Looking to purchase a house with stables

[Stevem1978]

Good evening all.

This is a bit of an odd one, I’m not a rider / owner. Never really been interested in horses.

My 10 year old daughter however is. She goes to a weekly riding club etc.

Now I’m looking at moving house I live in the Cheshire / Wirral region and I’ve been looking for a property with a bit of land. The idea is that the land can generate a passive income. Been considering caravans, fishing, off road experience etc.

Since the daughter has been interested in horses I’ve been looking at the costs to stable a horse (excuse the terminology?) and the costs are reasonably high. So I started to think about buying a house with stables.

Is this a viable business, to buy a house with say 3 acres. 10 stables. Is it a passive income or is there a lot of work involved?

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. This is a very very early stage in this idea for me so anything you can input other than “do your research” ( that’s why I’m here!) is very much appreciated.

 

[thatsnotmyname]

Good evening all.

This is a bit of an odd one, I’m not a rider / owner. Never really been interested in horses.

My 10 year old daughter however is. She goes to a weekly riding club etc.

Now I’m looking at moving house I live in the Cheshire / Wirral region and I’ve been looking for a property with a bit of land. The idea is that the land can generate a passive income. Been considering caravans, fishing, off road experience etc.

Since the daughter has been interested in horses I’ve been looking at the costs to stable a horse (excuse the terminology?) and the costs are reasonably high. So I started to think about buying a house with stables.

Is this a viable business, to buy a house with say 3 acres. 10 stables. Is it a passive income or is there a lot of work involved?

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. This is a very very early stage in this idea for me so anything you can input other than “do your research” ( that’s why I’m here!) is very much appreciated.

no. You wont save money.
If you’re inexperienced you’ll probably end up spending a lot more than if on livery.
As rosy and lovely as it seems you and your daughter prove not experienced enough to bring a pony home. Next step would be if you bought your own would be have one on livery. If you can afford to purchase a property with land, one on livery even assisted would be ideal.
Sorry to be blunt but definitely not passive income.

Get daughter into a local pony club and get some contacts if she’s dead keen

 

[mini-eventer]

You'd need more like 3 stables and 10 acres.

The minimum should be 1 acre per horse plus 1.

3 acres would get trashed pretty quick.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

You would need at least 11 acres for 10 horses! 3 acres wouldn't sustain more than 2 horses and if your daughter has a horse that will need a companion, they are herd animals. Even if you were to buy somewhere with enough land for liveries, there is a lot of work involved in the maintenance of land and fencing.

 

[thatsnotmyname]

You would need at least 11 acres for 10 horses! 3 acres wouldn't sustain more than 2 horses and if your daughter has a horse that will need a companion, they are herd animals. Even if you were to buy somewhere with enough land for liveries, there is a lot of work involved in the maintenance of land and fencing.

Fencing is a full time job at ours

 

[HopOnTrot]

I have two ponies on 2.5 acres and struggle in winter.

A yard run by a person with no experience of horses for the sake of a 10 year old’s interest might not be the biggest pull for reliable customers either.

If you can afford a yard with enough land that you can fill stables and employ a full time groom you might not lose too much money.

 

[MidChristmasCrisis]

Genuinely if you don’t have a background in horses or land management it will be a very expensive learning curve. It isn’t a question of chucking a pony in a field and all will be well. As above ten stables would need a minimum of ten acres for pony use…horses need more land. Type of land affects the number of horses..clay or draining sand..what trees are around..oak and sycamore poison horses…can you recognise ragwort and dispose of safely…water supply etc etc. If you wanted to run some type of leisure activity alongside too…camping for instance that’s a whole other set of regulations and potential problem if you have livestock.
Daughters can be fickle and whilst pony mad now may not be once two legged rogues come over the horizon lol…I suspect it ll be cheaper to pay for lessons/sharing/loaning at an established school or livery yard.

 

[Stevem1978]

Thank you all for your responses and I hear you loud and clear. I will keep considering my options of passive income, and it won’t include stables! I was thinking it would be similar to being a landlord, but for horses and horse owners. Clearly there is more to it than that.

I did see this house that has 14 stables with 2.8 acres. My initial thoughts were that 2.8 acres wouldn’t be enough. But thought I would come here and ask the questions.

Check out this 3 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove

3 bedroom detached house for sale in Willaston Road, Thornton Hough, CH63 for £650,000. Marketed by Larch Property, Preston On Severn

www.rightmove.co.uk

 

[MidChristmasCrisis]

I can see why you re tempted but they won’t have had 14 horses without renting extra land…do you fancy dog boarding..it would be easy to convert and land is sufficient lol.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

Thank you all for your responses and I hear you loud and clear. I will keep considering my options of passive income, and it won’t include stables! I was thinking it would be similar to being a landlord, but for horses and horse owners. Clearly there is more to it than that.

I did see this house that has 14 stables with 2.8 acres. My initial thoughts were that 2.8 acres wouldn’t be enough. But thought I would come here and ask the questions.

Check out this 3 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove

3 bedroom detached house for sale in Willaston Road, Thornton Hough, CH63 for £650,000. Marketed by Larch Property, Preston On Severn

www.rightmove.co.uk

Estate agents really don't have a clue about what constitutes an equestrian property.

 

[Glitter's fun]

Thank you all for your responses and I hear you loud and clear. I will keep considering my options of passive income, and it won’t include stables! I was thinking it would be similar to being a landlord, but for horses and horse owners. Clearly there is more to it than that.

I did see this house that has 14 stables with 2.8 acres. My initial thoughts were that 2.8 acres wouldn’t be enough. But thought I would come here and ask the questions.

Check out this 3 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove

3 bedroom detached house for sale in Willaston Road, Thornton Hough, CH63 for £650,000. Marketed by Larch Property, Preston On Severn

www.rightmove.co.uk

Lovely house , can see why you were tempted but for that many stables you'd need at least 20 acres. You would need to be there, keeping an eye on things. Also horse owners are often working in the middle hours of the day, so you would have a lot of coming and going from 5.30 am and in the evenings. Those stables are right next to the house.

The idea is that the land can generate a passive income. Been considering caravans, fishing, off road experience etc.

A lot of ways of making money from land are very far from passive, involve a lot of intrusion in your home and wouldn't generate a fortune by the time you factor in maintenance and insurance. The best one I've come across so far is to rent to sheep farmers. The rent is very low but they do their own fencing (fences are very expensive) and you are not dealing with a lot of different people.

Good luck with your move, whatever you decide.

 

[JenJ]

Thank you all for your responses and I hear you loud and clear. I will keep considering my options of passive income, and it won’t include stables! I was thinking it would be similar to being a landlord, but for horses and horse owners. Clearly there is more to it than that.

I did see this house that has 14 stables with 2.8 acres. My initial thoughts were that 2.8 acres wouldn’t be enough. But thought I would come here and ask the questions.

Check out this 3 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove

3 bedroom detached house for sale in Willaston Road, Thornton Hough, CH63 for £650,000. Marketed by Larch Property, Preston On Severn

www.rightmove.co.uk

Oh damn, I really want that property now!

I only have two little ponies so the 2.8 acres would be ok, the rest of the stables would be wasted though!

Oh, and there's very little related to horses that could be classed as 'passive'!

 

[Stevem1978]

Kenals you say…. Hmm interesting!

Thanks again but I won’t be pursuing this venture! In to the next one.