Builders in St Albans

Your builders in St Albans

When you want to remodel your home, consider Abbey Building and Maintenance Services. We’re independent local builders in St Albans and we’ve completed over 250 home improvement projects, many of them in the thriving St Albans area.

Contact Richard on 07818 061505

Why complete a home renovation or extension in St Albans?

As a local resident or property investor, you’ll already know why it pays to improve your home. St Albans is an attractive town to live in and it’s well connected for work and leisure with a fast Thameslink service to London and easy access to the M25 and M1 motorways. The culture, convenience and connections of St Albans have meant that property values have increased at an above average rate. Since home-owners love where they are and moving costs are high, it often makes sense to renovate rather than move, making St Albans a home improvement hotspot. We’re often asked to complete home extensions, conversions and renovation in St Albans and we’re proud of the work we’ve completed for clients in the area.

St Albans is UK’s top place for extensions

St Albans is the top place nationally for home extensions with 29 applications per 1000 private homes in the last year alone. It’s also in 2nd place for loft extensions after Richmond upon Thames. Overall, when considering all home improvements which require planning permission, St Albans is in the top 10, according to construction market experts Barbour ABI, sitting in 8th place after the likes of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Cambridge. That’s 1st, 2nd and 10th out of 326 British districts.

From Batchwood to Fleetville and St Stephens to Highfield, St Albans has a wide variety of properties. We take on home improvement and construction projects for uber-contemporary homes and historic buildings including Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian houses and everything in between.

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Abbey Building Services & Maintenance

5.0

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Sarah Lyne

16:00 01 Feb 25

We had an extension and loft conversion and the whole team of Abbey builders were excellent. Really helpful, considerate and efficient team. Would highly recommend this company.

Dion Bowden

13:35 28 Aug 24

Richard and his team just completed a garage conversion for us. The Abbey team are a pleasure to have around the house and we will certainly be using them again.

Chloe Green

19:51 23 Apr 24

Richard’s team at Abbey Building did a brilliant job on our loft extension, and we are thrilled with it. The team were lovely to have in the house and left the house each day in a clean state. They were very considerate (important with a new born!), provided sound advice to our questions and completed everything to a high standard. Piers, John & Drew were a pleasure to have completing our building works, and I could not recommend Abbey Building highly enough!

Charles Tibenderana

21:30 07 Aug 22

Abbey building recently completed a double story rear extension for us. We initially contacted Abbey about a year before we even had planning permission, and even at that stage, Abbey were happy to prepare a document detailing what would need to be done and roughly how much it would cost - no other builder we spoke to was willing to do this. When we eventually got planning permission, I spoke to several builders (including Abbey), but Abbeys quote was by far more thorough than all the other builders. We were very worried from reading all the horror stories about builders who change their quote in the middle of the project, so we were very pleased that Abbey did not change anything on their quote for the full duration of the project.

We found the team at Abbey very friendly and professional. We were always made aware of the next steps so we knew what to expect, and we really did not need to manage anything, just let them do their thing.

We are please with our extension, and we cannot recommend Abbey highly enough.

Vishal Shah

07:28 18 May 22

We had just bought a house in the Hatfield area, we engaged Abbey Building Services & Maintenance for a quote and instantly from that initial conversation with Richard, it led to us going ahead to utilising them for a full house refurbishment along with a rear ground floor extension. Unlike some other builders we had engaged, with Abbey Building Services we felt an instant rapport and as we also shared some common interests it made it a no brainer for us to utilise them.

Considering we had engaged them over the pandemic, and with all the building supply chaos going on, Richard and team were able to keep us posted, and ensured everything was ordered in advance of us needing them (steels etc). We were kept up to date and were able to pay in milestone increments

Richard and team were very flexible, and they were all very knowledgeable about their trades, special shoutout to Piers, Cliff and John who were the main team looking after us.

Would highly recommend Abbey Building Services & Maintenance for any home renovation works / extensions

Chloe Berry

09:03 06 Feb 22

Richard and his team have done a fantastic job of rebuilding our home. They have created a space that is perfect for our young family. They have been a joy to work with and we can't recommend them enough.

fern hague

13:54 04 Feb 21

Fabulous company. Made our home look stunning. Thank you!

Diane Secker

11:35 14 Feb 20

Richard was brilliant. We chose Abbey due to Richard's responsiveness and his attention to detail. Abbey completed a side and rear extension for us in 2018/2019, and we are so happy with it. We trusted Richard to make decisions on our behalf or guide us through things that we knew little about. His team were lovely people to have in the house and worked to a high standard. If we had any concerns they were dealt with quickly. While the quote was slightly more than others, it was comprehensive and it didn't change. I would highly recommend Abbey Building.

Huw Jones

09:04 04 Nov 19

Highly recommended. Richard was very generous with his time and advice quoting for a complex grade II listed renovation project.

Michelle Bryant-Fowler

13:14 29 Oct 19

Great work and lovely team . With both of us working , the children had to come home to Richards team . We felt comfortable for the children to be in the house with them .Thoroughly recommend

What our clients say

“I’d like to take this opportunity to say that we are pleased with the work you have done so far and very impressed by Mark’s high standards and the care he takes over everything. Please pass on my appreciation to him and say that it is a pleasure having him and Will about the house. We shouldn’t forget Piers either”

Mr Colma

St Albans

“Just wanted to thank you, and all the team who worked on the project for delivering a great job on budget, that was loaded with complexity from planning to execution. Nothing was too much trouble and every issue was approached with a solution-oriented vision. Great quality of work and attention to detail in project management – would certainly recommend Abbey builders to anyone contemplating a building project … A very big thank you.”

Mr and Mrs Smith

“Hi Richard and thanks for your email and quick response on the quote.
I saw four builders last Friday and you were by far and away the most professional, informative and reassuring so thank you for that”.

Mr and Mrs Worton

St Albans

Where we work

Construction projects are undertaken across St Albans, whose cathedral abbey was the inspiration for our company name. Wherever high-quality results are required, we’re ready to work including Batchwood, Bernards Heath, Marshalwick, Fleetville, Cottonmill, St Julians and St Stephens, Highfield, New Greens, Sopwell, The Camp, Townsend and Jersey Farm, Oaklands and Tyttenhanger. Building work is also undertaken for homeowners in neighbouring Sandridge, Chiswell Green, Redbourn, Colney Heath, London Colney, Wheathampstead and Harpenden.

Home improvement figures are taken from the Barbour ABI Home Improvers Report, April 2018.

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Abbey Building

Abbey Building is a well-regarded building company based in St Albans, specialising in house extensions, refurbishments, loft conversions, and general home improvements. They have completed over 250 projects in the area and are known for their professionalism, reliability, and high-quality workmanship.

Reputation & Client Feedback

Abbey Building has received numerous positive testimonials from clients in St Albans and surrounding areas. Clients have praised their efficiency, attention to detail, and the professionalism of their team. For instance:

“A friendly and professional building company, who were very reliable and efficient in carrying out our two-storey side extension and new downstairs cloakroom… Overall a trustworthy building firm who performs to a high level of service.”
— Mr and Mrs Hince

“First-class work and excellent aftercare… Richard’s team built an extension for us 5 years ago and the work is still as great now as it was on the day they left… they were always charming, tidy, and polite.”
— Nic MacKinnon

Services Offered

Abbey Building offers a comprehensive range of services, including:

House Extensions
Loft Conversions
Refurbishments
Garage Conversions
New Builds
Home Offices
Kitchens and Bathrooms

Get in touch

“Just to let you know I’ve nearly finished the painting and the loft room feels very warm and cosy even when the wind is blowing and it’s raining! I would like to thank you and the team for the quality of your work and completing the job with the minimum of fuss and mess. I would also like to commend Gunstock of the quality of the stairs and the fitting of the doors.”

Paul, Elaine and Heather

“I’d like to say thanks for the work you and your guys put in. We had to wait a while to get started but it was well worth it. All the guys you sent round were great throughout the work, helpful, on-time, tidy and very occasionally funny. We don’t have a single complaint or fault to pick. We’ll definitely be in touch if/when we have another project.”

Col Rochford