I live in a small subdivision in Texas City. My "patio home" sits on a very small piece of ground, without much yard. In March 2020, I hired Gulf Coast Fence to do two jobs: JOB 1 was to put cedar boards on the backside of an approx. 80' fence along my side yard that runs between me and the neighboring professional building. Gulf Coast Fence had already replaced that fence for the building's owner in 2019, but at the time the owner had elected to have the 2 x 4 horizontal supports show on my side. I didn't like seeing the "ugly" side of his fence along my property line so I hired Gulf Coast Fence to cover my side with matching cedar pickets. JOB 2 that I hired Gulf Coast Fence to do was to tear down and replace the fence across the back of my property, and replace one pedestrian gate in that fence line. Well, they did excellent work on Job 1. They carefully matched the top of my new line of pickets with the existing fence, and professionally hid some "jut out" areas created by wooden posts in that fence line. A very nice job, well done. BUT, Job 2 was not to my liking. Without consulting me, they elected to follow the ground height when installing the new fence - rather than making the top of the fence level by excavating a few inches down under the fence line. The result was that my fence angled upward about six inches between two brick posts that sit about 35' apart. (My 85-yr old neighbor was the first to drive down the road behind the fence; he bee-lined to my house to ask who the heck had installed my fence so badly?) Remember, I'm in a subdivision, not a cow pasture. As for my new gate, Gulf Coast Fence decided on their own to add a "kick board" to the outside rear of it (none of the fence has a bottom board). And it had a six inch gap under it between the bottom of it and the ground. Any small dog could have easily gone under it. (See the photos below for how they did the gate-related work initially.) Well, as you might expect, I asked the owner to return and "fix" this messed up job. He became hateful with me, called me a "crook" (still have that text message) and told me our contract "didn't specify making the top of the fence level". (Which was a very interesting statement by him since I have a photograph of his crew using a 4' bubble level across the top of the new fence for Job 1!) Eventually, he threatened to "take me to court" if I didn't immediately pay the $4500 bill for the work in full. After thinking seriously about going to court, I decided the cost of my attorney and the hassle to deal with this hot head wasn't worth it. So, I settled for him re-doing the gate to my satisfaction, and I called it a day with Gulf Coast Fence. (Knowing I could always write this helpful Yelp! review for you to read.) Fast-forward: Today (in mid-August 2020) I finished paying another company an additional $750 to have the pickets removed between the two brick posts, get the 4 x 4 posts between them cut down to the correct height, and re-install the pickets that could be re-used. (I had to purchase 20 more to replace the ones that couldn't be salvaged and reused due to breakage when they were removed.) So, dear homeowner, my best advice to you is to look elsewhere for good fence installation rather than use Gulf Coast Fence - unless you remember to include the statement in your bid that the fence must be installed "level at the top!" read more

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Initial call he was rude on the phone but I decided to inquire about a quote. He was supposed to come out Monday afternoon and never showed. I called him a couple days later and he asked if I was watching the news. Not sure how looking at a yard to estimate the cost of a fence would risk his health or violate social distancing. He then said he couldn't make it out until the weekend and hung up on me. I called back to ask him not to come and he again hung up on me. read more

Gulf Coast Fence built a beautiful and sturdy fence for my family here in Galveston Island. I set the expectations very very high. We built a fence with all the bells and whistles, cedar pockets, heavy grade pine wrought board at the base, with wrought board and cap board at the top, all the way around our relatively large yard. 4ft customary in the front, 8ft on the sides and rear. The 8ft required a special permit from the City of Galveston, which Gulf Coast handled 100% for us. We didn't have to do any begging or proving up. They handled it. Our fence has an interior 4ft fence to fence off the garage by itself for use as a garage apartment, a total of 4 very well built and straight level gates. The front gate has a push button keyless entry. The rear facing the alley has a huge 8ft motorized chain driven sliding remote control gate to allow us to install a driveway in the backyard for vehicles or an RV at some point. This was a pretty complicated job. The fence is extremely well built, and to me looks like it will also provide a hurricane barrier for all but the worst of storms. We are very satisfied. This brings the review to price. The price was spot on exactly a premium price. Not overpriced, not underpriced either. Given the premium nature of what my expectations were, this was fair. I expect that most folks who want a more normal fence will pay much less. The crew was very professional and did their job the right way the first time. Everything is square, the posts are very heavily concreted, the materials are top grade, and the high end mechanicals I wanted all work perfectly. Thanks Gulf Coast. We are very happy. --J. Borden read more

After asking several different companies we chose James and his crew and could not be happier with their services. They were prompt and so professional and tidy. They even took their shoes off to walk on newly poured concrete so as not to get it dirty. They are truly the best contractors we have had! We would recommend them 150%. Gulf Coast Fence and James and the crew you ROCK!! read more

u guys really do great work. i was expressed with the speed n quality of your work. i will b referring other customers

Gulf coast fence is the best fence company in and around South Texas I would highly recomend them to my family neighbors and friends .they were professional on time arrived and got the job done in a few days leaving us amazed with the results. Thank you Gulf Goast Fence of Texas City! read more