St Albans
Construction company
in St Albans.
Our office is in St Albans, at Tyttenhanger House on Coursers Road. This is not a service area we added to a map. It is where we work from.
Why Skylon
The cheapest mistake in construction is the one you catch before you build.
We are based here. Our team, our office and our plant are in St Albans, which means shorter mobilisation, faster response and a site manager who can be on your project the same morning.
St Albans City and District Council is the planning authority. 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 St Albans
A Roman city with modern rules
- Conservation areas and listed buildings. The historic core carries a dense concentration of protected fabric. Window profiles, mortar mixes, roof coverings and rainwater goods are all scrutinised. We specify to survive the conservation officer, not just the drawing.
- Green Belt on the edges. Plots outside the built-up area fall under Green Belt policy, where extensions and replacement dwellings are tested on volume and openness before anything else.
- Archaeology. Verulamium means groundworks in and around the city can trigger archaeological conditions. That is a programme risk we plan for, not a surprise we discover.
- Tight streets, real neighbours. Deliveries, scaffold licences and working hours need agreeing up front. Our site managers handle this before the first lorry arrives.
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.
Proof, not promises
Delivered projects, with the numbers attached.
We publish real contract values because anyone can claim experience. These are projects we delivered as main contractor, and you can read every one of them.
Major residential development, delivered end to end.
£2.3M Garrett StreetComplex fit-out with in-house joinery and electrical.
£1.5M Brushfield StreetCommercial refurbishment on a live, constrained site.
£1.5M Brecknock RoadWhole-house residential transformation.
£800K Long LaneRefurbishment delivered to a fixed programme.
Skylon Group
The specialists are ours, not strangers.
Most of what decides whether a St Albans project looks right is made inside our own group. That is why sequencing holds and why the details line up.
Bespoke timber sash and casement windows, made in the UK. FENSA registered, built for conservation areas.
Visit site Skylon ElementsAdvanced building protection: waterproofing and certified fire-stopping, delivered as a specialist package.
Visit site Skylon JoineryFactory-grade sprayed finishes for joinery, kitchens and architectural metal.
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We also build in
Serving AL1, AL2, AL3 and AL4 and the surrounding area from our office at Tyttenhanger House, St Albans.
Let’s build something worth keeping.
Tell us about your St Albans project. We will tell you honestly what it costs, how long it takes, and whether it can be built at all.