Idea and thoughts

John boy

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Location
North wales
We have a small field that backs on to a house and the person that lives there wants to rent the field for horses. The field is 2 aces i was just wondering how much Rent should charge?
 

Derrick Hughes

Member
Location
Ceredigion
My lot are as good as gold ,ain't payed me yet but they will . They paid every year in the last ten , they are the only ones left out of a load of others who I booted of . Drove me mad , Big up front can lead you down the road of a lot of trouble [emoji16]
 

upnortheast

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Northumberland
We have a small field that backs on to a house and the person that lives there wants to rent the field for horses. The field is 2 aces i was just wondering how much Rent should charge?
Whatever you charge it will not be enough to recompense you for the hassle of dealing with horses, horsey birds & subsequently getting rid of the docks, thistles & ragwort they leave your field infested with.
 

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Danllan

Member
Location
Sir Gar / Carms
It's a pity, because I like horses and rode a lot when I was young, but I wouldn't have any on my land but my own, and I'm not quite daft enough to keep any. (Regardless of how much my girls protest!)

The reasons have already been given; they trash the place, most of the owners are bl**dy annoying and - for reasons I've never been able to work out - even when their feed is supplied by the landlord, they still leave new weeds everywhere.

That last point really is a mystery to me, I know of two cases where friends have let out some land and provided all hay / haylage to friends of theirs. The lands were free from ragwort before, but it was there afterwards and it didn't come from neighbouring fields. I guess the seeds get in via sneaked-in grain mixes.
 

Flat 10

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Fen Edge
It's a pity, because I like horses and rode a lot when I was young, but I wouldn't have any on my land but my own, and I'm not quite daft enough to keep any. (Regardless of how much my girls protest!)

The reasons have already been given; they trash the place, most of the owners are bl**dy annoying and - for reasons I've never been able to work out - even when their feed is supplied by the landlord, they still leave new weeds everywhere.

That last point really is a mystery to me, I know of two cases where friends have let out some land and provided all hay / haylage to friends of theirs. The lands were free from ragwort before, but it was there afterwards and it didn't come from neighbouring fields. I guess the seeds get in via sneaked-in grain mixes.
I think the seeds establish (dropped by birds,wind blown or whatever) in the gaps caused by overgrazing, nothing to do with feed.
 
Location
southwest
Charge £1000 per horse/year. Make sure they know it's a 2 horse maximum. And any hay they buy has to be from you.
(so they don't import weeds)

From their pov, £20/wk is a bargain-they probably spend that now on fuel to visit their horses.
 

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