

Side boundary fencing in Gordon — long runs, narrow access and stepped ground handled properly, in Colorbond, timber or aluminium.
Fencing and Landscaping Experts provide side fencing throughout Gordon, NSW 2072, in Ku-ring-gai Council's area on the Upper North Shore. The ground here is reactive clay that moves seasonally, so footings are sized for clay that swells and shrinks through the seasons, which is what pushes undersized posts out of plumb. For side fencing in Gordon, the standard is a 1.8m side boundary fence. Per lineal metre supplied and installed, after a free on-site measure. Licensed in NSW, insured to $20 million. Phone 0492 879 796.
Gordon's mix of freestanding homes and strata townhouses means a lot of fencing here is shared-boundary work needing sign-off from an owners corporation as well as the neighbour. That is the backdrop to every side fencing job we do in Gordon 2072, where the service is the long run down the side of the block, usually the hardest fence to get to and the one that shows every setting-out error.
Side boundaries are where access problems live. Materials often have to come through a gate barely wider than a wheelbarrow, and the run has to stay dead straight over its full length, so we set out off confirmed corner points rather than measuring off the house. Upper North Shore side boundaries are long — 40 to 60 metres is normal — and they usually pass mature trees whose root zones dictate where posts can and cannot go. Gordon's reactive clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and that seasonal movement is what pushes undersized footings out of plumb over a few years.
Gordon sits in Ku-ring-gai Council's area, and the ground here is clay ridge soils near the highway grading into sandstone on the eastern slopes. With established homes on level to gently sloping blocks, with unit and townhouse stock near the station, that shapes what works and what does not — which is why every Gordon quote follows a free on-site measure rather than a price off a screen.
Call 0492 879 796 for a free on-site measure and a fixed written quote.
| Service | Side Fencing |
|---|---|
| Suburb | Gordon, NSW 2072 |
| Local government area | Ku-ring-gai Council |
| Region | Upper North Shore |
| Ground conditions | Reactive clay that moves seasonally |
| Recommended specification | Standard grades, with footings sized to the ground found on site |
| Standard height | 1.8m side boundary fence |
| Council approval | Standard dividing fences are normally exempt development |
| Quoting basis | Per lineal metre supplied and installed, after a free on-site measure |
| Licensing | NSW contractor licence, $20 million public liability |


Treated pine or hardwood palings, lapped or capped, matched to an existing rear fence.
Panels stepped down a fall so the fence follows the ground without leaving gaps.
Pedestrian and wide side-access gates sized for a mower, bin or trailer.
Hand-carried installation where no vehicle can reach the fence line.
Extra height or slat topping where a neighbour's upper floor overlooks the side yard.
Standard 1.8m Colorbond down the side of the block, the most common Gordon choice.
We work across Gordon and the surrounding Upper North Shore suburbs, and the local conditions genuinely change the job. The Upper North Shore is Sydney's leafiest fencing environment. Large blocks, mature canopy and Ku-ring-gai and Hornsby's tree-protection controls mean post holes frequently land inside a tree protection zone, and heritage conservation areas set the tone for what a front fence is allowed to look like.
For side fencing specifically, the constraints that come up most often in Gordon are tree protection zones, heritage conservation area controls and sloping sandstone-over-shale blocks. Ku-ring-gai Council is the consent authority for Gordon, so where approval is needed that is the path we work through with you — and we identify that before quoting rather than halfway through the job.
1.8 metres is the standard side boundary height in Gordon and the figure most exempt development provisions are written around. Going higher is possible but is more likely to need approval from Ku-ring-gai Council, and it is worth discussing with your neighbour first since a side fence is a shared dividing fence under the Act.
A side fence between two properties in Gordon is a dividing fence, so the cost is normally shared equally between adjoining owners under the NSW Dividing Fences Act 1991. Where you want more than a sufficient fence — extra height, a premium material — you generally fund the difference yourself.
Yes. Most Gordon properties have good vehicle access, though long side runs past mature trees still mean a fair amount of hand-carrying. On restricted Gordon sites we size and stage the material so it can be carried in by hand, and we plan the sequence so the last panels are not trapped behind the ones already built.
Most Gordon boundaries have a manageable fall, which we take up by stepping the panels in short increments so the fence follows the ground without leaving gaps underneath. Where the fall is steeper we rake the panels or build a low retaining course beneath.
Yes, and it is worth sizing it properly at the outset. A 900mm pedestrian gate suits foot traffic, but if the passage allows it and you need to get a mower, bins, a trailer or building materials down the side of a Gordon property, a wider 1.2m to 1.5m gate saves years of frustration for very little extra cost.
All of Gordon 2072, plus the surrounding streets in Pymble, Killara, East Killara and St Ives. Gordon is characterised by established homes on level to gently sloping blocks, with unit and townhouse stock near the station, and we schedule around what that means on the ground rather than booking a standard slot. We give you a firm start date with the quote rather than an open-ended window.
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