Professional Fence Contractor in Mountain View CA - Fencing Built to Last

Why Mountain View properties need a fence contractor who understands local conditions

A large share of Mountain View homes were built in the 1950s and 1960s during the postwar housing boom, which means many are now 60 to 70 years old. Fences from that era - where they still exist at all - are usually well past their useful life. The clay soils that run through much of the Santa Clara Valley, including Mountain View, are one of the key environmental factors that wear fences down faster here. Clay swells with the winter rains and shrinks during the dry summer, and that movement puts steady lateral pressure on fence posts year after year. Posts set without deep-enough holes or adequate concrete footings will start leaning within a few wet seasons.

Mountain View also has a notable share of rental properties - roughly half the city's housing units are renter-occupied - and landlords who manage properties near El Camino Real, Castro Street, or the Caltrain corridor often need fence work done on a schedule that works around tenant occupancy. The city has a mix of owner-occupied single-family homes, older duplexes, and newer apartment complexes, and the fence needs across those property types vary considerably. An experienced local contractor understands how to work with property managers, coordinate access with tenants, and navigate the different permit requirements that apply depending on property type and zoning.

What to expect when you hire a fence contractor in Mountain View

About Mountain View

Mountain View is a city of about 82,000 people in the heart of the Santa Clara Valley, bordered by Sunnyvale, Los Altos, and Palo Alto. It is best known as the home of the Googleplex, the main campus of Google, which sits just off Charleston Road and draws workers and visitors from across the region. Castro Street serves as the city’s social center, lined with restaurants, coffee shops, and a weekly farmers market that has been a fixture in the community for years. Beyond downtown, the city stretches from flat residential neighborhoods closer to El Camino Real out toward Shoreline at Mountain View, a large public park and amphitheater on the edge of San Francisco Bay.

The housing stock in Mountain View is predominantly postwar single-family homes - mostly one-story ranch houses built in the 1950s and 1960s on modest lots. These neighborhoods, concentrated in the central and southern parts of the city, are where most of our residential fence work happens. There is also a significant amount of multi-family housing, particularly near downtown and along El Camino Real, where landlords and property managers often call us for fence work between tenants or after storm damage. Neighboring Los Altos sits just to the south and shares many of the same housing characteristics - quiet streets, mature trees, and homes that were built around the same time with similar materials.