage for very little money. I can add a bay to the...

Its previous use was 24 hrs so its extremely well lit, probably to well for animals to be honest.

I asked around locally about hunts and there is one but apparently its on its last legs so probably not a long term customer base.

What kind of weekly charge are you getting if you dont mind me asking?

Just an idea but have you ever seen a part cover school and part not covered? So we do the 24m x 24m already proposed which would be covered and allow an area in bad weather and then run a further 24m x 24m outside directly next to it and connected by a large 6m x 6m door that could be opened or...

Thank you this is good advice but I would run the business side of things like the rest of my business which is I accommodate any request within reason so differing foods for horses would be fine and costed accordingly. If I am offering a service then we have to deliver so the odd loss leader is...

Well its all already lit well due to a its previous use internally as well as externally. Very roughly to put 10 stables in (ability to add 10 more at a later date) and then add a suitable base for schooling we are looking at about £20k. To put the nearest field into grass which is 60 acres with...

There is no grant scheme on the grass margins as they are ours outside of the farming agreement. So a 4m x 4m stable would still be considered small then? The building is 24m wide so what about 5 stables down the wall just under 5m wide but then make them 4.5m long and do 4 across the shed (1...

Thank you for this nice reply. Until reading it I began to with agree with most peoples opinion about horse owners being arrogant, bossy and generally obnoxious. I am not even going to bother replying to any of the replies above yours as they come with that arrogant tone. So as originally...

Hi there, I am after some advice before making a big investment. This is not an advert because its an idea presently and I am after some sound advice please. Basically I own a farmyard that has a number of industrial units on it. We have quite a large shed coming available in early 2017 that I...