1) Not All Fence Companies are Created Equal – I’m sure you’ve found out over the course of your life, that the cheapest supplier of pretty much anything is NOT going to give you anything you would even think is made of stern stuff that would last for years. We learned this lesson way back when we were kids and bought stuff from the dollar store. We soon found out that the saying, “a toy is a toy is a toy” is not true. He-Man and Star Wars toys were pretty much indestructible but anything bought from the dollar store was only good for a few days before mom cleverly dropped it into the waste basket while we were sleeping. The same goes for getting a new fence. While it’s true that any Romulus fence company can dig a few holes in the ground, drop some posts, and rig up a line of fence, it is NOT true that they all do this job the right way. We’ve all seen concrete fence posts that appear to “float” 6 to 8 inches above the surface causing the profile of the fence to jack up and down like some connect-the-dots drawing gone wrong. There are things you can do to ensure that this type of episode doesn’t happen for your fence but don’t expect the cheapest guy to go the extra mile to make sure such things are avoided.

2) Do Your Research – wouldn’t it be nice to be able to know for a fact that the Romulus fence company you are looking at doing business with has come through in spades for previous clients? Not many of us has a friend or family member who’s recently had a fence installed and can give you a glowing review so you know which direction to point your ship. So how can you find out if a company has a good track record or not? Here’s a little tip that can help you out with that. Ask the fence company representative for some testimonials. Any fence company that’s been in business for any reasonable length of time should have at least a few customers who’ve sent in a note or letter saying thank-you for a job well done, right? Heck, if the company just sent out a simply follow-up letter to each homeowner after completing the job telling the customer to feel free to call with any fence maintenance tasks in the future, the owner could slip in a simple request that they send back a short testimonial of their overall experience. Yes, people are busy, but more than a few would get sent back each year. Couldn’t the company just make up the testimonials you say? The fact is, most Romulus fence companies are not thinking about getting testimonials. They’re thinking about seeing more people in hopes that a “few will stick” because to them, the entire business is just a numbers game. They’ll be more likely to just not bothering coming back to a “hard sell customer” than they would be to go back to the office, hock together some fake testimonials, and then come back and give them to you.