....for my favorite male (4 legged one that is). It seems that the owners of my stable have been operating illegally. It seems the town received a call from someone complaining, and now that have come down on them and they have until the end of April to remove the barns.
I have been boarding my horse there for many years. This woman has 3 barns, total of 40 stalls behind her private residence in a rather affluent area. The horses are extremely welled cared for, and the facility is mainatined meticulously. She apparantly has been in operation there for 20 years. I feel horrible for the lady, as this was her life, and all that she loves. She is devastated.
They have been putting up some more million dollar homes across the road from her home (property a builder purchased that was another equestrian center). No doubt in my mind that he builder is behind all this, looking for more prime real estate.
The problem is this, myself and 39 other owners are looking for homes for our horses, all within relatively the same area, without an abundance of availability. The fact of the matter is although I was made aware of this about 2 weeks ago, I have not had a chance to do any searching, and now I am panicking. I am planning to look around today.
Maybe I can pull out one of my cars and keep him in my garage for a while
Any ideas, anyone locally know of someone or someplace where I can board.
I'd suggest she talk to a lawyer, she may be able to play the grandfather card. If she is an established business, she then would need to apply for a special exception for running a business in a residential area. Second, as a farm, she may be able to try and fight this also.
You can bring yours to my place if you need, also in Texas.
Homes are going up around my boarding stable as well. In my case the developers are always wanting high density homes which we always fight. I never thought of high dollar houses being a detriment.
In the interim, if it is okay, I just may be taking one of you up on your offer for my baby. I am running out of time, with little options. That's for the offers. I'll tell you something, Texas is sounding better by the minute, especially since I read that "Might move to Texas" thread! Although Gerald said, that "You're full"
Arthur, she has apparently tried eveything. First off, it seems the amount of acreage she has, she is far exceeding and violating the number of horses she should have on the premises. I guess she has been getting away with it for so long by "not playing by the rules". They came down on her with other numerous violations, problems with the structures, foundations etc.
Wish I could help Laura. I used to ride at Fox Hill Farms which is up in Pleasantville. Wonderful facility with direct access to the Rockefeller estate riding paths.
Maybe you can check there for some temporary bording?
You guys never cease to amaze me, thanks for the pm's with offers. What a wonderful group of caring, kind people.
Thanks Scott, for the 411 for Mr Ed in NY.
I have been looking when I can, with little success, as I am very fussy as to where I will put my favorite guy. I will check it out.
Laura,
I certainly hope this works out for you and your boy - I know it's stressful trying to find a trustworthy caregiver for our four legged friends - add significant time constraints and distance in the mix and it's even worse.
Too bad, I have had many dealings with horse folks and the legal ends of running a business in a residential area. Here we try to keep as much as the land open for farming/Agricultural as possible. It's hard to balance the two, but can be done if the owners and the town are willing to work together. That is the only way Special Exceptions work.
I just unloaded about 750 lbs of aluminum at the scrap yard & at 60 cents per pound, that netted me $450.00 cash. You should find out what the local glue factories are offering per pound for horse flesh these days.
