Would stables very near a house be a deal breaker?

xylophone

Horse flies?:eek:

Sausage11

Thanks Misho67. You've convinced me that this is a dealbreaker. If permission were granted the stables would have been built immediately on our boundary (albeit behind new hedging to protect us) and that boundary is only 8m from the nearest point of the building.

Cakeguts

Are they selling the house because they don't want to live next door to their new stable block?

Sausage11

No, I don't think so. The whole site is owned by a developer. They were renting out this house (the one we've offered on) to someone who was overseeing the site. They've now moved on. They don't need this house as the focus of the site is on trying to get planning for 4 huge houses. So it's very much a development equation. But I do think this house is the unwanted child of the developer - the stables are as far as possible from the planned huge houses but right on the boundary of this existing (and much smaller) property.

The estate agent describes this house as 'surplus to requirements'. I'm not sure if the developer wants to keep a scaled down version of the equestrian centre to make it more likely they will get approval for the money making development of the 4 mansions.

graceygirl

Personally I wouldn't mind it at all but I am horsey, but hope they get a jack russell ( ratting dog haha) - you get mice and rats after the feed.

Does seem a little close though

smallholdingsister

Horseflies are vicious little blighters and the female version needs blood at this time of year so she takes it from unsuspecting mammals.

They can even bite through thin clothing and a bad bite is enough to make you feel yuck for a couple of days.

Davesnave

xylophone wrote: »

Horse flies?:eek:

They land on people and sometimes remain undetected until they've bitten through the skin and squirted some anti-coagulant into the bloodstream.

However, I don't find the fly distribution very well-related to the parts of our fields near horses. They tend to hang about in the lee of tree cover, but maybe that's because the swifts and swallows constantly mop-up any flying insect in more open places.

Different species of fly in this category are related to other animals, besides horses, so they'll be found where cattle are, or buffalo, or elephants. They aren't specifically a horse problem, despite the name.

Missus_Hyde

Davesnave wrote: »

If people want to live in a more rural environment, they must be prepared to take the rural stuff that goes with it. That's my take on it.

Absolutely!!

I'm constantly hearing about people who wish to live in "the country", although when it actually comes to it, they find that they can't stand the smell, the rats, the mud, the rural pursuits, the early morning cockerel waking them at the crack of dawn, etc., etc., etc.

I may be a little biased as we have stables on our property, although I no longer keep horses there. Actually, what would really put me off is the development of four large houses next to a prospective property; now that really would be a deal breaker for me! :eek:

kerri_gt

I'm afraid for me all the issues of the stables being so close, plus the noise / construction of the four big houses (plus factor in all the additional cars etc buyers may come with depending on how close they would be to your house) would put me off. Which given the fact you've asked the question is probably all things you've already thought about.

Is there some reason the developer isn't knocking this house down and putting something else there? Or are they just trying to make a few extra quid on top of the other developments? It does sound like the little house is going to be dwarfed by everything else being added to the land.

Sausage11

The plans haven't been approved yet but assuming they are the nearest house would be about 60m away. I can live with the construction. I think I would be happy enough to accept the stables too were they perhaps 40-50m away. But not 10m. And that's 10m from the edge of the house - not the edge of the boundary!

From the conversation with the estate agent I think the developer thought he might get away with the 4 houses considering the farm outbuildings that would be removed. Developing this house as well may well prove a step too far. Planning permission has been refused for the 4 houses but he's now gone to appeal. This apparently is what he does.

The house would be a little dwarfed by the huge houses but I think things would be set apart enough and private enough that this would be fine.