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Re: [RC] Luxuries - Dr Q - Sharon LevasseurWell, he has a shelter that works, it's just not pretty. LOL And hubby swears he only needs HIS half of the garage for a workshop. We do have a friend across town who has built several barns for people, and she sketched us out a 20x30 or so with a run-in on one side, small hay loft above, feed/tack in the middle, and an overhang on the other side for the lawn tractor. She said she was sure we could get it built for under $5,000 if we were willing to do everything except the dirt moving ourselves. So yeah, I'm gonna keep pushing. What we have works though. Thanks, -Sharon L. in Maine Quoting Patty P <desertridingal@xxxxxxx>: Tell him we ALL said you HAVE to have a shelter for your horse! I built a barn about 10 years ago. It was nothing fancy, but I had several contractors give me quotes and the least expensive was $25,000. So I went to lows and bought some barn plans, studied them, then designed my own small barn. Two stalls and a tack room with a breeze way for grooming. It was a 24 x 24 square. I hired some local guys to help me. They did all the heavy work. It turned out beautiful and only cost me $8,000. I built one part at a time.. the first part was only $4000 and was just basically two stalls. It had 24 foot ceiling at the highest point and when done had trellises going up on part of the breezeway...never did get any vines that the horses didn't like, LOL but that might be something worth looking into. That way you can both get something. Patty -------Original Message------- From: Sharon Levasseur Date: 5/4/2007 6:29:34 AM To: Jay Randle Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Luxuries - Dr Q Yep, must be the multiple horses. I have one horse and one saddle, and NO barn... just three trees and a post wrapped in mill felt (product of paper-making) that keeps the wind out and slows the rain coming in. Hubby drives a 7yo car, I drive an 8yo truck, and my 10yo stock trailer is getting rusty. We're nowhere near wealthy... the thought makes me laugh. The profits from my side business just barely cover the essentials of horse ownership. Yet he's decided that my horse hobby is expensive and taking up a lot of my time .. so in response he took up golf ($) and FLYING ($$). Now that he's a pilot he and his buddy are talking about buying a kit to build a 2-person airplane. In the garage. That's where I have my crossties, so I told him I want a barn first! Sorry... sore subject right now... Sharon L. in Maine www.zegifts.com (shameless plug... I need sales coming in to pay for gas and go to rides!) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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