How much for sharer to contribute-opinions please?

Hi i have a sharer for my old horse she rides sat and sun and pays £20 per week , she also has a lesson once a week (sat) which she pays for and i do all the mucking out but only as i cant leave a mucky stable :D my horse is on diy at £30 per week .
 
I charge for my
13.1hh pony
lives..in a field
the girl who rides him has him too herself its just a case of me telling her what rug he has on and what feed after hes ridden
we have LOADS of bridlepaths hes kept near the shropshire hills Acton Burnell?
And hes very good just a bit cheeky and will do anything apart from showing

£6 per week thats just for a little pony in a field though so i didnt want to charge silly money even though hes very cute :D
 
You have to come to a figure that is enough to cover a portion of your own bills but is also reasonable for a sharer. IMO a sharer shouldn't have to pay half the costs - the horse may be 'shared' but it never is half shared really in reality. The horse is still the owner's and the sharer does not have half a say in what happens to it etc etc, therefore I find it shocking that some people get away with charging half the bills. 3 days a week is not half the time, you don't get 'half' the decision making (or a say in it at all, really) and you don't own 'half' the horse.

You need to sit down and work out what your horse costs you per day. Then work out how many days the sharer will come up on. Say your horse costs £300 a month. That's £10 a day. If the sharer rides x3 a week technically that means they'll be paying £30 a week/£120 a month.

If you're on full loan I think you need to think about things more carefully. It is your choice to have the horse on full loan, not the sharer's. Say for example your horse costs £600 a month on full livery, that's £20 a day (£60 a week and £240 a month) which is extortionate. You can easily keep a horse of your own for less than that a month, so I can't see anyone being happy to pay that much. So if your horse is on full livery then you need to think realistically, you aren't going to get a large portion of your bills paid for you as its ridiculous to charge someone that much for a horse that isn't even theres.

For a sharer I personally would not charge more than £150 a month (and that would be for top facilities and a decent horse). Your horse sounds a very good opportunity for some, but there's often a reason why people don't own and choose to share - money. So they aren't going to want to spend too much.

I don't know your situation or anything so I can't say much, but it's pretty much down to you to sort out what you currently pay and what you would expect to offer and charge the sharer.
 
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