Situated on a quiet and peaceful walk-way with no traffic noise, this extended 3 bedroom House has been freshly redecorated and boasts a stunning open plan Kitchen/Dining/Family Room, with almost full width Bi-fold Doors opening on to the large Decking within the sunny landscaped Garden.
This tasteful home comes with a Garage and allocated Parking Space, along with an enviable location being just a 350m walk from local shops including a Supermarket, 450m from Queens Park Country Park, 950m walk from Brightside School and just (0.9 mile) walk from the Mainline Railway Station, the lovely stroll through Lake Meadows Park an added bonus.
The Entrance Hall flows into the Lounge, which has a useful understairs cupboard and a 1.2m wide opening, sweeping through to the Kitchen/Dining/Family area, in turn gazing out over the garden.
The refitted Kitchen has White 'high gloss' units with sparkling 'Ice White' Quartz worktops, a feature Island and integrated appliances, all blending nicely with 'Grey Oak' effect flooring.
To the first floor are two double bedrooms and a single bedroom. The large Master Bedroom has a large recess for wardrobes, the second bedroom a large full height built-in cupboard and the third bedroom a built-in cupboard going over the stairs.
The Bathroom has just recently been refitted with tasteful wall tiles and matching floor tiles giving a very modern and contemporary look.
Further specification includes gas central heating and double-glazed windows, newly fitted beige coloured carpets in the lounge, stairs and second bedroom plus newly fitted vinyl flooring in the kitchen.
All in all, a home ready to walk into and start living, with the odd gathering thrown in!
The Accommodation
HALL 6ft 4' x 4ft 8' (1.9m x 1.4m)
With attractive 'Oak' effect laminate flooring, a built-in cupboard housing the electrics and a 4ft wide opening leading through to the Lounge.
LOUNGE 13ft 10' x 12ft 6' (4.2m x 3.8m)
Beautifully presented with a large front facing window giving plenty of light and a useful understairs storage cupboard.
The ceiling has been smooth plastered, as found throughout the home, with here and the bedrooms, finished with coving too.
FEATURE OPEN PLAN KITCHEN/DINING/FAMILY ROOM 20ft 5' x 16ft max (6.2m x 4.9m)
There's a real sense of bringing the outdoors in, due to the almost full width Bi-fold door system, which maximises access and light to this fabulous style Hub-of-the-Home.
Sunlight also streams in through the triple skylight windows, drenching the Family Area below in light.
The sleek, White Gloss Handleless kitchen units are backed by white bevelled reflective metro tiles and topped with beautiful 'Ice White' Quartz worktops, which sparkle with mirror flecks, giving a lovely, contemporary, designer effect.
A host of built-in and integrated appliances comprise a white 5-Ring Smeg Gas Hob with its matching White Chimney style Extractor Hood above, Smeg stainless steel Pyrolytic Multi-function self-cleaning Oven, Bosch integrated Fridge/Freezer and a Bosch integrated Dishwasher.
The 'Caple' undermounted sink is complimented by a swish, professional style 'Flexi-spray' Kitchen tap and a contemporary vertical radiator provides plenty of winter heat.
Stairs from Hall to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
With access to loft and doors off to:
MASTER BEDROOM 15ft 10' x 8ft 8' (4.8m x 2.6m)
A really good size front bedroom with a big recess on the right as you enter, currently used for for a dressing table but designed for fitted or freestanding wardrobes, the choice is yours.
Opposite the bed is hidden wiring for a wall mounted television and cleverly disguising the chimney is a large mirror that brings both an added depth to this room.
BEDROOM TWO 9ft 6' x 9ft 1' (2.9m x 2.8m)
Having recently been redecorated with a new carpet aswell, this second double bedroom with its sugar white walls and a large 3ft wide built-in wardrobe is a practical welcoming room..
BEDROOM THREE 10ft 3' max x 7ft (3.1m x 2.1m)
Although this is a good usable single bedroom with wood effect laminate flooring, the current owner has chosen to use this as her dressing room. Please note, the wardrobes can be removed.
REFITTED BATHROOM 6ft 2' x 6ft 1' (1.9m x 1.9m)
This on-trend bathroom features a shower bath with both a central mixer tap and a separate, feature Overhead, Rainfall type showerhead with a separate handset too. Plus you have a vanity basin with a pull out draw and a push button wc.
A chrome towel radiator, beige coloured wall tiles and matching floor tiles provides the finishing touch.
EXTERIOR - FRONT
Black stained sleepers retain the visually appealing, landscaped front garden, which sees a confection of slate and white stone chippings interspersed with young saplings and shrubs.
GARAGE & PARKING
Behind the row of houses is a small private car park housing a run of four garages, of which the second one in, belongs to this property. Opposite the garage is a row of parking bays, with one also allocated to the property.
EXTERIOR - REAR GARDEN
An outside room itself during the summer months, the landscaped garden features a large decked Veranda to enjoy and make the most of summer afternoons and evenings. Perfect for entertaining it extends well out into the garden, giving plenty of room for the biggest table and chairs.
The decking then steps down to the balance which is neatly laid to lawn and all the boundaries have been enclosed by grey stained fencing.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band C
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.
