Yes. Fencing along an overgrown boundary is slow, blind, and frequently ends with the fence in the wrong place.
Clear first, then fence. You cannot set a line you cannot see, working through growth is far slower, and clearing regularly reveals things that change the job.
Doing both as one arrangement means one set-up and one waste removal, which is usually cheaper than two separate visits.
| Stage | Why here |
|---|---|
| 1. Clear the boundary | Reveals the line and the condition |
| 2. Deal with trees and hedges | Heavy work; roots affect post positions |
| 3. Agree the line | With the neighbour, before anything is fixed |
| 4. Remove the old fence | Now visible and reachable |
| 5. Install the new fence | Onto a clear, known line |
| 6. Remove spoil and waste | Old fence, growth and post spoil together |
| 7. Everything else | Levelling, planting, turf |
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Where the boundary has been left for years, expect the clearing to be the larger part of the day and expect it to change the plan. There is very often an existing fence in there, usually beyond saving. There may be a self-seeded tree grown into the line. The levels may have shifted. None of that is a problem — it is simply what a neglected boundary contains — but it does mean the fencing quote is better given after the clearing than before it.
This is general guidance rather than legal advice; boundary responsibility comes from your title deeds.
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Yes. You cannot set a line you cannot see, working through growth is far slower, and clearing regularly reveals things that change the job.
The actual boundary line, the condition of any existing fence, tree roots that affect post positions, level differences, and sometimes dumped material.
Far better to find out with an open boundary and time to talk than after posts are concreted in. Check the title plan and agree it before anything is fixed.
After, on a long-neglected boundary. What the clearing reveals very often changes the plan.
Usually. One set-up, one waste removal, and post spoil leaves with the clearance rather than needing its own trip.
Usually at some stage. It is worth arranging when you have the boundary conversation rather than on the day.
Yes, and it should — it leaves with the clearance waste rather than as a separate job.
Clear the boundary, deal with trees and hedges, agree the line, remove the old fence, install the new one, then remove all the waste together.
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