tallyho8
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Been there, done that. It would be very ill advised to try to take on another tenant with a horse in addition to the one you have. This creates a myriad of problems. First tenant would be extremely jealous of having to build the barn and tack room and then another person move in without doing anything. Sharing a tack room creates many problems with what belongs to who and have you been using my hay and feed.
When a fence gets trampled or a wall kicked in, there is the proverbial "his horse did it not my horse" from both sides. When a wheelbarrow of manure is dumped in the wrong place, both deny it and you clean it up. Instead of one happy tenant you wind up with 2 unhappy ones.
I have paid for fencing more than once which was installed so poorly that by the time the tenant moved you had to pay someone to tear down the fence and also the stall they built was eaten up, kicked in and so rotten I had to pay someone to demolish it. Many people get a years free rent for building this or that but instead of having a nice place when they move you have to pay extra to get it torn down.
Not to mention that here, at least, the landowner is responsible for the condition of the horses and if the humane society finds one malnourished the landowner gets the fine. My neighbor wound up with a $4000 fine after his tenants horses were confiscated. Another neighbor received violations from code enforcement after a barn he paid for materials to be built was found in violation of some codes and then he had to pay to get it torn down.
Be sure to have plenty of the right insurance because if a horse gets out the landowner is responsible if it gets hit by a car injuring someone.
When a fence gets trampled or a wall kicked in, there is the proverbial "his horse did it not my horse" from both sides. When a wheelbarrow of manure is dumped in the wrong place, both deny it and you clean it up. Instead of one happy tenant you wind up with 2 unhappy ones.
I have paid for fencing more than once which was installed so poorly that by the time the tenant moved you had to pay someone to tear down the fence and also the stall they built was eaten up, kicked in and so rotten I had to pay someone to demolish it. Many people get a years free rent for building this or that but instead of having a nice place when they move you have to pay extra to get it torn down.
Not to mention that here, at least, the landowner is responsible for the condition of the horses and if the humane society finds one malnourished the landowner gets the fine. My neighbor wound up with a $4000 fine after his tenants horses were confiscated. Another neighbor received violations from code enforcement after a barn he paid for materials to be built was found in violation of some codes and then he had to pay to get it torn down.
Be sure to have plenty of the right insurance because if a horse gets out the landowner is responsible if it gets hit by a car injuring someone.
