Need a new fence in Mentone? Draw your fence line on a map (or type the metres) and get an instant estimate in 2 minutes, no waiting for callbacks, no pushy sales visits. Timber paling fences on hardwood posts set in concrete, supply and install. Your written quote is confirmed at a free, no-obligation on-site measure.
Expanse Fencing installs quality timber paling and privacy fences (picket fences on request) right across Mentone 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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Mentone, in the City of Kingston, is a bayside suburb of sandy soils, established gardens and a mix of period, post-war and newer homes. Being this close to our Heatherton base means quick measures and easy follow-up for Mentone customers. Sandy ground drains well, which is kind to concrete-set posts, while homes closer to the beach get more wind and salt air, so a stain or paint finish on new timber once it has dried is a good idea. We also service Parkdale, Cheltenham and Beaumaris.
Mentone began as a seaside resort town in the late 1800s, and some of its oldest buildings and homes still stand near the station and the beach. Kingston lists individual heritage places, so before replacing a front fence on an older home, check whether a Heritage Overlay applies to your lot on VicPlan, since it can bring a planning permit and style expectations.
Mentone Beach runs along Beaumaris Bay, and homes near Beach Road get the sea breeze and salt air that weather bare timber faster than streets further inland. A protective finish on new palings once they have dried, and galvanised fixings, help a fence on the bay side of the suburb last.
The area around Mentone station and the Balcombe Road shops has seen apartments and townhouses replace older houses. That brings new dividing fences between dwellings, small lots where a front fence can need a planning permit, and owners corporations that decide on fences sitting on common property.
Mentone is in the City of Kingston. Kingston’s fencing permits page says a timber or steel side or rear fence under 2m, more than 3m back from the front boundary, needs no building permit, and a front fence under 1.2m needs no permit. Corner fences over 1m within 9m of the intersection need a building permit and consent, and a planning permit is usually needed for a fence within 3m of the street on a lot under 300 square metres or with two or more dwellings. Heritage places and main road frontages can change this, so check with council and your VicPlan report first.
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). Mentone has many long-established neighbours who have shared a fence for years. Starting with a friendly chat, then a written Fencing Notice under the Fences Act 1968, keeps the cost split clear and gives both owners time to plan.
Mentone is roughly 6 km from our Heatherton base, so measures and installs are a short run down toward the bay. We are based in Heatherton (we do not run a shopfront), and service Mentone as part of our wider run across Bayside and south east Melbourne.
It can. If your property is covered by a Heritage Overlay, a new front fence may need a planning permit and is usually expected to suit the home. Look up your address on VicPlan and check with Kingston council before ordering. Side and rear paling fences are less often affected.
Treated pine palings on hardwood posts in concrete, with a stain or paint finish once the timber has dried, is a sound choice near the water. Lapped and capped adds privacy and covers the gaps that wind finds. We talk through the exposure of your block at the measure.
Not quite. Mentone is in Kingston and Beaumaris is in Bayside, and each council has its own fence page and overlays, even though both work from the same state regulations. Check the council on your rates notice before relying on any height figure.
Yes. If the fence is on common property, the owners corporation approves the work; between separate titles, the usual Fences Act split applies. We measure the site, confirm who owns each boundary, and provide a written quote at no cost.
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.