What fencing, paving and landscaping actually cost in Mandurah
Real starting prices and an honest explanation of what moves them. No obligation, and no sales call required to get a number.
Why we publish this
Most fencing and landscaping companies will not give you a number until they have been to your place. We understand why — every job genuinely is different, and a figure given over the phone is a figure somebody has guessed.
But you are trying to work out whether this is a two thousand dollar job or a twelve thousand dollar one, and you deserve an answer to that before you book anyone in. So here is where our prices start, and here is an honest explanation of what moves them. If your job is at the more expensive end, you will be able to see why from this page rather than finding out at the end of a site visit.
Starting prices
| Service | Starts from | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Colorbond fencingper metre installed | to confirm | to confirm |
| Aluminium slat fencingper metre installed | to confirm | to confirm |
| Pool fencingper metre installed | to confirm | to confirm |
| Gates — singleeach, installed | to confirm | to confirm |
| Gates — automatedeach, installed | to confirm | to confirm |
| Retaining wallsper square metre of wall face | to confirm | to confirm |
| Pavingper square metre | to confirm | to confirm |
| Reticulationper station or per system | to confirm | to confirm |
| Garden maintenanceper visit | to confirm | to confirm |
PlaceholderEvery figure in this table is outstanding from the client. The table is built and the rows are set so the numbers can be dropped straight in — but a made-up price on this page would undo the exact thing the page exists to do. Prices will carry a “current as at” date when they land, so a stale number cannot be quoted back years later.
What moves the number
Fencing
Length is the obvious factor and rarely the decisive one. Height changes the material in every single panel. Ground slope decides whether the run is stepped or raked and how much extra work each panel needs. Access decides whether materials are wheeled in or carried. An old fence to remove and dispose of is real time and real tip fees. Footings into loose sand need more depth and more concrete; footings into limestone can need coring rather than digging. Corner and end posts cost more than intermediate ones, so a run with several changes of direction prices differently from a straight one of the same length. Gates are separate items, each with its own posts and hardware.
Retaining walls
Height does more than add material — it changes the footing, the drainage requirement, and whether engineering is needed at all, so cost per metre rises faster than height does. Material matters, and so does what is behind the wall: excavating sand is one job, excavating limestone is another. Access is a large factor, because retaining work moves a great deal of material in both directions. Drainage behind the wall is not optional and is priced in.
Paving
Area first, but base depth turns the same area into two different jobs — a driveway needs considerably more excavation, base material and compaction than a courtyard of identical size. Shape is next: straight edges mean mostly full pavers, while curves, diagonals and pool surrounds mean a great deal of cutting, and cutting is labour. Then disposal and access, because excavated sand has to go somewhere and a block a machine cannot reach is worked by barrow.
Landscaping
Size, then the condition of what is already there. A flat, clear area is straightforward; one with an old lawn to strip, roots to remove or levels to change is a different quote at the same square metreage. Reticulation is usually its own line and goes in before turf, never after. Soil improvement is worth more on sand than expensive plants are. For artificial grass, most of the cost is the base you never see.
A real job, broken down
Before and after photographs to be supplied
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One completed job with its actual itemised numbers — suburb, scope, then materials, labour, removal and disposal, and any gate, each as a separate line, with the total and the time on site. Nobody in the Australian fencing trade publishes a real itemised job, let alone anyone in Mandurah, which is exactly why this block is worth pushing for.
It needs a real job and the client’s sign-off on showing real figures. A representative composite would work, clearly labelled as one — but a genuine job is far stronger.
What is included as standard
Included
- A measure on site and a written itemised quote
- Removal and disposal of the old fence on a replacement
- Site cleanup — offcuts, packaging and spoil taken with us
- Materials specified on the quote, so you know what is going in
Not included
- Council approval fees, where a job needs them
- Engineering design, where a retaining wall requires it
- Electrical work — power to an automated gate, patio lighting and the like
- Removal of large trees, stumps or existing structures
Naming what is not included is deliberate. It stops the quote conversation opening on a disagreement, and any of these can be quoted alongside the job.
Who pays for a dividing fence in WA
This question stalls more fencing jobs in Mandurah than price does, and there is currently no local answer to it anywhere — the search results hand the question to national averages and interstate blogs.
The short version: under the Dividing Fences Act 1961 (WA), adjoining owners are generally liable to share the cost of a sufficient dividing fence between their properties. That is the source of the familiar “half each” principle, and in most ordinary residential situations it is roughly how it works out.
Where it gets more involved is the word sufficient. If you want something above a standard fence — extra height, a premium material, a decorative treatment — the difference is usually yours rather than shared. Damage caused by one party, a fence being replaced before the end of its life at one owner’s request, and rental or strata situations all have their own wrinkles. The Act also sets out notice procedures where owners cannot agree.
Practically, the thing that moves it forward is almost always a written quote both parties can look at. Neighbours are usually not arguing about the principle; they are arguing about an unknown number. We are happy to provide a quote you can share, which is often the end of the disagreement.
This is general information, not legal advice. Your circumstances and your local authority both matter, and for anything contested it is worth getting proper advice.
How quoting works
You get in touch
Tell us roughly what you are after. A photo helps. We come back to you within response time to confirm.
We measure it on site
A price without a measure is a guess, and a guess nobody will honour is worse than no number at all. The measure itself is cost and obligation to confirm.
You get a written, itemised quote
Materials, labour, removal and disposal, and any gates or extras as separate lines — so you can see what each part costs rather than being handed one number.
The quote holds
You are not pressured to decide on the spot. The quote stays valid for number of days to confirm.
Common questions
Why will you not give me an exact price over the phone?
Because it would not be a real number. Two runs of identical length on the same street can price differently depending on whether the footings hit sand or limestone, how much fall there is, whether machinery can get in, and whether there is an old fence to remove. A phone figure that later moves is worse for you than a measure and a firm quote — and every contractor who gives you one over the phone is either guessing high to be safe or low to win the job.
Do you charge for quotes?
This is one of the details still being confirmed before the site goes live, and rather than guess at it we would rather leave it blank than get it wrong. Ask when you enquire and you will get a straight answer.
Is Colorbond cheaper than timber?
Up front they are often closer than people expect, and over the life of the fence Colorbond is usually the cheaper of the two because it never needs painting or paling replacement. Near the coast the gap widens further, since exterior timber has a harder time of it here than it does inland.
How long does a quote take?
Once we have measured, the written quote follows shortly after. The exact turnaround is part of what is being confirmed before launch.
Does my neighbour have to pay half?
Generally, for a sufficient dividing fence, yes — see the section above. In practice the way to move it forward is a written quote both of you can look at, which we are happy to provide. This is general information rather than legal advice.
Want the number for your job?
Tell us what needs doing and we will measure it and put it in writing — itemised, so you can see where every part of the figure comes from.