scathach
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hi i wanted to check out if anyone knows where i stand, the yard i am about to leave due to ongoing issues with the yo about money and lack of jobs being done.
this started 2 years ago when i moved the stables on the day i went to look around i was told price was £20 per horse per week including use of the sand school that was being built and would soon be finished, running water to the field that was secure with high hedges on all sides and just my 2 horses in together and indoor stable block with 2 end stables and that she would provide hay and straw
soon after i arrived i was asked to move into a different area of grazing that for all sense and purposes wasn't a field but an area of scrub that they had fenced with electric wire but provided no shepard or elctric supply to make the wire work, then after 2 people left i was moved into a different field that has a huge pond at the bottom fenced off again with just a bit of electric wire still no electric supply no running water so have to cart water down in a water butt that i have provided. i have asked numerous times if the water will be attached to mains and just keep getting told her husband is to busy to fix it up. the gate is broken and hanging off the hindges and has dropped so badly that you have to lift it to open and close it even fell off and landed on my daughter leaving her with scratches on her legs where it landed. i told the yo nothing got said or the gate fixed it ties to a post with a bit of string as not even a proper closer on it.
this winter she has refused to provide me hay and straw and i have had to buy it in at a small fortune from the local farm shop, the area she offers to store leaks so much that the hay and straw she has for her own use is half rotten and a big section of the roof has blown off and has been left laying in the middle of the barn (a rusty big chunk of metal).
the stables themselves are built with bricks so weak that when my horse lent on it the wall almost fell down they patched it up with a bit of wood.
twice this year the electrics have shorted out leaving us with no lights for a total of 3 weeks and we had no water due to burst water pipes all xmas and new year we had to bring water from home.
there is a sess pit with broken covering so if anyone stood on it it could collapse.
they have a huge rat infestation yet leave bags of rubbish all over the place piled high and have never done anything about it and it is up to me to sweep up all the droppings or it would never get done. i have asked them too has i have children and i don't like them being down there where there is rat droppings and urine.
the sand school that was promised as part of the price as never been finished so never been able to use told we could use the field if i had too.
also i had to take a new horse into my field that cribbed, wind sucked and churned the field up by chasing around. then i was asked to move stables to acommadate it i was also left to turn it out and bring it in everyday for the owners never got paid or thanked even though it barged and dragged us around as it had no manners and was 3 years old.
we have never received any bill or a date to pay rent on the yo just appears and says i want my rent, i now got a bill and we have a difference in what is due of £200 i started keeping my own records and hers have 3 payments missing that i have on mine.
so the question is where do i stand legally on this i refuse to pay her money she has already had and i am leaving any how but i wanted to also warn people to get things in writing what you are paying for, complaints put it in writing, and keep your own records of what you have paid and in future i will always ask for a receipt
this started 2 years ago when i moved the stables on the day i went to look around i was told price was £20 per horse per week including use of the sand school that was being built and would soon be finished, running water to the field that was secure with high hedges on all sides and just my 2 horses in together and indoor stable block with 2 end stables and that she would provide hay and straw
soon after i arrived i was asked to move into a different area of grazing that for all sense and purposes wasn't a field but an area of scrub that they had fenced with electric wire but provided no shepard or elctric supply to make the wire work, then after 2 people left i was moved into a different field that has a huge pond at the bottom fenced off again with just a bit of electric wire still no electric supply no running water so have to cart water down in a water butt that i have provided. i have asked numerous times if the water will be attached to mains and just keep getting told her husband is to busy to fix it up. the gate is broken and hanging off the hindges and has dropped so badly that you have to lift it to open and close it even fell off and landed on my daughter leaving her with scratches on her legs where it landed. i told the yo nothing got said or the gate fixed it ties to a post with a bit of string as not even a proper closer on it.
this winter she has refused to provide me hay and straw and i have had to buy it in at a small fortune from the local farm shop, the area she offers to store leaks so much that the hay and straw she has for her own use is half rotten and a big section of the roof has blown off and has been left laying in the middle of the barn (a rusty big chunk of metal).
the stables themselves are built with bricks so weak that when my horse lent on it the wall almost fell down they patched it up with a bit of wood.
twice this year the electrics have shorted out leaving us with no lights for a total of 3 weeks and we had no water due to burst water pipes all xmas and new year we had to bring water from home.
there is a sess pit with broken covering so if anyone stood on it it could collapse.
they have a huge rat infestation yet leave bags of rubbish all over the place piled high and have never done anything about it and it is up to me to sweep up all the droppings or it would never get done. i have asked them too has i have children and i don't like them being down there where there is rat droppings and urine.
the sand school that was promised as part of the price as never been finished so never been able to use told we could use the field if i had too.
also i had to take a new horse into my field that cribbed, wind sucked and churned the field up by chasing around. then i was asked to move stables to acommadate it i was also left to turn it out and bring it in everyday for the owners never got paid or thanked even though it barged and dragged us around as it had no manners and was 3 years old.
we have never received any bill or a date to pay rent on the yo just appears and says i want my rent, i now got a bill and we have a difference in what is due of £200 i started keeping my own records and hers have 3 payments missing that i have on mine.
so the question is where do i stand legally on this i refuse to pay her money she has already had and i am leaving any how but i wanted to also warn people to get things in writing what you are paying for, complaints put it in writing, and keep your own records of what you have paid and in future i will always ask for a receipt
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