Advice wanted - cost of using private farm strip

[WindFarmer]

Hi

A local farmer has a private strip where he will let me base my own aircraft. Neither of us have any idea how much I should pay for this.

My plane will be parked outside and I will be able to buy fuel from him. I expect to use the strip once a week. The strip is in good condition. There are no other aircraft apart from the farmer's.

Any guidelines, thoughts or examples of what to pay when would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[muffin]

We pay £100 per month for hangarage and use of a 600M rough concrete strip in a rural location with no other facilities whatsoever. If you are going to park outside and also buy fuel at maybe a small profit to him, I would think £75 per month would be a good start point. Cash of course to a farmer!

[micromalc]

sounds to me that you've found a gerat place to fly from.
Farmers ALWAYS look for a profit, but paying a little extra could well be worth it.

[micromalc]

I mean "great place"

[QDMQDMQDM]

Parked outside, say £50 a month.

[Nipper2]

Depends where it is. Darn sarf (especially close to London is usually much more expensive than oop norf.

[J.A.F.O.]

I think that you should pay £25 per month and that I should pay the other £25 and share the aircraft.

Otherwise £50 outside seems fair.

[WindFarmer]

Many thanks to you all for your sound advice.

Sounds like £50 to £75 a month would be a fair price

I shall print out the thread and use it as the basis for further discussions

Once again many thanks

[ericferret]

Once a week equates to 52 a year . I thought a 28 day restriction was applied from a planning point of view.

This depends on who's counting, but anyone entering into an agreement should be aware of this potential pit fall. Especially if you annoy the neighbours.