Combining style, design and functionality, this centrally located 4 Bedroom Chalet style Home offers great versatility in the use of all its rooms (two of the bedrooms are interchangable as Bedrooms or Living Rooms), boasts a stunning plan rear Kitchen/Dining/Living Room with Bi-fold doors, a fabulous 1st floor Master Bedroom Suite (huge bedroom, walk-in wardrobe and equally huge Ensuite Shower Room), three bathrooms (2 are Ensuites) - all beautifully appointed, a Fully Detached Garage divided into a rear Gym and front Store, and an oh-so convenient location just a five minute stroll from the amenities of Billericay High Street with its Mainline Station at the other end.
Beautifully presented throughout, the accommodation within this lifestyle home briefly comprises a 20ft long Entrance Hall opening up at the end by the stairs, the afore mentioned Kitchen/Dining/Living Room, separate utility room, Study (4th Bedroom), very large ground floor Bedroom 3 with its own uber-contemporary Ensuite Wet Room, ground floor Bathroom featuring a Freestanding Bath and upstairs, the exceptional Master Bedroom Suite and a further large double bedroom.
Features a-plenty include:
. Stylish and sophisticated 'Charcoal' Shaker style Kitchen units topped with white Quartz worktops and incorporating NEFF Hob, Oven and Micro/Combi Oven.
. Huge Island unit incorporating a 5 seater Breakfast Bar and a Wine Cooler.
. Underfloor heating running through the entire ground floor
. A modern Combi Boiler up in the Loft, there's a very modern boiler
. UPVC windows and aluminium B-folding Door system
. Designer radiators (mix of upright vertical and horizontal oval tube)
. Luxury fixtures and fittings
. Luxury vinyl flooring in the Hall, open plan Kitchen/Dining/Living Room, Utility Room and Study, plus brand new carpet in the big ground floor bedroom
. Two Driveways: A 3-Car main 'Front Drive' and a further large drive in front of the adjacent Detached Garage - so parking for four cars+ in all.
The drive in front of the garage could easily take a motorhome or large van).
AREA
The property enjoys a sort after residential setting with the fields of Sun Corner and open countryside literally 'around the corner', the High Street a five minute walk and the Railway Station a little further at 0.9 mile (18-20 minute walk)
It falls within the catchment of the outstanding Quilters Infants and Junior Schools and Billericay High School.
The Accommodation in more detail:
Combining style with security, the black on the outside/white on the inside 'wood grain' effect Front Door leads through to:
HALLWAY 20ft x 10ft 3" narrowing to 5ft '5" (6.1m x 3.12m > 1.65m)
Making a great first impression, the eye catching Oak effect 'Herringbone' design LVT flooring flows on into the Study, Kitchen/Living Room and Utility Room.
Underneath the stylish LVT flooring runs 'wet' underfloor heating.
A further internal door opens to reveal surprisingly large walk in cupboard.
OPEN PLAN KITCHEN/DINING/LIVING ROOM 28ft 5" x 20ft 1" max (8.66m x 6.12m max)
The style 'Hub of the Home' featuring a part vaulted ceiling with a glass Gable and almost full width Bifold doors opening out to the garden.
It has been purposely divided into three areas;
The Lounge Area in front of the feature Fiireplace/Media Wall.
The Dining Area in the top left-hand corner by the bifold doors.
The Kitchen area to the top right, centered around the large Island Unit.
Just on the right as you enter is a huge walk in cupboard measuring 7ft x 3ft 9" (2.13m x 1.14m), housing the hot water cylinder, modern electrical consumer unit and the hub for all the Ethernet cabling.
The Kitchen area finds a very stylish and contemporary range of 'Charcoal Shaker' style units topped with White Quartz Calacatta worktops.
There is built-in Neff Induction Hob with Extractor above and matching Multifunction Oven with a separate Combination Microwave/Oven above.
Integrated within the large Island is a Dishwasher and Wine Cooler, along with a 5-Seater Breakfast Bar.
A large recess within tall cabinets allows for an American style fridge freezer.
(Note the integrated blinds in the bifold doors - a nice clutter free touch).
UTILITY ROOM 9ft 10" x 5ft (3m x 1.52m)
With the same gorgeous units as the Kitchen, the tall one housing the Baxi 600 gas boiler.
A fully glazed external door provides direct access to the garden.
STUDY 10ft x 8ft 2" (3.05m x 2.49m)
A versatile extra ground floor reception room/Bedroom Four, featuring a tall designer vertical radiator.
GROUND FLOOR BEDROOM THREE 11'6" X 13'2" (3.51m X 4.01m)
Another beautifully decorated bedroom, this one with brand-new carpet and featuring an oval tube designer radiator.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 8ft 10" x 5ft 2" (2.69m x 1.57m)
Stunning. This designer look wet room features a large showering area, beautiful dark grey tiling to the walls and contrasting white tiled floor, a tall contemporary towel radiator and an obscure glass window for natural light.
This, as with all the bathrooms, has electric underfloor heating.
GROUND FLOOR BATHROOM 9ft 10" x 5ft 5" (3m x 1.65m)
Another bathroom in brand-new condition, this one featuring a Freestanding Bath as well as rather swish Vanity unit with a circular contemporary basin and back-to-wall WC.
Stylish tilework and a chrome towel radiator completes the specification. Also with a window for natural light.
Stairs from Hall to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
A skylight window floods light down over the stairwell and across the landing.
MASTER BEDROOM SUITE
The second wow of this uber contemporary home after the open plan Living Area. With a large main Bedroom, Walk-in Wardrobe and its own large separate Ensuite Shower Room:
THE BEDROOM 18ft 10" x 14ft 5" (5.74m X 4.39m)
Beautifully decorated again, this time with soft sage green walls complementing the white ceilings and woodwork
Two large skylight windows provide lots of light and there's wiring within one of the sloping ceilings for a TV.
WALK IN WARDROBE 7ft 10" max x 7ft (2.39m max X 2.13m)
With shelving and hanging rails either side.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 9ft 2" x 6ft 5" (2.79m X 1.96m)
This large luxury shower room boasts an extra large showering area, wide wall-hung Vanity unit, back-to-wall WC and on-trend black fittings.
We liked the subtle LED lighting, LED Mirror, and the feature tile work, and again a large skylight window floods in lots of light.
BEDROOM TWO 14ft 6" x 10ft (4.42m X 3.05m)
Another lovely big double bedroom, this one with two eaves storage cupboards.
GARDEN
A large slate patio provides lots of room for entertaining, with an adjacent neat lawn.
We noted there were two gates, one from the front by the house and front the drive in front of the Garage, by the garage.
Also with outside lighting and two taps.
GARAGE Divided in two. A rear Gym and a front Store
REAR ROOM OF GARAGE/GYM 12ft 7" x 7ft 10" (3.84m X 2.39m)
With power lighting, and a wide set of UPVC double doors from the garden for easy access.
FRONT STORE 8ft 6" x 8ft (2.6m x 2.4m)
The front part of the garage is now storage, with a roller door.
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.
