Front garden fencing

god dam thats a lot for a front garden fence !!

Infact just done a quick total .. as recently done my own back fence and it came to £600 in fence/posts cement to do your front garden with picket.. then if you do it yerself.. maybe 2 days to fit
 
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Instead of a fence, how about a low hedge? Privet or box or rose. Plant (deeply) concrete pillars at each end, string wires between the pillars, and train your hedge along the wires.
 
Certainly seems that those figures are on the high side for a low front fence.
What's the ground like under that area? Try driving a stake into the ground at regular intervals to see if you hit any obvious obstacles. If the ground seems easy to work with then I would certainly DIY. You'll do it for a fraction of the cost quoted by the Pros. Get a fencing bar and post hole shovel and digging out is a breeze. You can sell these on when you're finished.
 
bazzabear said:
The only chance I can see of anyone trying to enforce it is if it puts them out.

Like your neighbour finding their drive is irritatingly narrow if there isn't open ground to the side of it... ;)
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This is a good point especially if you have a covenant even if aging.

Your costs seem to be reasonable as the cost is all in the labour, the price to add taller panels wouldn't really add to the costs, they still need to dig a post and concrete it in.

Your place is similar to my first place and we installed fencing, the back of the kerb was haunched in so breaking through was hell and by looking how do you think you get gas, water and electric into your home? they could be 600mm down.
 
mjd said:
What's the ground like under that area? Try driving a stake into the ground at regular intervals to see if you hit any obvious obstacles.
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NOT a good idea without preparation. Get a map of the locations of all the utility pipes and cables before you do this.
 
The ground is very hard and full of brickends.
Also there is bound to be concrete overspill from the driveway/pavements making digging a hole a nightmare.
If I was digging into soil I would be up for doing it myself as I have 3 weeks holiday coming up.

I have all the solicitor paperwork from when I bought the house in May 2013. Will any covenants be in this?

On a side note the law is for 1m fences, however the typical size is 3' and 4'.
Most neighbours have 4' and both firms who quoted recommended it due to the tiny increase in costs over 3', however strictly speaking 4' is not permitted for solid fencing.
 
I'd just put a metal bollard on the corner he keeps driving over and then a low hedge along his drive.

Actually a big dirty rock would be better a less obvious! A flower bed with a huge rock in the corner. :p
 
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