W J Mc Donough Fence Co

W J McDonough Fence has been racking up Google reviews since 2021 — 94 in total, a 4.8-star average across 123 ratings — for wood, cedar, chain-link, and ornamental iron fence work out of Medford. A recurring thread through that history is repeat business: people who had a fence put in years back come back to the same company when it's time to replace it. The last six months brought 29 reviews and only one dipped below five stars. The theme that keeps showing up is care with everything around the fence line, not just the fence itself — installers are repeatedly credited for protecting existing plants, trees, and shrubs while they work, then cleaning up fully afterward. In early June, a crew wrapped a roughly 260-foot job in Malden in about 12 hours, careful enough with the install and cleanup that the reviewer said it looked like the fence had always been there. Storm-damage repairs come up more than once too: reviewers whose fences got knocked around in winter storms said the office was responsive and the fix came quickly. Estimators — named repeatedly as Nick and Cole — get credit for turning quotes around fast; one reviewer had a reply within three hours and an estimator on-site two days later. The one recent complaint worth flagging is about billing, not craftsmanship: a customer who put down a 50% deposit said the job stretched to three weeks, then the remaining balance was marked overdue within days of the invoice going out. A separate four-star review liked the finished fence but noted the gate latch hole was left unfinished. Neither is a pattern across the 29 recent reviews, but both are worth asking about: get the payment schedule and completion timeline in writing, and do a final walk-around before signing off. For anyone in Medford or the surrounding towns weighing a wood, cedar, or chain-link fence — especially a yard with mature landscaping to work around — the recent record backs a call. Confirm the deposit and payment terms up front.