What would you expect to pay to have a stable held for you?

I guess it depends on the YO and what he/she deems a fair price to charge you. Have you been on the yard long? Have you a good relationship with them?? You are intending to return to the yard i take it? They may come to some 'arrangement' with you for a weekly charge perhaps.

Looking at it another way,..i would fully expect to pay the basic weekly charge i always pay (minus any 'extras' obviously with not being there!). I guess that if you yourself went on holiday for 3 months, you'd still have to pay your mortgage, so i deem it as no different really. Although to be honest i would hope that the rent was reduced as you would not be using any haylage, fields, electricity, water etc,...

I would have to make sure though that as i'm paying for my stable, it would definitely NOT be used in any way shape or form to earn an extra income while i was away....unless of course, you've talked to the YO and said so (thereby wanting a reduced weekly rent if he/she did earn off your stable while you were away)..
 
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DIY- full stable rate.

Full, completely depends on relationship with YO/whether you are such a good customer they will drop rate to keep you rather than fill stable with a full paying customer.
 
My horse has been away since September and coming home in the new year. I haven't had to pay to keep him a place but I still have another horse in the yard plus the yard is full, my field has benefited greatly from my horse not being there and as we are short on stables I agreed to yard owner using my stable for his own horse. My horse gas been away for training and if I was having to pay his livery twice I couldn't afford it tbh.
 
Full price part livery unfortunately, mine went on a training session for four weeks and I had to pay full price. The yard owner said business is business and as it was my choice to send her away there were no reductions.

Looking at it from his point of view why should his income suffer for my decision? imagine if four liveries all went on a months course? how would yard make ends meet, so I understand the business way of thinking.
 
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It depends on a lot of factors but mainly how full the yard is and the likelihood of the stable being taken. My mare went away for stud YM wanted the full amount inc feed, hay, shavings etc which would not be used. I had expected a charge that would not leave her out of pocket but would be reduced as I would not be using bedding, feed etc.

In the end I offered an amount higher than DIY plus staff costs but was turned down so I gave up my stable. Mare went to stud for six months and the stable (plus others) was still empty when she returned. Saved me several hundred pounds and the YM missed out making something on an empty box.

The key is finding an acceptable
amount for both parties.
 
Depends if you really want to return to the yard, where I am at the moment, I would happily pay the full rate to keep my stable and place as I feel it is only fair on the yard owner. Also I would hate to lose joy space
 
50 a week, which is what I would be losing by not being able to rent it out, that would be 50% of full livery rates.
 
Full rate DIY. I wouldn't expect it to be free and someone to be out of pocket on my account.

Livery I might expect to be able to negotiate a reduction for un-used consumables. I'd certainly try for that.
 
I'm DIY, when my mare was away at stud I payed full DIY price but no extras such as haylage / livery services, however I didn't pay any extra livery for the foal as long as he was on his mom, just haylage at half the price of an adult
 
My pony was away for 7 months and I paid the normal DIY rate for the time he was away. Normally we pay £30 a month more in the winter for hay in the field but I did not have to pay for that as my pony was not there and they benefitted slightly from him not being there as in he was not eating grass so there was more grass for the others so they did not have to put down much hay at all.

Normally I would expect the YO not to be out of pocket by you not being there but not to be charged for things that you are not consuming such as hay or bedding. If is a tricky one when people are on part or full as although they are not doing the work eg mucking out/turnout etc they still have to pay the wages for the person who would be doing the work as the grooms probably get a set wage regardless of how many horses there are on site.
 
My friend is paying £50 per week as her loan horse retired and she was looking to replace her. She is part livery and I think that is fair price and she does have another horse there, so she is a good client which the yard manager acknowledges and her daughter has regular lessons with her. I think there should be a reduction, as there is no bedding, feeding or any labour involved which is normally included in the price of part livery.
 
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