Replacement Fence post and new 6ft fence panel.

caro69

Fed up with fences!  Been quoted £250 for supply and fit a replacement fence post and 6' panel.  Prior to covid I paid £350 for two posts and three panels.  Have prices risen that much?  They would also need to remove the old post and panel of course and dispose of.

born_again

Prices of wood & labour have increased a lot over 4 years.

Albermarle

The more you have done at the same time, the cheaper each unit will be as the people are on site anyway.
You will pay a premium for a smaller job.

km1500

get Wickes to deliver a panel, post and a pointy thing you bang into the ground. 1hr job at the most.

FlorayG

Have prices increased that much? Yes, they have. I had a fence at my old house in 2016 cost me £1,000. Same type of fence, three times the length, last year at my new house was nearly £10,000

CliveOfIndia

It depends an awful lot on what type of posts and panels you're talking about.  But it doesn't sound all that unreasonable - especially if the "remove old post" involves a lot of digging out, removal, and disposal of a huge great chunk of concrete.

Bear in mind, if you're getting a professional in to do it, they've got to factor in their time - time to travel to and from your house, as well as the time to actually do the job.  It may well be basically a day's work for them all in, when everything is taken into consideration, leaving no time to fit in other jobs.

Any chance you could DIY it?  Replacing a single post and panel is not difficult - admittedly if you're talking about a large amount of fencing then "getting someone in" becomes increasingly attractive.

Hoenir

Time costs money.  Smaller job still incurs much of the basic time spent on a larger one.  Also leaves the remainder of the day to be filled. 

caro69

km1500 said:

get Wickes to deliver a panel, post and a pointy thing you bang into the ground. 1hr job at the most.

Its getting the old one out that would be a problem for us I'm afraid.  Could have done it in our younger days

teaselMay

Is it a concrete post or wood?

Cheslea2010

Timber is up 40% since COVID. As is concrete and associated aggregates. Seems like a fair price in the current climate.

Eldi_Dos

caro69 said:

km1500 said:

get Wickes to deliver a panel, post and a pointy thing you bang into the ground. 1hr job at the most.

Its getting the old one out that would be a problem for us I'm afraid.  Could have done it in our younger days

Rather than dig out the concrete it is sometimes simpler to remove rotted wood stumb with a combination of drilling and chiseling old wood to make space for new post.