looking to rent property for horses (apartment, tenant, renter, house)

[cwgrup33]

My husband and I are selling our home in Othello Washington and moving to the outskirts of Seattle area. we like the srounding area's of Kent area, tacoma,aburn, pullyup, etc.. We need property for at least 3 horse, we have two house cats that are fixed and declawed, 2 dogs. We would like a nice place not something run down as we are selling our new home. I am very picky about what I rent.. I would like to have at least a 3 bedroom with 3 bath, garage and hopfully a barn for my babies. I would like to not have to pay more than 1,300 a month and not have to pay extra per horse.. I can't believe people charge per horse too...

If you know of anyone and/or place to go through to rent something please email me personally this forum confuses me and it is hard to get to where I need to be..

thanks for any help in advance,

cwgrup33@smwireless.net...

[ESFP]

Evidently, this question has stumped our experts. I've never had a horse, or even thought about renting property with one. Just a guess, I'd check, as I'm sure you have, on boarding stables. In the meantime, run an ad in the rental classifieds stating your dilemma and what you want. As a landlord, I always watch for someone resourceful to post an ad of "apartment wanted'. I see a lot of people have estate houses they don't want to openly rent, and don't want to sell. Maybe they'd consider a "horse person", as you probably aren't the typical renter.

[AliceT]

Originally Posted by cwgrup33

We would like a nice place not something run down as we are selling our new home.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but let me point out how it affected me - a landlord with a farm for rent. The farm I rent out is a newer 4 bedroom, 2 bath, with a 12-stall horse barn, 3-car garage on 5 fenced and cross-fenced acres. However, my farm is on the other side of the country and is currently rented. Even if it were in the same area you were looking in and vacant, I would not mention it to you. Here's why:

Originally Posted by cwgrup33

I am very picky about what I rent..

Well, I am very picky about my valuable property and don't want any hassles. Someone who is self-proclaimed "very picky" is a person that is going to be on the phone to me about every little detail that they don't like even after they move in. When you are selling yourself to a potential landlord, don't ever say you are "I am very picky." It's ok to say that if you are the landlord, but not the other way around.

Originally Posted by cwgrup33

I would like to have at least a 3 bedroom with 3 bath, garage and hopfully a barn for my babies.

Three bedroom and three bathrooms? That's a lot of bathrooms and very uncommon for a three bedroom house.

Originally Posted by cwgrup33

I would like to not have to pay more than 1,300 a month

For a rural property in excellent condition with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage and a barn that allows indoor pets is a tall order. You refer to your pets as your babies. That's ok with someone you know, but not ok if you are just advertising yourself as a renter to someone looking for the best possible match to his/her absolutely flawless property.

In the future, I would suggest you ask if pets are allowed as you do have an indoor pet. Landlords may restrict you as to the breeds you can have as dictated by their insurance policy, so be ready to disclose their breeds or mix as accurately as you can. This is not something the landlord can control and is not a personal bias.

Originally Posted by cwgrup33

and not have to pay extra per horse.. I can't believe people charge per horse too...

Another tall order. Depending on the size of the lot or acreage, they may do this to keep some people from buying more horses than they can really afford to keep. For example, there are people who will try to keep four horses on a mere acre and expect the grass to sustain those horses during the day, every day. If the tenant leaves the horses out all day, that grass will be stripped to dirt in nothing flat. And if there are particularly muddy days (I think we all know about Washington and the rains) and the horses are left out, it will detract from the overall appearance of the place. So yeah, a landlord offering a single fenced acre with a small barn doesn't someone to put more than one or two horses on it for anything more than letting the horse stretch his legs. It cannot possibly sustain pasture boarded horses. It also prevents the renter from "taking in boarders" to help them pay the rent.

That's just how I saw it when I read this. And I am qualified to answer because one of the properties I rent is indeed a flawless (inside and out) horse farm.

For what it's worth, I have a waiting list for my property. I seriously doubt it will ever sit vacant for even one day for the rest of my life. And I'm picky.

[cwgrup33]

Thanks for your imput. But I really wouldn't want to rent something run down. I have done that before and it had no heat but wood heat and I never want to do that again. I don't have to have 3 bathrooms per say I have 2 1/2 bath rooms right now and it is nice two full upstairs and a 1/2 downstairs. Our pets are family including horses. If I was to rent to someone I would also want to know how my house was going to be kept and know that they were picky people and were going to take pride in what they rent and not think Oh well it is just a rental no big deal. But thanks for the input and yes people do charge extra per horse and we just can not do that. We have two weiner dogs and one of them is going to be living with my daughter when she moves out we also have a 1/2 aussie 1/2 boarder who is a very good dog all our dogs are potty trained/kennel trained and when we are gone they kenneled as well. We have 3 house cats who are fixed and declawed and one of them is also going with my daughter when she moves out.. We have 3 horses and I am hoping to be down to two this summer when my step-daughter graduates and she takes her horse with her. So I guess we will just take it one day at a time and if we dont find what we want we will board them and find something else.. thanks for the info though..

[cwgrup33]

Originally Posted by ESFP

Evidently, this question has stumped our experts. I've never had a horse, or even thought about renting property with one. Just a guess, I'd check, as I'm sure you have, on boarding stables. In the meantime, run an ad in the rental classifieds stating your dilemma and what you want. As a landlord, I always watch for someone resourceful to post an ad of "apartment wanted'. I see a lot of people have estate houses they don't want to openly rent, and don't want to sell. Maybe they'd consider a "horse person", as you probably aren't the typical renter.

Thanks for your reply hopfully we will find something someday soon.. We would rent an apartment at this time if we were allowed to have our house pets.. I am looking into boarding as well. thanks again.. We are just having a hard time right now with everything.. thanks for being so nice.