YO/YM/People with their own schools

[catherine22]

Do you hire out your school to people not on your yard and if so how much do you charge/do you charge?

 

[emmah]

Where I keep my retired horse at my friends house she has a school but never hires it out because she doesnt want the hastle and isnt insured to do so!

 

[catherine22]

I hire my school out and charge £10 per hour (and its insured to do so) and just wondered if that was normal?!

 

[Shipley]

Our yard has 2 arena'a one is for hire 20 x 60 and is £5 an hour.

 

[hallarider]

I pay £25 an hour to hire a school down the road. Or £12.50 for half hour.

 

[Tiffany]

Our YO charges £10 an hour for people off the yard for either the huge outdoor or the smaller indoor

 

[Mrs_Wishkabibble]

I don't let other people use mine now as I used to let a girl up the road use it for free and she always left poo in it even after I asked her not to.

 

[mattilda]

would let other people use mine if I knew them but otherwise can't do with the hassle.

 

[wishfulthinking]

I don't due to insurance.

 

[sillygillyhorse]

Not only do you need insurance but it might be wise to check any planning regulations to as it could be that planning permission for a school was granted on the condition of private use only, also be wary of hiring out and then getting stung for business rates by your local authority.

 

[Partoow]

No i dont rent it out. For the reasons mensioned as i used to and the people always turned up late/ over ran their time , made a mess on my yard and genrally caused more hastle than they were worth, oh and they never put the jumps away properly either!! i used to charge 15 + 5 for every extra horse because they would turn up with two lorries full of point to pointers then they were taking the p**s.
Also i have the school for me and the liveries no one else. Saying that i am doing two day s of PC team dressage training[ for my sins and i am donating the use of the school] but the liveries know this well in advance and they will still have plenty of time to use the school.

 

[quirky]

Indoor school, hired out at £20/hour + £5 per extra horse.

 

[SirenaXVI]

I let my friends use my school for nothing but I won't hire it out to strangers - too much hassle!

 

[miller]

No - ours is called as Private Use and the definition states only those living in the household - a friend locally di with a Private Use school, council found out and back charged her business rates for the period from when the arena was installed - was well inot 4 figures!

 

[EmilyGrant36]

We pay £3 for as long as we want!!

 

[luckilotti]

I dont rent them out as both the indoor and outdoor are for the yards liveries plus to be honest, i imagine it's a lot of hassle for a tiny bit of extra cash.
I've been asked in the past and said no.