Recent content by Newbie84

Thanks for your response. You make some good points. I dare say there are other options for the land, but my heart lies with a yard. We will get advice from a financial advisor, we're not getting a loan for the development but it would still be a good idea to speak to our bank manager as to...

Thanks for all your responses, I'm sorry If i have appeared to have not taken in all the replies and acted as though I have got it 'all sussed out'. When you have a dream it's hard to hear people raining on your parade so to speak. I understand why people are doing it, but I'm sure you can...

Yes we do our own hay and straw. Costs include 3 staff, business rates, electricity, haylage (I just put this in to cover hidden costs), feed, insurance, accountants, miscellaneous fee = comes to just under £60k per annum. I have given myself a measly salary initially....

I agree with you, I would just worry that'd I'd price people out by putting prices up to include things like shavings. Everything else like feed, holding for vets etc would be included in the price it would just be the bedding. Where we're based it isn't overly rich so we don't have that clientele.

We have never sold our straw and we used to have syledge for cattle which we no longer have so that will be replaced with hay.

My business wouldn't be viable if I spent £250k on a block of 4 stables plus tack room etc. No wonder people don't make money....

No need to say sorry- you're presuming that because we are just farmers we will be digging it out with our digger and using crap sand. The school is being built by equestrian builders using correct surfacing. Liveries can have the poshest bedding they want, they'll just have to pay for it- as...

We have our own supply of hay haulage and straw

It's costing £150k to set up- because of the other businesses we run, we will do a lot of the work ourselves. 16 liveries x £120 pw x 52 = £99,840 x 3 yrs =£300k less £50k a yr for costs = £150k.

Do you have an idea what your business rates are for your livery yard?

It depends where you are but a lot of yards round here would be charging over £100 for that :)

It will be an outdoor yard, but yes I've had all my quotes through for my facilities. At full mast we'd turnover £300k in first three years, making around £120k profit over the three years. I don't actually expect to run at full mast from day one.

Thank you for your comments, they're helpful. I feel as though I have covered all avenues with my planning. There will be 3 staff members, myself working f/t plus one p/t and a p/t rider who I hope will help to bring in customers as they have a good rep round my way. My prices range from...

We own the 1000 acre farm the business will be built and run on.

Ive been reading A LOT of H&H threads about starting up a livery business, but nearly all of them are for DIY yards. I am in the planning stages of setting up a Full livery business for 16 horses. We will be building the establishment from scratch and have worked out the business will pay the...