Assisted DIY livery - does this dound expensive?

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I pay 47 pounds a week including hay and straw. Turnout is 2 pounds and bring is is 4. What are your thoughts?? What do you all pay? I think my yard is very pricey
 
I currently pay:
32.50/wk DIY
22.50/wk T/O and B/I's x 5 day's
7.50 / bedding
hay is now bought by the big bales at £50.

My weekly rent is usually around £60-80 per week.
 
Depends on the facilities at the yard - school, hacking, etc. And location, amount of turnout.
Also does turnout and/or bring in include rug changes? What about mucky weather - does whoever brings in hose your horse's lower legs?
 
Seems about right for round here in the commuter belt.

Try breaking it down as your YO would:
Umm, depends on your hay consumption for starters.
Using small bales, you could be using half a bale a day at present(say 3 sections at night & another at breakfast, maybe one later in the day?) then that equivalates to 3.5 bales per week at a cost per bale that you'd find anything from £3 to £6 each on average, so lets say hay is £17.50 per week?

How much bedding? Maybe 2 bales of straw a week costing around £2 - £4 each. Lets split the difference and say just £2.50 per week (bet its more tho! ;) )

So, now your 'parking & runaround' area is costing you around £30 per week, possibly less if you are using more bedding & hay than I mentioned above.

What do the yard 'do' for bring in?
Most yards cost the same for bring in or turnout - just adding a tad more if rugs need to be changed.

Facilities to store tack, rugs, ride in an arena, park a trailer or lorry are all a bonus if you dont have to pay.... also not having to shell out for maintenance is great (heck, am talking myself into going on a livery yard!!!! :eek: :D )
 
I pay 20 a week for DIY and 50p for bring in or turnout as and when I need it. And for that 50p yard owner will bring in, hose legs off and swap rugs! :)
 
At £60 to £80 a week on DIY assisted surely you'd be better off on full or part? I only pay a tiny bit more than that for full 7 days a week everything except grooming and riding, have a floodlit sand school, lovely american barn stables, excellent hacking and a yard owner who's a total star. By the time you've covered your fuel and taken time to muck etc surely somewhere cheaper on full would be better? I don't know what area you are but that really does sound like a lot of money!
 
I think £47 per week inc hay and straw is reasonable.£2 to turn out is reasonable, but £4 to bring seems bait steep to me
 
IME turning out is far easier than bringing in. Especially in the winter when horses can become fractious at bringing in time. In nicer weather they may not want to come in so you may have to spend longer catching some of them. I expect this is the reason for the higher charge.
 
bikerchickone said:
At £60 to £80 a week on DIY assisted surely you'd be better off on full or part? I only pay a tiny bit more than that for full 7 days a week everything except grooming and riding, have a floodlit sand school, lovely american barn stables, excellent hacking and a yard owner who's a total star. By the time you've covered your fuel and taken time to muck etc surely somewhere cheaper on full would be better? I don't know what area you are but that really does sound like a lot of money!
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I agree, it would be cheaper to be on 5&2 and not far off full but they won't let you change. Once you choose, that's it. Probably because they are making more money out of me and less effort for them! When they bring in they will change rugs but don't do legs. He only has a 1 small haynet at night, double bagged (he is on very good grazing during the day). They used to charge for hay separately which obviously worked well for me as I use so little! But I guess it's working better for them just charging everyone more per week but including hay and straw. I guess it's the turnouts and bring in's that really bump the price up for me, it works out to an extra 42 quid a week! Unfortunately I live a long way from the yard so I have no choice. Anyway moving from the area in a few months so will make sure next time I am significantly closer to the yard!
 
FRESHMAN said:
Ohh I thought it meant £2 turn out & £2 bring in ie £4 in total. Maybe it is difficult to catch! Lol
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Lol, no that's def not the case! It's the same rate for everyone. I also use minimal straw as he is on rubber matting. Oh and it's not as if he is living in luxury, his stable is pretty small! Luckily he is small too but still...!
 
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hi, i pay £180 per calander month. For this we get all year turnout (very good grass with max 4 horses per 10 acre field ), all haylage and straw included. the yard owner changes rugs and turns out in the morning and mucks out in the morning aswell 7 days a week. All we have to do is put beds down and bring in in the afternoon. We have a 60 x 20 floodlit menage and 500 acres to ride on. i think it depends on where about in the country you are!!
 
Wow, that sounds like a VERY good deal! I am in Yorkshire. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice yard but in my opinion and a lot of the other liveries, it's pricey.
 
My yard is nice but small, we have a small outdoor but enough to put a decent grid up down the middle prob 20 x 40? flood lit, all year turn out, nice indoor stables but quite small, my horses are fed, rugs changed and turned our am mon to fri and inc haylage its £35 pw, but as i will only have one horse from sun it goes up to £40pw. If i go away she will look after them at no added cost and some weekends she will do a morning for me if i ask. If im late back from a show and had the other horse at home she would be brought in/skipped out and given haylage or if they are in for bad weather they are given haylage fed and skipped out in the morning and also given more haylage at lunch time. I do give the YO a hand with hers now and again, but i dont think its a bad deal. Lights are free and also i keep my horsebox there. :)
 
I'm in Surrey and been browsing recently, seems to be a huge range here for assisted DIY from £180 per month on more private yards but not including hay and up to £300 per month including hay!! Then you have your bedding on top of that. Looking at part and full is no good as it shoots up to £500 for part and £600-800 for full.
 
I provide assisted DIY to other liveries. I charge £2 for bring in/turnout inc rugs and feet.
I charge £5 for a full service to include a muck out with hay and waters done per day :)
 
It would depend on how far it was to turn out and bring in.
The most I've ever paid is £3 a time, oddly that was somewhere where it was about 5 strides to the field:confused:

The best price I've paid is £1.50 :)

The last yard I was on the all in weekly price was £41, so with bring in and turnout a week (based on 5 days) that'd be £56 a week.
 
£26.50 a week and that includes a school, a field and a stable.
Hay is £35 for a large rectangle bale
Straw £30 for a large rectangle bale
Turnout £1 and bring in £1, rug change 50p, hose off legs £1, chuck in a (ready made) haynet or feed £50p, stand with your horse for the vet or farrier £5.

My winter weekly livery is £74.50 that's DIY with hay, straw and a mon to fri bring in!!

So £298 a month not including farrier, wormer, fuel to get to yard twice a day and of course carrots!!!
 
God mine is 81.00 pw and that's with me bringing him in at weekend. Then have to pay farrier, thank god he is barefoot! Lights in the school, he is fed a tiny handful of hard feed for his supplements so save money there. The thing that hurts the most is the amount I spend on diesel just to get to and from the damn yard......about 200 per month :o

Oh well, I have learned my lesson for when we move. I will never have him that far away from home again no matter how good the yard is!
 
I pay £28.50 for stable/grazing/haylayge or hay, £7 a bale of shavings, and £2 for a fetch in (I turn out) so £45.00 all in...
 
Blimey PoniesRock, that is cheaper than cheap! Our is DIY on a farm and the YO charges £2.50 to lead an already rugged horse to the field 20 yards away!!
 
Mine is £35 a week, including use of facilities/paddock/fields in the summer, as much haylage as I need, lanes for hacking in, turnout, all that sort of thing.

Extra costs:

Bedding is £7 a bale.

£3 for horses being held for shoeing.

I think that's fairly resonable!
 
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