St Albans is a cathedral city on the site of Roman Verulamium. Its oldest houses, on Fishpool Street, St Peter’s Street and in the lanes around the cathedral, are protected: many are listed, and much of the centre is a conservation area. Around St Albans City station, Fleetville and the streets off Hatfield Road the houses are Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Further out, Marshalswick, Jersey Farm and the other estates around the city are post-war and later family homes.
Each part of the city brings its own work. The terraces gain space at the back and in the roof: side-return extensions, dormer lofts and new kitchens. In listed houses most changes need listed building consent, inside as well as outside, so the work tends to be repair and joinery matched to what is there, with new floors and decoration. The newer family homes are the most straightforward to extend, and their gardens suit garden rooms and decking.
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