This stylishly presented and recently modernized three-bedroom detached home offers an unexpectedly generous 66' x 41' rear garden, a notable feature that enhances both the appeal and potential of the property.
Located in the sought-after Brightside area, this house is perfectly positioned for families, being within easy reach of the local primary school. It's also a popular choice among commuters, as it's less than a mile from the train station, making the daily journey to work both quick and more convenient.
Upon entering, you are greeted by an impressive double-height entrance hall that sets a welcoming tone and makes a striking first impression. The ground floor is thoughtfully laid out, offering a convenient separate WC, a large storage cupboard, and a light and airy front-to-back lounge diner featuring a cozy log burner.
The kitchen, which overlooks and has a door into the garden adjoins a bonus internal space currently utilised as home office space.
Upstairs, each of the three bedrooms is generously sized, with two being large doubles and the third, a generous single. The bathroom has been recently modernized, featuring stylish fittings, including black matte tap furniture and a shower setup to include a drench head.
This property is also equipped with modern conveniences, such as a modern Combi boiler for efficient central heating and hot water, double-glazed windows and doors, and a newly laid double-width driveway.
In summary, this home is an excellent choice for a commuter or hybrid-working family, combining style, space, and practicality.
ACCOMMODATION AS FOLLOWS..
HALLWAY
The composite entrance door opens into a bright and spacious hallway, where the full-height stairwell immediately captures your attention, flooding the area with natural light and creating a welcoming, open feel.
The wood-style laminate flooring ensures durability and practicality, while the varnished wood cottage doors, fitted with contemporary handles, provide access to a large built-in storage cupboard, the cloakroom, the kitchen, and the lounge diner. A carpeted staircase rise to the first floor.
CLOAKROOM
Situated at the front of the house, this nicely finished cloakroom with a front window is naturally bright and fitted with a low-level WC and a washbasin.
LOUNGE/DINER 6.38m x 3.62m (20'11 x 11'11)
This dual-aspect room is a standout feature of the home. The wide front window and sliding doors leading to the garden allow for abundant natural light, creating a bright and inviting space.
The room's generous width accommodates various layouts, while the cast iron log burner adds a warm, rustic touch.
KITCHEN 4.15m x 2.83m (13'8 x 9'4)
The kitchen, overlooking the rear garden, is both functional and modern.
It features a range of grey-coloured units providing ample storage, with designated spaces for a washing machine, fridge freezer, and dishwasher.
A rear window and door allow for views and access to the garden, and the kitchen leads seamlessly into the adjacent study.
STUDY 2.31m x 2.08m (7'7 x 6'10)
This valuable home office space was thoughtfully created by repurposing a former workshop.
This area has two rear windows, while the wood-effect laminate flooring continues from the kitchen, ensuring continuity.
LANDING
The carpeted landing offers access to a built-in storage cupboard, which previously housed the airing cupboard. Now, with the Combi boiler relocated to the loft, this space provides uber handy storage.
The landing also includes access to the loft and doors leading to each of the three bedrooms and the bathroom.
BEDROOM ONE 3.62m x 3.45m (11'11 x 11'4)
This front-facing double bedroom is both spacious and practical, featuring a built-in storage cupboard and a recessed area ideal for a double wardrobe.
BEDROOM TWO 3.09m x 2.83m (10'2 x 9'4)
Overlooking the rear garden, this second double bedroom also includes a built-in double wardrobe, with doors matching the style of the other internal doors throughout the house.
BEDROOM THREE 2.9m x 1.98m (9'6 x 6'6)
This rear-facing bedroom currently accommodates a cabin bed, which, while difficult to photograph, offers a generously sized bedroom.
BATHROOM
The bathroom has been stylishly refitted with a white suite complemented by modern black tapware.
The panelled walls and tiled splashback add a touch of elegance. The suite includes a low-level WC, a vanity unit with an integrated washbasin, and a shower bath with a luxurious drench head shower unit.
OUTSIDE
FRONT GARDEN AND DRIVEWAY
At the front of the property, there is a lawn area and a newly laid double-width block-paved driveway, providing ample parking and access to the integral garage.
GARAGE 4.93m x 2.31m (16'2 x 7'7)
The integral garage features an up-and-over door, with power and lighting connected.
While the door is electronically controlled, the current owners have not used this feature in some time, and so it may require some attention.
REAR GARDEN
The rear garden, measuring approximately 66' x 41', (20.12m x 12.5m) enjoys a good degree of privacy and is an excellent size for the locality. It begins with a small paved area with the main seating area being the raised deck extending to the side boundary to maximize the sunny westerly aspect.
The garden is primarily laid to lawn, with well-established shrub borders. To the rear, a mature conifer hedge provides seclusion, creating a private atmosphere.
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.
