- 'Show Home Standard' Three Bedroom Semi Detached House
- Full Width Ground Floor Extension with Bi-Folding Doors
- Partly Converted Garage to Greatly Increase the Refitted Kitchen
- Four Piece Bathroom with White Suite and Separate Shower Cubicle
- Ground Floor Cloakroom
- Gas Warm Air Heating
- uPVC Double Glazed Windows
- Westerly Facing Rear Garden With Deck and Glass Enclosure
- Brick Paved Driveway
- Viewing Recommended
This is one of those homes where your decision to purchase will made once the front door opens and the photos you've looked at, become real.
Positioned on the edge of town close to farmland and everyday amenities, this ‘show home standard' three-bedroom home is of a popular style largely due to its generously proportioned rooms, and let's not forget this one has also had a full width rear extension and a partly converted garage to nearly double the size of the kitchen.
Upstairs each of the bedrooms have the ability to hold a double bed, and have either fitted or built-in wardrobes. In addition the bathroom has a refitted four-piece suite that includes a corner shower with an Aqualisa digital shower unit that can be controlled by you own smart phone app!
Its the ground floor where this home will undoubtedly win you over, as well as a generous hallway and a ground floor cloakroom big enough for a shower, you have both an extended kitchen and living room.
The kitchen is well designed incorporating a separate utility area and stylishly fitted out using graphite-coloured cabinets with sleek white marble work tops, built within these is a dishwasher, fridge/freezer and an on-trend Bosch electric oven with matching eye level microwave and a 5-zone induction hob.
The living room in this house is the space to have, there's plenty of room for the largest of sofas, TVs and a large dining table to make entertaining a pleasure while bi-folding doors open to the rear deck and west facing garden.
ACCOMMODATION AS FOLLOWS..
HALLWAY
This is one of those houses where a decision to purchase will be made from the moment the front door is opened.
With neutral decor complementing the grey wood effect textured tiled floor there is a lovely feeling of space and added practicality to the hallway.
This generous area also has 2 large cupboards, one housing the warm air central heating boiler, the other providing storage sits under the stairs. In addition, there are doors opening to the cloakroom, kitchen and the extended lounge.
CLOAKROOM
This particularly generous cloakroom is attractively tiled and has a close coupled pushbutton WC and wash basin with vanity storage under.
It may be of interest to you to know, in other similar properties we have seen these rooms also with a shower cubicle.
KITCHEN 5.68m x 2.46m (18'7 x 8.1')
What a well-planned kitchen. Following the integration of the rear section of the garage this generously sized restyled and refitted kitchen with inset downlighters, now enjoys an extensive range of stylish graphite-coloured shaker units set off well with sleek white marble worktops, matching up stands and concealed feature lighting.
The cabinets incorporate an under counter stainless steel sink unit, an integrated 70/30 fridge/freezer, an integrated dishwasher, the all-important wine cooler!
There is also a built-in multi-function Bosch electric fan assisted oven with Adjustable Grill and amongst other features a Pizza Function and optional Slow Cook, above this oven is a, eye level matching brushed steel Bosch microwave. Built into the worktop there is also an on-trend Bosch five zone induction hob sitting under a concealed cooker hood.
Having been thoughtfully designed with 2 areas positioned to either side of the external door and window, you have a designated utility area away from the food preparation worktops with spaces for a washing machine and tumble dryer.
LIVING ROOM WITH DINING AREA 7.85m > 5.11m x 5.71m (25'7 > 16'8 x 18'7)
A full width extension has created this spacious living area which has bi-folding doors opening on the rear garden, these wide doors connect the room with the garden and bring in the warm and light afforded by the south westerly aspect.
You will see the lounge area is big enough for the largest of sofas and TVs plus the naturally zoned dining space is capable of comfortably accommodating a 10/12 seater table.
LANDING
As you wander up the stairs, this full height stairwell gives a lovely feeling of space, from here there is an access point to the loft and doors to each of the bedrooms and bathroom.
BEDROOM ONE 4.3m x 3.07m (14'10 x 10'1)
Positioned to the rear of the house is this generously sized main bedroom which has two built-in double wardrobes positioned to either side of the room and naturally creating a bed recess.
BEDROOM TWO 4.3m x 2.84m (14'10 x 9'3)
As you can tell from the measurements and floor plan, this is another generously sized double bedroom and once again there are built-in wardrobes.
BEDROOM THREE 3.7m x 2.52m (12'1 x 8'3)
With a front facing window is third bedroom could also accommodate a small double bed but out of preference is currently used as the home office and a cosy sitting room.
BATHROOM
Having been refitted in a stylish four-piece white suite, this large tastefully tiled bathroom with a grey coloured wood effect tiled floor and inset downlighters, has a welcoming modern feel.
The four-piece suite consists of a close couple WC with pushbutton flush, a wash basin with mixer taps, illuminated mirrored cupboard behind and vanity storage below, panelled enclosed bath with mixer tap and separate hand shower unit.
In addition, you have the advantage of a corner shower cubicle with an Aqualisa digitally controlled wi-fi shower which has pre-set shower programmes and can be controlled via Google, Alexa or a smart phone app.
OUTSIDE
FRONT
To the front of the property is a brick paved drive providing parking and access to the garage store and front door while to the front corner is a landscaped shrub bed.
GARAGE STORE
Measuring 2.75m x 2.5m, ( 9' x 8'2) this handy garage store is ideal for everything big and dirty, it has an up and over door and power and light connected.
REAR GARDEN
Enjoying what is arguably the most preferred south westerly aspect, this landscaped rear garden commences with a raised decked seating area with complimentary courtesy lighting.
This deck is accessed directly from the living room, enclosed by glass panels with brushed steel supports and provides a nice, contained area for entertaining.
The remainder of the garden is mainly lawn with stocked beds, there is a side access leading own to the kitchen door and a gate that opens to the front.
Finally, there is of course an outside water tap.
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.
