- Charming bungalow with high ceilings throughout & ornate Victorian-style corner details in main room
- Spacious Lounge with a large east-facing bay window and feature fireplac
- Generous Dining Room with extensive glazing and French doors, connecting to Kitchen & Reception Hall
- Kitchen/Breakfast Room with cream gloss units, walnut effect worktops
- Large Master bedroom featuring an 11-foot bay window and extensive fitted wardrobes
- Bedroom Two with fitted wardrobes and Bedroom Three/Study offering versatile usage
- Generous Main Bathroom with full-size bath, large walk-in shower, and modern fixtures, plus WC Room
- Practical storage solutions including two original built-in cupboards) in the Reception Hall
- West-facing Garden with elevated patio, split-level lawn, and multiple paved areas.
- Additional storage beneath Bedroom Three/Study accessed via a 3-foot high external door
STUNNING OPPORTUNITY! Enviably positioned 1400sq ft Detached character Bungalow in prestigious private road moments from Billericay High Street and Station - the High Street is just a two minute walk, the Station a four minute walk.
Boasting a large Porch, huge Hall (great first impression), spacious rear Kitchen/Breakfast Room with adjacent 15ft x 12ft Dining Room, 15ft x 13ft Lounge with feature Fireplace and three generous bedrooms served by a swish new Shower Room and another separate WC Room,
Many of its original features remain yet it has all the mod cons including double glazing and a fairly new Combination Boiler for the gas central heating.
Set on impressive double width plot with Garage on the side too.
The property's prime location and generous proportions make this a rare find in this highly sought-after area. VIEWING ESSENTIAL
The Accommodation in more detail:
PORCH 8ft 9" x 2ft 7" (2.67m x 0.79m)
With a feature keyhole entrance with side lights either side of the half-glazed front door for maximum light.
A set of original glazed double doors with feature stained glass, red light windows above and side light lead through to:
RECEPTION HALL 15ft 8" x 9ft 7" (4.78m x 2.92m)
The measurements are of the main area, excluding the cross wing at the end which leads round to the dining room to the right and the second bedroom and bathroom on the left.
Of particular note here is the high ceiling stretching up nearly 9 feet (2.74m) - as found throughout this charming bungalow.
Also note the ornate Victorian style cornice found here, the Lounge, Dining Room, Master Bedroom and Study/3rd Bedroom too.
Around the corner on the cross wing are two built-in cupboards, both with their original doors, one a surprisingly deep full-height cloaks cupboard, the other the airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder.
LOUNGE 18ft x 15ft (5.49m x 4.57m)
A lovely size main living room with sunlight flooding in through the very large bay window in the mornings (East facing).
The focal point is the Fireplace with its cast iron inset and marble surround.
DINING ROOM 15ft 4" x 12ft 2" (4.67m x 3.71m)
What a great size dining room.
The high ceiling enhances its size even more and there's more than 5m² of glazing (incorporating a central set of French Doors) which brings in lots of natural light.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 14ft 10" x 11ft 6" (4.52m x 3.51m)
Big enough for a central table and chair set, this modern kitchen has a range of 'Cream Gloss' kitchen units topped with Walnut effect worktops and incorporates a 1.5 bowl composite sink, built-in 'John Lewis' Induction Hob, built-in Multifunction Double Oven/Grill and space for four under-counter appliances: presently a fridge, freezer, washing machine and dishwasher.
A set of glazed double doors swing open and lead through to the adjacent Dining Room.
MASTER BEDROOM 15ft x 15ft (4.57m x 4.57m)
15ft square, this huge master bedroom, like the Lounge, also has an 11-foot (3.35m) wide bay window, which bathes the room in morning sunlight.
Along the far wall, 3.5 double fitted wardrobes provide lots of storage.
BEDROOM TWO 12ft x 9ft 8" (3.66m x 2.95m)
A quiet rear facing bedroom with dated but functional fitted wardrobes.
A door discreetly placed in a corner of the Dining Room opens to reveal a small Lobby providing access to a separate WC Room and the 3rd Bedroom/Study
BEDROOM THREE/STUDY 12ft x 8ft 10" (3.66m x 2.69m)
This rear facing room could easily take a double bed, yet also offers great versatility of use as a Study, Playroom, Hobbies Room etc.
WC ROOM 5ft 1" x 3ft (1.55m x 0.91m)
With a traditional low-level WC with a chrome pipe and a high-level window giving natural light.
BATHROOM 8ft 6" x 7ft 9" (2.59m x 2.36m)
This very generously sized bathroom has plenty of room for both the full-size bath as well as a 1550mm x 750mm walk-in Shower with an Aqualisa 'Visage' thermostatic Digital Shower.
There's also a smart wall-hung 'Grey Oak' Vanity unit, 'Laufen' close-coupled WC and a large side-facing window.
EXTERIOR
The front shingled drive will take three cars.
GARAGE 15ft 6" x 8ft 10" (4.72m x 2.7m)
With front double doors, power and lighting.
REAR GARDEN 63ft x 61ft (19.2m x 18.6m)
West facing and thus enjoying the sunshine for most of the day and late into the evening.
This garden is surprisingly private yet at the same time enjoys a far-reaching view.
The elevated patio measures 13 feet x 12 feet (3.96m x 3.66m) and is a real sun trap. Many summer days have clearly been enjoyed up here with its rather pleasant view.
Steps each side lead down to the rest of the garden which includes two further paved areas and the split-level lawn.
Of note, under BEDROOM THREE/STUDY, there is a 3-foot (0.91m) high external door which opens to provide access to the expansive cellar area below the bungalow not tall enough for a basement room but certainly a fabulous storage area and enabling easy access for sublevel works.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band F
Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.
Billericay is a popular, historic market town just 30 miles from London.
The market at the top of Crown Road disappeared years ago and Billericay nowadays is more well-known as an excellent commuter town, with excellent rail links to the City (35 minutes by train), very good schools and a charming High Street, part of which is a conservation area.
It also has great access to the key main roads of the M25, A12 and A127.
The town lies on the edge of rural Essex, which makes it a very desirable place to live. This coupled with the City access goes some way to explain the high levels of Londoners we see looking to move here every year.
Since I moved here in 1973 and started as an estate agent in the mid 1990's, I have seen the town grow to where it is now, with some 14,000-15,000 homes and a population of over 40,000.
The Billericay you see today is economically and physically a thriving and attractive place to live and work. There are many open green spaces including the 40 acre Lake Meadows Park, a must in summer, and they throw a pretty impressive Fireworks Night too.
Norsey Woods is a great place for a walk or to exercise your dogs...or the kids! It dates back to the Bronze Age and covers about 165 acres with a visitor centre for the educational visits it has too.
I remember camping there as a cub scout back in the day and both Nick and myself have enjoyed many a afternoon there over the years with our families.
The High Street must be one of the prettiest in the county and dates back to Roman times. The shape we see now certainly hasn't changed much for over 500 years, our office itself is part of one of the 25 old coaching inns the town has seen over the years!
With well over 100 shops including some well known names and some boutique locally owned ones, the High Street also has some great pubs, bars and restaurants. The Chequers is probably the most popular, most people we know rate it as the best pub in town, with newer bars like Harrys Bar, Bar Zero and the Blue Boar, also very sought after, growing venues on friday and saturday nights.
There are too many great restaurants to name, suffice to say you don't need to travel out of Billericay to have a fantastic night out and there's a taxi rank by the station to get you home if you want to leave the car on the drive.
Waitrose is our local main supermarket with there also a very good Co-op over on Queens Park. Smaller supermarkets over in South Green, Sunnymede and along Stock Road also provide a super local service in their areas.
Billericay Christmas Market is a very popular annual event which sees the High Street completely shut to traffic for the day and then filled with stalls selling anything and everything Christmasy!
All the local schools, both Primary and Secondary have good OFSTED reports and there is a good choice of both State and Private. Please feel free to contact our office for more details although the OFSTED website is the ideal first port of call of course.
A BIT OF HISTORY
Billericay has an facinating history, much of which can be researched in our local museum, the Cater Museum on the High Street.
Billericay was first recorded as Byllerica in 1291 with notable events including a Peasants Revolt ending up in Norsey Woods in 1381 and some of Billericay residents, including Christopher Martin, the ship's victualler, sailing with the Pilgrim Fathers to the 'New World' of America on the Mayflower in 1620 - hence the many representartions of the Mayflower ship in numerous local businesses and the Mayflower High School.
In 1916 Billericay became famous as a result of a Zeppelin airship crashing in flames on the outskirts of the town, down what is now Greens Farm Lane.
A union workhouse was built in 1840 which later, together with additional later built buildings, became St. Andrew's Hospital in the 1930s. The regional plastic surgery and rehabilitation unit was opened here the same year I moved to Billericay, 1973. Many a local will still refer the estate there now to me, as 'one of the houses on the old Burns Unit', although it is in fact Stockfield Manor now.
Only the original workhouse building, including the chapel, and the main gatehouse, now survive, converted now into Grey Lady Place, a residential development of luxury apartments.
The railway came in 1889 and opened up opportunities for landowners to sell plots to Londoners looking to move out of 'The Smoke' into a cleaner rural environment. Both myself and Nick have sold many an old 'plot land' home over the years for redevelopment. A few still remain on the edge of Norsey Woods down Break Egg Hill.
With the housing shortage created by the war time bombing of London, pressure to build was great and the new town of Basildon was given the green light. The 'Green Belt' stopped expansion and the blurring of Basildon and Billericay, hence why lot of the Billericay housing estates were built on abandoned farmland around the town centre and Great Burstead/South Green, where permission was more easily granted.
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