Yard with no mains water

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So I’ve heard of a yard local to me in the north east Manchester area that’s for rent. There’s 6 stables, an arena and 7 acres. Now, the stables are tired and we’ve heard in the past the roof used to leak, the arena surface is beyond exhausted and isn’t floodlit but the fields are decent. I have a friend with three horses who’s contemplating renting it all.

However, the one thing we’re struggling to think of a solution to is there’s no mains water to either the stable block nor the fields. Massive water butts are tremendous in winter when it’s always raining but any idea for summer? She shows so baths frequently and we just can’t think of a way round it unless the property owner would allow use of his mains/well but she’d rather avoid having to knock on and ask all the time...

All that aside, she might just buy water canisters and ship them from every trip up from home in the trailer but what sort of money would you be wanting to pay for the yard as a whole? We sort of hazarded a guess about £250 - £300 a month as property isn’t horsey so we’d be being cheeky at that really as well we think?
 
If they have an outside tap, many properties do, then it should be simple enough to either use that with a hose or to add a pipe to bring the water nearer the yard, the cost shouldn't be too much to do if it doesn't have to come far and would make renting the property more viable for the owner as well as add value if it ever gets sold, use the water butts as much as possible to keep water charges to a minimum.
No idea on rent but with no water they may find it difficult, if they spend a few hundred they should get a tenant far more easily and more rent.
 
My yard didnt have any mains water when we moved in (well it did but it wasn't usable, long story!) and it was a struggle for one horse let alone when i then got a second. This was a winter as well, last years winter was so dry i was taking water to yard morning noon and night it was horrendous. I had two IBC's catching the rain water ... it didnt really rain! This year is a different matter, my now one IBC is full and i use that for water troughs and my newly installed water for when i need a top up. I didnt get much change out of 3k installing water to my yard last year!

Its a hard, hard slog but can be done!
 
I bought second hand water bowser and towed it home to fill. It used to take an hour with a hosepipe to fill and last a week with two ponies. It had a tap which I attached a hose.
 
I'd maybe look into bringing water across from the owners property (dependent of course how far it is!) to a automatic trough. From here its fairly east to T off and add a tap and hose.
I have a field down the road with no water and tbh i find it bit of a pain in the bum but it is do-able. I fill loads of containers when i have a spare 10 minutes and just leave them by the fence to use as needed. Nothing worse than being caught out on your way to work one morning with an empty trough and no water! It just requires organisation!
 
If it were me I’d be more concerned about the fields getting water to them so maybe she should mention to the property owner about connecting them to his house somehow. But then why not just have it all connected and use collected water in winter where possible. . .

Thanks folks, will suggest that to her ��
 
I used to be on a yard with no water or leccy. They tapped a spring to a water bowser, and used a genny for leccy. Not ideal but it worked. Now on a place with proper water and electric and it is so much easier! Paid about the same for weekly DIY on both yards
 
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