Replacing a fence, ideas on cost?

[d000hg]

I own a rental property on a typical terraced street where the back garden is the same width as the house, and backs onto the back garden of the house on the next road.
Each pair of houses has a fairly high wooden fence, 6-7 feet, between their gardens, and ours has totally given up the ghost and must be replaced.

I don't live there and the quote the agent has got is £1500 to replace it. I don't know exactly what work is involved but I assume basically it's clearing the old one away, sinking fence posts and then nailing panels up. Materials have to be considered but it's a poor, fairly rough north-eastern village so I doubt they'd be doing anything very fancy.

Can anyone comment on the cost, and how big a job this should be? Not being there I'm a bit worried the agent has no interest getting a decent quote and it's easy for a contractor to charge high rates.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[ntb]

Depends how long the garden is? But it sounds very expensive for a typical old terrace and a basic 6 foot fence with 3 inch wooden posts.

 

[d000hg]

It's the width of the garden not the length, but it's a pretty typical 3/4 bed semi so I guess the fence is like 4 standard panels long, 8m or so... roughly.

 

[Newboy]

With respect, you need to have in writing from the agent EXACTLY what is being quoted for.

Timber posts/concrete posts
Cheap and cheerful panels / decent panels / closeboarding

 

[ntb]

4 Decent quality panels with 3*3 posts concreted in should be more like £400 -£500. Concrete will cost more but nothing like £1500. Someone is trying it on.

 

[Newboy]

Someone is trying it on.

and my money is on the letting agents!

 

[big-all]

i am inside my mid victorian 3 bed terrace internally its 11ft1 so boundery to boundery will be 2 panels or less assuming 3" posts =153"[3x3x3x72x72]

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Your agent should be providing you with some photos.

 

[d000hg]

Someone is trying it on.

and my money is on the letting agents!

Maybe, in the past they have always provided invoices because for this kind of job they get the landlord to pay the contractor directly.

Of course there could be a dodgy kickback but in the past I've not thought things were over-priced... had the whole house re-painted, various bits of plumbing.

So I reckon the contractor might be the dodgy link. I have asked for a breakdown of the quote but I'm glad my gut feeling is looking like I was right to be suspicious!