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Expanse Fencing installs quality timber paling and privacy fences (picket fences on request) right across Elsternwick 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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Elsternwick, in the City of Glen Eira, is a suburb of Victorian terraces, Edwardian and interwar homes, and narrow blocks around Glen Huntly Road and the station. Parts of it are under heritage controls, so a new front fence can need a planning permit and should suit the house, while side and rear boundaries are usually tall paling or lapped and capped for privacy. Tight access and attached walls mean we plan each job at the on-site measure. We also cover Caulfield, Brighton and Brighton East.
Elsternwick has Victorian terraces, Edwardian and interwar homes, and parts of the suburb are under heritage controls. A new front fence in a heritage area may need a planning permit and is usually expected to suit the original style, so check VicPlan for your address before ordering.
Many Elsternwick blocks are narrow with little room beside the house. We check access, gates and rear lanes at the measure so we know how materials and old fencing will move in and out.
On terraces and attached homes, the boundary may run along or through built walls. Before replacing a fence, we help you confirm what is fence and what is wall, and renovation and extension work often changes the fence line.
Elsternwick is in the City of Glen Eira. Glen Eira’s fencing page says a front fence within 3m of the street can be up to 1.5m without a permit and 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 the footpath. Part of the suburb was once in Bayside City Council, so confirm your council from your rates notice.
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). In older streets with shared boundaries, the Fences Act 1968 cost split applies to sufficient dividing fences. If there is a heritage overlay, the replacement fence still needs to meet it.
Elsternwick is roughly 14 km from our Heatherton base, so we book measures here with 24 hours notice and group nearby jobs where we can. We are based in Heatherton (we do not run a shopfront), and service Elsternwick as part of our wider run across Bayside and south east Melbourne.
Parts of it do. A heritage overlay can mean a planning permit for a new front fence. Look up your address on VicPlan, then check with Glen Eira council before ordering.
Elsternwick is in the City of Glen Eira. Some areas near Elsternwick Park were historically Bayside, so confirm from your rates notice if you are near the edge.
Yes. Tight access just changes the plan. We check access, existing posts and gates at the free on-site measure so we can price it properly.
Treated pine palings on hardwood posts is the standard. Lapped and capped, or aluminium slat, suits owners wanting a cleaner modern look or more privacy. Front fences are different, since style and height may be controlled by overlays.
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.