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Panel fencing quote

Parents have had a quote for 8 panels to be replaced in the garden with posts, gravel boards, a wooden gate and locks. All this coming in at £1500 installed.

Does that sound like a reasonable quote or is it on the expensive side? The panels will be featherboard and it would be concrete post.

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  • TELLIT01
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    What height panels?
  • Doozergirl
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    edited 20 April 2021 at 9:52PM
    We just paid about £2300 for 16 x 6ft tanalised feather edge panels with 2x 1ft gravel boards on each.  Litecast concrete posts as they're easier to fit.  

    The man fitting them isn't VAT registered, I bought the materials because I am! 

     

     
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  • TELLIT01 said:
    What height panels?
    6 foot panels or thereabouts - it's the taller ones that they're going for
  • We just paid about £2300 for 16 x 6ft tanalised feather edge panels with 2x 1ft gravel boards on each.  Litecast concrete posts as they're easier to fit.  

    The man fitting them isn't VAT registered, I bought the materials because I am! 

     

     
    So that would be about £1150 for an 8 panel setup. Maybe another £200 for a gate+lock/fittings. So that's £1350. £1500 isn't a million miles out in that case. It adds up quite quickly doesn't it!
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