Fencing price query

[5 shires]

Heya, just a quickie really. My mum is currently in the process of going halves with her neighbour on a fence, which is situated on the boundary.

It's approx 8 foot high, 7 meters long, 6 posts. All wood.

She's been quoted £1330 for the work..

 

Seems a bit steep to me? Digging looks okay...

 

You can't just go and pick up 8ftx6ft picket style fencing he will most probably have to have them made rough cost £50 to £60 a panel + 10ft 3"x3" posts £9 each + a couple of bags of postcrete per post £9 + labour for installing each section £60 bout £156 each section.

[s.varty]

Thanks mate. Mum has voiced her concern but the neighbour who has got the quote says she trusts this builder, so she doesn't really want to get another quote. Other issue is that my mum isn't paying for the wall, only going halves on the fence. So it's just all a bit complicated really! All I know it's that I would do the fence for a fraction of that price.

 

Have done plenty of fencing, just never priced for any.

 

Reading through the lines you have erected plenty of fencing , but not for yourself but a company you work for? . Me personally am a sole trader which means that out of my pricing my mortgage/gas, electric. pick up. car, food.clothing.beer. machinery maintenance and renewal, and prostitute bills all have to be included in my pricing.

[miker]

Agreed, should be half that price, £12 a post,£4 per rail, £2 per paling,concrete and nails, if you said £300 materials tops,easy days work for 2 blokes, £400 tops = £700

[Maxnaggle]

Reading through the lines you have erected plenty of fencing , but not for yourself but a company you work for? . Me personally am a sole trader which means that out of my pricing my mortgage/gas, electric. pick up. car, food.clothing.beer. machinery maintenance and renewal, and prostitute bills all have to be included in my pricing.

 

Yeah, the second company I worked for did a fair bit of fencing with. I'm self employed now, but have never had to quote for a fence, so wasn't sure of the cost of materials. Though I do remember easily getting more than 6 posts in, in a day, unless the digging was savage..

 

I appreciate that everyone's over heads are different, but there is defo a point when 'expensive' becomes 'taking the piss'

[eggsarascal]

Max, am I reading this correctly?

 

The fence is 5' with a three foot retaing wall underneath it?

[Maxnaggle]

You can't just go and pick up 8ftx6ft picket style fencing he will most probably have to have them made rough cost £50 to £60 a panel + 10ft 3"x3" posts £9 each + a couple of bags of postcrete per post £9 + labour for installing each section £60 bout £156 each section.

 

Can't you build it on site? This fence literally consists of posts - two rails - and up rights, doesn't look as though it has been brought in in sections

[Maxnaggle]

Max, am I reading this correctly?

 

The fence is 5' with a three foot retaing wall underneath it?

 

Hi eggs. Not quite, it's being used like a retaining wall, which is why it's failing.

 

Mum's side is higher so the fence is approx 5 foot , neighbours side is lower (and it's the neighbours side that the fence is on) so it's 8 foot ish on her side top to bottom.

 

I'm having a bit of a brain fart , might just take a couple of photos tomorrow.

 

Thanks for input guys

[5 shires]

Can't you build it on site? This fence literally consists of posts - two rails - and up rights, doesn't look as though it has been brought in in sections

 

Just going by pictures you posted,you didn't mention bout knocking up something on site,everything gets lost in translation.you put up round top picket fencing at basic 3ftx6ft sections and as I read it you wanted 8ftx6ft sections.

[Maxnaggle]

Ah fair enough, the pics were to give a general idea on how the fence looks. Sorry mate.

[miker]

seems to me max that your mum is paying for half the retaining wall aswell !!!!!