Fencing East Maitland Quotes from licensed fencers for Colorbond, timber and pool fences, gates and repairs in East Maitland

Colorbond and timber paling fences on back and side boundaries, front fences and gates that suit East Maitland's older streets, pool fences and repairs to leaning posts and storm-damaged panels: licensed fencing contractors quote for jobs in East Maitland, Tenambit, Ashtonfield, Metford and Raworth from an enquiry to Fencing Maitland.

Fencing services in East Maitland

• Colorbond fencingSteel sheet fences, extensions and matching gates for back and side boundaries.
• Timber fencingLapped and capped timber paling fences, the side-fence material the heritage DCP recommends forward of the building line.
• Pool fencingGlass and aluminium pool fences and self-closing pool gates.
• GatesSide, driveway and sliding gates built, hung, rehung and relatched.
• Fence repairsPosts, rails, palings and steel sheets replaced; storm damage fixed.
• Rural fencingPost and rail, wire and stock fencing, and farm gates for acreage.
• Front fencesTimber picket and low open front fences for East Maitland's heritage conservation area, where front fences need approval.

Fence costs in East Maitland

Published fence prices per metre

Checked 28 October 2026. No Maitland fencing business publishes prices. The Quote Yard is a NSW quote marketplace (August and September 2026, GST not stated); North Shore Fencing and Gates is a Sydney contractor (2025 guide, GST included). Your own price comes after the fence line has been seen.

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What a fence quote in East Maitland needs

• The length in metres and the height, and which boundary the fence is on
• What's there now, and whether the old fence comes out first (more than 10 m² of fibro must be removed by a licensed asbestos removalist)
• Whether a neighbour shares the boundary: under the Dividing Fences Act they usually share the cost, after a fencing notice
• The ground: slope, rock, tree roots, and access for posts and materials
• Photos of the fence line and anything in the way

Front fences in the East Maitland heritage conservation area

East Maitland is one of the seven heritage conservation areas in the Maitland LEP 2011, and by our count of the LEP's heritage schedule it has more listed heritage items than any other suburb. That changes the fence rules. In the conservation area a front fence, or any fence along a road, isn't exempt development, so it needs approval; and on a heritage item's lot, or along its shared boundary with a neighbour, no fence is exempt.

For those fences, the Maitland DCP 2026 asks for front fences "no higher than 1.2m", open rather than solid, in a style that suits the house: timber pickets, low masonry or hedges. Side fences forward of the building line are to be "timber paling fences using steel posts in concrete footings", and clip-lock or painted steel fences aren't supported on street frontages. Removing an old fence in the conservation area isn't exempt demolition either, so ask council first.

Back and side fences behind the house

A side or rear fence behind the building line, up to 1.8 m, can still be exempt development in the conservation area, as long as neither your lot nor your neighbour's is a heritage item and the lot isn't a flood control lot. Most of the newer streets in Ashtonfield, Metford and Tenambit fall under the ordinary NSW rules.

Old fibro fences and the Mount Vincent Road tip

If an old fibro fence is coming down, the Maitland Resource Recovery Facility at 109 Mount Vincent Road, East Maitland, takes wrapped asbestos on Wednesdays and Fridays only, booked with the weighbridge ahead of delivery (council guide). More than 10 m² of fibro must be removed by a licensed asbestos removalist. See fibro fences and asbestos.

Council's draft flood study update has a drop-in session at Stockade Hill on 13 November 2026; flood mapping decides whether a fence needs approval (flood management planning).

Fencing nearby

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Fencing questions in East Maitland