Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Apr 26, 2022 3:46 pm We need to get our picket fence replaced at the front of our Melbourne metro property...nothing special, 15 metres long with a small gate that enters onto a path through our lawn to the front door, and ~2m double gates for the driveway. 900mm pickets, likely cypress pine. I'm having trouble getting anyone to quote on it via the usual 'hire a tradie' websites, with only 1 even bothering to accept quoting for the job. A few websites suggest something in the range of $100 per metre for a picket fence, e.g. hiretrades.com.au say "$63 to $97 per metre for a 1.5m high butt-jointed timber paling fence/picket fence", and we only want it 90cm high. Is it too small a job for tradies to bother with? The one who did call me to discuss what we wanted ended up saying "we're about $380 per metre, more if we find concrete or any hassles". ~$6k for a 15m picket fence?? Re: Picket fence replacement 2Apr 26, 2022 9:24 pm juzdownunder Is it too small a job for tradies to bother with? The one who did call me to discuss what we wanted ended up saying "we're about $380 per metre, more if we find concrete or any hassles". ~$6k for a 15m picket fence?? Unfortunately, it is a seller's market at the moment. If you can put it off for a year or two, it might be worthwhile in the hope that prices will stabilise. Can anyone recommend a good/affordable retaining wall and fence builder that I can get a quote from located in Sydney? 8 52320 Last year I had a gas leak at my house. 3 days later, I have about 1 sqm of my exposed aggregate paving broken up. I am not sure how to go about getting it repaired… 0 12952 We're looking at replacing the roof of a heritage listed home so it needs to be terracotta tiles, wondering if anyone has any recommendations, hints or… 0 2947 |