laceybrown
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Thanks again everyone for your input, you definitely have given me plenty of food for thought. Fingers crossed all goes to plan.
wanting to start a small livery yard in Tarporely, Cheshire
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McCauley
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...exactly Emma!,...you could indeed make more pennies going assisted DIY!...Food for Thought there eh?!
Nugget La Poneh
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I am currently looking for DIY yards as that suits me and my horse (and ultimately budget to start as re-locating to this area) and am struggling to find them. Assisted is a good compromise and the more I look into it this is what I am heading to as I am realising that I currently have a real luxury on my current yard with various people that offer their services unofficially so there is nearly always an option for cover and it is scaring me a little that I might not find this option where I am going to 
laceybrown
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I have thought about the assisted livery aspect and it is something i am considering. However as i have been a diy client myself there are some aspects of it that i do not like. The main aspect is tje fact thay not all diy livery owners arrive in the morning at a realistic time to feed their animals. I have to say i like a good routine and if i go with assisted liveries i will probably ask to do the feeding myself. I suppose from the clients point of view that is one less hassle for them. I expect that rug changes and turnout will be expected too. Realistically it would not make buisness sense to have all the boxes as assisted diy so will have to have a limit on how many i can take.
emmah
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But I used them for one week then didnt need them for the next few weeks so my yard owner didnt really make any money out of me!
poddypea
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Is it Laurel Farm you are looking at?. The last tenant left there about May after having only been there a short time. If so there seem to have been several different people running the yard over the last few years. Not sure why as it is a nice yard. There is no one else around there doing livery although I think Sue Stratton might have a few at her riding school in Spurstow.
I spoke to a friend last night who runs a large livery Full, assisted & DIY plus training on her own place on the other side of Nantwich and she said that people were being a lot more careful with their money and she was finding she was getting quite a lot of requests for full livereries wanting to go assisted, assisted to DIY & DIY to grazing only and of all variations she has far and away more enquiries from people wanting DIY or grazing.
She charges £30 for DIY.
In the Tarporley area there is a new DIY yard at Alparham (no hacking I think as directly onto main road & appears to be no arena) and a new small yard at Cotebrook. As Stokes is for sale most liveries have left but then if he decides to stay maybe he will be taking on again.
I spoke to a friend last night who runs a large livery Full, assisted & DIY plus training on her own place on the other side of Nantwich and she said that people were being a lot more careful with their money and she was finding she was getting quite a lot of requests for full livereries wanting to go assisted, assisted to DIY & DIY to grazing only and of all variations she has far and away more enquiries from people wanting DIY or grazing.
She charges £30 for DIY.
In the Tarporley area there is a new DIY yard at Alparham (no hacking I think as directly onto main road & appears to be no arena) and a new small yard at Cotebrook. As Stokes is for sale most liveries have left but then if he decides to stay maybe he will be taking on again.
noodle_
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i thought it was laurel too.....
the guy put his prices up....my friend looked at the yard and was asking the rent money but only getting half the stables (this friend DIDNT rent it....)...just looked.....
nice looking yard but apparantly expensive
ArabianBeauty
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From what I've seen around Cheshire, full livery ranges from £95 per week to £115 per week ( but that yard has an indoor, outdoor, separate jump arena, gallops, rug wash and dry room, horse walker, cross country, hot horse shower and solarium). The more facilities, the greater the price.
Assisted livery is around £5 for muck out , £7 - £8.50 for whole day, 50p - £1 for feed / haynet, 50p - £1.50 per rug change, £1.50-£2 for turn out and bring in, £2.50 for assisting vet / farrier visits. around these sorts of prices seem to be common.
Assisted livery is around £5 for muck out , £7 - £8.50 for whole day, 50p - £1 for feed / haynet, 50p - £1.50 per rug change, £1.50-£2 for turn out and bring in, £2.50 for assisting vet / farrier visits. around these sorts of prices seem to be common.
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