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Expanse Fencing installs quality timber paling and privacy fences (picket fences on request) right across Bentleigh East and Melbourne's south-east. Every job includes treated pine rails and palings, hardwood posts set in concrete and a 5-year structural warranty. You deal with the owner, Pete, from quote to handover.
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Bentleigh East, in the City of Glen Eira, has post-war brick and weatherboard homes on generous blocks and a lot of subdivision into townhouses and units. When a block is split, new dividing fences go in between the dwellings and the original boundary fences are often replaced at the same time, which is usually the simplest and tidiest approach. Flat, regular blocks keep builds straightforward and predictable. We also cover Bentleigh, Moorabbin, Oakleigh South and Carnegie.
Much of Bentleigh East was market garden country until the post-war building boom, when it became one of the fastest growing parts of Melbourne. Streets filled with brick veneer and weatherboard homes in a short window, so neighbouring fences tend to age together and many are now leaning, rotted at ground level or held up by the shrubs beside them.
The generous post-war blocks here are a favourite for two and three dwelling developments. A subdivision brings new internal dividing fences, and the original side and rear boundary fences beside the build often come down during construction anyway. Planning the new boundary fences with the developer or the neighbours early avoids a patchwork of old and new timber.
Bentleigh East blocks are mostly flat and regular, with long side boundaries running back from streets between Centre Road, East Boundary Road and Warrigal Road. Long, level runs suit a standard 1.8m paling fence on hardwood posts set in concrete, and the length is confirmed at the free on-site measure before the written quote.
Glen Eira’s fencing page says no building permit is needed up to 1.5m within the first 3m from the street, or up to 2m behind that. A timber or steel front fence over 1.5m, or a masonry one over 1.2m, needs a building permit, and within 9m of an intersection the limit is 1m, measured from footpath level. Gates, screens and roller doors count as fencing. If you are unsure, council invites you to email a sketch so its building compliance team can tell you whether a permit is needed. Always check with council, and check VicPlan for any overlay on your lot.
Read the council’s own page before you design: City of Glen Eira fencing information. You can also look up your address, zone and any overlays with a free VicPlan property report. Rules change and every lot is different, so please check with council before you build. We flag height, corner and overlay questions at the on-site measure.
Sharing the cost with your neighbour. Under the Fences Act 1968, owners generally share the cost of a sufficient dividing fence equally, and you start by giving your neighbour a Fencing Notice (our free Fencing Notice generator does this). Where a Bentleigh East block has been split, the shared fence may be between separate titles (a normal Fences Act cost split) or on common property (an owners corporation decision). Check the plan of subdivision before you serve a Fencing Notice.
Bentleigh East is roughly 6 km from our Heatherton base, a short run up through Moorabbin, so it is one of the easier Glen Eira suburbs for us to book. We are based in Heatherton (we do not run a shopfront), and service Bentleigh East as part of our wider run across Bayside and south east Melbourne.
Bentleigh East is in the City of Glen Eira. Moorabbin, just across South Road, is in Kingston, so homes near that edge should confirm their council from the rates notice before looking up fence rules.
Talk to the developer early. If construction damages the fence, the party responsible is generally liable for it. If the fence simply needs replacing, the Fences Act 1968 generally splits the cost of a sufficient dividing fence between the two owners, and the Fencing Notice tool helps you put that in writing.
Behind the first 3m from the street, Glen Eira’s page says a fence up to 2m generally needs no permit. Closer to the street the limit is 1.5m, and corner blocks are tighter again. Check with council for your lot, and we confirm heights at the measure.
We need 24 hours notice, and because Bentleigh East is close to Heatherton we can usually fit a measure in within a few days. The measure and written quote are free and there is no deposit to book.
Treated pine rails and palings on hardwood posts set in concrete. 1.8m, 2.0m or 2.1m high. Built to last 15 to 20 years.
Tall 2.1m treated pine for maximum privacy and noise reduction, keep the yard yours.
Lapped and capped finishes, plus classic timber picket fences on request, to lift your street appeal.