They had an 'open house' at the yard on Saturday, 8 viewings booked, 13 arrived, 3 full asking price offers received. In chatting to viewers I got 1 firm offer to stay on and 1 for me to stay until July/August with potential beyond that, I believe these 2 people are 2 of the 3 offers but as yet I don't know which offer the YO is pursuing.
That aside I am still hunting for other options. I looked at a yard on Saturday, its 20 minutes from home and work (in a triangle as work is 20 mins from home too), its a <1 acre paddock for the 2, 45 quid a week for the 2 including daily checks and them providing hay and filling hay rings and hacking is directly into the forest, not bad I thought BUT when I get there, after the mile down a byway used daily by HGV's (that was nice, not!) I arrive at a huge field with 6 post and rail paddocks in the middle of it and that is it. There is zero storage, no power, I have no idea where the water comes from but tanks looked to be self filling and there is no one on site out of hours. They apparently have planning in place to build stables and a school and a horse walker, but that will be done "as and when time and money allows". So this yard would put an end to Hank's driving and my car would be even more of a mobile tack room than it is now and I don't have storage space at home so would also have to see if my landlord would let me put a shed in the garden. So although its not out of the question, its not the most suitable.
I did find another nice yard, school, stables, good hacking & grazing, but its 20 mins from home in the opposite direction from work and its normal DIY livery with horses stabled at night so I'd be doing an hours driving twice a day
The paddock 2 fields down from current place I still can't track the owner down properly, but I have a hint at where he might live, so do I go door knocking or just pop a note through all the doors on the street and hope he calls me back?
That aside I am still hunting for other options. I looked at a yard on Saturday, its 20 minutes from home and work (in a triangle as work is 20 mins from home too), its a <1 acre paddock for the 2, 45 quid a week for the 2 including daily checks and them providing hay and filling hay rings and hacking is directly into the forest, not bad I thought BUT when I get there, after the mile down a byway used daily by HGV's (that was nice, not!) I arrive at a huge field with 6 post and rail paddocks in the middle of it and that is it. There is zero storage, no power, I have no idea where the water comes from but tanks looked to be self filling and there is no one on site out of hours. They apparently have planning in place to build stables and a school and a horse walker, but that will be done "as and when time and money allows". So this yard would put an end to Hank's driving and my car would be even more of a mobile tack room than it is now and I don't have storage space at home so would also have to see if my landlord would let me put a shed in the garden. So although its not out of the question, its not the most suitable.
I did find another nice yard, school, stables, good hacking & grazing, but its 20 mins from home in the opposite direction from work and its normal DIY livery with horses stabled at night so I'd be doing an hours driving twice a day
The paddock 2 fields down from current place I still can't track the owner down properly, but I have a hint at where he might live, so do I go door knocking or just pop a note through all the doors on the street and hope he calls me back?
