Fences built for Charlotte lots.

Fences built for the way Charlotte is actually laid out

Charlotte is not one kind of neighborhood. A 1920s bungalow in Plaza Midwood sits on a 50-foot lot with a planting strip and a city street tree out front. A new townhome row in South End shares walls and has a courtyard the size of a parking space. A Steele Creek subdivision backs onto a creek buffer, and a Myers Park colonial sits under willow oaks planted a century ago. Each of those lots needs a different fence plan, and most of the problems we fix come from treating them the same.

We plan every job around four Charlotte questions:

1. Where is the line, really? We check the Mecklenburg County Polaris map, look for property pins and recommend a survey when the line is unclear.
2. What does the city require? Height limits under the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), the CDOT Fence and Wall Certificate near city streets and sidewalks, sight triangles on corner lots, and Historic District Commission review in the city’s eight local historic districts.
3. What is in the ground? Red clay, tree roots, storm drainage easements, SWIM stream buffers and buried utilities, located through NC 811 before we dig.
4. What do you need the fence to do? Privacy from a new two-story next door, a safe dog run, a code-compliant pool barrier, curb appeal, or security for a business.

What we build

• Wood privacy fences in pressure-treated pine or cedar, including shadowbox and board-on-board
• Horizontal slat fences for modern and infill homes
• Vinyl, aluminum and ornamental steel fences
• Chain link and black vinyl-coated chain link
• Pool fences, dog fences and driveway gates
• Fence repair, storm damage repair and staining
• Commercial fencing, dumpster enclosures and security fencing

Answers before you call

Most people searching for a Charlotte fence company are really asking a few questions first. We wrote plain-English answers to more than sixty of them in Charlotte Fence Answers: permits, height limits, what to do about the neighbor’s side, how deep posts go in red clay, which wood holds up in our humidity, and what a fence costs here. Start with Do I need a permit for a fence in Charlotte? or the Charlotte fence cost guide.

Neighborhood by neighborhood

From Dilworth and NoDa to Highland Creek and Ballantyne, each neighborhood guide covers lot sizes, common HOA or historic rules and the fence styles that suit the houses. Browse all of them on our Charlotte neighborhoods page.