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Expanse Fencing installs quality timber paling and privacy fences (picket fences on request) right across Chelsea 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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Chelsea, in the City of Kingston, has early to mid 1900s beach cottages beside newer townhouses and knockdown rebuilds, from the foreshore and Station Street through to Chelsea Heights. Old timber fences next to older cottages may no longer sit exactly on the boundary, so we check the line before building, and a new house next door usually shows up the tired fence beside it. Salt and wind are real near the beach. We also service Edithvale, Carrum and Aspendale.
Chelsea has weatherboard and brick cottages from the early to mid 1900s alongside newer townhouses. Original timber fences beside old cottages are often past their best and may no longer sit exactly on the title boundary, so we check the line on site before building.
Rebuilds and townhouse developments are changing many streets. A new home next door tends to expose the tired fence on the boundary, and a privacy upgrade (often 2.1m lapped and capped) finishes the job.
Closer to the beach, wind and salt air are real. Sandy ground needs solid concrete footings. Chelsea Heights, further inland, is a little more sheltered.
Chelsea is in the City of Kingston. Kingston’s fencing page says a timber or steel side or rear fence under 2m, set back more than 3m from the street, needs no building permit, and front fences under 1.2m need no permit. Fences over 1m within 9m of a street corner need a building permit and consent. Low-lying parts of Chelsea may carry flood overlays, so check your property on VicPlan.
Read the council’s own page before you design: City of Kingston 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). If a townhouse development next door damages your fence through negligence, the builder or owner responsible is generally liable for the repair cost. If it just needs replacing with a sufficient fence, the Fences Act 1968 splits that cost between neighbours.
Chelsea is roughly 13 km from our Heatherton base, an easy drive down the bay side. Measures just need 24 hours notice. We are based in Heatherton (we do not run a shopfront), and service Chelsea as part of our wider run across Bayside and south east Melbourne.
Yes, both. Chelsea and Chelsea Heights are in the City of Kingston, and the same council fence guidance applies across them.
We work to your title boundary. Check your title plan or a survey if the fence is clearly off the line, because rebuilding in the wrong place can cause trouble later. At the measure we also check where the existing posts sit.
Many owners choose classic treated pine palings with a stain finish, or lapped and capped for privacy. Picket fences are possible on request for street-facing sections, subject to height rules.
A like-for-like side or rear fence under 2m usually does not, but front fences, corner lots and overlays can change that. Check with Kingston council, and we flag anything unusual at the measure.
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.