The Accidental Smallholder Forum

Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Ghdp on April 14, 2015, 07:58:06 pm

Title: Renting land for horses - good idea? going rate?
Post by: Ghdp on April 14, 2015, 07:58:06 pm

There is a prospect of us having 2.25 acres of land attached to the (new) property we are looking at. My gut feeling, inspired by posts on this site, is that we should not rush to do anything on the land but plan and think ( but maybe have a few hens to start with of course!!!!!) Currently the land is in two equally sized enclosures, there is a field shelter and it is home to two horses. Again, gut feeling is the land has been trampled all winter by these beasts  :)  and needs a break but if i was to allow this to continue, and the present owner might want this to last another few months, what is a reasonsble rent. There is also a loose box for each horse and a tack room.  I have been taking note of the posts about the damage horses have done to grass.

Title: Re: Renting land for horses - good idea? going rate?
Post by: lord flynn on April 14, 2015, 08:44:25 pm

depends on where you are in the country?

Title: Re: Renting land for horses - good idea? going rate?
Post by: Ghdp on April 14, 2015, 08:49:24 pm

Duh! Sorry. North Wales. 15 miles southof Caernarfon.

Title: Re: Renting land for horses - good idea? going rate?
Post by: lord flynn on April 14, 2015, 09:03:54 pm

I wouldn't have thought it a very expensive part of the country to keep horses. If it's for one owner's use with two horses you have to figure around £15-20 pw per horse for the grazing and stables, maybe less if there's no electric/water. Make sure you have an agreement in place as to maintenance in the meantime. I am a horse owner myself that wouldn't deal with other horse owners  ;)


Unless the ground has been allowed to get sick, if its rested it should recover soon enough in the summer.

Title: Re: Renting land for horses - good idea? going rate?
Post by: hafod on April 14, 2015, 09:23:13 pm

I echo everything lord flynn says!

Title: Re: Renting land for horses - good idea? going rate?
Post by: Ghdp on April 14, 2015, 09:23:42 pm

That is helpful (your Lordship)  and the sort of figure we were thinking of. It helps us plan.

Title: Re: Renting land for horses - good idea? going rate?
Post by: Ghdp on April 14, 2015, 09:24:24 pm

And thank you Hafod, cross posted with you.

Title: Re: Renting land for horses - good idea? going rate?
Post by: Big Light on April 15, 2015, 07:39:09 am

I guess its all about how neighbourly you want to be - if the lands been wet it will potentially be cut up and compressed by the horses and really the best way to deal with that is to take the stock off over sow some grass seed on the bare patches and get a friendly farmer to roll the field whilst the growing weather is not to dry for re-seeding.

However if your not in any rush a bit of neighbourlyness does no harm and a bit of extra funds ( to pay for grass seed, rolling and potentially the odd fence repair form the horse rubbing or leaning over and perhaps other things) whilst you get your head round what you want to do