Advice wanted - cost of using private farm strip
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Advice wanted - cost of using private farm strip
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.
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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.
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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!
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Thank you all
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
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
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.
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.