What Size Should a Real Estate Sign Be? Standard AU Sizes

The short answer: the standard Australian for-sale board is a 1200x900mm corflute panel, with a smaller 900x600mm option for tighter fences and for-lease listings, and 600x900mm A-frames for open-home directions. Gigantic Signs prints all three sizes in Adelaide, so your boards stay consistent from the main road to the front door.

We've been printing real estate signs in Adelaide for over 30 years, and every board leaves our Kent Town facility ready to go straight onto a fence, a spike or a footpath. Getting the size right is what makes a listing read cleanly from a moving car without overwhelming a narrow front fence. If you want the full run-down of board types and how agents reorder them, our real estate signs Adelaide page covers the lot. This post is about one thing: what size to order, and when.

What size are standard for-sale boards in Australia?

Across Australia, real estate signage settles onto a small set of standard sizes rather than one-off dimensions, which keeps printing fast and reordering simple. The three you'll use for almost every listing are:

• 1200x900mm -- the standard for-sale board and the most popular real estate sign size in Australia. Big enough to read from the road, and the right fit for a typical suburban front fence.
• 900x600mm -- the smaller option, for tighter fences, townhouse frontages and most for-lease listings where the full board is more than you need.
• 600x900mm -- the open-home A-frame, a portrait double-sided board that sits on the footpath and directs buyers around the corner or up the driveway.

For a prestige campaign, our Evarite premium panels step up from corflute in finish and colour hold while keeping to the same practical board dimensions, so a high-end listing looks a cut above without becoming an odd size to print or mount.

Which size for which property?

The listing itself usually tells you the size. Match the board to the frontage and the campaign:

• Standard suburban home -- go 1200x900mm. It's the workhorse for-sale board, sized to read from the street across a normal front fence.
• Townhouse, unit or tight frontage -- the 900x600mm board sits better on a narrow or low fence without crowding it, and suits most for-lease signage.
• Vacant block or set-back home -- same 1200x900mm print, mounted to a ground spike instead of a frame so a fence-less property still gets a full board out front.
• Open-home day -- 600x900mm A-frames on the footpath do the directing, working alongside your main board to funnel buyers from the main road to the door.
• Prestige or auction campaign -- an Evarite premium panel at board size, where the sign is part of the pitch and needs to look sharp from the kerb.

Frames, spikes or fence-mount?

Size and mounting go together, because how the board attaches decides which listings it can cover. There are three practical builds, and each has its own instant-price calculator so you can order the exact size you need:

• Plastic-frame corflute -- the 1200x900mm or 900x600mm panel slots into a rigid frame and zip-ties onto the front fence. The everyday for-sale board. Price it on the real estate frames calculator.
• Ground spikes -- the same corflute size mounts to a spike you drive into the lawn or verge, for vacant blocks and no-fence listings. Order through the ground spikes calculator.
• Footpath A-frames -- the folding 600x900mm double-sided board for open-home directions, lightweight enough to fold flat into the boot when you're done.

Prefer the premium finish for a flagship listing? Price the prestige option through the Evarite calculator at the same standard board dimensions.

Do agents need council approval for boards?

Temporary real estate boards on the property being sold are generally treated differently from permanent business signage, but the rules on size, placement and how long a sign can stay up vary by council and by where the board sits. Rather than make a call for you, we've set out the South Australian detail separately -- see our guide on whether you need council approval for a sign in SA, or ask our Kent Town team if a listing looks borderline.

Frequently asked questions

What is the most popular real estate sign size?

The 1200x900mm corflute for-sale board. It's large enough to read from the road and fits a standard suburban front fence, which is why it's the default across most Adelaide listings.

What size are real estate sign boards?

Three standard sizes cover almost every listing: 1200x900mm for the main for-sale board, 900x600mm for tighter fences and for-lease signage, and 600x900mm for open-home A-frames.

What size for a for-lease sign?

Usually the smaller 900x600mm board. For-lease listings turn over faster and often sit on tighter commercial or unit frontages, so the compact size does the job cleanly.

Do you print custom real estate sizes?

We can, but the three standard sizes cover the overwhelming majority of listings and keep reordering fast and consistent. If a campaign genuinely needs something bespoke, talk to our Kent Town team.

Which size for a property with no front fence?

Order the 1200x900mm board on a ground spike. It's the same full-size panel, driven into the lawn or verge so a fence-less block still gets a proper board out front.

Order the right size, then reorder in seconds

If you're listing every week, the last thing you want is to re-check dimensions and email for a quote each time. Set your artwork and size once, then price it instantly and reorder each listing in about a minute. You can also self-serve your saved boards any time through our Online Store, so a repeat agent never starts from scratch. Thirty years on, every real estate sign we print still has to earn its place on an Adelaide fence, and getting the size right is where that starts. That's why agents keep reordering from GIGANTIC.