How much do you pay for full livery?

[scotsmare]

How much do you pay for full livery? What does it include and what facilities do you have?

 

[LouS]

I pay £325 per calendar month plus £20 for my private paddock.

It includes hay/haylage but shavings are extra. Includes feeding, turning out/in, changing rugs, mucking out etc, just the basics, no grooming except picking feet out.

Yard is purpose built, all good hard standing. I have a huge loose box with a built in tack/feed room.
All weather 20 x 40ish menage.
All weather round pen.
Show jumps.
All year turnout, although winter turnout is limited to day time only and the grazing isn't enough for the amount of horses, mine go out for just a few hours most days but that's my choice.
Wash box with multi-setting hose - hot running water available but there's a charge each time.
Yard owner lives on site.
Its really well gated/fenced etc.

 

[Syrah]

For turn out, bring in, mucking out, legs washed, feet picked, fed morning and night - £60 pw.

Hay is unlimited at £12 pw

Bedding is £7 pw

So £79 pw

Facilities include: Floodlit School, Horsewalker, Hot wash, Solarium, great Hacking.

Horsey is a very happy girly where she is now and used as company for hacking with horses who need it - very proud of her!

 

[sharky]

Depends what you mean by "full" livery
I did have one of my horses on full livery down here in the south east
my full livery included:
all feed (to whatever is required)
ad-lib hay/haylage
bedmax bedding
mucking out
turning out/bringing in
all rug changes
late night feeds and inspection
tack cleaned
complete brush over and legs cleaned down when brought in
washing of numnahs etc
exercise 5 days per week inc 1 schooling session (by prof eventer)
plaiting for comps/hunts

almost a turn up and ride service
that was £640pm at a 5* yard with 60x 40 floodlit school, horsewalker, shower and solarium for the horses etc etc

 

[smellsofhorse]

I think it varies hugely by area, facilities and what the yard offers.

Syrah, that sounds very cheap!

 

[Syrah]

Oh yes, my rugs, numnahs, boots etc are washed for free and reproofed if a turnout.

 

[Syrah]

I think it varies hugely by area, facilities and what the yard offers.

Syrah, that sounds very cheap!

It is and it's a brilliant yard so we're both like pigs in muck

YO lives on site, is an eventer and has a YM so there's always someone there. There is an international dressage rider as a livery who will give lessons, a vet who is lovely and doesn't mind at all if you want her to have a quick look (wouldn't take advantage though). There is no bitchiness, no one is judgemental and even though we're on full livery, I love going to the yard every day and spend a couple of hours there even if I'm not riding.

 

[Syrah]

Depends what you mean by "full" livery
I did have one of my horses on full livery down here in the south east
my full livery included:
all feed (to whatever is required)
ad-lib hay/haylage
bedmax bedding
mucking out
turning out/bringing in
all rug changes
late night feeds and inspection
tack cleaned
complete brush over and legs cleaned down when brought in
washing of numnahs etc
exercise 5 days per week inc 1 schooling session (by prof eventer)
plaiting for comps/hunts

almost a turn up and ride service
that was £640pm at a 5* yard with 60x 40 floodlit school, horsewalker, shower and solarium for the horses etc etc

That's called schooling livery or exercise livery around here.

OP it does vary from area to area. For instance in Cheshire:

DIY - Stable and field for turnout, do everything yourself (may include hay and bedding in the cost.

Grass Livery - field

Assisted DIY - As DIY but with services charged at extra as and when needed

Part Livery - This does vary but in the main includes either t/o or bring in with rug changes, hay and fed (muck out, cost of bedding and feed extra).

Full LIvery - Everything apart from Tack cleaning, Exercise

Exercise or Schooling Livery - Everything including exercise and schooling but no tack cleaning.

I've not seen a livery offered with tack cleaning around here.

 

[1Lucie]

Obviously different variations in full livery but mine includes the following:

24hour turnout
Hay fed morning and night
brand new rubber manage 40 x 20
600yards from huge bridleway network
Everything done for my horse ie rug changing, feeding etc
Indoor grooming area
Tack room
Owners live on site and there 24/7

Soon a brand new stable, which is due to be finished this weekend. In very bad weather, my boy will be staying in and mucked out 7 days a week.

I pay £175 per month

BUT this is my friends stables and whenever they go away on hols (not often) we look after all of the horses and other animals

 

[C&C]

Blimey some of you guys are really lucky and have it very good. I dont have my horses on Full Livery, im on DIY but i do know that most yards around our area for FULL livery are roughly about £160 A WEEK!!!!!!

 

[forestfantasy]

I used to be Head Girl on a purely full livery yard ours was £90 per week & Included:

Turnout/fetch in - all year t/o
Muck out
Legs washed if needed.

All hay/feed ( unless specialist - we supplied Hi-fi ranges of chop and either a cool mix or conditioning mix & sugar beet & straights if required)

All bedding (straw or woodchip)

Worming (worm counts on a regular basis & worm as needed)

Horsewalker as much as needed.

Outdoor school (60 x 40) & Jumps

7 Furlong grass gallops

Small XC Course

Lovely Hacking

On site washing machine & rug repair service (discount for liveries)

Tack cleaning service
Clipping service > Extra charges for these
Exercise if required
Transport service (3 horse box)

 

[Clodagh]

The yard I owrk at is £100 full livery. Extra for shavings. You get daily turnout, 24 turnout in summer igf you want, hay when needed, all hard food. Everything is done for your horse bar grooming and exercising. (Feet are done)

 

[paddy]

Full livery (3 exercise per week) here is £650 pcm (Surrey). Deluxe livery (5 exercise, turn up and get on groomed and tacked up horse) is more. Part livery is £115 per week and then you can add on exercise, tack clean etc as required.

 

[Sheep]

£60 per week.

Includes:
All feed (ad lib hay, hard feed morning and night)
Bedding (extra added when necessary)
Muck out in morning, skip out in evening
Turn out, bring in (both rug changes) - theoretically every day, but can depend on the weather
Legs washed off when brought in
Use of solarium & warm water wash bay, floodlit school (good surface), gallop
Parking space for lorry / box

 

[pizzi]

I pay £12 a day for the horse and £45 a week for a retired pony. This includes all hay (4 x a day) , feed, mucking out, exercise. The yard has 2 outdoor schools and an indoor school, horse walker and lunge ring.
He gets schooled as well and I have a lesson a week form the owner.

This works out for me as I have had a knee replacement and not able to exercise every day. I also can't make it to the yard every day. It is on a showjumping yard.

 

[Javabb94]

I am just about to move to my livery yard when I get new horse


It's 5 day livery so full livery all week then we do at weekends for £60 per week

So during week everything done including -
Turnout / bring in
Feed
Muckout
Bedding
Hay/Haylage
And all the rest Of that side if things! Then facilities wise -

all weather arena that's split into 1 small and 1 Large arena that are both huuuuuuge
XC course
Farm Ride
Off road hacking
Competitions on site and lots of them including a BE event

Think I have missed half the things off on that list!

 

[Javabb94]

Also full course of showjumps and trainers who come for clinics like showjumping etc.

 

[SavingGrace]

I pay £76 per week for...

Muck out, turnout, bring in, skipped out if kept in due to weather, adlib hay or haylage, includes all hard feed (they provided a huge selection of feeds to pretty much suit anything including straights if needed - no supplements other than garlic though) We have approximately 75 acres of decent well looked after turnout.

Facilities are - small indoor school, big outdoor school, full set of jumps, cross country course, all weather surface hacking tracks around the farm and access straight onto miles of bridlepaths.

Wonderfully supportive yard owner and excellent instructors onsite (own are welcome to visit too)

 

[madeleine1]

one of my local yards charges 95 a week and they:
muck out
turn out
groom
rug
feed
and you get all the bedding and basic feed included

they have two outdoor flood lite schools and a wash area and pritty good hacking.

another yard near here is 120 a week for full and do all the basics but will tack up for you as well and if they have time a lower member of staff will lounge for you and they have an indoor school and they have amazing insturcters on site. its quality of service for the 120 rather then loads more additions to the livery

 

[Miss L Toe]

Blimey some of you guys are really lucky and have it very good. I dont have my horses on Full Livery, im on DIY but i do know that most yards around our area for FULL livery are roughly about £160 A WEEK!!!!!!

Yes that is cos you are living near to Royalty!

 

[JustMe22]

I'm not in the UK so its probably irrelevant but mine costs £225 per month (all livery here is full, we don't have DIY at all). It includes feed, hay and bedding and all that.
Services include:

Feeding 3 times per day and adding whatever supplements etc needed
Mucking Out
Turning in/out
Full grooming
Lunging if wanted
Rug changes in winter
Tacking up and untacking, hosing down and putting in paddock or stable
Cleaning tack for shows
Bathing horse for shows

Facilities:
80x60m jumping arena with all jumps, track changed every week
40x60m dressage arena
Lunge ring
Individual turnout paddocks (from 7 to 12.30, but they are small and have no hay/grass!)
Secure tack rooms
Washing area

However, I don't let the grooms lunge. It's all so cheap as it's cheap labour - normally from Malawi/Zim etc, and I always do my own tacking up/untacking, hosing down and returning him to paddock or stables. I groom if he's been rolling in the paddock before I ride, and will change rugs if i'm down there after I've worked him. However, yard really restricts hay and they don't have anything to eat whilst in the paddock.

This is one of the most expensive yards in the city, so will be moving next month to one that charges £160 per month for exactly the same save for tack cleaning before shows. It's also a bit further away, and has a grass jumping arena with much less equipment (8 brown jumps to be exact!), but a good dressage arena and double lunging ring, as well as adlib grass and hay and much bigger paddocks.

 

[PolarSkye]

Too much - which is why I'm moving.

£800/month

For that he is mucked out daily and skipped out twice a day, fed twice daily, given haylage, turned out, brought in, groomed, medication/extras (e.g., the Keratex on his feet) given, schooled three times a week, rugged/unrugged, tack cleaned once a week and if I wanted them too they would tack him up/untack him for me. They will order in whatever supplements you want at cost and they will organize and attend vet/farrier/dentist/chiro and add to your bill. If I'm there, I groom him myself, I clean my own tack (I'm quite picky about my tack), I rug him up and I turn him out. All feed and bedding included.

Facilities:

Huuuuuuuuge, floodlit outdoor school w/ brand new surface
Covered, dedicated wash down and farrier bay
Big, brick-built stables with automatic waterers
Small, covered sand/rubber school for lunging in bad weather
Gallop track
Two tack rooms and two rug drying rooms
Jumping paddock with affiliated-grade showjumps
Dressage arena (60x20) with boards and markers
Loos/shower block
Washer/dryer for washing numnahs, bandages, saddle pads and small rugs (which YO will do at no charge)
Owners lounge with tea/coffee/microwave facilities

It is a lovely yard, but a) it's far too expensive for me; and b) I don't actually like having Kal on full livery - I miss taking care of him myself (yes, I actually miss getting up at 6.00 a.m. in the freezing cold, clearing water troughs, filling haynets, getting trodden on, carting wheelbarrows up the muck heap!).

P

 

[Polo*Pony]

Too much - which is why I'm moving.

£800/month

For that he is mucked out daily and skipped out twice a day, fed twice daily, given haylage, turned out, brought in, groomed, medication/extras (e.g., the Keratex on his feet) given, schooled three times a week, rugged/unrugged, tack cleaned once a week and if I wanted them too they would tack him up/untack him for me. They will order in whatever supplements you want at cost and they will organize and attend vet/farrier/dentist/chiro and add to your bill. If I'm there, I groom him myself, I clean my own tack (I'm quite picky about my tack), I rug him up and I turn him out. All feed and bedding included.

Facilities:

Huuuuuuuuge, floodlit outdoor school w/ brand new surface
Covered, dedicated wash down and farrier bay
Big, brick-built stables with automatic waterers
Small, covered sand/rubber school for lunging in bad weather
Gallop track
Two tack rooms and two rug drying rooms
Jumping paddock with affiliated-grade showjumps
Dressage arena (60x20) with boards and markers
Loos/shower block
Washer/dryer for washing numnahs, bandages, saddle pads and small rugs (which YO will do at no charge)
Owners lounge with tea/coffee/microwave facilities

It is a lovely yard, but a) it's far too expensive for me; and b) I don't actually like having Kal on full livery - I miss taking care of him myself (yes, I actually miss getting up at 6.00 a.m. in the freezing cold, clearing water troughs, filling haynets, getting trodden on, carting wheelbarrows up the muck heap!).

P

That is AMAZING. Love the sound of those facilities.
But have to admit, whilst I was reading my first thought was " the PRICE!" then " Oooh I'd like them to wash rugs etc. for me!" and then " But I'd hate someone else grooming them." Same as you - I love just being with them - if I were paying £800 a month solely to turn up and ride, I'd feel a bit like a riding school client, paying A LOT more than riding school costs!
Does sound an amazing yard, but I hope you enjoy your new yard too


I pay £350 a month for 24/7 turnout and a fairly small arena which is fine as long as it hasn't rained heavily, when it floods.

 

[Fairy Dust]

I am currently paying £820 per month for Full Livery!

It is only a temporary arrangement and horse should be sold soon. It covers everything including exercise and the facilities are good but no amazing extras like gallop track or xc jumps. Hacking is great though and we are in such a good location!

 

[criso]

Currently paying £365 pcm for 5 day part livery
This includes ad lib hay/haylage and straw but no feed. Mon - Fri all services except grooming and riding.
Yard has daily turnout in small groups, 20 x 40 school and access to good hacking.

But about to move though still in Herts and will be paying £433 pcm for the same level of care except feed will be included.
But better facilities, cross country course, much bigger school and better jumps, lunge pen etc.

Both are reasonable for round here , there is one yard that charges £988 pcm

 

[PolarSkye]

That is AMAZING. Love the sound of those facilities.
But have to admit, whilst I was reading my first thought was " the PRICE!" then " Oooh I'd like them to wash rugs etc. for me!" and then " But I'd hate someone else grooming them." Same as you - I love just being with them - if I were paying £800 a month solely to turn up and ride, I'd feel a bit like a riding school client, paying A LOT more than riding school costs!
Does sound an amazing yard, but I hope you enjoy your new yard too


I pay £350 a month for 24/7 turnout and a fairly small arena which is fine as long as it hasn't rained heavily, when it floods.

It is an amazing yard - and they've just installed a solarium too. Lovely people, lovely facilities, lovely horses. Just not for us I'm afraid.

P