Eight-foot panels of softwoods such as spruce or pine may cost as little as $60 in some parts of the country, but professional installation of hardwood fences can cost as much as $36 per linear foot.

You can buy rolls of vinyl-coated mesh on Amazon for $0.48 per square foot, potentially making this the cheapest option out of all these front yard fence ideas.

Allen has asked the authority to build her a 10-foot wood fence instead. Perhaps that would knock off a decibel or three. The authority is pondering that request, Pustelnyk said.

All other things being equal, a cedar fence runs $25 per square foot, Ipe is $32 per square foot and pressure treated wood is about $22, Lazar tells her clients. “That is for a yard that is graded and ...