Very rarely will you find a property presented to the standard that this house enjoys.
Great thought and detail in the planning has gone into the renovations that have taken place at this three/four-bedroom home. With so much to mention we would like to draw your attention to the main detailed write-up that has been prepared.
In brief, please note work has been carried out on the electrics, the heating with a new boiler, new flooring to include Solid American Lacquered Walnut, replastered walls, reconfiguration of the internal layout to create open plan living, a restyled bathroom with a frameless shower room, refitted quality kitchen with quartz worktops, new windows, fitted bespoke furniture and artificial lawn in the garden.
Commanding a wide corner plot with a single garage and a double width drive for three cars, plus being just a four minute (0.2 mile) walk from the local shopping centre and a mile from the train station via Lake Meadows, this house will be perfect for both families and the London commuter.
ACCOMMODATION AS FOLLOWS..
ENTRANCE PORCH
A recently replaced contemporary composite entrance door gives access while dark coconut ‘made to measure' matting and a bronze-coloured column radiator ensures there is both style and practicality to this entrance. From here there is a part glazed door opening to the hallway and a Mexicano panel door to the ground floor cloakroom.
CLOAKROOM
Having a side window, this refitted cloakroom with its own sensor light, sets the scene for what is in store elsewhere in this house.
Tastefully decorated and thoughtfully styled, this small but inviting room has wood effect tiled flooring and a modern white suite that comprises of a close coupled WC and a handy little vanity unit that holds the hand basin which in turn has a mixer tap and mini brick bond effect tiled splashbacks.
HALLWAY
Eye catching Bronze coloured column radiators and Walnut Click Laminate flooring run though the ground floor of this home, while a carpeted stairs with glass balustrade catches your eye and leads up to the first floor.
There is an incredibly useful walk-in storage cupboard which has the convenience of sensor operated lighting and fitted shelving which extends under stairs and is capable of accommodating an entire shoe collection!
Again, in keeping with the others in the house, a replacement Mexicano panel door with Heritage Brass handles in Matt Bronze finish, lead into the living room.
LOUNGE 4.71 m x 3.82 m (15'5 x 12'5)
Just as you would expect the Walnut laminate flooring flows seamlessly into the lounge where there is a front facing bow window with plantation shutters, delivering good natural light during the day.
Sitting central on the prime wall is a feature wood fire surround with an open fire giving a lovely focal point while bespoke cabinets and shelving flank either side.
You may notice the table lamp appears to almost float on the shelf, the owner has incorporated access points for wires to be hidden and to give the impression of these being wireless.
Open Plan access to..
DINING AREA 2.91 m x 2.58 m (9'5 x 8'5)
Being open plan to the lounge, this dining area is also open to the kitchen and enjoys double doors opening to the garden. The Walnut laminate flooring also runs though out these spaces.
KITCHEN 4.11 m x 2.72m (13'6 x 8'9)
What a stunning finish.
Fitted out with Magnet kitchen cabinets in the colour of Dunham Sky, then set off with pure white Quartz tops and upstands lit by concealed LED lighting, this kitchen goes beyond many you are likely to see in comparable properties.
The Caple butler sink with a brushed brass mixer tap sits just under the window looking onto the garden. Within the units is a Bosch dishwasher, an integrated wine cooler and spaces for an American fridge freezer and range cooker, above which is a concealed AEG cooker hood.
Elsewhere and in addition to various pan drawers giving great storage, concealed within one of the cabinets is an Ideal Combi boiler fitted in March 2021
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
From this carpeted landing with inset downlighters, there is an oversized access point to the loft which has a pull down, self-balancing ladder. An airing cupboard with fitted shelving and doors to match those on the ground floor lead to each room.
BEDROOM ONE 3.69 m x 3.03 m > plus wardrobes (12'1 x 9.9')
The solid American lacquered walnut flooring immediately adds a touch of luxury to this main room, while fitted mirrored fronted wardrobes to one wall increases the feeling of space to this already generously proportioned space.
BEDROOM TWO 3.45m > 2.65 m x 2.9 m (11'3 > 8'7 > 9'5)
Positioned to the rear of the house and once again with the lacquered solid Walnut floor, this second bedroom has been increased in size from its original form and now accommodates a fitted double bed base with pull out storage.
BEDROOM THREE 2.85m plus door recess x 1.99 m (9'4 plus door recess x 6'5)
Each of the first-floor bedrooms has the solid walnut floor and again, this irregular shaped front bedroom has been increased slightly in size and the recessed area over the stairs, incorporates a bed space to help maximise the remaining floorspace.
LAUNDRY ROOM ONCE BEDROOM FOUR 1.88m x 1.22m (6'2 x 4')
Although you may initially think why, there is great deal of sense and practicality to having a first-floor laundry room, in fact it's quite usual in America.
Part of the original room has been gifted to second bedroom and what remains is a well-planned space with wood effect ceramic tiled floor, a worktop with space under for a washing machine and tumble dryer and fitted high level shelving for everything else!
BATHROOM
Once again, a meticulously planned room with modern styling, enjoying inset downlighters and a white suite with complimentary tiling to the walls and floor.
The suite consists of a push button wc, a gloss white vanity unit with wash basin above and mini brick bond tiled splashback and a panel enclosed bath with mixer taps and a wall mounted thermostatically controlled shower unit. Fitted around the bath are stylish acrylic wall panels and folding frameless glass shower screen.
OUTSIDE
FRONT
As you will see from the photos, the property occupies a lovely wide corner plot which boats a generous frontage that incorporates a low maintenance slate bed with established shrubs and path leading to the front door while to the side of the house is a double width driveway for three cars that in turn gives access to the single garage.
SINGLE GARAGE
This has an up and over door and eaves storage. There is also a sensor operated light and a separate power supply which could accommodate a hot tub. A side door gives convenient access to the garden.
REAR GARDEN
Commencing a good-sized paved patio ideal for entertaining, this split levelled garden has a few steps up to the recently laid artificial lawn which has sleeper edging and a retaining brick wall.
You may even notice these sleepers have been cut around the gravel board and posts to ensure a neat tight fit.
In addition, there is an outside water tap, a side gate sitting under a small overhang and an external power point currently be utilised by the wall mounted heater.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band E
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.
