Advice on sales livery?

[MDJO]

Hi I have a horse who has been out on loan for past few months due to a redundancy in the family. The loanee seems to be having handling issues with him, stemming from nappiness which is entirely out of character for him. Anyway I now need to decide what to do.
I cannot see our financial situation improving in the foreseeable future and in fact it may get worse, therefore I have decided to sell him
I am working shifts and doing every hour of overtime I can, so given I'm very time-poor I have been considering sales livery, which will ensure the nappiness issue is re-dressed and he also get regular and consistent work (and at a standard that is better than me)
It is likely to cost me £120-£140 per week which i can afford short term but would really need a sale within 4-6 weeks. I do not want a lot of money for him (good home better and it's more the winter livery bills that I would like to avoid). He's early teens, 16.2hh , good track record in eventing, low mileage last few years. Good in all respects, handling and ridden; he is a TB so not really suited to a complete novice. I was thinking £2.5k - Do you think this is a reasonable price and is likely to achieve a relatively quick sale? (its been 10 years since i sold a horse and have no idea what the market is like)
Or if anyone has any other suggestions??
Thanks for your help

 

[BBH]

Unfortuntely I think the cost of sales livery will eat very quickly into any monies from the sale of the horse, especially as tb's can be picked up dirt cheap.

If I were you i'd take some annual leave from work, reschool the horse to stop the napping and pop him straight on the market whilst retraining him.

Not probably what you want to hear but I can see you ending up really out of pocket in the hands of a prof sales livery person. At the end of the day i can be pretty cynical when it comes to horse people and the person has no vested interest in a quick sale cos their earning on the livery.

 

[L&M]

A difficult one - I sold a very talented but quirky horse this way, and although got the price I wanted for him, the dealer spent nearly double the time agreed producing him for sale, as wanted to make sure all problems were ironed out.

Could you get somone to professionally school him from where he is currently kept, then sell him yourself? This may take longer but you might not have to spend out so much money on the livery side.

Good luck!