Can you just give me a price per foot?

Why a per-foot number does not help you

People ask for a base price per foot because they want to know if they are being taken advantage of. Fair enough. The trouble is that a per-foot number only describes a straight, flat run with nothing in the way. Add two gates, a corner, a downhill run, and a foot of rock under the sod, and the same footage is a different job. A number we gave you over the phone would either be wrong or padded to cover what we could not see.

What you get instead

We come out, walk the line with you, and write up the whole job: material, height, footage, gates, and tear-out if there is one. One price for the fence you actually want, on paper, before anything starts.

How to compare quotes

If you are getting more than one, and you should, make sure you are comparing the same fence:

• Same height, same material, same number of gates.
• Ask whether the posts are set in concrete.
• Ask who hauls off the old fence.
• Ask for it in writing. A number sent by text with nothing behind it is not a quote.