[Shnoowie]

Hi all!

We have just acquired a 4 acre field near Yelverton, Devon, which we are intending to use for our sheep in the future.  However, as our flock is a bit small and happy where they are, we have decided to rent the field out.
I just need a bit of help working out prices!

The field will be split into 3 x 1.3 acre paddocks, each fenced with stock fencing (will make sure the holes are small, to avoid hooves getting stuck) and topped with electric tape (energiser can't be supplied as the sheep are using it).  There will be mains water at the field too and we're looking in to building field shelters in each.
The selling point of this is that the moor is 100 feet from the field, which allows for riding on a local down, and access to the rest of Dartmoor via a few country lanes.

How much to fence, and how much would people pay to rent?
As of yet, the land remains un-split, with work due to commence when we complete the sale in mid August. 

[doganjo]

Depends if you can fence it yourself or need contractors.
Price required for rylock and fixings - pace out the field where you want the fencing to go to give you an idea how many metres you need, then look online for price per roll - 100 metre and 50 metre I think.  That will guide you either as to buying it or paying a reasonable price locally or for a contractor to buy for you.
Price required for contractor so once you have decided whether you'll need one or not, get some estimates - get them to quote for you supplying the rylock and fixings and also for them supplying.
You also need to decide whether you need to buy the shelters complete for you or a contractor to build, or whether you have a contractor nearby who can build them from scratch (or yourselves).
When that is decided you then get prices from local wood supplier for timber after calculating approximately how many lengths and widths you need, then get quotes from contractors as for teh fencing.
Hope that helps
oh and don't forget to build in the cost of nails, cups of tea, bacon butties etc - that will not get a cheaper quote but it will build rapport and get a better build, and a wee gift at the end of the build to say thank you will ensure a cheaper quote for anything in the future.......

As well as being a cost and management accountant,  also project managed building my own bungalow in Aberdeenshire, adn can still call on favours 5 years down teh line.
Go for it! and good luck.  Sounds like and ideal spot for livery

[Roxy]

A roll of stock netting does not go far, and they are roughly £35-£40 each roll here.  Wooden posts are £2 or thereabouts, depending where we go, then there are staples, which are not cheap.

So, you are going to rent out each of your paddocks for one horse?  Remember that a horse will soon eat that paddock down, and the owner will be looking for more grass then.  Either you or the owner will need to pick up all the poo, to ensure the grass is kept clean and weed free.

It does sound ideal, having water there, and hopefully a shelter too. And access to good riding.

Round here you could expect to get £10 per horse per week.

[Rosemary]

Grass livery is £15 a week here but that includes use of an arena.

[lachlanandmarcus]

Watch out for the planners re the field shelters. Having them on skids (ie moveable) can be interpreted as temp structure, but not all councils adhere to this interpretation despite what the stables company may say. Def look at past similar planning cases, and also speak to peeps in same council area who have done it. Esp if dividing into quite small paddocks, in theory horses arent agricultural so if too much horsey specific development takes place someone may dob you in with the planners. Of course having the sheep means you can argue the horses are incidental but thats harder to do if the set up is very horse specific.

Re fencing, you need something like Tornado horsewire, (hi tensile so no sagging, and squares too small for hooves. Works ideally for sheep too later on. More important to not use normal stockfence if you are renting fields to several unrelated horse owners as their horses wont necess be old pals who get on well over the fence, and may spin and kick out and get caught.

Cost wise depends if you do it yourself or get a contractor with all the gear in (would need to be for hi tensile I guess).