cost of riding in indoor school.

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Flora

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I am opening up a livery yard with an indoor school. I am having to pay for the surface and obviously maintain it. It has a coin meter which is £1 for 1hr and 15 mins. I was going to charge £5 per horse per wk for the use of the school. Do you think this is unreasonable? Just wondering what other people pay.
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I'd include it in the livery - I think charging extra is a little odd... Just add the fiver into the cost and make it included in the overall cost of the livery.
 
I thought I would charge extra incase someone didn't use the school. I have one girl coming with 2 horses and she not happy with price, so I said I would charge £5 for 2 horses, but she still not happy. I have to pay for surface and then maintain it. She will be in the school in the evening for at least 2 hrs so Im a bit concerned that the other liveries wont get a look in, so I don't want to give her it free of charge! Am I been unreasonable?
 
Flora said:
I thought I would charge extra incase someone didn't use the school. I have one girl coming with 2 horses and she not happy with price, so I said I would charge £5 for 2 horses, but she still not happy. I have to pay for surface and then maintain it. She will be in the school in the evening for at least 2 hrs so Im a bit concerned that the other liveries wont get a look in, so I don't want to give her it free of charge! Am I been unreasonable?
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Sounds reasonable to me we pay £10 per hour or £5 for half an hour (we can share and no charge for use when having lessons from visiting instructor) for the use of the indoor on the livery yard where we are which means that all liveries get fair use of it, as like op said certain liveries would never be out of it.
 
Charge what you think is fair, but add to the livery, especially if they have to pay for the lights. If they don't like it, they can vote with their feet. Start as you mean to go on or you're setting yourself up for trouble. Don't adapt your rules to suit individual liveries!
 
I pay £30 a month in addition to my livery costs for unlimited use of our brand new indoor school. I think this is reasonable as this covers both my horses and I can use it at any time, even well in to the evening as this also covers the cost of electricity. So if there's a meter you could charge a little less.
 
cinnamontoast said:
Charge what you think is fair, but add to the livery, especially if they have to pay for the lights. If they don't like it, they can vote with their feet. Start as you mean to go on or you're setting yourself up for trouble. Don't adapt your rules to suit individual liveries!
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Not having ever been on a livery yard my thoughts would be the cost of livery includes usr of the school (whatever you deem that cost to be). If someone doesn't want use of a school then o would think they can find themselves a yard without one! You will he paying maintenance and insurance etc to have the school so, sorry, if people want to be on the yard, that is included as part of the general charges. Otherwise things will start getting faffy if so and so who didn't want use of the school suddenly decides one day they'd like to usr it, etc etc. Save yourself the hassle? Just include the charge
 
I've never been anywhere where liveries were charged extra for the use of the school. It's just been part of the incentives to go to a particular place.
 
i am very confused....????

if it is for the use of the school it should be included in the weekly/monthly cost. an extra £5 a week is resonable per horse.

if it is for the use of the lights then surely they just put their £1 coins into the meter???
 
Thanks for all your thoughts. I was going to charge £5 for the maintenance of the school and they pay for the lights as they use it. As I said before, I was charging it extra as didn't think it fair to charge someone that doesn't use it, but your replies have given me something to think about. Never having had my horses at livery and new to the livery yard business, it is all trial and error at the moment!
 
I'd include it in the whole livery package and not itemise it.

An indoor school is a huge asset to a yard and unless your livery charges are excessive you should have no problem finding liveries

Stand firm as if you bend with one word WILL get out and you'll end up with a mutiny
 
Include it in the basic price of livery. I would even say if someone wants exclusive use for a lesson or whatever, then they need to pay a stipend over top of their included charge. Don't make different rules for different people - that way lies madness!!

As above, a well maintained indoor school is a big draw and you should not struggle to find people willing to live by your rules, providing they are reasonable. Don't panic and take people when it looks like they will be trouble just to fill the stables - they will cost you more in trouble and money in the long run.
 
I used to book to use a school on a livery yard, there was a book where you booked your slot and certain hours you were not able to book sole use.
Having a two horses is not really a valid excuse as each time it is used contributes to where and tear. I had six ponies on a livery yard but only two ever used the school so I had a discount for the four that never came on the yard.
 
TarrSteps said:
Include it in the basic price of livery. I would even say if someone wants exclusive use for a lesson or whatever, then they need to pay a stipend over top of their included charge. Don't make different rules for different people - that way lies madness!!

As above, a well maintained indoor school is a big draw and you should not struggle to find people willing to live by your rules, providing they are reasonable. Don't panic and take people when it looks like they will be trouble just to fill the stables - they will cost you more in trouble and money in the long run.
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Echo this!

Shared use of the indoor school include in your weekly livery fee.
If they want sole use then an extra charge on top.
 
At our yard we don't have an indoor school, but the outdoor school is included in the price. But, you can only book it if you have an external instructor coming. Otherwise, you can use it but might have to share / make way for someone else after a reasonable time, etc. This works really well where we are. What you want to avoid is the one person booking it every night from 5 - 7 pm so nobody else can get a look in! If you make it a condition that they can't have exclusive use of it unless there is an outside instructor (or inside, if you provide that) then that will make for a more harmonious yard. I think!
 
Ours is included in livery as is outdoor jumping paddock,wee x country course and outdoor paddock.
Up to us if we use it or not we pay the same. We can book it as long as not during specific times(peak times)and only book for lessons(instructors not friends sort of thing)
Think it saves on any hassle as in folk that use it and won't pay extra- unless you watch who goes in or out of course.
No body minds as this is the rule.
 
I think it would make you life easier if you just included it in the price.

Then they just pay for the lights as they need them on a metre.

Lesss hastle, you wont have lots of people doing different things.
 
Charging for the lights might be awkward if people try and freeload. i think you'd be better off including the school in the livery rate and then setting rules for the hours it is usable/bookable
 
Our indoor school is included in livery. I wouldn't pay extra again to use it.
If somebody is having a lesson, they can pay for sole use, £20/hour. This rarely happens, school is big enough that we can work round each other.
 
Our school is included in the livery cost, although we have a diary to book the school and are entitled to half a hour per horse for basic schooling unless its a lesson, where you are allowed an hour. I would think it a little unfair that any livery would expect sole use for 2 hours each evening. Having a diary and limiting the time per horse would be better in my opinion.
 
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