Fence Installation & Repair in Ballarat

Fencing is priced by length (per linear foot or metre) times the material you choose, plus gates, gradient and ground conditions. Material is the biggest swing: chain-link and basic timber sit at the bottom, composite, brick and wrought iron at the top. Always price the full run installed, not just the panels.

Pressure-treated timber is the cheapest solid privacy option and the most common; chain-link is cheapest overall but offers no privacy; composite and vinyl cost more up front but need almost no maintenance. Choose on lifetime cost — a cheap timber fence you re-stain every two years can cost more over a decade than composite.

Replace a few rotten posts or panels and repair wins on cost. But once a third or more of the posts are failing, the fence is leaning, or the timber is widely rotten, patch repairs become throwing good money after bad — a full replacement is usually cheaper per year of life.

Boundary responsibility depends on your deeds/title, not a universal rule — often each owner maintains one side, or costs are shared for a jointly-owned fence. Talk to your neighbour and check your title before building on a boundary; disputes over line and cost-sharing are the most common fencing headache.

Installed cost runs roughly AUD 75-200 per metre depending on material (timber paling at the low end, Colorbond mid, brick/aluminium higher), with a typical backyard commonly AUD 3,000-8,000. Compliant pool fencing is priced separately.

For a boundary fence, you generally share the cost of a 'sufficient' fence with your neighbour — serve the required notice in writing before building. If you want something fancier than sufficient, you typically pay the difference yourself.