New fence is up
A section of our front yard fence had a wood wagon wheel on it. But it was breaking apart under our bright and strong sun in Southern California. It doesn’t look good if we plan to sell our home in the next few months. So I called up several fence companies to get estimates.
The first company whom came out told me the whole fence has to be replaced because the bottom part was rusty, no point in replacing just the few vertical metal. He suggested to do the new fence in wood since it will be more economical that way. He said his charge is $250 to replace the fence with cedar wood.
The second company I called didn’t show up at the schedule appointment and we rescheduled for the next day. So the third company, Gonzales Iron Work (from Gardena 310-538-5593) came out and looked at the fence. He said to replaced the whole fence plus labor would be $295. But I had to wait till the second company give me the quote before I decide.
When the second company came out the next day, he looked at the fence and asked me how much the other companies had quoted to replace it, I told him $280. And he was laughing at me. He said if I found that cheap, I should let the other company do the job. Because he said he knows ‘no one’ will replace that fence for such a low price. I told him, “Yes, there is!” He said for him to do the job, he will charge $600-$700. He left. I immediately called Gonzales Iron Work and gave them the job. It was Friday afternoon. I asked them how many days they need to do the job, the owner said a few days (may be 3-4). The owner came out on Friday evening to let my Hubby sign the contract and said he would stop by on Saturday morning to remove the fence to use as template. The owner didn’t even ask for deposit for the job.
The next morning around 9am, they were already here removing the fence. That’s timely! I told Brandon that the fence would be back up there around Wednesday. He likes to see people working so I was hoping that he will get to see them putting the fence up.
On Sunday morning we went to Camarillo Outlet mall and came back around 1pm. And guess what? When we turned into our street, Hubby said to me that the new fence was up already. I was surprised! But it was there, painted too to match our existing fence color. Although the color is a bit off but close enough. That’s really fast work and the quality is good too.
I will definitely recommend Gonzales Iron Work from Gardena to anyone that needs to get a new fence. It is people like this that I love to do business with. Work done on timely manner.
I forgot to take a picture of the old fence but I managed to go out this morning to take the picture of the new fence.
