- 4/5 Bedroom Detached House in Chestnut Avenue, a long cul-de-sac behind Billericays High Street
- Very private 70ft South West facing Garden
- 3-4 min walk to Billericay High Street with its central Waitrose, shops, bars and restaurants
- 11 min walk (0.6 Mile) to Billericay Railway Station (London Liverpool Street in 35 minutes)
- Catchment for Quilters Infants & Junior Schools, both with Outstanding OFSTED Reports
- Large Front Drive plus attached Garage too
- Downstairs: Large Hall, Lounge with woodburning Stove, Dining Room, Kitchen & Cloakroom
- Upstairs: 4 Bedrooms (master with Ensuite), Main Bathroom & Bonus Room (Study/5th Bed)
- 16 Solar Panels dramatically cut the electricity bills and provide a small income from the Grid too!
- With Gas Central Heating and double glazed windows
Boasting a 70ft South-West facing Garden, this 1963 built, Four/Five bedroom detached house enjoys a very convenient location, with a footpath at the top of the road taking you out into the heart of Billericay High Street!
Commuters will like the short 11 minute (0.6 mile) walk to the Station (London in 36 minutes), so if timed well, you could be in Liverpool Street door-to-door in under 50 minutes.
For those with children, the property falls within the catchment of the 'Outstanding' OFSTED rated Quilters Infants and Junior Schools.
Inside the property, the accommodation briefly comprises a large Hall, Rear Lounge with a woodburning Stove, adjacent open plan Dining Room, large Conservatory, fitted Kitchen, ground floor Cloakroom and upstairs, the four bedrooms (Master with Ensuite Shower Room), Bathroom, and a bonus room (slightly low ceiling height) which makes a super Study and would also take a single bed.
The Front Drive takes 4 cars plus there's an attached Garage (5 cars in total) and a wooden lean-to Store Room outside the Kitchen 'back door'.
16 Solar Panels on the roof cuts the electricity costs dramatically and the current owners also pull in over £2,000 of income from electricity fed back into the Grid.
Below is more detail included the room sizes:
HALL 15'9" X 6'2" (4.80m x 1.88m) a nice welcoming size with doors off to the cloakroom, kitchen, dining room and lounge.
CLOAKROOM 4ft 9" x 4ft 5" (1.45m X 1.35m)
Fitted with a dated yet very functional suite incorporating a Vanity unit. A good size obscure glass window provides plenty of natural daylight.
LOUNGE 16ft 10" x 12ft (5.13m X 3.66m)
One first notices the shiny wood block parquet flooring which extends on into the dining area and under the carpet in the hall as well.
The main focal point is the Marble Fireplace which houses a woodburning stove.
A large rear facing window enjoys a pleasant and private outlook over the Garden.
DINING ROOM 10ft 2" x 10ft 1" (3.10m x 3.07m)
A fine size dining room with a large window maximising daylight.
CONSERVATORY 14ft 7" x 8ft 10" (4.45m X 2.69m)
A large sunroom with a long radiator allowing all year round use.
Featuring African slate floor tiles.
KITCHEN 12ft 2" max x 10ft 4" (3.71m X 3.15m)
Fitted with a range of Limed Oak kitchen units and comprising a built-in CDA Gas Hob with a Stoves Multifunction Double Oven/Grill below and canopied Extractor Hood above, and an integrated dishwasher.
An external UPVC door leads out to the lean-to Store.
LEAN-TO STORE 8ft 2" x 4ft (2.5m x 1.2m)
Timber built with doors either end. A very useful storage area.
Stairs from Hall to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
A big size window over the stairwell throws plenty of light across and on to the landing, where looking up, the Loft hatch provides easy access to loft.
MASTER BEDROOM 17ft x 10ft 5" (5.18m X 3.18m)
The measurements include fitted pine cupboard, one of which houses the hot water cylinder.
The rear window enjoys a notably pleasant and private outlook over the garden and surrounding area.
ENSUITE 5ft 8" x 5'1" (1.73m X 1.55m)
The suite has a corner power shower, sink and WC which are in good condition.
A side facing window provides natural daylight.
BEDROOM TWO 11ft 10" x 11ft 1" max (3.61m X 3.38m)
Another lovely size rear bedroom which also enjoys that pleasant garden outlook.
A bi-folding door opens to reveal a walk-in wardrobe 5ft x 3ft 5" (1.52m X 1.04m).
BEDROOM THREE 10'2" x 10ft (3.10m x 3.05m)
The front facing window stretches almost full width, flooding this double bedroom in light.
BEDROOM FOUR 10ft 2" x 6ft 5" (3.10m X 1.96m)
Another bedroom with a good size window providing lots of natural light.
STUDY 11'7" tapering to 7ft 2" x 8f t 5" (3.53m tapering to 2.2m x 2.57m)
A very clever use of space, this versatile little room which has a skylight window, has previously been used as a bedroom.
BATHROOM 10ft max x 6ft (3m x 1.8m)
Boasting both a bath and a separate power shower, and with a good size side facing window for lots of natural light.
GARAGE 17ft 8" x 9ft (5.38m X 2.74m)
With a front up-and-over door, rear courtesy door from the conservatory and an accompanying window receiving borrowed light from the Conservatory.
Up on the walls is the electrical consumer unit, Solarworld inverter for the solar panels and the gas meter.
GARDEN
A haven of relaxation as it is so private and secluded.
There is a patio area for a table and chair set with the majority laid to lawn, the lawn rolling down to a large green shed at the bottom of the garden.
At the end of the Garden is a lovely Flowering Cherry Tree and there is side access on one side round to the front.
FRONT DRIVE
Block paved and providing parking for 4 cars with established bushes and flowers that could provide further parking as well.
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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| Parking |
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| Garage |
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