Need a new fence in Sandringham? 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 Sandringham 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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Sandringham is a coastal Bayside suburb where the bay is never far away, and that affects how a fence should be built. Wind off the water and salt air are harder on timber than in the eastern suburbs, so concrete-set posts at sensible spacing and a stain or paint finish once the timber has dried are worth it here. Housing ranges from interwar and post-war homes to larger contemporary rebuilds, and privacy between close neighbours is the usual brief: 1.8m to 2.1m paling or lapped and capped. We also cover Black Rock, Hampton and Highett.
Some Sandringham streets have a noticeable fall, particularly closer to the water. A fence on a sloping boundary is either stepped in level panels or raked to follow the ground, and the choice changes how much gap appears under the palings. We measure the fall at the free on-site visit and show you both options.
Around the Sandringham village shops and station, the end of the Sandringham line, you find older weatherboard and brick homes on established blocks. Their boundary fences have often been patched over decades and may lean or wander off the title line, so we confirm where the boundary is before building the replacement.
Larger contemporary rebuilds often bring upstairs windows that look over the neighbouring yard. A taller fence helps at ground level, but the 2m line matters: above it, a building permit and council consent generally come into play, and window overlooking is properly handled by the new home’s own screening, not the fence.
Sandringham is in Bayside City Council. Council’s fences page says the regulations apply to privacy screens and trellis on an existing fence as well as the fence itself, and that a building permit may be needed if a fence is over 2m, higher than average, or blocks essential sight lines. Some Sandringham streets sit under heritage or neighbourhood character controls that mainly affect front fences. Check your address on Bayside’s myLot tool or VicPlan, and confirm with council before ordering a front or corner fence.
Read the council’s own page before you design: Bayside City Council 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). A sufficient dividing fence is generally a shared cost under the Fences Act 1968. If you want something beyond that, such as extra height for a rebuild or a stepped design on a slope, the extra cost is usually yours unless your neighbour agrees to share it.
Sandringham is roughly 13 km from our Heatherton base, about a 20 to 25 minute drive depending on traffic. Measures need 24 hours notice. We are based in Heatherton (we do not run a shopfront), and service Sandringham as part of our wider run across Bayside and south east Melbourne.
Either stepped, with each panel level and a small step between them, or raked, with the rails following the slope. Stepped is neater on steep falls, raked hides the gaps on gentle ones. Hardwood posts are set in concrete either way, and we recommend the right option at the measure.
It helps at ground level, but over 2m a building permit and council consent are generally needed in Bayside, and trellis counts toward the height. A 2m lapped and capped fence is often the practical limit without a permit. Check with council before going higher.
Yes. Homes closest to Beach Road get the most wind and salt, so we suggest staining or painting new palings once they have dried. The site visit to measure is free, and the written quote is fixed, with no deposit to book.
No, we do not take on repair work. We build new fences and replace old ones in full, including removal of the existing fence where it is part of the written quote.
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.