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Expanse Fencing installs quality timber paling and privacy fences (picket fences on request) right across Clayton 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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Clayton, in the City of Monash, is a suburb of two halves: Monash University, the Clayton Road shops and the station on one side, and streets of post-war brick veneer homes on regular blocks on the other, with townhouses and units steadily replacing older houses. Some residential streets sit close to industrial and research land, and a large share of homes are rentals, so we often work with owners and property managers as well as owner-occupiers. Replacing a worn boundary fence between tenancies is a common job here.
Clayton has seen a lot of older houses replaced by townhouses and units. Each new dwelling needs its own boundary lines sorted, and the original timber fences beside the new builds are often past their best. Where a fence is owned by an owners corporation, the corporation (not one owner) decides what happens to it.
With the university and hospital precinct nearby, many Clayton homes are rentals. We can quote against the owner’s approval and work around tenants for access, so a worn fence gets fixed between tenancies rather than dragging on.
Some Clayton streets sit close to industrial and research land. A solid 1.8m or 2.1m paling fence is the usual answer for noise, dust and privacy, and the neighbouring owner is covered by the same Fences Act rules as any other neighbour.
Monash applies the state fence rules and then its planning scheme. Its fences page says a front fence (and a side fence within 3m of the street) must stay within the height set by your zone, that standard shared paling fences are up to 2m, that fences over 2m may need a building permit plus council report and consent, and that corner blocks have tighter limits within 9m of an intersection. It also flags heritage and flood-related overlays and notes a planning permit is required for building work on lots under 300 square metres, which matters for small townhouse lots.
Read the council’s own page before you design: City of Monash 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). The shared fence between two houses is usually a neighbour cost split. In Clayton that conversation is often with a landlord or a property manager rather than a person next door, which is fine: the Fencing Notice works the same way.
Clayton is roughly 8 km from our Heatherton base, an easy drive, so measures here are quick to book. We are based in Heatherton (we do not run a shopfront), and service Clayton as part of our wider run across Bayside and south east Melbourne.
Clayton itself is in the City of Monash. Neighbouring Clayton South is mostly Kingston, and Clarinda is Kingston too. Because the border runs through the area, check your rates notice or a free VicPlan property report before you look up fence rules.
Yes. The owner approves the written quote, and we can liaise with the property manager or tenant about access on the day. The free on-site measure just needs 24 hours notice.
It depends on who owns the land. On separate titles, the Fences Act 1968 generally splits a sufficient dividing fence between neighbours. If the fence is on common property, the owners corporation decides. Check your plan of subdivision before asking for a quote.
Usually not for a standard side or rear paling fence up to 2m set back from the street, but it depends on your zone and any overlays, and Monash says fences over 2m may need a building permit. Confirm with council, and we will 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.