Anyone else thinking of getting a hand cart?

neverdespairgirl

My sisters spend a lot of time with horses. There is a fairly powerful aroma, certainly.

Davesnave

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've never been on a horse.
I bet your legs smell when you get off.
Not that people go round sniffing the legs of others (unless I've been unlucky and missed out all the sniffy action).

In my opinion, it is vastly overrated. (Riding, that is, not sniffing.) The smell is an acquired taste, and there is quite a lot of sweating, which I don't like either. The horses perspire a lot too!

However, in relation to property, I've noticed a distinct correlation between the number of horses and the lack of of care for interior design and/or mainternance. The ratio of rosettes to broken kitchen units is almost invariably around 14:1 and, if I see an Ifor Williams box in the yard, I know instinctively that there will be an avocado bathroom suite somewhere. Indeed, if it is a full blown scenario, and there's a Bedford with day living involved too, then pine windows, stained mahogany, will be the order of the day (with criss cross leaded lights if it's Wales.)

Lotus-eater

Davesnave wrote: »

However, in relation to property, I've noticed a distinct correlation between the number of horses and the lack of of care for interior design and/or mainternance. The ratio of rosettes to broken kitchen units is almost invariably around 14:1 and, if I see an Ifor Williams box in the yard, I know instinctively that there will be an avocado bathroom suite somewhere. Indeed, if it is a full blown scenario, and there's a Bedford with day living involved too, then pine windows stained mahogany will be the order of the day (with criss cross leaded lights if it's Wales.)

My god, thats so true. I know some people, richer than you can believe that live like this. The building may be a lovely 16th century cottage, but inside......:eek:

lostinrates

Its true of SOME horse people certainly. I'm glad to say not us. Thing is horses and competing (where you get the rosettes) are expensive. For many it IS a choice betweena horsebox and replacing th avocado bathroom suite. The people who are rich who live like this? I haven't met them myslef, but well, I'm sure they exist, unaesthetic swines, lol.

Apart from the smell. I do have to shower twice a day in winter. The smell is a big problem.

The bedford with day living is OT the full blown thing, the ones with FULL luxury livig have showers and loos now too, oh the luxury.

The small, pure and simple is from mucking out. Not even the muck itself, but the wet bedding. A clean well groomed horse with clean tack doesn't make your legs smell...you just need a groom to muck out, tack up and hand you the clean horse.

Horse and work: I intend to drive DH to the STATION, lol. And exercise the dog at the same time. and do the supermarket run etc etc. (some one in Cirencester used to 'drive' to Waitrose and I saw their carriage out side regularly). and the sort of local trips that, rurally, are too far to walk. The sort of thing some one more active than me would cycle but I'll have somewhere to put the shopping. . Not suggesting anyone go to work on their mule. But I would like to see more offices with dogs in them.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I would like to see more offices with dogs in them.

Asthmatics would disagree. My sister can't go into a building where there are dog hairs. If she does it without knowing, her puffer's out and she's wheezing and sneezing and her eyes streaming for the next 6-8 hours.

I worked in an office where a guy would bring his dog in (photographer so he'd come back to the office to download his pics and sort them out/caption them and send them off to the client). It smelt of dog (ewwwwww) and the thing wouldn't leave me alone (I am petrified of dogs). I certainly don't like when they paw at you either, especially if you're wearing tights as it snags instantly.

Lotus-eater

lostinrates wrote: »

The bedford with day living is OT the full blown thing, the ones with FULL luxury livig have showers and loos now too, oh the luxury.

Don't you think providing horses with showers and loo's is going to go straight to their heads?

merlinthehappypig

Davesnave wrote: »

In my opinion, it is vastly overrated. (Riding, that is, not sniffing.) The smell is an acquired taste, and there is quite a lot of sweating, which I don't like either. The horses perspire a lot too!

However, in relation to property, I've noticed a distinct correlation between the number of horses and the lack of of care for interior design and/or mainternance. The ratio of rosettes to broken kitchen units is almost invariably around 14:1 and, if I see an Ifor Williams box in the yard, I know instinctively that there will be an avocado bathroom suite somewhere. Indeed, if it is a full blown scenario, and there's a Bedford with day living involved too, then pine windows, stained mahogany, will be the order of the day (with criss cross leaded lights if it's Wales.)

Actually I think that the smell of a warm dry horse is great and I do tend to have a good sniff when I go and see them. The muck isn't so great, but I don't go out of my way to smell that.

I haven't yet got so desperate for a fix that I've thought about sniffing riders........

Davesnave you are absolutely right. In most cases we know that if the equestrian facilities are good the house will be as you describe, though it's better if the owners don't compete and just have the horses for fun.

We actually found one the other day with great horse bits and a lovely house. It was a pleasant surprise.

Off topic a little, did you notice that the house you mentioned in Devon had become available again?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-19136018.rsp?pa_n=5&tr_t=buy

It's been 'sold' a long time and doesn't look quite such good value now, perhaps?

Davesnave

merlinthehappypig wrote: »

Off topic a little, did you notice that the house you mentioned in Devon had become available again?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-19136018.rsp?pa_n=5&tr_t=buy

It's been 'sold' a long time and doesn't look quite such good value now, perhaps?

Merlin, thanks for the heads up on Aller Cottage. Yes, I did know about it as the agents are mailing all interested parties and my daily Rightmove update put it in front of me too. I might still be interested, had my buyers not pulled-out last week! Only the third time we've been SSTC in the past three months.....

And yes, it isn't such good value now, especially as I could get a larger house, 16 acres, including woodland, a trout pond, a part-residential barn, a static caravan and a caravan club site for the same money in Ceredigion.

Still, as DW says, 'It's all fantasy till we're sold, dear.'

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Asthmatics would disagree. My sister can't go into a building where there are dog hairs. If she does it without knowing, her puffer's out and she's wheezing and sneezing and her eyes streaming for the next 6-8 hours.

I worked in an office where a guy would bring his dog in (photographer so he'd come back to the office to download his pics and sort them out/caption them and send them off to the client). It smelt of dog (ewwwwww) and the thing wouldn't leave me alone (I am petrified of dogs). I certainly don't like when they paw at you either, especially if you're wearing tights as it snags instantly.

Well, people will always disagree in somethings but when I worked with a guy with a dog it was fantastic, and I went for four walks a day with his dog, which I LOVED. When I left the guy's wife painted me a picture of the dog which was very sweet, nicest leaving gift ever! One of the things I love in France and Italy is how many dogs there are not left at home all day while their owners go to work, seems much more humane to me. Makes me wonder what continental asthmatics do? They must have the same problem but I've never noticed it

BobProperty

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Don't you think providing horses with showers and loo's is going to go straight to their heads?

I wondered why all the horses asking me for quotes were insisting on minimalist white sanitaryware and refusing to go into horse transporters with avocado suites.