Fencing in High Wycombe
One town, and no two boundaries in it are the same job.
High Wycombe is the biggest town we cover and the most varied. Victorian terraces near the centre, estate gardens out at Micklefield and Sands, and long plots up in Hughenden Valley and Flackwell Heath.
Two things come up here more than anywhere else on our patch: working out whose fence it actually is, and ground that changes depending which side of the valley you are on.
Three different grounds in one town
The town sits in a valley and the ground tells you where you are. Down by the Wye it is river gravel — easy digging, and wet in places you would not expect. Up the valley sides you hit the chalk that the Chilterns are made of, with flint in it. Out on the plateau at Downley, Widmer End and Hughenden it turns to clay-with-flints, which is sticky in winter and like brick in August.
That means a neighbour a mile away can get a different price for the same fence, and it is not us being difficult. The ground genuinely changes.
If you do not know what is under your lawn, pick No idea. It is a real option, not a cop-out, and it prices at the same allowance as clay — a fair middle that we will confirm on the survey. Guessing Soil to keep the number down only moves the surprise to the end.
Price it now →Whose fence is it?
On a terraced street the boundary is shared with someone, and the question of who owns it comes up on half our Wycombe jobs. There is no rule that says it is always the left-hand one. Your deeds may carry a T-mark showing which side is yours to maintain, and if there is nothing on either set of deeds, neither of you owns it outright and it is a conversation rather than a fact.
The practical answer is usually to do the whole boundary at once and split it. It costs the two of you less than two separate jobs, the line ends up straight, and nobody is arguing about which posts belong to whom in five years.
What we build in High Wycombe
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 High Wycombe
All of these are a short run for us, and priced exactly the same as the town itself.
- Downley
- Hughenden Valley
- Flackwell Heath
- Loudwater
- Tylers Green
- Widmer End
- Booker
- Sands
- Totteridge
- Wooburn Green
High Wycombe questions
How do I know if the fence is mine?
Check your title plan for a T-mark on the boundary. The T sits on the side responsible for maintaining it, and an H shape means it is shared. If the deeds say nothing, which is common on older Wycombe terraces, then nobody owns it by default and it comes down to what you and your neighbour agree. We will build to whichever line you tell us, and we will not adjudicate.
Can we split the cost with next door?
It is the tidiest way to do it. Get them to run the quote form as well and mention each other in the notes, and we will price the whole boundary as one visit. One set-up, one straight line, and it comes to less each than two separate jobs would.
Why is my neighbour up the road paying a different rate?
Almost always the ground. A garden on the valley floor is river gravel and a garden on the plateau is clay-with-flints, and they are not the same day of digging. Slope and access do the rest. The breakdown in your quote email shows the difficulty multiplier we applied, so you can see exactly where it came from.
Do you work on the estates?
Yes, all over them. Micklefield, Castlefield, Sands, Totteridge. Estate gardens are often the straightforward ones: decent access, a fence line with no surprises, and a run short enough to finish in a day. The instant quote handles them well.
More of the general ones on the FAQ page.