Fence / Gate for Beverly Hills homes
Beverly Hills fence and gate work is its own category. Privacy is the dominant requirement — most properties have 6-8 foot perimeter fences, often with electronic vehicle gates at the driveway entrance, sometimes with security toppers (concertina, electric, or aesthetic but functional spike rails) above the standard fence. The materials skew premium: solid cedar or redwood privacy fences with hidden fasteners, tropical hardwood (ipe, cumaru) for high-end builds, ornate wrought-iron gates with stone pillars, electronic sliding or swing gates with key fobs, intercoms, and license-plate-recognition cameras.
Repair work spans from ordinary to specialized. The ordinary: bottom-row board rot on a 7-year-old cedar privacy fence, sagging pedestrian gate from a tilted post, broken latch on the side-yard gate. The specialized: electronic gate operator failures (motor, control board, photo-eye sensors, manual release), wrought-iron gate repair requiring welding and rust treatment, hardwood fence repair where matching ipe or cumaru takes special-order lumber. Pricing varies accordingly — standard wood fence repair follows LA range ($80-820), but electronic gate operator work runs $350-1,200 per call and specialty hardwood replacements are 2-4x cedar pricing. Most Beverly Hills properties have multiple gates (front pedestrian, vehicle gate, side service entrance, pool gate) and bundling work in one visit saves on mobilization.
About fence / gate
Fence and gate repair is the work of restoring a residential perimeter — wood pickets, vinyl panels, chain link, or a mix — back to a state where the gate swings true, the line is plumb, and nothing is rotted, leaning, or splintered. The work covers a wide range. On the small end, you have a sticky gate latch that won't catch, a single broken board, or a sagging gate that drops when you open it. In the middle, you have rotted ground-line boards that need replacement, posts that have lost their concrete, or torn chain-link mesh after a tree branch came down. On the large end, you have full section reset after a car backed into the fence, a row of three or four posts that all rotted at the same time, or a vinyl panel run that cracked from sun and wind exposure. Most LA homeowners book fence repair before listing a property, after a windstorm, or when a neighbor finally complains about the leaning section.
Read the full Fence / Gate guide →Pricing in Beverly Hills
$180–650 typical range for Beverly Hills jobs.
Sagging gate fix in Los Angeles runs $180-320 in labor when the existing posts are sound. This covers re-hanging the gate on the existing post, installing a turnbuckle diagonal brace from the upper hinge corner to the lower latch corner (the standard fix for any gate over 36 inches wide), tightening or replacing hinges, and adjusting the latch strike. Most jobs in this range take 60-90 minutes. If the post is rotted and needs replacement, the price climbs into the post replacement range below — a pro should diagnose this before quoting, not after starting work.
Beverly Hills fence / gate FAQ
My electronic driveway gate stopped working — fence pro or gate specialist?+
Gate specialist for the operator electronics — motor, control board, photo-eye sensors, key fob receivers. Fence pro for the structural gate frame, hinges, and panels if those are damaged. Many Beverly Hills pros handle both, but confirm scope before booking. Operator repair runs $350-1,200 depending on what failed; structural gate repair follows standard pricing.
I have a tall privacy fence with security topper — can it be repaired in sections?+
Yes, if the topper system is modular. Concertina or aesthetic spike-rail toppers can usually be removed in sections for fence repair below, then reinstalled. Electric topper systems require a specialist for de-energizing and re-energizing. Section repair runs higher than standard fence repair because of the topper coordination — typical $600-1,500 per section depending on what's involved.
My ipe (or cumaru) hardwood fence has a damaged section — can the wood be matched?+
Yes, but expect special-order lead time and higher material cost. Ipe and cumaru are 3-4x cedar pricing, and color match across boards of different ages is more difficult than on softwoods. A pro who handles tropical hardwood fences can source matching lumber from specialty suppliers (Advantage Lumber, East Teak). Per-board replacement runs $180-380 in hardwood.
How do I handle a fence repair that crosses my neighbor's property?+
Like any shared fence in California — written notification before work starts, agreement on cost split, documentation. In Beverly Hills the dollars are higher and so is the diligence. Get a survey to confirm the property line if there's any question, especially before any permanent change. A pro carrying GL insurance is the right party to do shared-line work, not a casual handyman.
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