I went to visit my friend, Anna’s barn and now I am spoiled. She has weather conditions control in her barn and riding venue, then it was so nice and I absolutely enjoyed the visit, however, after my 3 nights were up I had to go back to my own place and my own barn. Anna and I both own barns, but that is how we make our money, however we lease out stalls to owners. Depending on how much care you want to do yourself, my rates vary! My barn is not as classy or as up scale as Anna’s barn. Mine has all of the basics however we don’t have weather conditions control in the barn or for the indoor riding venue. I asked Anna how much it cost her to get the heating and cooling installed and she said it was less than I would think. Then she gave me a number that I couldn’t believe. It was high but it wasn’t astronomically high. I absolutely do want weather conditions control at my riding facility although I am not sure that I’m ready for it yet. More pressingly, I am not sure that my clients are ready for weather conditions control at my barn yet. I cater to a different crowd than Anna does. She has the dressage people and extreme competitors. I have more of the upper middle class and folks who have decided to buy a pony for their adolescents. I am still not cheap although I charge a lot less than Anna does. However, I do wonder if I could start changing that by changing little things at a time until my barn is high class too. I would start with heated and cooled barns and riding venues.