Hertfordshire: London’s quiet edge, and the country’s film back-lot.

Hertfordshire mixes commuter wealth with the film industry in a way few counties do. The money sits in Radlett, Harpenden, Rickmansworth and the villages around St Albans — screened houses on the London side of the county — while the studios at Elstree and Leavesden bring high-profile productions and their principals through on a rolling basis. The M25, the M1 and the fast rail lines keep everything within reach, which is the appeal and the exposure both.

So our Hertfordshire work pairs residential surveys for the commuter-belt houses with production and location security for the studios, and close protection and secure driving for principals whose week crosses the county and central London. Drivers who know the studio approaches and the ring-road patterns keep an arrival — or a wrap — from becoming a scene.