Fence Removal Cost in Philadelphia, PA

Most people pay $300–$800. That is a national range for fence removal, not a quote — your real price comes from local pros bidding on your photos, and it moves with volume, stairs and how far the item has to travel to the truck.

Get both numbers. Fence contractors often price removal as an add-on at a rate that assumes it is inconvenient; a hauling crew is doing exactly the work it does every day. Where the new fence follows the same line, though, one contractor doing both can be simpler.

Settle that with your neighbour before anyone starts. A boundary fence is frequently jointly owned and removing one without agreement is a dispute you do not want. Nothing about the removal itself is complicated; the conversation beforehand is the part people skip.

Yes, if footings are coming out. Utility location is free and legally required in most states before digging, and fence lines have a habit of running near buried services. Any crew that starts digging without it is one to walk away from.

It depends on how many pros cover your area. On our first jobs the first quote arrived within one to three days, and we email you the moment one comes in. Once you pick a pro you choose the date and time window; same-day or next-day pickup is possible when a crew has room on the truck.

Nothing. Posting a job and collecting quotes is free, and you pay your pro directly when the work is done. The pro pays the platform a small fee only when they win the job — it never gets added to your price.

No — the crew does the lifting and loading, and that labour is most of what you are paying for. In Philadelphia about 57% of homes are attached rather than detached, so a straight internal staircase and a narrow front door tend to set the limits instead of a driveway. The median home here dates to around 1949, and stairwells and doorways from those years tend to be narrower than a modern build — worth mentioning if the item is bulky. Say which floor it is on and whether there is a lift when you post the job; that is the part that moves the quote. Housing figures are from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Access and housing type, mostly. In Philadelphia, 8% of homes are detached and the city runs at about 11,715 residents per square mile — most homes here are attached rather than detached, so the front staircase and the doorway set the limits rather than a driveway. Renters occupy 48% of occupied homes here, which also shapes when the work happens. The prices on this site are national ranges; the number you actually pay comes from local pros bidding on your photos. Housing figures are from the U.S. Census Bureau.