New home owner who has never had to hire a contractor before. Want to have chain link fence replaced and want to have put in white vinyl fence to match connected town home.

It is just a 40 foot length I need replaced and will need to have one gate. As I get quotes, what kind of price should I expect to pay? What’s considered fair and what’s considered a rip off?

EDIT: Thanks for all the feedback! I think I’m not in the right tax bracket to hire people to do this, so probably going to try to do it myself.

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    From what I have seen, it’s everyone going to college and looking for white collar jobs. There is a labor shortage in the construction/contracting industry that is leading to them raising prices. It’s also why getting a job in the trades is pretty solid right now.