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the Badlands, 2003
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Horse farm next to house
We are interested in a house in a rural subdivision. Our neighbors have a hobby horse farm - it appears in good condition and as someone who works in the horse industry, I'm not bothered in the slightest - I've been around the look and the smell and the feel my whole life.
My husband, though, claims a bad sense of smell and may be glamored by the house and not looking at the fact that in the summer the smell of manure is perhaps more oppressive, and the flies know no boundaries.
Anyone live near a hobby farm and can paint a good picture, perhaps someone not so literally "in the environment/desensitized" like I am?
the Badlands, 2003
Re: Horse farm next to house
Can you ask around and make sure they have their manure regularly picked up and that they maintain their property in the summer (ie: picking up the pastures reguarly, etc)?
I'd live next to a horse farm anyday, but I'm also a horse person and we looked at a few properties with horse facilities ourselves.
We're facing similar problems in our rural home search except there are chicken houses all over the place and pretty hard to avoid being downwind of them. And if it's not chickens, it's cows or horses...sometimes donkeys, goats or sheep.
I lived on a farm with cows in high school and I remember having a lot of bugs (but it was also the first time I lived out in the country). I don't currently live near any livestock, but we still get tons of flies in the summer...I think it comes with the territory of living in the country. Most rural places with livestock are going to smell pretty bad in the summer - whether it's horses, cows, chickens, etc. I, personally, would prefer horses because IMO they tend to be cleaner than cows or chickens and therefore less smelly.
This sounds exatctly like my in-laws house. Their yard backs up to the very back of the pasture where the horses graze and the barn is further uphill, so my in-laws are downwind from the majority of the farm. The owners must do a really good job taking care of the horses and cleaning the property, because I have never noticed any strong odors or an excessive amount of bugs, even during the hottest time of year. There are 5 horses on the farm though, so maybe that makes a difference.
This sounds exatctly like my in-laws house. Their yard backs up to the very back of the pasture where the horses graze and the barn is further uphill, so my in-laws are downwind from the majority of the farm. The owners must do a really good job taking care of the horses and cleaning the property, because I have never noticed any strong odors or an excessive amount of bugs, even during the hottest time of year. There are 5 horses on the farm though, so maybe that makes a difference.