This Contractor Charged How Much?

I saw a viral post where a customer may have massively overpaid for a custom gate… so I decided to see what it should actually cost to build one properly. I head to the lumber yard, buy all the materials myself, and build the gate from scratch while teaching the entire process step-by-step along the way. From layout and material selection to assembly and installation techniques, I break down exactly how I’d approach this as a professional contractor. Then at the end, we calculate the real numbers — materials, labour, overhead, and profit — to reveal what this gate realistically should have cost. Did the original contractor charge fairly… or was this customer completely ripped off?