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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 workmanship warranty. You deal with the owner, Pete, from quote to handover.

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Fencing in Mentone: what to know

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.

Common fence issues in Mentone

Fence rules in Mentone (City of Kingston)

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, generally does not need a building permit, and a front fence under 1.2m generally does not need a 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.

The fences we usually replace in Mentone

Mentone has a wider spread of house ages than most of Kingston, and the fences follow. Around the station and the older streets near the beach there are Edwardian and interwar homes, some with heritage interest, where the side fences are often old hardwood paling that has outlived several owners. The bulk of the suburb is post-war brick veneer and weatherboard, with paling side and rear fences now in their second or third generation, commonly 20 to 40 years old. Newer townhouse and apartment sites near Balcombe Road add younger fences, and on the bay side of the suburb, salt air means bare timber greys and splits sooner than the same fence would inland.

Getting to Mentone from Heatherton

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.

In Mentone, the free on-site measure is usually booked within a few days of your request, with 24 hours notice. The install date is then confirmed in your written quote, and it depends on materials and on the neighbour notice period when the fence is shared.

Mentone fencing questions

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