[justme83]

YO of 14.5 years here :-)

We rent our place and pay a horrendous rent, but all in all, it's not too bad.... the main winner though is our landlord! 

if you have any specific questions re actually running or setting up a livery yard once you have the place etc feel free to ask me :-)

[Coximus]

to pull it off and get thru the planners you would need to proove you could make money out of it and it wasnt a ruse to get a nice equine property in the country, so you'd need space for at least 15-20 horses... so 20 acres a must.

To built everything you want, and buy the land, you will NOT get much change from £1million in nottighamshire, let alone anywhere near a town or city where people will want the land and have deep pockets to push the price up.

Best bet is to head more remote, up north etc where land is cheap and £500k will get you a house, 20-30 acres of land and a few barns ant a yard, then at least most of the infrastructure is in place.

budget is everything in the equine game.

[smallholdingsister]

You could use a borehole instead of mains water which would cut costs down.
You are bound to need more land than you think.
Have you asked yourself if you are the kind of person who can deal with livery clients?
The ones who biatch at every opportunity
The ones who can't make it from work to get their horses in
The ones who leave lights on and water running
The ones who don't pay on time?

I think you need to be made of tough stuff!

[Kimbo]

Best bet is to head more remote, up north etc where land is cheap and £500k will get you a house, 20-30 acres of land and a few barns ant a yard, then at least most of the infrastructure is in place.

budget is everything in the equine game.

That means WAAAAY up north. I live in the North of England and £500K will abs not get you a house and 20 acres here. No way