Future restrictions the UK would put on foreigners buying property?
Feb 3rd, 2013, 11:59 PM
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Hi Tom
If you were willing to do around an hour commute to Heathrow (on a day with reasonable traffic!) then you could find somewhere to meet your needs for around £500,000, but we are talking pretty basic there not a fancy equestrian set up - 3 bed house, couple of stables, couple of acres.
Most horse owners don't have their own land. There are livery stables all over the place (can be v.expensive though) or the best idea if you have more than one is to rent your own grazing (you might be lucky and find some with other facilities). There's more choice out there to find a home for your horse if you don't try to find your own home on the same place. Again, sometimes people have the house with horse facilities that they either never used/or not longer use now kids have grown up, and it's a quite a prize to find a small private yard that someone will rent to you.
It's not cheap to keep horses in the UK
unless you are very lucky and live in a cheap area, or find a friendly farmer who has no other use for a bit of land and isn't too serious about actually making money out of it.
If you were willing to do around an hour commute to Heathrow (on a day with reasonable traffic!) then you could find somewhere to meet your needs for around £500,000, but we are talking pretty basic there not a fancy equestrian set up - 3 bed house, couple of stables, couple of acres.
Most horse owners don't have their own land. There are livery stables all over the place (can be v.expensive though) or the best idea if you have more than one is to rent your own grazing (you might be lucky and find some with other facilities). There's more choice out there to find a home for your horse if you don't try to find your own home on the same place. Again, sometimes people have the house with horse facilities that they either never used/or not longer use now kids have grown up, and it's a quite a prize to find a small private yard that someone will rent to you.
It's not cheap to keep horses in the UK
unless you are very lucky and live in a cheap area, or find a friendly farmer who has no other use for a bit of land and isn't too serious about actually making money out of it.
Feb 4th, 2013, 12:09 AM
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A guide to basics only costs with horses in SE of England (I've looked into, still just a dream for me)
Farmer's field with literally no facilities (water on site if you are lucky) around £20 a week.
DIY livery (stable and grazing, nothing else included, but facilities such as an indoor school/toilets) around £350+ a month.
Hay - been poor crops last few years so gone up in price, maybe £5 per small bale from cheap supplier
Shoeing - from around £60 a set
Insurance - around £30 a month
Farmer's field with literally no facilities (water on site if you are lucky) around £20 a week.
DIY livery (stable and grazing, nothing else included, but facilities such as an indoor school/toilets) around £350+ a month.
Hay - been poor crops last few years so gone up in price, maybe £5 per small bale from cheap supplier
Shoeing - from around £60 a set
Insurance - around £30 a month
