Livery - how much do you pay?

Down South; £346 pcm, 4Day Part Livery, off road farm hacking, 20x50 sand and fibre school, plenty of turn out summer and winter, hay, bedding and basic hard feed included.

4day aprt livery is full livery 4 days per week plus 1/2 a day on the other three days
 
£130 per month DIY, though my lovely YO (lives on site) very kindly puts my boys haynet in each evening when she does hers. Masses of grass in lots of good sized fields, outdoor school, proper surfaced gallops, running water/lighting/electric and plenty of storage. And only 4 owners including me and YO, the other 2 work very long hours so aren't around as much. I'm south central. Can you tell I adore my yard? :)
 
Ours is just going up, £53 a week for 5 days a week part livery with stable, hay, bedding and full use of the facilities, £25 a week for grass livery with fewer facilities but ad-lib hay in the field, £35 a week grass livery, with hay and full use of the facilities. We're in Angus.
 
At yard 1 - £65 a week full livery everything included unless you want different feed. 40 by 60 school which can flood but not great grazing as it is a bit over stocked. However there is all year turnout whatever the weather.
Yard 2 - £35 a week for stable and field anything else is extra. 30 by 40 school with a great surface and a xc course, again not loads of grazing and they don't stay out all day but not bad.
I'm in Yorkshire.
 
£160.00 a month in winter with unlimited haylage, £100.00 a month in summer, turnout 24 7 . Smallish menage, electricity and water included. Only 3 other owners, small friendly yard with very knowledgeable YO who is very helpful and will hold for vet, farrier etc. YO lives on site and is very approachable and will always help with any problems. Am in North Wales
 
Very middle of England - warks/Solihull area

£37.50pw. Hay/bedding bought off yard owner separately. Yard has indoor stables, outdoor school, fields to hack round.
 
Very north england.
£80 per month DIY livery which includes morning feed/hay put in and use of everything.
There's an indoor and outdoor school, instructor, fields and tracks to hack around and all year turnout.
 
North West.
£400/month part livery. Includes stable, bedding, feed, hay, bring in/turn out, muck out etc. Owners are expected to visit their animals regularly and some liveries have had to be reminded that the yard is not a dumping ground...
Turn out is good in summer, more restricted in winter.
Facilities include indoor and outdoor schools, off road hacking and horse walker.
 
South East England: £120 for DIY livery & I buy hay & straw from the yard manager which per month makes it £195.

It includes morning feed by yard manager, but any other services are charged separately.

The yard has an outdoor floodlit school, large stables with individual storage, all year turn out & good hacking.
 
£100pcm, DIY. 30x50 outdoor with sand, rubber and fibre surface. Jumps available for the school. Good turnout (every other day in winter). Good hacking, quiet lanes with forestry 40 minute ride away. XC course on site. All liveries are lovely and will go out of their way to help you out. I'm in West Wales.
 
In the lake district, DIY livery, lots of land, stables, lunge pen and good hacking but no school. £25pw in summer for 24/7 turnout and £40 in winter when stabled at night including unlimited hay/haylage. Small private yard, 5 horses, 2 liveries and the yard owner :)
 
Warwickshire / W Midlands
£48 PCM!!! VERY very lucky! Private yard with just 4 horses. Arena, full set of SJs, XC jumps. Plenty of grazing (they're currently in 8 acres) with another 12 ish so very easy to rotate fields, good grazing with interesting hedges for them to have some variety. Horses rarely have a day in, only really if incredibly wet when they won't leave their stables or if it's really deep snow. Tack room equipped with fridge, heater (essential in winter!), kettle and the ever important tea bags!! Running hot and cold water. Stables, feed room, hay/straw storage barn and field shelter. Good hacking, easy access to bridle way plus farmer friend's fields to ride round.

Buy in hay, straw and shavings. Always someone on site. Always someone to cover looking after the horses, just take turns for holidays, and even then there is someone on hand if needed.

And most importantly, no yard politics or conflicts! I could not stand to be on a yard where I couldn't get along with someone. It's nice to know that we all get along and all muck in to help each other when we can and when needed.
 
I'm in NI
I pay £130 pm for just my stable DIY
2 bales of shavings pw @ 7.50
Haylage is not ab lib but watever ur horse needs £16pw
We have limited turnout and if need full livery its £5 per day

My yard is great has two outdoors an indoor and ok hacking (one main bday road)
Cross county jumps working hunter ect and all usual fillers
Y/o is fantastic !! I'd never move !! :)
 
Too much for what I get!!

Northwest - £346pcm. Turnout twice a week (both summer & winter) walker 4 days, food, bedding and forage included. I muck out.

Moving back to previous yard as cheaper (£260) for better facilities, location is not as convenient though.

It was the location and winter turnout that attracted me to current yard, I didn't realise summer turnout was so dire.
 
£145 a month DIY. Use of stable, daily turnout even in winter and 24/7 in summer. Outdoor school, indoor school for additional cost, okay hacking but lots of roadwork. I'm in Kent.
 
The yard my RDA group operates out of (combined RS/livery) charges £544 pcm for what appears to be basically full livery (i'm looking at their website, I don't have my own horse). Yard has 2 indoor schools, 3 outdoor, XC jumps, horse walker, all year round post and railed turnout and lots of storage space. Local hacking is decent, and the yard has woods/fields you can ride in. That's in South Oxfordshire.

A bit of idle googling reveals another place offering DIY at £25/30 a week with or without a stable.
 
North Derbyshire. £22 per week DIY, all year turnout, outdoor floodlit ménage (a bit small but far better than nothing!) Hay/haylage bought from farmer at £30 for a big round bale and straw at £15 for a big round bale. Good hacking straight from the yard.
 
Hampshire

150 a month, does not include hay or feed or bedding.

Facilites include large airy stables in an american barn, very nice school but limited lighting in winter, horse walker, good hacking but requires road to reach bridle path, and all year turn out.

Y/O provides shavings and hay/haylage which if we want it gets put on the bill.

The best thing about the yard though is the friendly atmosphere and help-each-other-out attitude!
 
£730 a month!!! Crazy prices down here, Hertfordshire. That's for part livery, daily turnout, outdoor ménage. Fortunately for my bank account, I'm in a share on that.
Places round here you could pay more at, too...also lots of people round here with more money than sense.
 
Near Chester, Cheshire: £175 per month for assisted DIY (think that's what it's called these days).

Includes; stable, lovely all year turnout, bedding, hay/hayledge, turn outs, bring in's.

Small friendly quiet yard with about 12 liveries with a large floodlit outdoor school, good hacking, wash area, tea room, tack room etc etc.

Love it and feel so very lucky - would never ever move! :)
 
Just moved my mare to a yard that is one minute from my house, so saving loads on fuel. I pay £200 PCM, for box, turnout, hay, use of school, hacking is not bad, and they feed and turn out or bring in once a day. Maybe slightly more, but the people are lovely, it is a private yard, with just their two horses, ,my horse is the happiest I have ever seen her, a really good instructor come so to the yard, and the grazing is very well,looked after so it's really good quality.
It is slightly more than before, but me and pony are both so much happier there.
 
Hampshire, £170pcm. This includes daily turnout in winter, 24/7 turnout in summer if desired, lovely stable, indoor school with amazing surface, floodlit outdoor 20x60, show jumps, a small xc course, amazing hacking, ad lib hay in winter and a big shop on site. I also rent my house from the yard so live next to my stable.

Having had my own yard for so long I was really worried about livery, but I love where I live!
 
North Leicestershire. Most round here work out at roughly 400 pcm for part livery (horses fully done Mon to Fri. Includes all bedding and food. Good facilitites). It's a lot of money isn't it!
 
£117 per month DIY (East Anglia)
Full use of menage, discount on dressage entries (yard holds shows)
24/7 turnout summer
Day turnout in winter ( separate summer and winter paddocks)
Amazing hacking- massive farm so we can go for miles
Can buy hay and straw on site
Clinics held monthly
Large tack room/tea room
Massive barn with individual bays for hay, rugs etc
Trailer storage
 
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Northamptonshire on an amazing yard that let's you go full/part in Winter and then DIY all Summer.

Five day livery (everything but exercise) is £350 a month and I have this from Oct-April.

DIY is £130 a month. Paddock, hacking, stable. Hay/Haylage is 20p per KG and services are very reasonable. A bring in, change rug, pick feet out, feed and hay is £2. Yard has a decent floodlit school, lovely stables in an open barn and a wonderful YO!
 
Berkshire - Ascot/Maidenhead area.

Current yard £525 a month for part livery 7 days, including everything except grooming and riding. Decent grazing, floodlit 50x20 school, all weather canter track, horse walker (but costs extra to use) and xc jumps.
 
Essex/Hertfordshire border- £169 DIY for stable and grazing (restricted winter but turnout pens/walker/3 schools to use, 24/7 from may til sep/oct) All haylage/hay/bedding extra but available at the yard to buy at market cost. Approx £200 summer and £250-£300 ish Winter. Services extra. Stables have own small storage area. Great hacking for miles. Very friendly yard lots of social events and shows on site and transport available for going to shows.
 
£38 pw for stable, morning turnout (inc feed and rug change if necessary), unlimited hay / haylage. 24/7 turnout available May - September, in at night Oct - April. YO organises worm count for entire yard and we are billed for any necessary wormers etc. Facilities wise we have good, modern stables, a decent 20 x 40 sandschool, reasonable hacking on quiet roads and a caravan with toilet / kitchen facilities etc.
 
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