Ideas for rent charge please

[GG80]

Hi,

With winter fast approaching, I have hopefully secured a field to rent just for days turnout, no stable, on a friends yard with her horse. I will be walking him up to it daily, and he will be stabled at home at night. Through summer is is out 24/7 at home but he can't unfortunately go on my field through the winter as it just turns into a bog due to being clay soil. Friend up the road is on sandy soil so although it gets muddy, it's still fairly firm rather than mush! Due to my boy being kept at home, I have absolutely no idea what I should be offering her towards rent. I don't want to take the mickey! I have asked a couple of the girls round the area and they are on ridiculously cheap rent of £100 a month for field and stables so that wasn't really any help! The field isn't massive, although it is definitely plenty big enough for him and I am so so grateful to my friend for being willing to rent it to me as it's a massive worry relief for me for winter. So, any ideas what I should be offering please ?

 

[Nasicus]

I pay £25 a week per horse for DIY Grass livery in Devon, if that helps?

 

[Fieldlife]

Ask her how much she’d like. £100-200pcm seems reasonable

 

[Fieldlife]

Where in country and how wet grazing land is makes a difference

 

[maya2008]

I pay £50 per acre per month.

 

[GG80]

I do plan on asking her what she would like, but thought it would be prudent to get an idea of what I should be paying also. It's in East Anglia, her land doesn't get too wet, muddy and a little churned up, but in no way as much as my field does. £100 would perhaps be a happy medium maybe, as the area of field isn't that big, but big enough. Nowhere near an acre.

 

[Annagain]

We rented a field from a friend last year as one of the oldies needed to be kept very quiet while he was recovering from a suspensory injury. We moved the two retired boys there short term as our yard couldn't accommodate him, they only offer group turnout or stabling, nothing in between. We paid £20 a week for a 2 acre field.

 

[meleeka]

I’d start with £100. It’s enough to help her out and show your gratitude, but doesn’t make it look like you are freeloading.

 

[Abacus]

I think I must have a very good deal but I pay 62.50 per month for 8 acres (which is a field I rent next to my own yard), in south Oxfordshire. Good grass and dry all year. It is however agricultural land so we just use it for a couple of horses who aren't worked much, and take hay from it once per year.