Hi everyone

Where thinking of selling our business and house and moving back up north and buying a smallholding pref with a kennel and cattery attached.  Nothin large just somethong which we would be able to make a small livving form.  Has anyoen done this before and does anyone no hwere to start searching for small holdings/kennels/cateries etc in the North east?

Get yourself a copy of 'Running you own Boarding Kennels' by Sheila Zabawa.  I see that the latest edition has been rewritten by David Cavill unfortunately. :rolleyes:

I have run quarantine/boarding kennels & cattery but it was nearly 20 years ago.  If nobody can offer you more up to date information, then feel free to PM me and I'll happily pass on what I know. :)

Had enough of the hairdressers then :) Is it not working out as you thought ?

no love its going ab fab but the area we are is so difficult to find staff etc and to be honest we have made enough now to be able to retire and do something for ourselfs for once without the hassel of staff lol

What in a year or is it two years Blimey :D

Will have to think about retraining then :D

lol its been two years but started out with a lot of equaty etc and had our house valued today and its made 100k profit in 7mths so well impressed

you made effort to retire in hairdressing we still got a shop had it over the last 30year on lease.with penison and the cost of running a bussiens we cannot retrire at 48 and 53.

but good luck

http://www.kennelsforsale.co.uk

www.ruralscene.co.uk

We had looked into buying either an existing kennels/cattery or buying property with enough land to build one on before we plumped for the pet supplies business we are now buying.  Just a couple of things to be aware of:  just because an existing kennels has a licence, doesn't mean that you will automatically get one - we found that when we spoke to the local council (Selby, N Yorks), they said that as new owners we would be expected to have the kennels up to their standard for a brand new kennels.  It would have cost an additional severl thousand pounds to bring the kennels up to current legislation, so just be aware of hidden costs. If you find an existing kennels you like the look of, it is perhaps best to approach the local council before putting in an offer.  Good luck in your new venture :D

Hi

Having worked in kennels for many years I would say one of the biggest headaches is staff.

Remember just because you and partner are running it yourselfs it is more than likely you will have to employ someone. What if you want to have a day out. Some one must always be on the property. It is a real bind. The public can be a night mare to turning up when they feel like it. The animals are the easy bit lol.

Something you really need to put a lot of thought into

Wendy

> The public can be a night mare to turning up when they feel like it.

Ain't that the truth!  We get people turning up way past closing time - or not at all - people wanting to leave dogs longer than they've booked for, and when they do come on time to collect their pets they often argue over the price...

Ooh I tried that one 2 years ago when we were looking for a new house. I found the perfect place; a few acres with a river running through the property. But the OH didn't want to fork out the £750,000 for some reason. Open a nice one please. I need somewhere to bring my dog. ;-)