Costs of grazing land and outbuildings??

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Becks01

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Hi All,

Just wondering how on earth you go about accessing what grazing land should cost to rent? I know there is the rule of thumb of £100 per acre per annum....but then how do you make an assessment for what outbuildings / access to utilities etc... are worth in addition? If you overcharge you'll put people off, but if you undercharge then you're undervaluing your land...This would be in South East England by the way...

I'm aware this is a bit of a how long is a piece of string question!

Thanks :o
 
I've always paid approx 100 per week per 10 acres when there have been outbuikdings. I paid £300 per month for 6 acres with wooden stables, a lockable tack room and barn. I currently pay £1200 a.month for 16 acres, 5 stables, a flood lit school and 4 bed farmhouse. In the north west though
 
100/acre/pa would be for livestock usually from May - Oct and not even very expensive at that depending on what it is. I've paid up to £140 for sheep ground and would expect to pay much more for horse ground particularly if there are facilities.
 
In the SE land is at a premium, if its fenced and has water for horses I would expect to pay a lot more. I would go on how many horses you could put on it comfortably, then its at least £100 a month per horse, with a clause in the license as to how many animals are allowed to graze.
£100 acre is for sheep and even then that is now classed as cheap.
A piece of rough unfenced land with no water is up for sale across from me for over £10,000 acre.
 
Thank you for the replies so far...that's very interesting that the £100 pa per acre is sheep grazing...
 
The agricultural rules go out of the window in the majority of cases regarding horses, especially for small pockets of land with stables, decent fencing and reasonable grazing

I would imagine the agricultural rate could possibly apply in land rich areas where supply outstrips demand but rarely anywhere else

I pay £150 per month for 3 acres with two stables - in reality its possibly worth more than that

If you own the land then I would advertise at a price you would be happy with, if its too high and you get no responders you can always lower the price. If you pitch it too low you may upset someone by hiking up the rent when you realise its worth more and risk them leaving
 
EQUIDAE said:
I'm not convinced about this - I paid £200 per year for 7 acres sheep grazing (364 day lease)
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The point that is being made is that 100 pa is cheap, yours is even cheaper. It's not horse prices however you look at it. Assuming as this is a horse forum the OP is looking for or renting out horse grazing, it's not 100 per acre or 200 per 7 is it.
 
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