diddy
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone. Yesterday had a call from the man who owns my field. He says he wants to increase the rent on it because (a) I dont want to share with anyone else & (b) I have 3 horses, not the 2 I had when I moved on 18 months ago. Sounds fair enough except that when I moved on I was quite honest & explained why I was wanting my own place & that if he wanted more people on it I would look elsewhere. And secondly, I took the field on for 3 horses but the loan fell through & weve only just got around to getting pony number 3. I was also open about that too, so Ive not sneaked an extra one on, honest!
I love it where I am 5 acres for 30 pw, no stables, electric or water. I think its not bad value. But YO wants me to pay 45 i.e. a 33% increase. I dont want to cut off my nose to spite my face, but there are several things that would start to annoy me if I was paying more money i.e. half the field goes under water in the rain, some of the fencing is hopeless, the place is littered with YOs junk that I have to keep horses away from etc. I can perfectly live with all these things but if Im going to be paying more, I know theyll start to bug me!
Also, whats to stop him slapping another increase on me a few months down the line..? This whole thing has started because supposedly someone else wanted to move on with me & YO had to turn them down (50 pw for grass livery for 1 anyone..? Not sure if I believe this btw!)
I guess Im just feeling a bit sore that hes justifying the increase by talking about things that were agreed when I moved on. I think Ive been a good tenant in that I keep the place nice, look after the land & fencing (as far as Im able!) & always pay for the upcoming quarter on time. I never call him about anything apart from to sort out payment.
Theres somewhere else I could potentially take on much cheaper but Id really rather stay where I am.
Thanks so much for reading this - WWYD..?
D. x
I love it where I am 5 acres for 30 pw, no stables, electric or water. I think its not bad value. But YO wants me to pay 45 i.e. a 33% increase. I dont want to cut off my nose to spite my face, but there are several things that would start to annoy me if I was paying more money i.e. half the field goes under water in the rain, some of the fencing is hopeless, the place is littered with YOs junk that I have to keep horses away from etc. I can perfectly live with all these things but if Im going to be paying more, I know theyll start to bug me!
Also, whats to stop him slapping another increase on me a few months down the line..? This whole thing has started because supposedly someone else wanted to move on with me & YO had to turn them down (50 pw for grass livery for 1 anyone..? Not sure if I believe this btw!)
I guess Im just feeling a bit sore that hes justifying the increase by talking about things that were agreed when I moved on. I think Ive been a good tenant in that I keep the place nice, look after the land & fencing (as far as Im able!) & always pay for the upcoming quarter on time. I never call him about anything apart from to sort out payment.
Theres somewhere else I could potentially take on much cheaper but Id really rather stay where I am.
Thanks so much for reading this - WWYD..?
D. x