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in june me and two friends leased a yard between us, it was a absolute dump and the fencing was horrendous when we got it, we all agreed on a plan of action and what our responsibilities would be, i was to organise any bigger jobs ie fencing and refurbing the stables, A was to pull ragwort and general field maintenance, B was to help where she could with our jobs but as she had a bad hand and was waiting for a operation it she agreed to take on more of the horsey duties
now heres where im pulling my hair out, B gave up her part of the lease with pleanty of notice etc due to family problems that was fine, but A has done bot all, no ragwort in fact for the first three weeks we didnt see her once, the yard was a tip when i would get up literally they were bringing broken beds etc and leaving them in the middle of the yard!! Anyways i spoke to her about it and things got better, then i went on holiday for a week at the beginning of September and honestly i could have cried when i got back, it was like a dump, stable doors were broken, their was sheets of metal evrywhere, empty cans of beer, in the caravan where the kids tend to go, you could tell theyd been taking drugs in their and not bothered tidying up, the hay shed had been boarded up to make a chicken house and the smell was ridiculous, i was gobsmacked, i tried ringing A but no answer so i rang some liveries and what a story they told, A and husband had literally had parties up their, the liveries were terrified to go up
to this day i havent managed to get in touch with A, what on earth do i do, she has literally left her horses she has been up once or twice but ive never seen her, the horses managed to get into our neighbours fence on saturday i text her saying "the horses are out" and i still havent received a text back, she has been paying her share but by posting it through my letterbox
and to top it off, when we got the yard a goat was on it, a lady came and i told her she would have to move the goat within a week as we now looked after the yard, i never saw her again until sunday again i told her i wanted the goat off, she said she would be back on monday to get him, yeah right bloody old c*w didnt turn up, cheeky as she hasnt even offered any money for us keeping the goat for so long!
sorry rant over just sick of mad people
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This is awful. So many people would love to be lucky enough to share a small yard.I think you will have to try to arrange a meeting with A. Turn up at her house if she is not answering text messages.
 
Get out... Give your "friend" A whatever notice has been agreed and get the heck out of there. Report her to WHW if she is not looking after her horses. Same with the goat.

Have you taken on liveries? I think so by the nature of your post. If so tell them on the day you give notice to A, because I would imagine they will want to move off pronto.
 
tried that lol she has moved, we are so lucky for what we have got acre wise and she has never been like this when we were on a livery yard together, its just so frustrating that she cannot even reply to a text, i dont know what she expects from me in total im looking after 10 horses by myself aswell as working full time argh she doesnt even work!
 
no its not her im near enough 100% sure of that, its her husband and friends hes always been like that since i met him, however he never came anywhere near the livery yards, im assuming thats because no yard owner would let him
i thinking of going the other way to what you said naturally, the lease is in my name only and the money comes out of my bank, i just feel realy let down by her but i do worry about the horses
 
By the sounds of things I don't think it will ever work between you and this other person, sounds like you both want different things from owning/running a yard, I'd have discuss this with her and go your seperate ways or try to find someone else who does want run a yard responsibly rather than there own messy back yard etc
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The lease is in your name - so (assuming that you can get hold of her) you should have every right to give her notice, although it may of course mean losing a friend. You should also have the right to make any yard rules (as long as they don't contradict what you have already agreed to in your own lease).

Are you a BHS member? If so, give their legal helpline a call and they should be able to advise the best way to go about it.
 
In that case give her an ultimatum, either she starts pulling her weight and no more parties, or she's out. If the lease is just in your name you are sub-letting to her and she has to abide by your rules. The only issues is whether she'll just abandon the horses there so i'd get some advice on what you can do if that happens. If you have BHS gold membership, give their legal helpline a call, otherwise Citizen's Advice might be able to help
 
Oh dear! This kind of thing really annoys me, because when 'friends' get together and do something like this, of course somesort of a lease or contract doesn't really seem like much point as you are all ''friends'' but it just goes to show, no matter who you make deals with always cover yourself!

I would get out of there, she is not helping in any way shape or form and I just couldn't put up with it... Save yourself.. lol
 
to be honest guys im not bothered about kicking her off its the horses im more bothered about, especially with winter approaching and one in foal for next year
russoheidi i did cover me the place we have you would never get another for the price we pay, hence the lease all in my name (im blonde with no commonsense but not stupid
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right, here's hoping i can help. as the lease holder, you are well within your rights to make or amend any rules or regulations that you see fit. the best way to handle this, is to compose and post her a letter.(if she has moved, her post must be being forwarded somewhere) i would list all her responsibilities, both to the yard and her horses. give her a set period of time for her to respond. site that she is to tend to her horses on a daily basis, and if she fails to do this she will be reported to rspca or whw. say that if she fails to hold up her end of the arranged agreement, then she will be in breech of a verbal contract. you are well within your rights to tell her that if she does not care for her animals, then you are within your rights to insist on there removal. also, if you are caring for these animals, i suggest that you draw up some sort of fee for each of the tasks you carry out, whether that be feeding, watering, rugging, farrier, general care. if she is unwilling to pay then keep a tally of the outstanding balance. if she does abandon them, you are within your rights to place these animals for sale, to cover incurred costs. just make sure that you detail all of this in letters, that way you will always have proof that you did try every means of contacting her. i hope that you resolve this and it does not come down to the worst senario of having to sell or remove her animals. good luck.
 
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