A friend is getting quotes to replace a fence. The fence is 20 metres long.
He has initially specified lapped boards and wooden posts (concrete posts another option).
The fence needs a gate about half way along.
The old fence needs removing.
He has been quoted 3 men for 2 days and a total cost of around £3,500.
Does this seem reasonable?
Next door had their fence replaced (estimated 20 metres) by 3 men in less than a day including making them move their proposed fence line which took a chunk out of our garden to go around next door's apple trees which had become integral with the old fence. Cheeky sods!
I suspect there may be an allowance for clearing bits of tree and shrubbery which have grown into and over the old fence, but £3.5k seems a bit stiff.
House is in a nice part of town which may attract a premium quote, of course.
Anyway, what is the going rate per metre of a board fence?
I assume concrete posts and gravel boards and standard fence panels might be cheaper, as well.
TIA
Dave R