Boarding barn tradeoffs

[Alterration]

@CindyCRNA

I didn’t catch that this place has no indoor. No grass + no indoor = hard no but my guy has specific needs.

Thanks Cindy - I don’t think you’re my target market then since I can’t invent land Sadly, they don’t let you do that!

[candyappy]

@Alterration

Tack house needs a good Reno. It’s ugly. Dry and solid, but it feels kind of hideous.

@Alterration

St Louis. I know it does.

I would do the tack house.

You are in my " neck of the woods".

[sophie]

@clanter

As for a covered arena, back in the old days when I was a manager at building supply company one of the clients bought a clear span commercial building that was being removed from Fort Knox, it was around 160 foot clear, they disassembled the building at the site moving to his farm

That is a great idea! I am all for recycling everything. Including buildings.

And at the “organic dog” that can’t eat horse poop

[TheBigEasy]

I’m your niche market. Middle aged dressage rider between weekend warrior and hard-core show competitor.

Personally, lack of an indoor would be a deal breaker - but I’m further north and winter is already starting. In an area with less tortuous winters, I may feel differently.

Im curious as to when you had the indoor and/or covered arena quoted? Building prices have been all over the map the last few years. Depending on steel prices at time of your quote, prices may have changed. They’ve fallen significantly as of late. So have lumber costs. We recently built a pole barn and had quotes a year apart and 50% apart. Just a thought as these costs are moving targets.

I would kill for an indoor wash stall with hot water for the injuries/wounds/diarrhea that can crop up - invariably in January.

I don’t care what the tack room looks like from a practical standpoint, but in the same hand, when I visited a boujee barn I couldn’t stop ooing and ahhing at the pretty tack room. So it definitely can make a first impression.

And not sure if you mentioned it - a bathroom. With hot running water. We have a porta-potty and that is just not fun. And I really want to wash my hands in hot soapy water before I leave the barn.

Nonetheless, your barn sounds amazing! The best benefit of any barn is a caring BO looking out for the welfare of the horses first!

[TheJenners]

@TheBigEasy

Depending on steel prices at time of your quote, prices may have changed. They’ve fallen significantly as of late. So have lumber costs.

Whoa really? I need to check if that’s the case here because this spring a 12x12x3 garden addition was more than $600 in just lumber…

[TheBigEasy]

Quick graph I pulled on Google…

Lumber - 2022 Data - 1978-2021 Historical - 2023 Forecast - Price - Quote -...

I’m in an area that depends heavily on lumber prices so I hear this stuff a lot.

Lumber prices are predicted to fall further as the housing market slumps due to higher interest rates.