- Luxury 5/6 Bed Detached Home in private gated mews, seconds from the High street and Station
- Massive open plan Kitchen/Dining/Family Room with huge Island, Siemens appliances & Bi-fold Doors
- Large Reception Hall with 'white marble' flooring, ground floor WC & extra Study/Snug room
- Extended lounge features Home Bar area with Roof Lantern and Bifold doors
- Master bedroom has secret door to walk-through Dressing Room and luxury Ensuite
- Second principle bedroom suite also includes Ensuite and built-in wardrobes
- All five main bedrooms feature air conditioning units and built-in wardrobes
- Second floor has two bedrooms and bathroom - ideal teenage suite
- Long Utility Room accesses large Integral Garage with electric garage door
- Landscaped Garden with 'Breeze House', Pergola covered Bar area, and eco-friendly outdoor toilet
Situated within a very desirable and very exclusive, private gated mews of two, high-end luxury homes ensuring peace, privacy, and security, this 5/6 Bedroom Detached Home enjoys an oh-so convenient location, being literally seconds from the High Street and Mainline Railway Station and falling within the 'Outstanding' rated Quilters Primary School Priority catchment area.
Constructed in 2005 by highly regarded 'Kingfisher Prestige Developments', the property has been further enhanced by large rear extension to create a fantastic on-trend Open Plan Kitchen/Dining/Family Room and an extension to the already big Lounge - the extension of the Lounge now arranged as a rather splendid Home Bar!
This beautiful property offers modern day family living space with the ground floor boasting a large Entrance Hallway with gorgeous matt white marble flooring, Ground Floor WC, Lounge with limestone contemporary fireplace, a Study/Snug, a very long Utility/Storeroom and the aforementioned Kitchen/Dining/Family Room complete with a large island in the Kitchen area which features all Siemens appliances, and wide bifold doors opening out to the Garden.
The six upstairs bedrooms flow between two floors. The First Floor has four double Bedrooms and three Bathrooms (these being two Ensuites and the Main Family Bathroom) Both the first two Bedrooms are notably huge Bedroom Suites with the Master Bedroom enjoying a walk-through Dressing Room and huge uber-contemporary Ensuite Shower Room.
The main five bedrooms all boast air-conditioning units/
Up on the Second Floor are two further Bedrooms and another Bathroom. This suite of rooms lends itself rather nicely for teenagers, older children who would use the second smaller room as a TV/Gaming/Snug Room.
Outside, in addition to the peaceful private town centre mews setting, further external features include a large integral Garage offering further potential possibilities and the landscaped Garden has a rather splendid feature Breeze House!
The Accommodation
RECEPTION HALL 17ft 6" x 11ft 10" (5.33m x 3.61m)
A great first impression. Sugar white walls complement the matt white marble porcelain floor tiles.
The understairs cupboard has been fitted out with a hanging rail and an automatic sensor light.
GROUND FLOOR WC ROOM 6ft 5" x 4ft 1" (1.96m x 1.24m)
Fitted with a premium quality Roca 'cloakroom' suite and equally high quality tiles.
LOUNGE AND FAMILY BAR AREA
The original Lounge has been extended out some 10 feet (3.05m) with the extension area presently fitted out as the family's social gathering point - A Home Bar!
For simplicity and the purposes of description, this extended room has been separated into two rooms/areas:
LOUNGE 17ft 4" x 16ft 4" (5.28m x 4.98m)
Fresh white walls complement the warmth of the attractive wood flooring and the contemporary Limestone fireplace.
There's a front-facing window and an almost 10' (3.05m) wide arch leading through to:
ENTERTAINMENT AREA 16ft 7" x 10ft 1" (5.05m x 3.07m)
This area is zoned by the change of flooring, here we see gorgeous Matt white Calacatta marble flooring which picks up well with the white bar unit with its sparkly white quartz countertop.
LED lighting runs around the perimeter of this room and looking up we see the huge 11ft x 5ft 5" (3.35m x 1.65m) Roof Lantern which along with the bifold doors, streams in mood-boosting sunshine.
STUDY 9ft 10" x 9ft 6" (3.00m x 2.90m)
A very busy working home office, hence we only have a photograph through the slightly ajar door.
This useful extra ground floor living room has a walk-in bay window as well as a side-facing window, wood laminate flooring and is nicely tucked away at the front corner of the house.
The perfect home office or quiet Retreat.
OPEN PLAN KITCHEN/DINING/FAMILY ROOM 31ft 9" x 22ft (9.68m x 6.71m)
Huge and impressive.
This contemporary living space offers adaptability and multifunctional use. Whether socialising, relaxing, dining, catching up on emails or of course cooking, this stunning open plan hub-of-the-home creates one space designed to be used for every part of family life.
The Dove Grey and Stone White shaker style units at the far end incorporate a host of Siemens appliances for the keen cook and the large island is topped with a blend of Nile Quartz and 'light grey stone' quartz worktops, the Nile Quartz also neatly incorporating the rather swish built-in 'Downdraft' Induction Hob and the light grey quartz a circular 4-Seater Breakfast Bar.
Further appliances include the side-by-side integrated Larder Fridge and Freezer, and the integrated Dishwasher, whilst further features include a built-in Pantry unit, pull-out recycling drawers and feature LED pelmet and plinth lighting.
Two sets of bifold doors along with the twin 11' x 5'6" (3.35m x 1.68m) Roof Lantern lights positively bathe this room in light.
UTILITY ROOM 19ft 6" x 5ft 6" max (5.94m x 1.68m)
A great storage and laundry facility!
At the far end, the fitted units incorporate a built-under sink and space is for a washing machine and tumble dryer.
A door at the end leads through to the internal garage.
INTERIOR GARAGE 18ft 2" x 15ft 9" (5.54m x 4.80m)
With a remote-controlled electric up and over door, power and lighting, this garage is super handy for both external storage and an easy indoor pantry.
The garage also houses the Ideal 'Logic Heat H30' Boiler for the hot water and central heating.
Staircase from Hall to:
1st FLOOR LANDING 20ft 6" x 12ft 8" max (6.25m x 3.86m)
A lovely spacious landing, well-lit by the front-facing window.
Stairs from this landing also rise up to the second floor landing.
A large built-in cupboard with double doors houses the BoilerMate OVA class ABA4220 providing a pressurised hot water system.
MASTER BEDROOM SUITE 15ft 8" x 15ft 8" (4.78m x 4.78m)
This absolutely perfectly square bedroom has a large front-facing window for maximum light, a Daikin air-conditioning unit and attractive 'Grey Oak' flooring.
Appearances can be deceiving. In the photograph, you will see a bookcase. The centre part is in fact a secret door opening to reveal the walk-through Dressing Room and huge Ensuite Shower room.
WALK-IN WARDROBE/DRESSING ROOM 9ft 4" x 8ft 8" (2.84m x 2.64m)
Fitted out with a luxury range of open storage systems incorporating hanging rails, shelving and drawers.
Further door leading through to:
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 9ft x 8ft 2" (2.74m x 2.49m)
Stunning. The eyes will be drawn to several different outstanding features all at the same time!
These features range from the twin eye catching tall freestanding basins, each with their own separate wall mounted LED backlit bathroom cabinet behind, the gorgeous mid-grey tiling (especially the split face tiles at the end wall) or the large (1700mm x 860mm walk-in shower with the frameless glass shower screen giving unbroken site lines for a greater feeling of space to the room.
This is an outstanding and very contemporary, luxury shower room with a rear window for plenty of natural light too.
BEDROOM TWO 21ft 6" narrowing to 14ft 1" x 13ft (6.55m narrowing to 4.29m x 3.96m)
Another fabulous size principal bedroom suite, again with its own private Ensuite bathroom and air-conditioning.
Dual aspect with far-reaching views to the rear, it has windows to both the front and rear, along with a built-in wardrobe running along the right wall, accessed via two sets of double doors.
ENSUITE BATHROOM 9ft 1" x 6ft 10" (2.77m x 2.08m)
Another very attractive bathroom also boasting both a full-size double-ended Bath as well as a large, enclosed Shower.
Beautiful, shiny sandstone coloured tiles complement the Roca suite perfectly and the rear-facing window provides plenty of natural daylight.
BEDROOM THREE 11ft 6" x 10ft 3" (3.51m x 3.12m)
The measurements of this front-facing bedroom exclude the built-in wardrobes which run along the entire length of the left wall, accessed via two sets of double doors.
On the wall is another Daikin air conditioner.
BEDROOM FOUR 11'7" x 8ft (3.53m x 2.44m)
Another bedroom that will take a double bed with ease, this one rear-facing and also with built-in wardrobes and a wall-mounted air-conditioning unit.
FAMILY BATHROOM 7ft 10" x 6ft 10" (2.39m x 2.08m)
Another stylish luxury bathroom boasting both a full-size Double-Ended Bath, as well as a built-in Shower.
Again, with elegant porcelain tile work complementing the white Roca suite and a rear-facing window for natural light.
Continuation of the staircase on the 1st Floor landing rising to:
2nd FLOOR LANDING
An L-shaped area creating, if required, a little 'study nook'.
The skylight window over the stairwell streams down lots of natural light.
This entire floor would make the perfect suite for independent teenagers as there are two separate bedrooms and a full-size bathroom with both a bath and a separate shower as well.
BEDROOM FIVE 17ft 8" x 10ft 3" (5.38m x 3.12m)
Another large double bedroom with two skylight windows, built-in wardrobes and a large air-conditioning unit.
BEDROOM SIX 9ft 6" x 5ft 8" (2.90m x 1.73m)
Although it will fit a single bed, this room will probably be more used as a study/media room or teenager's den - which it would be absolutely perfect for.
With rear-facing skylight window.
SECOND FLOOR BATHROOM 9ft x 7ft 7" max (2.74m x 2.31m)
Again, enjoying both a full-size double-ended bath as well as a separate shower.
Also with RAK sanitary ware (semi-pedestal basin and close-coupled WC), a skylight for natural light and, as with all the bathrooms, a tall chrome tower radiator.
EXTERIOR
The property boasts a very discreet entrance, accessed via electronically controlled gates.
Drive through and you'll see the Sweet Chestnut Tree ahead of you. This house is the one that sits behind the tree.
The large block paid drive will take numerous cars with ease and also gives access to the large INTERIOR GARAGE 18ft 2" x 15ft 9" (5.54m x 4.80m) with remote controlled electric door.
There is also gated access round to the back garden.
REAR GARDEN 40ft x 83ft narrowing to 70ft
The garden has been landscaped, commencing with a porcelain tiled terrace, which can be accessed from the three sets of bifold doors.
Chunky timber decking steps, lead down to the lawn and further split level areas in turn leading to the Gazebo and feature luxury 'breeze house'.
Within the garden are also what appear to be two sheds. However one is in fact a rather cool little 'Eco-Loo' complete with a stainless steel hand wash basin and composting loo!
BREEZE HOUSE 13ft 9" x 8ft (4.19m x 2.44m)
A luxury oval, garden gazebo designed to be used for dining, lounging, entertaining or as a retreat for a hot tub.
This one has been arranged with dining and entertaining in mind.
There is an open freestanding storage unit housing a wine cooler.
The large circular table also comes complete with matching circular cushions.
The gazebo itself has removable canvas sides, two of them with see-through plastic as windows'.
PERGOLA 14ft x 8ft 2' (4.3m x 2.5m)
Thoughtfully built over a platform of decking and with an L shaped bar with five swing seats around it, conjuring up sunny afternoons with Pimm's.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band G
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.
