- Two-bedroom house with two bathrooms, including an ensuite shower room and carport parking
- Full-width kitchen/diner at the back of the house with underfloor heating and integrated appliances
- Landscaped west-facing 40ft rear garden
- Significant interior improvements, including real wood flooring, built-in wardrobes
- Stylish bathroom with a freestanding double-ended bath
- Ensuite shower room has underfloor heating, a large shower, and skylight
- Pleasantly positioned in a quiet cul-de-sac within the modern Mill Grange Development
- Adjacent to the Mill Meadows Nature Reserve
- Gas combi boiler and NEST thermostat control
- Covered carport parking and driveway
Quite possibly one of the best designs of two-bedroom houses you will come across. With two bathrooms, including an ensuite shower, carport parking, and a full-width kitchen/diner across the back of the house, this property truly sets itself apart from others.
Both the front and back gardens have been beautifully landscaped, with the 40ft rear garden being west-facing, allowing for plenty of sunshine throughout the day.
The property has also seen significant improvements inside. The accommodation briefly comprises an entrance lobby, a good-sized lounge, and a kitchen/diner with under floor heating and an integrated appliances to include dishwasher. There are two double bedrooms and two bathrooms: the ensuite shower room has under floor heating and a stylish main bathroom has a free standing doubled ended bath.
Additional features include double-glazed windows, built-in wardrobes in both bedrooms, and gas central heating via radiators controlled by a NEST thermostat.
Pleasantly positioned in a quiet cul-de-sac within the modern Mill Grange Development, the property is conveniently located within walking distance of the station and High Street (0.9 miles via the Daines Road/Crown Road shortcut). The area is highly appealing due to its convenience.
Built in the 1990s, the Mill Grange development sits adjacent to the 90 acres of Mill Meadows Nature Reserve. There is also a local shopping parade, including a handy Tesco Express, just a few minutes' walk away. Both the local infant and junior schools have good OFSTED reports and are also within easy walking distance.
ACCOMMODATION AS FOLLOWS
HALLWAY
The small but functional hallway provides a welcoming area.
It serves as an airlock to the lounge and offers an out of sight' space for coats and shoes.
A panel door from here opens into the lounge.
LOUNGE 4.51m x 4.09m (14'9 x 13'4)
The real wood flooring continues from the hallway into the lounge, which has a front-facing window. The room has an interesting shape due to the stairs rising to the first floor, with storage space underneath.
There is a charming almost cottage-like feel to this reception room, and it's ideally designed to incorporate a corner sofa and a large TV.
A door from the lounge opens into the kitchen.
KITCHEN 4.08m x 2.53m (13'4 x 8'3)
This popular home design features a full-width kitchen-diner across the back of the house and this one also has a tiled floor with under floor heating.
The kitchen is stylishly presented with painted base and eye-level cabinets, complemented by a woodblock worktop that incorporates a Butler-style sink.
There is an integrated fridge-freezer, an integrated slimline dishwasher, and space for a washing machine.
The centrally placed Smeg range cooker, complete with a cooker hood and splashback, will remain.
At the opposite end of the room is the dining area, here the owners have a custom-made corner bench seat with storage under and a table with 2 chairs will be remaining.
Additional features include under-pelmet lighting, inset downlighters in the ceiling, and a window and door that overlook and open to the garden.
LANDING
The carpeted stairs rise to the first floor, where there is access to the loft, which has extra insulation to improve the home's energy efficiency.
Doors from the landing open to both bedrooms and the bathroom.
BEDROOM ONE 4.08m x 3.36m (13'4 x 11')
For a two-bedroom house, this is a lovely-sized main bedroom.
It features matching real wood flooring and a run of quality 'Sharps' built-in cream gloss wardrobes.
A door also leads to the ensuite shower room.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM
This ensuite is a fantastic additional feature, rarely found in modern two-bedroom homes and this one also has under floor heating for that added luxury touch.
Stylishly presented, it consists of a tiled floor with underfloor heating, tiled walls, a chrome heated towel rail and a white suite.
The suite includes a large shower, a washbasin with a cupboard underneath, and a push-button WC situated under a skylight window that floods the room with natural light.
BEDROOM TWO 2.96m x 2.23m (9'8 x 7'3)
As the measurements suggest, this is a generously sized second bedroom, quite possibly a guest double!
There are also 'Sharps' built in wardrobes fitted wiithin a recess so they sit flush.
This bedroom could also be utilized as a home office, with the option of adding a sofa bed for guests.
BATHROOM
"Stylish and decadent" perfectly sums up this bathroom.
The dark tiled floor and mosaic reflective tiled walls gives the room a luxurious feel.
It features a freestanding double-ended bath with mixer taps, a push-button WC, and a mounted hand basin with mixer taps.
There is also a window to the rear, inset downlighters in the ceiling, and a chrome heated towel rail.
OUTSIDE
FRONT
To the front of the house, there is a driveway leading under the carport, offering covered parking.
There is also a gravelled front garden that can be used for additional parking if required.
CARPORT
The carport and drive can accommodate 2 cars and there is a rear gate that leads to the garden and an obscured area with a shed that has mains power and a recessed bin area.
REAR GARDEN
The well-maintained rear garden measures approx. 40' in depth and begins with a decked seating area with feature lighting, nicely screened by established vines and providing a lovely spot to relax.
The deck is enclosed by a white-painted retaining wall, which incorporates steps leading up to the rest of the garden. The upper garden is laid to lawn and features established shrubs.
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.
