- Five-bedroom semi-detached house with 1,400 sq ft of refurbished living space
- Converted garage now serves as 114 sq ft insulated home office/studio
- Modern Kitchen/Breakfast Room with twin ovens, quartz worktops, huge Island and bifolds to Garden
- 18ft x 12ft Lounge plus 14ft x 11ft Dining Room provide versatile family spaces
- Premium porcelain tiles throughout Hall, Kitchen, sep Utility Room & ground floor WC Room
- Master Bedroom boasts a walk-in wardrobe/Nursery and private Ensuite Shower Room
- Swish refitted Main Bathroom, new windows & doors, and highly efficient boiler system installed
- Porcelain split-level Patio (lower with Pergola covering) & artificial grass lawn
- 2-minute walk to shops including Tesco Express, close to well-rated schools
- 0.9 miles to Billericay High Street with the Station at the other end (London in 35 mins)
EXCEPTIONAL MODERN FAMILY HOME
A superbly presented Five Bedroom Semi-detached House offering over 1,400 sq ft of beautifully refurbished living space along with a separate 114sq ft fully insulated Home Office/Studio in the Garden (garage conversion).
The property has been thoughtfully modernised with new windows, doors, and a highly efficient boiler system.
The welcoming 15ft Entrance Hall showcases premium porcelain floor tiles extending on into an impressive 20ft Kitchen/Breakfast Room - the Hub-of-the-Home. The kitchen features sleek grey gloss units complemented by white quartz worktops, twin CDA ovens, and a striking central island that doubles as a six-seater breakfast bar. Bifold doors create a seamless connection to the garden, while a separate utility room and ground floor WC provide practical family amenities.
A generously proportioned 18ft living room and 14ft dining room offer versatile living spaces whilst upstairs, the accommodation comprises five well-appointed bedrooms, three of which will accommodate double beds.
The Master Bedroom suite benefits from both a walk-in wardrobe and a luxury Ensuite Shower Room and the family Bathroom has been stylishly refitted to a matching high specification.
Outside, the low-maintenance garden features premium artificial grass for year-round enjoyment and the former Garage has been professionally converted into a sophisticated home office/studio, complete with insulated and plasterboarded walls, wood laminate flooring, and UPVC double-glazed windows and doors for optimal energy efficiency.
This exceptional property enjoys a very convenient location with the parade of Shops (including a Tesco Express) on Grange Road literally a 2 minute walk, South Green Junior and Infants schools (Good Ofsted) only 400m away (5 minute walk) and St Peter's Roman Catholic School (Outstanding Ofsted) is also within walking distance at 0.5 mile.
Billericay High Street is also within easy reach at 0.9 mile (bus stops are a-plenty in the area too) and the Railway Station at the other end whizzes you to London Liverpool Street in just 35 minutes.
VIEWING HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
The Accomodation
Combining style with functionality, the black on the outside/white on the inside wood grain finish UPVC no composite front door leads through to:
HALL 15ft 3" x 7ft 10" narrowing to 5'8" (4.65m x 2.39m narrowing to 1.73m)
Gorgeous shiny porcelain tiles extend on into the Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Utility Room and Ground Floor WC.
Equally shiny is the chrome vertical designer radiator.
DINING ROOM 14ft x 11ft (4.27m x 3.35m)
An excellent size Dining Room with the existing table easily extendable to accommodate 10 at Christmas, and attractive Grey Oak laminate flooring.
KITCHEN 20ft x 14ft 10" (6.1m x 4.5m)
The style Hub-of-the-Home with the centrepiece the huge central Island unit to gather around - the Island also incorporating the undermounted sink, integrated Dishwasher and a six-seater Breakfast Bar/Bench.
The surrounding units incorporate twin built-in CDA Multi-function Ovens, an Induction Hob sitting beneath a stainless steel and glass Chimney style Extractor Hood and a recess within the taller units for an American style Fridge/Freezer.
Twin skylights and the wide Bi-folding doors flood in lots of light.
UTILITY ROOM 8ft 3" x 5ft 6" (2.51m x 1.68m)
Matching in with the kitchen and with a built-in circular sink, and space below the Quartz countertop for the washing machine.
Adjacent to the rear window is the back door leading straight out to the garden.
Door through to:
GROUND FLOOR WC 5ft 5" x 3ft 2" (1.65m x 0.97m)
With a modern white 'Cloakroom' suite, chrome towel radiator and a rear window for natural light.
Stairs from Hall to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
With a built-in airing cupboard, although this is now empty following the replacement of the old boiler with a new combination boiler, so a great storage facility.
A flip down loft hatch provides easy access to the lodge loft.
MASTER BEDROOM 11ft 10" x 11ft 9" (3.61m x 3.58m)
Upon entering, the eyes will be naturally drawn upwards to the soaring 10ft 6" (3.20m) vaulted ceiling, giving an even greater impression of space to this room.
A wide front facing window maximises light and this fabulous bedroom suite also boasts a separate Dressing Room and its own private Ensuite Shower Room.
DRESSING ROOM 6ft 1" x 5ft 5" (1.85m x 1.65m)
With LED lights providing plenty of light.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 5ft 5" x 5ft 4" (1.65m x 1.63m)
Beautifully fitted to an on-trend grey theme with an attractive wall-hung Vanity unit, close coupled WC and a Corner Shower with both a Rainhead showerhead and a separate handset too.
Complimented by attractive grey wall and floor tiling, a fitted bathroom cabinet with LED lighting, chrome heated towel rail and a rear facing window for natural light.
BEDROOM TWO 9ft 5" x 8ft (2.87m x 2.44m)
This front bedroom will take a double bed with ease and the measurements exclude a built-in wardrobe which is 4ft 4" (1.32m) wide.
BEDROOM THREE 8ft 9" x 8ft 4" (2.67m x 2.54m)
This rear facing bedroom will also take a double bed and again the measurements exclude a surprisingly large built-in wardrobe measuring 4ft 4" (1.32m) wide.
BEDROOM FOUR 8ft 2" x 7ft 6" (2.45m x 2.29m)
A good size single bedroom, this one with a front facing window and a built-in cupboard.
BEDROOM FIVE/PLAYROOM 8ft 8" narrowing to 7ft 6" x 5ft 6" (2.64m > 2.29m x 1.68m)
Perfect as the playroom it is now. This would also make a super private study.
BATHROOM 8ft 10" x 5ft 5" (2.69m x 1.65m)
Beautifully fitted to an on-trend grey theme with a freestanding 'grey oak' Vanity unit, close coupled WC and a Shower/Bath, all complimented by attractive grey slate effect tiling to the walls and floor.
With a rear facing window and tall chrome heated towel radiator.
EXTERIOR
FRONT
The front block paved Drive will take three cars with ease.
REAR GARDEN 46ft x 33ft (14.02m x 10.06m)
There is also an area down the side measuring 24ft x 9ft 5" (7.32m x 2.87m max).
Coming out of the house is a beautiful split-level porcelain patio, the lower level sitting beneath a sturdy timber pergola.
The balance is artificial grass and there is access on one side.
GARDEN OUTBUILDING 15ft 8" x 7ft (4.78m x 2.13m)
Originally the garage. Now fully insulated, plasterboarded, plastered and painted white to create an additional room separate from the house.
There's inset LED lighting within the ceiling, power sockets and both a double glazed window and matching door for even better insulation and all year round additional space.
(Of further note, the flat roof looks in great shape, there is UPVC barge boards, and it has been rendered with acrylic colour-through render).
The old drive on the return frontage could in theory still be resurrected with removal of the new fence panels but we think it works better with the large front drive and more room within the garden. The concrete slab drive itself provides an excellent base for a second patio or another outbuildings etc.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band D
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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