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<blockquote data-quote="ollie989898" data-source="post: 7391547" data-attributes="member: 54866"><p>I worked on a place where virtually every farm building had been or was considered for installing internal stables in them.</p><p></p><p>Don't scrimp on the construction, at £25/week per nag (this was years ago now) you can soon rack up some cash. This will mean using decent kick boarding inside, decent doors and double latches and a metal/galv piece of channel over the top of doors or divisions to stop gnawing.</p><p></p><p>I would not use onduline roofing if it was me, cement boarding is a lot less grief.</p><p></p><p>Consideration must be given to manure storage- the horsery types will generate huge quantities of it in no time, you'll be surprised.</p><p></p><p>Reserve the right to remove any customer without any reason being given: troublemakers and non-payers can soon spoil the whole batch. You want slightly 'older' ladies who have sensible jobs- ask for their employers to give a character reference before agreeing to take up the arrangement by them. Insist on payment by standing order. Managed correctly it will be a self-policing thing because the more serious horsefolk won't tolerate anyone abusing 'their' yard.</p><p></p><p>Horsery folk seem to generate litter and waste- have a dedicated place for burning rubbish. Be very wary of allowing them to park lorries or horseboxes around the place.</p><p></p><p>Ideally each owner would have a dedicated lockable store for tack and feed or equipment to avoid arguments.</p><p></p><p>A cross country course of sorts can be built for not stupid money around the edges of fields and they don't interfere with normal farming. Topped a few times a year. Indoor or outdoor arenas attract more folk because they can play horses in bad weather no problem.</p><p></p><p>Work out how many stables you can fit in and go from there. The farm I worked on used simple timber internal stabling inside some traditional and more modern farm buildings. If possible keep farming areas separate from horse areas just for reasons of safety.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 7391547, member: 54866"] I worked on a place where virtually every farm building had been or was considered for installing internal stables in them. Don't scrimp on the construction, at £25/week per nag (this was years ago now) you can soon rack up some cash. This will mean using decent kick boarding inside, decent doors and double latches and a metal/galv piece of channel over the top of doors or divisions to stop gnawing. I would not use onduline roofing if it was me, cement boarding is a lot less grief. Consideration must be given to manure storage- the horsery types will generate huge quantities of it in no time, you'll be surprised. Reserve the right to remove any customer without any reason being given: troublemakers and non-payers can soon spoil the whole batch. You want slightly 'older' ladies who have sensible jobs- ask for their employers to give a character reference before agreeing to take up the arrangement by them. Insist on payment by standing order. Managed correctly it will be a self-policing thing because the more serious horsefolk won't tolerate anyone abusing 'their' yard. Horsery folk seem to generate litter and waste- have a dedicated place for burning rubbish. Be very wary of allowing them to park lorries or horseboxes around the place. Ideally each owner would have a dedicated lockable store for tack and feed or equipment to avoid arguments. A cross country course of sorts can be built for not stupid money around the edges of fields and they don't interfere with normal farming. Topped a few times a year. Indoor or outdoor arenas attract more folk because they can play horses in bad weather no problem. Work out how many stables you can fit in and go from there. The farm I worked on used simple timber internal stabling inside some traditional and more modern farm buildings. If possible keep farming areas separate from horse areas just for reasons of safety. [/QUOTE]
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