Fencing Contractor cost - sanity check

thebigmc wrote: »

Hello wise farmers of boards.ie,

I have gotten a quote of €1150 for fencing, does this seem reasonable for;

120m length
wooden posts,
4 strands of barbed wire and
2 strands of electric wire on field side of the posts.

That is the requirement based on a legal boundary agreement.

Cheers!

3 strainers ,30 stakes ,3 rolls ht barbed and a roll of ht plain.Bucket of staples ,4 eggs and an insulators.
Ballpark 75, 180 , 120 ,50 15 ,20 ,10 .Total of about 470 euro inc. vat for materials. That's assuming its a straight run .
Mornings work for one man outfit so about 200/300 euro .
Thats all inc. vat which you can reclaim .
But the amount of variables are massive .Supply and erect means more money out so price goes up to cover the inevitable wait for payment and the few slow/non payers.
Ground conditions also ie lots of rocks,trees etc means more hardship driving stakes and strainers.
Price looks on the high side of normal but hard to be specific without actually seeing the job and knowing exactly what materials are priced and spec of job .

Got serious hardship a few times where a fence had to go in an exact place and farmer wondering why the strainers wouldn't go down .Granite rockery where you could spend half an hour finding a place to get it into the ground.

Reggie. wrote: »

I believe he's seeing plenty of steps over that carry on now

What was the “scam”, seen a few posts where stakes where paid for and never received was it along them lines

Reggie. wrote: »

Not sure of a scam but I do know he wouldnt issue vat receipts which made the posts expensive to vat registered farmers

Cat can be claimed back by both Vat registered and non registered farmers. Vat is usually 21% on posts if you buy them yourself