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I'd be very grateful and will willingly hand out virtual cookies/cakes/etc. You can be as detailed or quick as you like, all answers are massively appreciated as just want to get an idea of what different people want from livery yards. Thanks a million :D

(If you'd rather answer by PM as other liveries from your yard are on HHO, feel free!)

*Disclaimer - There is no ACTUAL cake. Please don't sue.

What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country :D ***

What county are you based in?

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?)

Thanks a million :D
 
buttons101 said:
What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)
- arena, stables, jumps, toilet, grazing all year round, access to grass-free paddock for lami one, lorry parking.

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)
- shower, clean and nice toilet, indoor school (I wish!).

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
- no idea at all.

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
- I like that we can do what we want, when we want, and that I have enough horses there to have my 'own' field to manage as I wish.
- I have left previous yards due to grazing issues, management issues and cost.

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
- DIY for two and grass livery for two.

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
- Drove past the entrance and saw the sign!

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
- 4 horses
- SJ, bit of D, hacking and fun.
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Answers above, oh and DIY livery at our yard is £180pcm incl hay and either turn-our, or bring-in, and we're in Bucks.
 
What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)
stable good turnout, tack up, areana

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)
xc course

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
depends on how good they were maybe up to £10

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
Not on a yard anymore have my own place however would have been turn out before too many horses on small areas with little grass so lots of fighting

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
Own place now rented

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
Word of mouth

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
have 3 horses main activites for them would be showing

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country ***

What county are you based in?
Somerset
 
What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena) Arena, stable, all year round turnout, some hacking

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room) Indoor school!

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
Extra £5 or maybe abit more a week

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
No dislikes about the yard i am on at the min, love it! I think the main problem with alot of livery yards is no set rules/strong manager, so free for all and the one who is the biggest bully/largest mouth tends to (or at least tries to!) get the best of everything (especially turnout - which always seems to be a troublesome area!)

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
DIY with assistance

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
Word of mouth

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
2. Dressage, PC, RC and Hacking

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country ***

What county are you based in? South Yorkshire

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?)
£30 for my pony and £36 for my horse a week in the winter. Including ad lib hay/haylage (and ad lib in the field) and straw. And feeding, rugs changed and turned out in the morning in the week. All day turnout in winter in private electric fenced fields.
£20 for both in the summer (on 24/7 turnout).
 
Necessities: well-maintained arena, permanent electric fencing, roomy stabling, safe local hacking, friendly experienced staff, toilet.

Luxuries: rug drier, wash room, solarium. Included in present livery.

Dislikes/reasons for leaving: rabbit warren in field, staff being rough with horses, overcrowded grazing.

On part livery at moment for one horse. Found through local ad. Hacking, schooling.

Location: Hampshire. Cost: £110 a week. Includes everything apart from riding, tack cleaning, wormers and hard feed, vet and farrier. Expensive, but very high standards.
 
What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)
Hard standing/Parking, Loos, Lockable tack room, all year turnout, good fencing, arena, excellent hacking, mains water to fields and stables
What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)
Showers, XC course, all weather gallops, show jumps, drying room, horse wash area, solarium
How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
No idea
What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
could be closer to home, could have a better arena surface (not grass!)
What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
part livery, as my parents do the rest! :eek:
How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
n/a
How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
1, and my sisters horse. Hunting, eventing, SJ
What county are you based in?
north Yorks
Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?)
Half of haylage and bedding costs, £10 a month towards fencing etc, plus OH and I do the horses 3 or 4 days a week and my parents do the other half.
 
What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)
* Well maintained, all year round grazing
* Safe, well built stables that are a decent size
* Some kind of storage area for feed, rugs, tools ect... near to stable
* School with a good surface (if outdoor, then with lights)
* Jumps
* Running water and mains electricity
* Starvation paddock/smaller paddock if recovering from injury
* Toilet
* Yard MUST be safe and secure, preferably with someone on site 24/7.


What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)
* Indoor school is always a bonus!
* Shower/wash area
* Horsewalker
* Secure tack room is always nice, saves carrying tack backwards and forwards between home and yard. Wouldn't consider this essential though as long as we had somewhere to keep rugs, boots etc... For example, outside all of our stables we have a walled area about 6x4ft with an lockable old chest freezer to keep feed, rugs & general bits n bob in.
* Rug drying room
* Solarium (i can dream...)



How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
*Not sure, a fair amount depending on what extra facilities the yard had.


What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?

* No particular dislikes with current yard, have left several times to try out others and always end up going back as i think it's the best around our area by a longshot. :) Only thing i could say is i would adjust worming program slightly to include more egg counts instead of worming in spite of whether it is really necessary or not, but one of my big bugbears is worming so i would probably say this about most yards.
* Have moved from others due to them having 30ish acres but most of it was grazed all year round rather than rotated and was on very steep hills and i just didnt like that way it was managed and their school being too small and unuseable in winter, and another as it was also a riding school and there were too many horses to a field. They always crowded the gate when 1 came in & it was getting dangerous in the end. Oh, and there was barbed wire on the fencing.

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
* DIY

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
*Friends keep their horses there and recommended it when i was looking

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
* 2, both on DIY. 1 is just being backed but will hopefully event next year, the other is 12 but has a few issues so isn't in work at the moment. When she does get brought back in though i think she will only hack, do a bit of dressage and low level SJ.

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country ***

What county are you based in?
*West Midlands (on border of Staffs/Worcs)

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?)
*£22 per week for DIY (stable and grazing) inc free use of indoor and outdoor school, and horse walker :D
Yard does offer assistance, think it's
*£1 turnout/bring in
* 50p change rugs
* 50p feed/do haynets
* £7 for full livery on individual days
 
buttons101 said:
I'd be very grateful and will willingly hand out virtual cookies/cakes/etc. You can be as detailed or quick as you like, all answers are massively appreciated as just want to get an idea of what different people want from livery yards. Thanks a million :D

(If you'd rather answer by PM as other liveries from your yard are on HHO, feel free!)

*Disclaimer - There is no ACTUAL cake. Please don't sue.

What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)

Individual all year turnout, stable, decent sized arena, preferably XC field, good hacking, toilet, running water, mains electric and lockable tack/feed stores (All can be found at most liveries I've been to)

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)

More than one arena (not keen on riding when the kids are charging round) ability to hire one of the liveries horse boxes

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?

Not a lot more petrol money etc for horse box and £10-15 for school hire

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?

An instructor at previous livery yard decided that as all the RS ponies were either done for the day or up the field that they would use my loan pony without mine or the ponies owners consent :mad: . Lack of decent arena and hacking, no individual turnout option

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)

Part livery with option to put on schooling or working livery

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)

Word of mouth and looked them up on BHS website (they're also my current RS)

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?

1 Schooling and hacking when she's not so green I may do more

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country :D ***

What county are you based in?

Nottingham

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?)

Private DIY livery yard (arena, stable, individual turnout, XC field, lockable tack/feed stores, horse box hire on request, good hacking) £22 per wk

RS/show jumping yard part livery (all of the above ^^ with 2 other arenas) about £8 per day for a horse and £6 per day for a pony + cost of arena and lorry hire

Thanks a million :D
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buttons101 said:
*Disclaimer - There is no ACTUAL cake. Please don't sue.

Outrage! :eek:

What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)

Stables & fields

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)

School, tea room, storage

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?

£20 - £40 more

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?

Lack of turnout, Tw*ts :D, bad YM

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)

DIY

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)

Through a friend

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?

2, lawn mowers

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country :D ***

What county are you based in?

Kent

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?)

£75 pcm

Thanks a million :D

No prob :D [/]
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What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)
* An arena with a good surface is essential!
* Decent quality turnout with safe fencing and fresh water points.
* Stables in good repair.
* Easy access to safe hacking

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)
* Brick built stables (as in extremes of weather they are more comfortable for the horses than wooden stables)
* Horse walker
* Canter track around perimeter of fields
* Kitchen with coffee making facilities
* Option of individual turnout if wanted
* Secure Tack room ( I would probably still take my saddle home though)
* Rug drying room
* Undercover grooming / tie up area for farriers in wet weather
* Access to warm water for washing horses
* Indoor Arena and Outdoor Arena
* lunge pen



How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
* I’d pay as much as I could afford, and I would pay more for luxuries.

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
* Poor quality arena surface!

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
* 7 day part

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
* It’s within walking distance from my house

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
* 1, but will be 2 when I buy my new horse this Autumn hopefully!

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country ***

What county are you based in?
* Herts
 
buttons101 said:
I'd be very grateful and will willingly hand out virtual cookies/cakes/etc. You can be as detailed or quick as you like, all answers are massively appreciated as just want to get an idea of what different people want from livery yards. Thanks a million :D

(If you'd rather answer by PM as other liveries from your yard are on HHO, feel free!)

*Disclaimer - There is no ACTUAL cake. Please don't sue.

What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)
All year secure turnout, limited number of horses in fields, Good quality hay and straw (as its included in my livery price), good sized stables ideally with drinkers, well maintained floodlit arena, access to good hacking, secure tackroom, feedroom and toilet. Oh, and like minded people! And staff that you are happy to handle your horse and that would phone you immediately were there a problem

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)

We do have a rug room but heating rarely on which defeats object! Nice and clean tearoom and toilet. Acess to hot water would be great. Yard horsebox that liveries can hire. Spare fields so ours can have a rest!

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
?? If I'm being honest, I would love them to be included in current livery price

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?

Consistently poor quality hay and bedding. Dusty and poorly maintained arenas

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
DIY with some turn out bring in services as add ons

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
Word of mouth

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
1 - Reschooling ex racer. We currently use the school quite a lot and enjoy hacking

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country :D ***

What county are you based in?
West Yorks

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?)
£160 per month inc hay and straw. £1 bring in / turn out

Thanks a million :D
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Thank you!
 
buttons101 said:
I'd be very grateful and will willingly hand out virtual cookies/cakes/etc. You can be as detailed or quick as you like, all answers are massively appreciated as just want to get an idea of what different people want from livery yards. Thanks a million :D

(If you'd rather answer by PM as other liveries from your yard are on HHO, feel free!)

*Disclaimer - There is no ACTUAL cake. Please don't sue.

What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)
stables, all year grazing and all weather surface to ride on
What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room) rug drying room, kitchen, indoor school, cross country course american barn oh and a horse waljer would be cool too :D

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’? no idea as not sure how uch livery costs anyway

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area? not on a yard but people talking behind your back etc

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY) none

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)its at home

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?n/a

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country :D ***

What county are you based in?

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?)

Thanks a million :D
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sorry i couldnt answer all q's as not on livry but thought i would help :p
 
What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)

more than one field/tackroom and barn

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)
School

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
i was going to offer to pay for one myself but there are land issues going on with YO and family:mad:

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
Some ****wit of a guy keeps his horses there, he built his stables himself he pays no ground rent, field rent and is a total and utter nob. left previous yard because one of my horses is a Ho' and kept jumping fences to play with a rig:p the tart!
What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
DIY

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert) used to keep my old horse there for summer grazing 12 yrs ago

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
i have 2, friend has 4, an older couple has 2 and the ****wit has 3 1/2 lol he breeds ahem top class tb`s but his 2 yr old is currently around 11.3 and resembles a pit pony..top breeding!


I`m in Swansea and pay £56 a month for livery
 
What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)
Nice big safe non leaking stable, all year round turnout with good grazing and well maintained fencing/ electrics etc, water point. good hacking.

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)
not to fussed

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
not sure

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
Pervy yo, know it all nosy liveries who try to tell you how to do things.

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY) Assisted DIY

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
It is right next to where i live.

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
1 horse he just a baby but when broken will be allrounder, hacking and showing bit of everything

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country ***

What county are you based in? NE Scotland

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?) £20p/w nothing extra for assistance i do their horses when they go away
 
buttons101 said:
I'd be very grateful and will willingly hand out virtual cookies/cakes/etc. You can be as detailed or quick as you like, all answers are massively appreciated as just want to get an idea of what different people want from livery yards. Thanks a million :D

(If you'd rather answer by PM as other liveries from your yard are on HHO, feel free!)

*Disclaimer - There is no ACTUAL cake. Please don't sue.

What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena) Well maintained turnout every day, all year round, 24/7 in summer. And a school with lights for winter riding.

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room) Somewhere to get warm! Our tack/coffee room is draughty & freezing in winter. A toilet. And we've been spoilt with an indoor school here :)

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’? Depends on all round package (sorry, not v helpful)

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area? Left previous yards due to lack of turnout, massive rent hike and horrid main road, meant you took your life into your hands to hack out.

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY) DIY

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert) Through a friend

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities? I have 1 horse, compete local/county level DR/SJ/XC & hack.

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country :D ***

What county are you based in? Wales

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?) £35 per week for DIY, pricey for round here but includes big indoor & outdoor schools.

Thanks a million :D
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The main thing for me really is the 'feel' of the place, if that makes sense! Some yards I saw had all the facilities in the world, but the atmosphere meant I didn't want to be there. Not sure that helps you though! :)
 
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necessities: stable, bookable (so don't have to share) arena (with lights) secure, dry tack room, toilet, all year turnout, heated rug room (with dehumidifier) p.s. I realise I am very spoilt!

extra luxuries: showjumps, grass gallops, XC course, 24/7 turnout in summer, yard competitions, kettle and microwave. storage for show stuff.

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
£5-10 per week

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
I do like my livery yard, there are only 4 other horses there though, with 3 owners and sometimes I wish there were more people to ride out with. The hacking is not great either, we only have a couple of bridleways around, and only 1 circular route. It's super clean and tidy though, which has its good and bad side.

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
DIY

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
I loaned one of the owners horses there for 4 years, then when he retired, I bought my own, and he went in the same field as the other 2!

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
1. He's only 5 at the moment, so not doing a huge amount, we're long reining, going for hacks, bit of lunging over poles, and flatwork, but he's proving to be very capable at jumping gates and electric fencing, so I'm guessing we'll be doing some XC at some point!

What county are you based in?
Oxfordshire

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?)
£35/week. no official assistance, but we tend to help each other out when someone is away or can't make it up.
 
What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard?
good quality turnout, with good fencing and adequate shelter, well ventilated, roomy stables, good standard of care, access to good off road hacking.

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world?
Outdoor school
Indoor school
Horse Walker
Wash box
Secure tack room
Feed room

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
Anything up to £500 per month

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
Current: limited turnout in the winter
Previous: Badly maintained fencing, bad atmosphere on yard, flooded school, tasks which were stated in the livery contract not being carried out to an acceptable standard

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY) 1 on DIY (grass livery) 2 on Part Livery

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
Word of mouth, already know Yard Owner

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
3 - 1 retired rescue pony at grass livery, 2 on part livery at an Equestrian Centre. Main activities are Hacking, Hunting, Show Jumping and Dressage

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country ***

What county are you based in? Leicestershire

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?) DIY (own turnout paddock and field shelter) £30 per week and Part Livery approx £400 per month per horse.
 
What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)
Arena, stables, well fenced paddocks, water supply to fields, kettle and loos, good YM and owners! off road Hacking, plenty of storage space. AYTO

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)
Horse walker, gallops, Rug drying room!

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
Hmm not sure

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
Bad YM's or owners, horses bullying others.

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
Full grass at the mo, stables being built!

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
Advert

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
1 at the moment, lawnmower!

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country ***

What county are you based in?
East Sussex
Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?)
25 per week for full grass eg feed, hay, rugging etc. 'tis a good deal as far as I'm concerned!
 
buttons101 said:
I'd be very grateful and will willingly hand out virtual cookies/cakes/etc. You can be as detailed or quick as you like, all answers are massively appreciated as just want to get an idea of what different people want from livery yards. Thanks a million :D

(If you'd rather answer by PM as other liveries from your yard are on HHO, feel free!)

*Disclaimer - There is no ACTUAL cake. Please don't sue.

What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)
A secure tack room, good turnout and an arena

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)
A rug room, second arena, jumps to use

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?
not much extra to be honest

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
The yard I am on now is fab. The previous yard I left because I was fed up with the lack of arena, and not much hacking

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
Grass livery

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)
Vet lives on site and I was registered with the vet

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
I just have one, we do mainly schooling, but enjoy jumping and do a bit of hacking too

***You don’t have to answer these last 2 questions if you would prefer not to, but it would help to give an idea of approximate prices in different areas of the country :D ***

What county are you based in?
West Yorkshire

Approximately how much do you pay for your livery? (If on DIY with assistance, how much are you charged for the assistance?)
£30 a week for grass livery

Thanks a million :D No problem :D
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All done :)
 
buttons101 said:
What facilities do you consider a necessity for you and your horse at a livery yard? (e.g. arena)

outdoor arena, some jumps but I have some of my own, own tackroom, storage for my hay, yard that doesn't mind my asbo boy!!

What extra ‘luxury’ facilities, presuming you don’t consider them necessities as above, do you have/would you like your yard to have to have in an ideal world? (e.g. rug drying room)

None really..

How much extra would you consider paying for those ‘luxuries’?

What, if any, are you major dislikes about your current livery yard/livery yards in general, or what factors have caused you to leave previous livery yards in the same area?
It is only my 3rd yard in 14 years, moved from 1st yard as YO moved to bigger premises so went with her. 11 years later she decided to close the yard so I moved just down the road!!

What type of livery are you on? (e.g. DIY)
DIY

How did you find your current livery yard? (e.g. word of mouth, tack shop advert)

Passed it everyday on way to old yard and moved their after previous yard closed

How many horses do you have at livery and what are your main activities?
hacking, eventing.
:D
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Done!!! Hope it helps :)
 
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