Builders in Royston

Building work in Royston, done properly.

Ask us about Royston and you'll get a straight answer, because it's a spot we've been travelling to more and more as word has spread rather than a postcode we've bolted onto a map.

Royston properties tend to be post-war planned-town housing with generous plots — which usually means thinking carefully about access, levels and drainage before anyone lifts a spade. We're local enough to come and look at it the same week.

Most of what we're asked for here is space and outdoor living: side-return and rear extensions, garage conversions, driveways widened and re-laid in block paving, and gardens levelled with retaining walls and sandstone or porcelain patios. Conservation areas around Tring, Harpenden and Bishop's Stortford mean matching brick and mortar properly, which is the part we enjoy.

The jobs we're asked for most often around here are brickwork and landscaping. Garden and retaining walls, piers, chimneys, feature brickwork and repointing — neat lines and clean joints.

Being genuinely local to this part of Hertfordshire — Baldock and Buntingford included — means we're not guessing at ground conditions or council requirements. Tell us what you're after in Royston and we'll price it clearly.