Enjoying a quiet residential setting, this extended Three Bedroom Semi-detached is ideally located just over half a mile from Billericay Train Station and High Street, and within half a mile of local schools, everyday shops, and Lake Meadows Park. It is thus ideally suited for the hybrid City Commuter or combined family set up.
The double-story extension has added another reception room/ground-floor Bedroom (currently used as a spacious study) complete with a large Ensuite Wet Room, making it an ideal setup for anyone in need of a separate ground level living space that easily integrates with the other two reception areas and kitchen.
Upstairs, the original third bedroom has been transformed into a spacious bathroom, while the former bathroom has been opened up to create a larger airy Landing. The new third bedroom occupies the first floor of the side extension.
Additionally, the home boasts an extensive solar panel array, resulting in a B energy rating, which could offer buyers the advantage of favorable lending rates (subject to lending criteria and individual borrower details).
Prospective buyers will be pleased to know that the gas boiler was recently upgraded to a combi model, enhancing the home's energy efficiency. The kitchen was remodeled just a year ago, and new front and back doors have also been installed.
Outside, you have a good-sized drive, the Garage 'in the garden' has had the garage door bricked up with a window, and it has been insulated and boarded to create a fabulous versatile outside 'Room' - perfect as a Bar, Home Office, etc
The Accommodation in more details
New composite Front Door through to:
OPEN PLAN HALL & DINING ROOM 18ft max x 10ft (5.5m x 3m)
The hallway seamlessly connects with the open-plan dining area where there is ample space for large table.
The central, spacious living area features double doors at the rear that open onto the garden, along with double doors leading to the ground-floor home office/bedroom, lounge, and kitchen.
Additionally, a staircase leads to the first floor, with a large cupboard underneath that houses the control panel and battery pack for the solar system.
As a central hub within the home, this is a fantastic, sociable space that, subject to planning and building regulations, could potentially be opened up further to connect with the kitchen.
LOUNGE 15ft 5" x 10ft 4" max (4.7m x 3,15m)
The lounge benefits from a wide front-facing window that fills the space with natural light. It also features an open fireplace, adding a cozy touch.
KITCHEN 10ft 4" x 8ft 10" (3.15m x 2.7m)
Recently refitted, the kitchen has a thoughtfully chosen tiled floor and matching tiled walls that complement the light grey cabinetry and White 'Calacatta' Quartz worktops.
Metro tiled splashbacks and chrome power points add a sleek touch.
The sink unit, complete with a stylish turtlehead mixer tap, sits under the worktop. There's a dedicated cupboard for the Bosch washing machine, a recess for a Rangemaster cooker with an overhead hood, an integrated fridge, and a Bosch microwave.
A large built-in cupboard in one corner houses the newly installed combi boiler. The kitchen also features a black heated towel rail and a stable door leading to the garden.
BEDROOM FOUR/STUDY 14ft x 8ft 1" (4.3m x 2.5m)
The side extension.
With a front-facing window, this versatile room is currently used as a home office but could also serve as a ground-floor bedroom for an elderly relative, given its adjoining wet room.
WET ROOM 8ft x 4ft 9" (2.4m x 1.45m)
Generously sized, this shower room includes a rear-facing window, a wash basin, and a low-level WC, a large shower area along with a heated towel rail.
1st FLOOR LANDING
The carpeted landing includes a built-in double storage cupboard, ideal for airing.
Cottage-panel doors lead to each of the three bedrooms and the bathroom.
MASTER BEDROOM 13ft 6" x 9ft (4.1m x 2.7m)
Located at the rear of the house with views over the garden, this main bedroom includes built-in wardrobes.
BEDROOM TWO 12ft 2" x 10ft 6" (3.7m x 3.2m)
This second double room is positioned at the front of the house.
BEDROOM THREE 11ft x 8ft 1" (3.35m x 2.5m)
The 1st floor of the side extension features an interesting roofline with a skylight window, creating another double bedroom.
BATHROOM 9ft x 7ft 1" (2.7m x 2.2m)
A big bathroom, as illustrated in the floor plan, includes a white suite with a close-coupled WC, a wash basin, and a panel-enclosed bath with mixer taps and a separate shower attachment.
GARDEN STUDIO 15ft 6" x 8ft 1" (4.7m x 2.5m)
The garage, now 'trapped' in the Garden by the extension, has been converted into a garage size man cave. All insulated and with laminate flooring.
GARDEN
Approaching 50ft and divided into two areas which gives an even greater impression of depth. There is also a handy Summerhouse.
FRONT DRIVE
The Drive will easily take 3 cars - 4 cars at a push.
FURTHER NOTES:
The maintenance free cement cladding to the front was put on 2 years ago, along with all new guttering, soffits etc.
The cupboard in the Dining Room houses all things 'Solar Panels'. As you can see, a number of solar panels have been put up providing a good degree of free electricity.
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.
