Ella19
Well-Known Member
Please can you help me decide. Which yard would you choose?
YARD A
Positives
Negatives
YARD B
Positives
Negatives
I obviously can see that yard B has less negatives and I was really excited after seeing it this morning, but I am worried about this fighting rumour as this has come from a good friend of mine who has warned me not to go there. Unfortunately I can't get to speak to other liveries at the moment because of my shifts. I'm trying to escape yard politics now so would I be better at yard A? I keep going round and round in circles!
YARD A
Positives
- Small private yard
- 4 boxes with well maintained large fields
- All year turnout with 24/7 in Summer if wanted
- Assisted DIY (bring in)
- Pleanty of Storage
- Water
- Acess to fantastic hacking right from out the stable
- Local schools to hire close by
- Right near my old yard so lots of people to arrange to hack with
- £140pcm for stable and field only
- All on sand soil
Negatives
- Owner likes them turned out by 7am, which means when I am on a late shift I have 3 hours to hang around on my own, or the cost petrol to drive home again before work.
- 15 mins drive (not really a negative but taken into account for petrol)
- Pretty isolated, esp at night
- Just 1 other livery and the yard owner
- No school
- No tackroom
- I would have to pay someone to cover holiday or if I was ill
YARD B
Positives
- Yard of about 20 liveries for company
- Well maintained fields
- Yard manager on site
- School with floodlights and horse walker
- Turnout 24/7 or I can have a stable
- People who hunt and will take me with them
- £100 pcm in summer and £120pcm in winter including hay/feed and quick check in the field
- Tack room
- Water
- 5 mins drive from home, walkable in snow
Negatives
- Apparently there are two main characters that clash big time (this is heresay from a friend)
- Hacking isn't so great but ok after 20 mins of roadwork (horse is fine with traffic)
- Yard apparently doesn't have a good reputation (this is according to one person) but nobody will tell me what and it is, and this has come from someone that is based on the yard.
- Nothing comes up if you google it (i'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing!)
- It's on clay
I obviously can see that yard B has less negatives and I was really excited after seeing it this morning, but I am worried about this fighting rumour as this has come from a good friend of mine who has warned me not to go there. Unfortunately I can't get to speak to other liveries at the moment because of my shifts. I'm trying to escape yard politics now so would I be better at yard A? I keep going round and round in circles!