Hi Folks - We're about to meet with a few local builders and come up with some pricing for a new 4 stall horse barn. We're looking to build something similar to this -

http://www.countrycarpenters.com/horsebarn.htm

What I'd appreciate from all you current horse owners is "What would you do different?". Our goal is to build a small barn that will serve both the horses and us well until we move to our larger lot (5 to 10 years out). One of the things I've read about is keeping the hay on the same level as the horses. I had intended to have a hay loft, but I can see the ease in not having to cart bales of hay up and down stairs. It's little tips like that which will make a good barn even better.

Here are a few areas I'm especially interested in hearing your solutions to;

stall sub-flooring surface?
Water in each stall?
Enhancements to ease clean-up?
Ventilation?
Lighting?

Thanks in advance for your input.