Colorbond fencing, timber paling fences, pool fencing, gates, front fences, fence repairs and rural fencing for homes and acreage from Thornton and Morpeth to Lochinvar and Kurri Kurri.
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Fencing Maitland takes enquiries for Colorbond and timber paling fences, pool fences, side and driveway gates, front fences, fence repairs and rural fencing across the City of Maitland and the lower Hunter: East Maitland and Tenambit, Rutherford and Telarah, Thornton and Ashtonfield, Chisholm and Gillieston Heights, Lochinvar, Morpeth and Bolwarra, and Kurri Kurri.
The work is done by licensed fencing contractors who carry out that type of job. The contractor who quotes is the business that builds the fence, and their name and licence number go on the quote.
Maitland sets a lot of the job: new estates with steel fences between every yard, Federation and Victorian streets where front fences fit the house, river flats where a fence has to let floodwater through, and acreage that needs post and rail or wire.
Back and side boundaries, pools, gates and front fences in town; post and rail and wire on acreage.
Colorbond steel fences on back and side boundaries: steel sheets slotted between steel posts set in concrete, usually 1.8 m high, in colours such as Monument, Woodland Grey and Basalt, with lattice or slat extensions and matching gates. A quote starts from the length, the height and what has to come out first.
Timber paling fences in treated pine or hardwood: palings butted or lapped on two or three rails, with a capping board along the top and a plinth at the base. Lapped and capped hardwood suits the older streets around East Maitland and Lorn. Send the length, height and timber.
Pool fences and gates: frameless and semi-frameless glass, aluminium tubular and steel, with self-closing, self-latching gates. A NSW pool barrier has to meet the Swimming Pools Act standard, so the quote should cover the height, gaps, gate latch and the climbable zone around it.
Side gates, double driveway gates and sliding gates in timber, steel sheet or aluminium slats, hung on heavy hinges with latches that close. Sagging gates can be rehung, braced or rebuilt. Measure the opening and say which way it should swing or slide; a gate motor's wiring is separate electrical work.
Leaning fences, rotten or snapped posts, broken rails and palings, steel sheets bent in a storm and gates that won't latch. Posts are replaced in new concrete and the fence is straightened without rebuilding the whole run. Photos of the damage help with the price.
Post and rail, plain and barbed wire, ringlock and hinge-joint fences for acreage and rural-residential lots around Lochinvar, Largs, Louth Park and the river flats, with farm gates and horse-safe options. Tell us the length, the stock and the ground.
Low front fences and gates: timber pickets, steel and aluminium slats, and fences to suit the cottages and Federation homes of Central Maitland, East Maitland and Morpeth, where heritage rules can apply. Say the length, the style and whether the house is in a heritage area.
Fences are priced per metre after the line has been measured and the old fence, slope and access seen. As a guide, here are published Colorbond, timber and pool fence prices, with who publishes each.
| Fence | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Colorbond, standard 1.8 m, installed (Sydney) | $100 – $160 per m | North Shore Fencing and Gates |
| Colorbond, 1.8 m, installed (NSW) | $85 – $150 per m | The Quote Yard |
| Colorbond, Newcastle and Hunter region (NSW guide) | $85 – $135 per m | The Quote Yard |
| Colorbond fence (national guide) | $80 low · $130 typical · $190 high per m | What's The Damage |
Checked 28 October 2026. No Maitland fencing business publishes a price. North Shore Fencing and Gates is a Sydney contractor; its 2025 guide includes GST, covers sheets, posts in concrete, rails, installation and clean-up, and gives $100 – $140 per metre in its text where its table says $100 – $160. The Quote Yard (published 14 August 2026) is a NSW quote marketplace and doesn't state GST. What's The Damage's national figures (October 2026) include GST. Removing an old fence is extra.
| Fence | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Treated pine paling, 1.8 m, installed (NSW) | $75 – $130 per m | The Quote Yard |
| Hardwood paling, installed (NSW) | $130 – $200 per m | The Quote Yard |
| Hardwood lapped and capped (Newcastle) | $150 – $250 per m | needatradie |
| Timber paling fence (national guide) | $80 low · $110 typical · $190 high per m | What's The Damage |
Checked 28 October 2026. No Maitland fencing business publishes a price. The Quote Yard's NSW timber guide (8 September 2026) gives installed prices but doesn't say whether capping, footings or removal are included, or GST. needatradie's Newcastle page (reviewed 3 October 2026) is the only published lapped-and-capped price we found, supplied and installed, GST not stated. What's The Damage's national figures (October 2026) include GST.
| Pool fence | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminium pool fence, installed (Sydney) | $120 – $200 per m | North Shore Fencing and Gates |
| Semi-frameless glass, installed (Sydney) | $200 – $300 per m | North Shore Fencing and Gates |
| Frameless glass, installed (Sydney) | $300 – $400 per m | North Shore Fencing and Gates |
| Frameless glass, fully installed (Sydney) | $500 – $900 per m | Glass Balustrade Authority |
| Pool gate, single, compliant (NSW) | $400 – $900 | The Quote Yard |
Checked 28 October 2026. No Maitland business publishes pool fence prices. Both glass publishers are Sydney contractors and include GST: North Shore Fencing and Gates' 2025 guide, and Glass Balustrade Authority's May 2025 guide, which includes AS 1926 compliance and prices gates separately. The Quote Yard's NSW pool guide (25 February 2026) doesn't state GST. A pool barrier's certificate of compliance comes from the council or a registered certifier, not the installer.
Six fences drawn to the same scale, with the height each is usually built to and the height people ask about.
1.8 m: the exempt limit for side and rear fences
Steel sheets slotted between steel posts in concrete. No painting or rot; the fence between most new Maitland homes.
1.8 m on back and side boundaries
Treated pine or hardwood palings on rails, overlapped for privacy and capped to shed rain.
1.2 m and at least 20% open on a road frontage
The traditional front fence for cottages and Federation homes, and the style Maitland's heritage areas ask for.
At least 1.2 m, gaps no more than 10 cm
Aluminium tubular or glass, with a gate that closes and latches by itself and opens away from the pool.
Up to 1.8 m on rural and R5 lots (conditions apply)
Timber posts and rails, often with wire, for acreage, horses and the river flats, where water has to pass.
1.8 m on side boundaries; 1.2 m and 20% open in front
Powder-coated slats on steel posts, common on newer homes, with matching pedestrian and driveway gates.
Parts of Maitland are on the Hunter River floodplain. On a "flood control lot", shown on the council planning certificate, a fence in a residential zone isn't exempt development, so it needs approval, and in a mapped floodway Maitland's DCP asks for "open type fencing that does not restrict the flow of flood waters". Council's draft flood study update is open for comment until 23 November 2026.
Maitland has seven heritage conservation areas: Aberglasslyn House, Bolwarra, Central Maitland, East Maitland, Lorn, Morpeth and Regent Street. Front and road-frontage fences there need approval, and the DCP asks for open front fences no higher than 1.2 m that suit the house, such as timber pickets.
| Fence | No approval needed when | Needs approval when |
|---|---|---|
| Side and rear fence | Up to 1.8 m, masonry up to 1.2 m, no outward-opening gate | Over 1.8 m, a flood control lot, or on or beside a heritage item's lot |
| Front or road-frontage fence | Up to 1.2 m and at least 20% open above 400 mm | Taller or solid, or in a heritage conservation area |
| Fence on a rural or R5 lot | Post and wire or post and rail, up to 1.8 m | Colorbond, paling or other solid fences |
| Pool barrier | Meets the Swimming Pools Act (residential zones) | Doesn't comply with the Swimming Pools Act |
| Bush fire prone land | Hardwood or non-combustible materials | Treated pine or other combustible fencing |
From the NSW Codes SEPP (cl 2.33–2.36, and cl 2.34A–2.34B for pool barriers, read to the version in force from 31 October 2025), checked 28 October 2026. Exempt fences also can't use barbed wire or an electric fence in residential zones. Your council planning certificate shows your zone, flood and heritage status; ask Maitland City Council if you're unsure.
The City of Maitland and its neighbours, from Thornton and Morpeth in the east to Lochinvar in the west and Kurri Kurri in the south. Each area page covers its fences, flood and heritage rules and what to check.
Around Maitland: Aberglasslyn, Ashtonfield, Bolwarra, Bolwarra Heights, Largs, Lorn, Louth Park, Metford, Telarah, Tenambit, South Maitland, Woodberry, Raworth, Horseshoe Bend, Oakhampton Heights, Maitland Vale
Lower Hunter: Kurri Kurri, Heddon Greta, Cliftleigh, Weston, Abermain, Beresfield, Tarro, Raymond Terrace
Six things to check, whether it's a new boundary fence or one sagging gate.
Fencing over $5,000 needs a NSW contractor licence that covers fencing. Check the name and number on the NSW Government's licence check. See how to check a fencer's licence.
Over $5,000 the law requires a written contract with the licence number, and over $20,000 a full contract and home building compensation cover. Deposits are capped at 10%.
On a boundary, agree the fence and the cost split with your neighbour, or serve a fencing notice, before work starts. See dividing fences.
An old fibro sheet fence may contain asbestos. More than 10 m² needs a licensed asbestos removalist. See fibro fences.
Ask whether underground cables and pipes will be located before post holes are dug, through Before You Dig Australia.
Removal and disposal of the old fence, concrete footings and offcuts should be in the price, or quoted separately.
Costs, neighbours, heights, flood and pools: the questions that come before a fence goes up.
No Maitland fencing business publishes a price. A NSW quote marketplace gives "$85-$150/m" installed for a 1.8 m Colorbond fence (The Quote Yard, August 2026, GST not stated), and a Sydney contractor $100 – $160 a metre including GST. See Colorbond fence costs.
Usually both neighbours equally, for a sufficient fence, under the Dividing Fences Act 1991. The owner who wants the work serves a fencing notice with the boundary, the type of fence and the estimated cost, and the neighbour isn't liable for work done before it. See dividing fences in NSW.
Not for most side and rear fences up to 1.8 m, or front fences up to 1.2 m and at least 20% open, which are exempt development. A fence needs approval on a flood control lot, on or beside a heritage item's lot, or on a road frontage in a heritage conservation area. See fence height and approval rules.
Yes, with approval if the lot is a flood control lot: in residential zones a fence there isn't exempt development. In a mapped floodway, Maitland's DCP asks for open fencing that doesn't restrict flood flow. See fences on flood-prone land.
Yes, for work worth more than $5,000 including GST: fences and gates built with a home are residential building work, so the contractor needs a licence that covers fencing. Check it on the NSW Government's licence check. See checking a fencer's licence.
Treat it as asbestos until a test says otherwise. More than 10 m², about 5.6 m of a 1.8 m fence by our arithmetic, must be removed by a licensed asbestos removalist, and the sheets must never be water-blasted. See fibro fences and asbestos.
At least 1.2 m, with no gap over 10 cm under it or between its bars, and a 90 cm zone outside it kept clear of anything climbable, according to the NSW Government's guide for pool owners. See pool fencing.
Usually, yes: an owner doing residential building work on their own land is exempt from the licence rules, and an owner-builder permit is only needed for work over $10,000 that also needs development consent or a complying development certificate.
Yes. A new back fence, a side gate and a few repairs on the front fence are often quoted together. List each job with its length or size in your enquiry.
The City of Maitland and the lower Hunter: East Maitland, Rutherford, Thornton, Chisholm, Gillieston Heights, Lochinvar, Morpeth and Bolwarra, out to Kurri Kurri, Beresfield and Raymond Terrace.
Describe the fence: the length in metres, the height, what's there now and whether a neighbour shares the boundary. Photos help.
