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Cost of fencing vs. estimate?
Should the final cost of a fence installation be very close to the estimate? How much might it realistically be off by?
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"Should be exact unless he/has come to you and told you otherwise"
Answered on 14th Jun 2022 - Member since Aug 2020 -
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"Pay the contractor the amount they quoted n no more"
Answered on 14th Jun 2022 - Member since Aug 2020 -
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"Generally speaking, there are not that many elements to a fence.
You have the posts, the fence panels, the posts caps, gravel boards, few trims may be needed as well.
An experienced person should be able to talk to you and understand your requirements such as: type/size/quality of the fence panels, type/size/quality of the posts. Once that’s understood, should be fairly straight forward to agree on time-frame/labour hours, in order to get a pretty accurate quote/estimate.
That said, there could always be unexpected tho ha such as, getting access for the posts, making sure there aren’t underground services where posts are gonna seat, etc."
You have the posts, the fence panels, the posts caps, gravel boards, few trims may be needed as well.
An experienced person should be able to talk to you and understand your requirements such as: type/size/quality of the fence panels, type/size/quality of the posts. Once that’s understood, should be fairly straight forward to agree on time-frame/labour hours, in order to get a pretty accurate quote/estimate.
That said, there could always be unexpected tho ha such as, getting access for the posts, making sure there aren’t underground services where posts are gonna seat, etc."
Answered on 27th Jan 2024 - Member since Jan 2024 -
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"you should pat what cost was agreed no more
unless your agreed to more work"
unless your agreed to more work"
Answered on 15th Jun 2022 - Member since Feb 2019 -
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"There really shouldn’t be much difference at all. Only real exception would be if you come across a lot of buried concrete whilst holing out."
Answered on 14th Jun 2022 - Member since Feb 2022 -
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