Fencing in Bourne End
Small plots, short runs, and an honest answer about the little jobs.
Bourne End sits where the Wye runs into the Thames, and a lot of it went up in the twentieth century around the river and the branch line. Bungalows, chalets and modest plots, with the bigger houses out towards Hedsor and Cores End.
Smaller plots mean shorter runs, and short runs raise a question nobody else on our site will answer straight: at what point is a job too small to be worth quoting?
Short runs and the minimum charge
There is a floor under every quote we give. A crew, a van and a morning cost what they cost whether the run is two metres or twelve, so anything under about five metres of closeboard comes out at the same figure — around £530 to £620 including VAT. Put in two metres and you get that number. Put in four and you get the same one.
Above five metres the arithmetic takes over and the price climbs with the job: six metres is £780 to £910, eight is £1,040 to £1,200. If you are replacing one bay by the bins, the honest advice is to bundle it with anything else you have been putting off, because you are paying for the visit either way.
Put the real length in even if it is tiny. The form will show you the floor rather than pretend a two metre job costs two metres of money, and you can decide from there whether to add the side gate you have been meaning to sort out.
Price it now →Boundaries that stop at the water
Riverside plots come with a question about where your land actually ends. Some run to the bank, some stop short of a towpath or a strip that belongs to someone else entirely, and the fence that is there now is not proof of anything. We would rather see the title plan than assume.
The other thing worth knowing on the low ground is what we fit and why. Concrete posts and concrete gravel boards, timber kept above the wet, because a riverside boundary that spends February with its feet in water does not forgive timber set into the ground.
What we build in Bourne End
All services →Closeboard / featheredge
The workhorse. Built on site, board by board. 20+ year life.
from £140/mPrice thisPanel (lap / waney)
Fast, tidy and kind to the wallet. Great for garden boundaries.
from £112/mPrice thisPicket
Cottage-front charm. Low, friendly, painted if you like.
from £116/mPrice thisSlatted / contemporary
Clean horizontal lines. The one architects ask for.
from £183/mPrice thisPost & rail (agricultural)
Paddocks, drives and field boundaries. Stock-proof options.
from £65/mPrice thisRepairs & replacement bays
Snapped posts, blown panels, storm damage. Sorted.
from £108/mPrice this
In and around Bourne End
All of these are a short run for us, and priced exactly the same as the town itself.
- Wooburn Green
- Cores End
- Hedsor
- Well End
- Flackwell Heath
- Little Marlow
- Cookham
- Loudwater
- Wooburn Moor
- Spade Oak
Bourne End questions
Is my job too small to bother you with?
No, but be aware of the floor. Anything up to about five metres of closeboard prices at roughly £530 to £620 including VAT, because that is what a visit costs regardless. Plenty of people put a small run through the form, see the number, and add the gate or the second side to make the trip worth it. That is exactly what the form is for.
Can you do one panel?
We can, and it will price at the minimum. If the posts either side are sound it is usually a repair rather than a replacement — run the repair option through the form instead and it may come out lower. Send a photo on WhatsApp if you are unsure which you have got.
Our garden runs down to the river. Where does the boundary end?
That is a question for your title plan rather than for us. Riverside ownership varies a great deal along this stretch — some plots run to the water, some stop at a bank or a path in other hands. We will build to the line you tell us and we will not guess at it, so it is worth digging the deeds out before the survey.
What do you use on the low ground?
Concrete posts and concrete gravel boards, with the timber kept clear of the ground. Nothing structural sits where the water gets to. It costs a little more at the start and it is the difference between a fence that shrugs off a wet winter and one you are propping up by spring.
More of the general ones on the FAQ page.