Now booking · Fall 2026Catharpin, Virginia
Built like it’sgoing in ourown back yard.
Aluminum, vinyl, and wood fences across Northern Virginia. We come out and measure your yard, hand you an itemized estimate, and answer every call within one business day.
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20+ years experience · Northern Virginia fencing
Owner-operated · Tony Sandoval, Catharpin VA
Fully insured · Certificate sent before we start
Free on-site estimates · Your price, in writing
1-business-day callback · On every single request
1-year workmanship warranty · In writing, on every job
What we build
Every fence, and the honest advice on which one you need
Aluminum, vinyl, and wood are the three that go up on most Northern Virginia yards, plus repairs and chain link. We will tell you which one actually fits your yard, your dog, and your budget, even when it is the cheaper one.
Chain Link Fence
The most affordable way to fence a large yard and keep a dog safely in it.
Learn more →Why we exist
Nobody complains about the fence.
Read the bad reviews of fence companies around Gainesville and Manassas. Almost none of them are about a bad fence. They are about a job nobody put real care into, and a homeowner who could never get a straight answer about what was happening in their own back yard.
We have been on the other side of that. Twenty years in, running crews for the same large companies you are probably also calling, the difference was never the materials. It was whether anyone was paying attention.
- 20+ years building fences in Northern Virginia
- Ran crews as a superintendent for the big companies quoting against us
- You deal with the person who measures, builds, and stands behind the work
The same standards the big outfits sell. Without the overhead, and without anybody between you and the work.
Get My Free EstimateHow it works
Five steps, and you know all of them upfront
No mystery timeline, no surprise change orders, and no wondering whether anybody is coming back.
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You call, we answer
Within one business day, every time. We ask what the fence is for, what your yard looks like, and whether you are in a neighborhood with covenant rules.
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We come out and walk your yard with you
Tony comes out, measures the run, checks the grade and the property line, and talks through materials standing in your yard rather than from the driveway.
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Your price, in writing
The total for the job in writing before anything is booked, with a per-linear-foot number where it helps you compare, and a separate quote if you would rather supply your own material.
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We handle the paperwork
A utility locate ticket gets filed before anyone digs, on every job. If your project also needs a county permit or homeowners association approval, we prepare the drawings and submit them for you.
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We set a date, install, and walk it with you
We lock in a day and most fences go up inside that single day. Only the very large runs, roughly 400 to 500 feet and up, need a second. Then we clean the site and walk the finished line with you before we leave, so anything you are not happy with gets fixed while we are still there.
The work
View full gallery →Fences that look right in a Virginia yard
Aluminum, vinyl, and wood across Catharpin, Gainesville, Haymarket, and Manassas.
Sample imagery shown. Real project photos go up here as jobs are completed.
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Owner · Catharpin, Virginia
Meet the owner
The name is not a slogan. It is how we work.
“We named it Fence For Family & Friends because that is who we started building for. We have never worked out how to do it differently for anyone else.”
Tony Sandoval has spent more than 20 years building fences across Northern Virginia, a good stretch of it as a superintendent running crews for the large companies you are probably also getting quotes from. He knows exactly how those jobs get run, which is precisely why he runs his differently.
He is the person who answers your call, the person who measures your yard, and the person standing there when the last panel goes up. There is nobody to hand you off to, because the person who promised you something is the person who has to look at you in your own back yard.
Why us
Twenty years of doing this. None of the overhead.
Tony Sandoval has spent more than 20 years on the front lines of fencing in Northern Virginia, including years as a superintendent running crews for the large companies you are probably also getting quotes from. Same standards, same materials, same way of building it — without a sales floor, a call volume target, or a district manager between you and the person doing the work. That is the thing the big outfits genuinely cannot offer: a company that earns your business every day.
Every request, every time. If we somehow miss you, call the number on this page and you will get the owner, not a queue.
Why it matters: Read the one and two star reviews of fence companies around here and they are almost never about the fence. They are about a homeowner who could not get a straight answer out of anybody. Clear communication is the cheapest thing in this business to get right and the thing most often got wrong.
Tony measures your project personally, in your yard, with you standing there. Not a salesperson working from a tablet in the driveway.
Why it matters: The highest-praise review in this market was a homeowner who said that out of five companies who came to quote, only one actually walked into the yard. That is a shockingly low bar, and it is the whole job.
You get your price in writing before anything is booked: the total for the job, the per-linear-foot number where that helps you compare, and separate quotes if you want to supply your own material. No obligation attached to any of it.
Why it matters: Fence pricing is opaque, and most homeowners are collecting three to five quotes with no way to tell what is actually different between them. A number you can hold next to another number is worth more than a number with a signature line under it.
Every job gets a utility locate ticket filed before we put a shovel in the ground — that one is never optional. If your project also needs a county permit or homeowners association approval, we prepare the drawings and specifications and submit them for you.
Why it matters: Digging without a locate is how somebody hits a gas line. And neighborhoods across Gainesville, Haymarket, Bristow, and Aldie govern fence height, material, color, and which way the finished side faces. Getting it wrong means tearing it out.
Before we start, we walk the line together so you know exactly where the fence is going and what it will look like. When the last panel is up, we walk it again. Anything you are not happy with gets fixed while we are still standing there.
Why it matters: The complaint underneath almost every bad fence experience is that nobody put real care into the job. Two walkthroughs, with you, is how care stops being a word on a website.
If your fence needs three posts reset instead of a full replacement, that is what we will quote. If a repair buys you ten more years, we will say so in writing.
Why it matters: It costs us a bigger invoice today and earns the referral that actually builds a business. We would rather be the company your neighbor recommends.
You are not taking a chance on someone learning the trade. You are hiring the person the big companies used to put in charge of your job.
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Free on-site estimate, your price in writing, no obligation. We answer every request within one business day.
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Tell us about your yard
Four questions, thirty seconds. We answer every request within one business day. Then we come out, measure, and put your price in writing with no obligation attached.
Call Tony(571) 839-9868Emailat.fenceff@gmail.com
Service areaNorthern Virginia · based in Catharpin, VA
HoursMon–Fri 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM · Sat 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM