Tyttenhanger House, the Skylon Construction office in St Albans, Hertfordshire

Radlett

Construction company
in Radlett.

Radlett is one of the most desirable addresses in Hertfordshire, and one of the most tightly constrained. Almost everything around it is Green Belt.

Why Skylon

The cheapest mistake in construction is the one you catch before you build.

Radlett work is almost always high specification: whole-house refurbishment, replacement dwellings and substantial extensions. This is the kind of project our in-house joinery and finishing teams exist for.

Hertsmere Borough Council is the planning authority. Radlett sits within the Aldenham wards. We price and programme against the authority that will actually decide your application, and we say what is not possible before you have paid for a design that cannot be built.

Building in Radlett

High value plots, hard planning

  • Green Belt pressure is intense. Roughly 80 percent of Hertsmere is Green Belt, and Radlett sits in the middle of it. Replacement dwellings and large extensions are tested on volume and openness first, design second.
  • Large plots, high expectations. Radlett projects tend to be substantial, and clients here are not buying a builder, they are buying certainty. Fixed scope, a named site manager and a written report every fortnight.
  • Replacement dwelling is often the honest answer. Where a plot cannot support the extension a client wants, we say so early. That conversation costs nothing. Finding out at planning costs a year.
  • Neighbours are close and involved. Objections are common. Deliveries, working hours and site presentation are part of the job, not an afterthought.
See How We Work
Skylon Construction project, Radlett area

What we deliver

One contract, one team, one accountable name.

  • New build. Ground up residential and replacement dwellings, from groundworks to handover.
  • Extensions and whole-house refurbishment. Structural work, reconfiguration and finishing under one contract.
  • Commercial fit-out. Workspace delivered to a fixed programme, on live and constrained sites.
  • Design and build. Design developed against real cost and buildability from the start.
  • Bespoke joinery and finishes. Manufactured in house, not subcontracted to the lowest bidder.
  • Electrical and M&E coordination. Our trades work from the same drawings, so services do not ruin the detailing.
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Serving WD7 and the surrounding area from our office at Tyttenhanger House, St Albans.

Let’s build something worth keeping.

Tell us about your Radlett project. We will tell you honestly what it costs, how long it takes, and whether it can be built at all.