Renting stabling and fields, no livery services

[Beachbabe]

I know it's a bit of a grey area, but what are the regs for renting stables and fields from a private owner, not running it as a business. How much notice would I have to give and the other way round? No mention of a contract, so if the rent is paid monthly, does that automatically mean a month's notice either side or is there a domestic licence which is different from a livery licence?
Only asking as there seem to be a lot of ads about for sole use wanted and I wondered if that's legally better for the tenant or not?

 

[The Xmas Furry]

There are no 'regs' per se for renting of private or livery yards.

However, anyone renting out is an utter fool not to have a water tight (as possible!) contract and any potential renter is also a fool for not insisting on having one.
Terms of notice for each party would definitely be a clause, as also repairs, maintenance, services (water, electricity, council rates if applicable) charges, insurances, sub letting clauses, deposits and payment schedules etc.

References ought to be asked for and provided too, just as anyone would with property rentals.

Having seen the pickle a local yard got into renting 3 boxes and 2 acres out to 2 'ladies' I would never rent to persons plural, but one person only.

 

[Millie-Rose]

No licensing required even for livery yards! General practice is that notice period is the same as payment period so monthly payment is months notice either way but I think not legally enforceable so the bottom line is in either situation. You could be asked to leave at any time. Unfortunately you don't have rights in the way you do as a tenant in a house.

 

[TwyfordM]

I would agree with above, water tight contract and a longer notice period than the usual month you would give for a livery yard. I mean even if you've only got 4/5 horses. Finding that many spaces to move to in a month would be really tricky. Same for the person renting it out, quite often smaller places are snapped up but it's still trickier than filling one or two livery stables

From what I've seen in the past, large places can have as much as a 3-6month notice period which I think is pretty sensible

Also making sure one person is ultimately responsible, so any falling outs and indecision don't affect the tenancy

 

[Beachbabe]

Cheers. Just curious as there seem to be so many rented places popping up.