Fencing price?

[onyx landscaping/fencing]

based on wooden post's we charge £10/ft (£33/m) for 4' high feather edge including capping and £14/ft (£46/m) for 6' feather edge. 4"x4" posts and a post every 6'. if its

9m it would be £297 (so £300 realy) all in for parts and labour

[ukminch]

Bottom line is he's not a bit over and making a good day for himself, he's taking the mick and so I wouldn't let him anywhere near any of my relatives. I would refuse the delivery aswell, as others have said you either buy panels in, make the fence on site, or you're big enough that to have 5 panels in stock won't be an issue

 

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[Coletti]

To be fair he could have made the panels himself, I know a couple of very reputable company's near me that have their own saw mills etc and make all their own fencing but that price does seem a little steep

 

 

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[sloth]

Turns out she thought he was ok as he was in the parish magazine, does trees, fencing, roofing, pressure washing, driveways, you know the sort... though no names mentioned

It measured at just under 8m. He hadn't made panels (after telling her he had), said materials cost 400 and then 400 for labour. I asked how many men/days and was told just him for one day. I told him to shop elsewhere for materials and not to bother her again.

My local fencing supplier will do me everything including postcrete, nails etc for £100, and I'll do it for a supply of coffee and a roast dinner one weekend. Bargain!

Cheers fellas

[sloth]

Gets worse, just found out my grandmother in law was going to be handing over £800 in cash today before work started! Sheister! Trading standards, or watchdog, may be getting a call next...

[tractorboy1]

Turns out she thought he was ok as he was in the parish magazine, does trees, fencing, roofing, pressure washing, driveways, you know the sort... though no names mentioned

It measured at just under 8m. He hadn't made panels (after telling her he had), said materials cost 400 and then 400 for labour. I asked how many men/days and was told just him for one day. I told him to shop elsewhere for materials and not to bother her again.

My local fencing supplier will do me everything including postcrete, nails etc for £100, and I'll do it for a supply of coffee and a roast dinner one weekend. Bargain!

Cheers fellas

 

Good result

[miker]

i would charge no more than £320 for this job,materials and labour

[headgroundsman]

My Dad was charged £700 for a simple days gardening. Local police got involved. Cheque was stopped and if the police had found them they said they could have charged them with fraud. Get the police involved even if only to scare him to stop ripping of elderly parisheners

[Hodge]

If I was doing it I would still charge my basic day rate that I have to charge as kit needs paying for. I don't understand people doing cheap labour?? It just de values the industry. If your a tree surgeon who does fencing also then you still have overheads for the tree surgery to pay. If one guy is happy to do that job for £200 inc materials then fair play but it can't see how you can work for so little? Take off travel to collect materials, tools, insurance, tax, wage and profit and you ain't making much. I agree the original price seems way over the top but we all have different business models. Is she wasn't family how much would you be charging?? Its a £400 quid job to me.

[s.varty]

Gets worse, just found out my grandmother in law was going to be handing over £800 in cash today before work started!

 

 

ALARM BELLS!!!!