Fencing in St Albans.
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Fencing service highlights for St Albans
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AL1–AL10
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Fencing in St Albans
t Albans has a wide mix — listed Georgian frontages in the city centre, leafy 1930s semis through Marshalswick and Harpenden, and post-war estates round London Colney and Park Street. Conservation rules around the cathedral and central streets mean street-visible fence height and post type can be restricted; we check council guidance before quoting on any street-front boundary. Out in the satellite villages it's mostly conventional back-garden runs over clay-loam soil.
What St Albans throws at a fence
We come up the M25 / A1(M) and your estimate is free. If you later want us out to confirm a fixed price, the survey fee is £120 (Extended drive-time tier). Most AL postcodes have generous access; central AL3 streets behind the abbey can be tight and we'll usually shuttle materials in. Comes off your job price if you go ahead.
Most St Albans jobs are one of two things: a new fence installation where there's nothing there yet, or a full fence replacement of a boundary that's come to the end of its life.
Quick facts
- Survey fee
- £120
- Typical job
- £1.5k–£4k
- Typical timeline
- 1–3 days on site
Later, only if you want it · comes off your job
Minimum job £1,200
Weather depending
Most-requested fences in St Albans.
- 01
Closeboard with concrete posts
Marshalswick and Sandridge default — heavy Herts clay, long boundary runs, exposed elevations.
- 02
Hit-and-miss panels
Common along shared boundaries in Harpenden — premium look, identical both sides, no neighbour debate about the 'good side'.
- 03
Low timber + trellis topper
Conservation street-fronts in AL3 where panel height is capped — we use a 1.2m solid base with 600mm trellis for privacy without overheight.
St Albans prices, per metre fitted.
Supply and installation, VAT included, for a standard replacement on clear ground. These are the same figures our estimator uses — updated August 2026.
Worked example
18 m of 6 ft closeboard with concrete posts and gravel boards, standard access, clear boundary — £2,800–£3,800 fitted.
Taking the old fence away is an optional extra you choose on the estimate form — it's priced separately and isn't in the figures above. Minimum job £1,200.
We come up the M25 / A1(M) and your estimate is free.
Free estimate · no obligation
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What that looks like on a real St Albans garden.
The same per-metre rates above, applied to three jobs we see often around here. Illustrative, not a second price list — your figure is fixed at the survey.
Example job
20m closeboard, concrete posts, 6ft.
£3,300
Standard Marshalswick / Sandridge back garden.
Example job
35m perimeter through a side garden.
£4,200
Larger Harpenden plots. Two to three days.
Example job
12m single-side boundary, 6ft overlap.
£1,650
Smaller plots and single-run replacements.
Send photos through the estimate form and we'll come back with your indicative figure the same day (next morning if it's the evening).
Four steps, no surprises.
Send photos
Through the estimate form. Takes 3 minutes.
Indicative estimate
Same day in working hours. Free, honest range, no pressure.
£120 fixed-price survey, if you want it
Want a fixed price? We visit St Albans, measure, and lock it in. The fee comes off your job price.
Install
Our team fits it — usually 1–3 days on site.
Why St Albans homeowners pick us over a random trade.
One company, end to end
GoodFence is a small London fencing company. We survey every St Albans job, price it, fit it with our own team and stand behind it ourselves. One contract, one number, one company on the hook — not a directory, not a stranger off a phonebook.
Fixed price, no day-of surprises
The price you sign off doesn't move unless the ground itself tells us otherwise — and if it does, we put any change in writing before we touch a tool. One quote, one number to call.
Specced for St Albans ground
Chalk with clay-with-flints on top across much of the county. Solid ground for posts, but the flint layer is what turns a quick dig into a slow one on the older plots. Concrete posts on exposed runs, pressure-treated rails, proper feather-edge — we spec the bits that decide how long it lasts.
Timber gets pressure-treated, fixings get galvanised, and the bottom board never sits in soil. Small details, and the reason a fence lasts in St Albans.
Where in St Albans we work.
- Marshalswick
- Sandridge
- Harpenden
- Wheathampstead
- London Colney
- Park Street
- Bricket Wood
On the edge of St Albans? Drop your postcode into the estimate form and we'll confirm coverage.
Worth reading before you commit.
The three things St Albans homeowners ask us most, answered in full — no sign-up, no catch.
St Albans questions.
Ready when you are, St Albans.
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