"Approved home only"

[rextherobber]

Hi, as title, what does this mean please? On a for sale ad.

 

[stormox]

If they dont like you or you cant offer the home they want they wont let you buy.....

 

[The Xmas Furry]

It means they want to inspect your yard, check bank statements, interrogate 3 friends etc etc.
If they dont like you....

 

[rextherobber]

If they dont like you or you cant offer the home they want they wont let you buy.....

That sounds perfectly reasonable - I wouldn't sell to someone I didn't like either!

 

[rextherobber]

It means they want to inspect your yard, check bank statements, interrogate 3 friends etc etc.
If they dont like you....

Ah, so they approve you - I was wondering if you had to provide a reference from your vet or something! Thank you and stormox for your prompt replies.

 

[Gingerwitch]

Pretty pointless really you can say anything to buy the horse. Once the animal is yours you can do it move where you want ad they have no say xx

 

[Bonnie Allie]

It’s more than just needing them to like you. We have always stated approve home only when loaning or selling.

Competency, knowledge, financial viability, welfare all played into whether or not we would entertain someone coming to try the horse. No nasty questions or hurdles to jump through, we just had a nice chat on the phone and much of the suitability was obvious.

For the ponies, if the revolting ribbon chasing parents enquired their interests in having a machine like pony to win ribbons at any cost stood out usually within the first 3 sentences. We would politely let them know that our pony probably would not suit their needs.

There really are some clowns that enquire. But they are easy to spot. So typically we ended up dealing only with the “approved“ types.

 

[Red-1]

I don't put this on an advert, but do cross examine thoroughly on the phone. As well as asking lots of information, I also give lots, send videos, tell of issues I have had etc. Makes for a much nicer transaction in the long run.

I have turned people down to come, turned them down to ride, once actually grabbed the horse when they were riding and told them to get off (with good reason, they were harming the horse), refused to sell after riding... One person threatened me, as she really wanted the horse I refused to sell to her. Wanted to take me to court for her time, petrol and upset and disappointment!

 

[Tiddlypom]

Pretty pointless really you can say anything to buy the horse. Once the animal is yours you can do it move where you want ad they have no say xx

It‘s a start, though, which might help weed out unsuitable potential purchasers.

But once sold, the new owners can backtrack on any assurances they made and can do what the heck they like with the horse.

 

[ycbm]

I think all good sellers do it but we don't all put it on the advert When the people I overheard saying "won't xyz be jealous when they see her head over the door", rang to confirm they would buy her and arrange a vetting, I was so sorry to have to tell them that she was already sold

 

[J&S]

Aproved home or not, it can still all go radically wrong. I had a ch m, bought from a friend who had bred her. She was tricky but talented. When I moved her from the NF to Devon it became almost impossible to hack her out because she was so traffic shy. I advertised her as a "Competition horse" her strength was dressage but only got very unsuitable respondents. Out of the blue her breeder rang me and asked if she could buy her back, this seemed such a good idea, surely she would care for her best? She was at full livery at a very proffesional yard, back in the NF, horse looked a picture but breeder was insistant that the mare should be a Show Jumper, that was what she had bred her for she said! Horse really did not care too much for jumping, I had tried. Long story short: they never ever got even a decent clear round out of her, every one got very unhappy and horse was sold on yet again. All the best plans, as they say.......