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Family-owned fence installation contractors serving Chesapeake, VA since 2017.
Searching for fence installation in Chesapeake, VA? Evoke Design + Build is a husband-and-wife team that has designed and built custom fences across Hampton Roads since 2017 — Ashleigh handles design, Joey runs the build.
We build wood privacy and picket fences, vinyl fencing, and aluminum fencing, including custom designs like horizontal-slat privacy fences built from dimensional lumber instead of standard pre-fab panels. Every project starts with a walk of the property line to talk through height, gate placement, and how the fence will read from the street and from your own yard.
Hampton Roads’ humidity, salt air, and wet soil are hard on a fence over time. For wood fences we build with pressure-treated southern yellow pine and finish with a quality stain and sealer, like the Sherwin-Williams WoodScapes line, to protect the wood and hold its color. Vinyl and aluminum trade some of that design flexibility for decades of low-maintenance performance.
Chesapeake stretches from dense neighborhoods near the South Norfolk Jordan Bridge to the quieter, more rural stretches around Deep Creek and the Great Dismal Swamp. That range means we design differently depending on whether your lot backs up to a canal, a wooded buffer, or a standard suburban HOA subdivision.
Every fence installation project in Chesapeake, VA starts with a free on-site consultation, where we walk your yard, talk through how you actually want to use the space, and take real measurements — not a phone-quote guess. From there we put together a design and a detailed, written quote before any contract is signed, so there are no surprise change orders once work starts. Once you approve the design, Joey and our crew handle permitting, material ordering, and the build itself, with Ashleigh keeping you updated on timeline and any decisions that come up along the way. We work with a small group of trusted, vetted trade partners for parts of the build, and Joey personally builds the most difficult, detail-oriented parts of every project himself — so you get one point of contact from design through the final walkthrough, not a rotating cast of subcontractors you have never met.
A contractor who only works a few towns away from Chesapeake already knows which building department to call, what a typical permit turnaround looks like locally, and how the soil, drainage, and weather around Chesapeake actually behave over a full year, not just on the day of the estimate. We are not a national franchise reading from a script; we are the two people who show up to your consultation, design your project, and stand behind it afterward. That matters most on a coastal outdoor structure, where the wrong flashing detail or an undersized footing will not show up as a problem until a year or two of real Hampton Roads weather has gone by.
A new fence in Chesapeake, VA typically runs $17–$45 per linear foot installed, or roughly $1,700–$6,000 total for a standard residential lot, depending on material, height, and gates.
Pressure-treated wood runs $17–$30 per linear ft. installed; vinyl runs $20–$40; aluminum and steel run $24–$45; chain link is the least expensive at $10–$20.
Taller privacy fences and custom styles like horizontal-slat or board-on-board designs cost more than a standard picket or 4-ft fence, in both material and labor.
Each gate typically adds $150–$500 depending on width and hardware; wider drive gates cost more.
Many Hampton Roads jurisdictions require a permit for a fence near a property line or public right-of-way. We handle the paperwork and confirm what your specific lot needs before we start.
Rough installed cost ranges by material:
| Material | Cost Per Linear Ft. |
|---|---|
| Chain Link | $10–$20 |
| Pressure-Treated Wood | $17–$30 |
| Vinyl | $20–$40 |
| Aluminum / Steel | $24–$45 |
Pricing based on HomeAdvisor 2025 national data; ask us for a site-specific quote for Chesapeake, VA.
Evoke Design + Build serves Chesapeake, VA and the wider Hampton Roads region. Same husband-and-wife team, same coastal-grade construction, no matter where your yard sits.
A few of our real, completed projects in Chesapeake.
Most residential fences run $17–$45 per linear foot installed, depending on material, height and gates. We provide a free on-site quote before any work begins.
Yes, in most cases. Chesapeake limits fences to 6 feet on interior property lines and 4 feet between the house and any street. On corner or through lots, a fence in the secondary front yard can go up to 6 feet instead of 4, as long as the finished, good side faces the street. The permit fee is based on the fence’s construction cost, charged in $1,000 increments, rather than a flat fee like some neighboring cities use. You will need a physical survey or site plan showing the proposed fence location, drawn to scale, plus a cost estimate — available through the city’s online eBUILD system or in person at City Hall’s Zoning office. We confirm the exact requirement for your lot before work starts.
Pressure-treated wood, properly stained and sealed, holds up well and gives the most design flexibility. Vinyl and aluminum cost more upfront but need almost no maintenance against our humidity and salt air.
Yes, we design and install fences throughout Chesapeake, VA and the wider Hampton Roads region.
Yes. Evoke Design + Build is a licensed, insured contractor serving Hampton Roads since 2017.
Yes, every project starts with a free on-site consultation and estimate, no obligation.
Yes. Virginia’s building code, through its adoption of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, requires a pool barrier at least 4 feet tall with a gate that is self-closing, self-latching, and swings away from the pool — a detail we built into a recent pool fence on Gallberry Road in the Deep Creek area. If your fence doubles as a pool barrier, we handle the gate hardware and height requirements as part of the build, not as an afterthought.
Written by Ashleigh & Joey, Evoke Design + Build
Husband-and-wife design-build team serving Hampton Roads since 2017. Ashleigh handles design, Joey runs construction. Licensed & insured contractor. Read more about us →
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