I suppose we'll just see how long this design decision lasts. In my opinion sweeping up your stable should not be a luxury for those that have the resources and time to make or buy brooms. I'm sure a good number of people in FCs won't be interested in gardening for the entire group or paying 100k for a broom that only lasts 3 days.

At the very least, they should have incorporated different ranks of brooms. If you want to jump through all the hoops to get the highest of the highest end stuff, that's on you. However, when that's the only available option, for such a menial task, there's going to be an issue. Honestly, I think the whole stable condition system is rather pointless, anyways. This is sweeping up a stable, not raiding and end game dungeon. Imagine they implemented the same system for your house or armor? If people had to garden materials to just maintain your armor to good condition, there would be a riot.