What fencing costs in Cheltenham
Every range we work to, published. You cannot plan a garden around a number nobody will tell you, and a range you can rely on beats a quote you have to chase.
Fencing in Cheltenham costs closeboard fencing £90 - £130 per metre, panel replacement £85 - £150 per panel, repairs £60 - £150 per repair, composite fencing £95 - £180 per metre, all excluding VAT. The single biggest factor is not the boards or panels but what is underneath them: concrete posts and a gravel board cost more upfront than timber posts driven into the ground and are the reason one fence is still straight in fifteen years while its neighbour leans in three. Every job is quoted fixed in writing once the run has been measured.
| Job | Guide range | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|
| Closeboard fencingA budgeting range, excluding VAT, for a 1.8m fence built on site: posts concreted in, gravel boards, arris rails, feather-edge boards and labour. Breaking out old concrete footings at £50 to £100 a post, heavy clay, sloping ground and tight access are what take a run towards £150 to £180 per metre. | £90 - £130 per metre | 1-2 days |
| Fence repairThe panel figure covers refitting or swapping one panel onto posts that are already sound; the post figure covers breaking out the old footing, a Use Class 4 timber or concrete replacement set in Postcrete and the panels rehung. Costs climb with tight access for barrowing spoil out, a large hand-mixed footing to dig out, a whole leaning run at £100 to £150 per metre and closer to £110 to £150 on closeboard, and the one to two hour minimum charge a single small job still carries; every figure excludes VAT and is a guide range for budgeting, never a quote. | £60 - £150 per repair | Half a day to 2 days |
| Fence panel replacementThe range covers the new panel, fitting it into your existing posts and taking the old panel away, excluding VAT. Closeboard rather than lap, made-to-width bays that will not take a standard 1.83m panel, panels taller than 6ft and any post that turns out to need replacing all push it up, and a single-panel visit carries a minimum charge of one to two hours of labour. | £85 - £150 per panel | Half a day to 1 day |
| Composite fencing£120 to £180 per metre covers a full new run, excluding VAT: slats, aluminium posts and caps set in Postcrete, post bases, finishing profiles and labour. Where sound concrete posts and gravel boards can be reused it drops to roughly £95 to £110 a metre, while capped co-extruded slats, stepped ground, gates and short runs of three or four panels (where the labour still costs close to a full day) push it up, and taking down and tipping the old fence is quoted as its own line on top. | £95 - £180 per metre | 1-2 days |
| Garden gates and driveway gatesThese are guide ranges for budgeting, excluding VAT, covering the gate, two posts concreted in, hinges and a latch on a level opening. A softwood side gate on two new posts sits at the bottom; hardwood, a wide driveway opening, hanging off stone or brick piers, or a sloping threshold push you to the top of the range or past it. | £200 - £700 per gate | Half a day to 1 day |
| DeckingThe range covers boards, sub-frame, fixings and labour on a ground-level deck sitting within about 300mm of the surrounding garden, and it excludes VAT. Raised decks on posts, hardwood or premium composite boards, balustrade and steps, ground clearance and levelling, and carting spoil away all sit on top, and a deck of only a few square metres carries a minimum day rate. | £70 - £130 per m² | 1-2 days |
Guide ranges for budgeting, excluding VAT. We confirm a fixed price in writing before any work starts, and the price we agree is the price you pay.
Four things drive most of the variance
What is under the ground
Post holes are the labour. Heavy Severn Vale clay digs slowly and holds water against timber; the limestone brash up on the escarpment can stop a hole dead and need breaking out. Same fence, different day's work.
What the old fence left behind
Old posts concreted a foot into the ground have to come out before new ones go in, and that is often the hidden half of a replacement job. A run with rotten timber posts that lift out easily prices very differently from one with 1970s concrete still in the ground.
Access to the boundary
A back garden reached only through the house changes everything: every post, panel, barrow of spoil and bag of concrete goes through by hand. Rear or side access big enough for a barrow can take a meaningful slice off a quote.
The specification you choose
Concrete posts and gravel boards against timber posts is the biggest single decision, and it moves both the price and the lifespan. We quote what we would fit at our own house and explain the cheaper option honestly rather than hiding it.
Before you budget
Why do fencing quotes vary so much?
Because they are rarely pricing the same job. The commonest differences are what happens to the old fence, whether concrete posts and gravel boards are included or quietly swapped for timber, whether the old concrete footings are dug out or left in the ground, and whether waste removal is in the price. Ask every quote to state the post type, the gravel board, and who takes the old fence away, and the spread usually explains itself.
Read the full answerDo your prices include VAT?
No. Every figure on this site excludes VAT, which is added at 20 percent. We quote this way because it is the trade convention and keeps comparisons honest against other trade quotes. Your written quote always shows both figures, so there is no surprise at the end.
Read the full answerIs it cheaper to repair a fence or replace it?
Repair, until roughly a third of the run needs attention. Replacing a panel or concreting in one snapped post is far cheaper than a new fence, and if the posts are sound it is the right answer. Once several posts have gone at ground level, repairs stop being economical: you end up paying twice, once for the patching and again for the replacement a year later. We say which situation you are in before quoting.
Read the full answerDoes a longer fence cost less per metre?
Yes, modestly. Setting up, getting materials to the boundary and taking waste away are largely fixed costs, so they spread across a longer run. A ten metre job carries proportionally more of that overhead than a forty metre one. It is not a reason to fence more than you need, but if you were planning to do the side this year and the back next year, doing both at once usually saves more than waiting does.
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