Dating back to the 1920's when it started off as a charming Bungalow, the property we see in 2023 still retains much character and charm, although it is now an incredibly deceptive Four Bedroom Detached Chalet, that really is surprisingly big inside, not at all obvious from the front or even the side - lots of big rooms and everything very well presented.
This appealing family home is situated in a peaceful, residential private road within one of the Town's earliest neighbourhoods. A most desirable area very close to the High Street & Railway Station (just 4 and 7 minute walks respectively). As well as being so centrally located, the property also falls within the catchment for Quilters Infants & Primary Schools, both showboating Outstanding OFSTED Reports.
Enlarged in the 1990's the present ground floor accommodation comprises a lovely size Hall with Oak effect Amtico style flooring, three very spacious Reception Rooms; a big 20ft x 15ft Lounge with a feature Fireplace, a generous Dining room and a large square 2-desk Study, a Kitchen/Breakfast Room featuring a central Island and 900mm Range Cooker with a 5-Ring Induction Hob and a Ground floor WC.
Upstairs the large Master Bedroom has an Ensuite Shower Room, the other three big double bedrooms served by gorgeous refitted Bathroom - new last year and featuring both a Bath as well as a separate Shower cubicle too.
The Integral Garage has been part converted. The front up and over door opens to reveal a 3.2m x 1.7m Front Store, with the rear part a big bonus extra room offering oodles of options and accessed from the Garden.
Externally, the Rear Garden is surprisingly private and unoverlooked and the Front In/Out Drive will take five cars at a push, 4 very comfortably.
The Accommodation
Wood grain effect Front Door with twin side light panels leading through to:
HALL 18ft 4' x 10ft 4' max (5.6m x 3.15m)
Making a great first impression, with its 8ft high ceiling and sugar white walls complimenting the gorgeous 'Oak Wood' effect Amtico flooring, which extends on into the ground floor WC and Study.
There is a handy cupboard under the return part of the staircase and the ceiling has been smooth plastered with coving, as found throughout the property.
GROUND FLOOR WC ROOM 9ft x 3ft 1' min (2.7m x 0.94m)
Fitted with a modern white 'Cloakroom' suite including a wall hung Vanity unit and with a side facing window for natural light and a chrome towel radiator.
LOUNGE 20ft x 15ft 5' max (6.1m x 4.7m)
This lovely size main living room has a soft underfoot deep pile light grey carpet which extends into the adjacent dining room.
The focal point is the large Fireplace, featuring a white surround contrasted with a black polished Granite back panel and hearth and with an inset Gas Fire.
8ft wide, the wide set of French doors with their accompanying side light windows, open out to the Terrace.
5ft wide opening through to:
DINING ROOM 12ft 6' x 10ft 1' (3.8m x 3.1m)
A fine size Dining Room with a front facing bay window and a handy alcove, excluded within the measurements.
(The opening between the two rooms could easily have a set of double doors put in for more separation if desired).
STUDY 10ft 10' x 10ft (3.3m x 3.1m)
What a really good size study! Which would also make the perfect playroom or even an additional ground floor 5th bedroom.
A set of low-level double doors open to reveal a surprisingly large under stairs cupboard, providing a great storage facility.
We noted a TV and FM socket, and a BT Openreach Master Socket 5C - this provides two ports, one for a router to plug into and one for a telephone to plug into
The front facing bay window, provides an additional feature.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 12ft 10' x 10ft 10' (3.9m x 3.3m)
Fitted with 'Cherrywood' effect Shaker style kitchen units topped with Granite effect worktops and featuring a central Island incorporating a 4-seater Breakfast Bar.
The Belling Cookcentre 90EI 900mm Induction Range Cooker will be remaining. This has two Ovens (a huge 86 litres & 58 litres capacities), a Grill, 4-Zone Induction Hob, and a Warming Zone. Its 'Link+' allows you to cook and control multiple zones on the hob surface.
Further specification includes an Integrated Fridge/Freezer, Integrated Dishwasher, Integrated Washing Machine and an under sink waste disposal unit. There is also Plumbing for a water softener.
Plenty of working light flows in through the wide rear facing window and the glazed external side door.
Return staircase from Hall to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
Very well lit courtesy of a side facing window over the tall stairwell, which also gives it an even greater impression of space.
MASTER BEDROOM 14ft 1' x 12ft 2' (4.3m x 3.7m)
A bit reminiscent of a hotel bedroom as it has a 6ft long entrance corridor which opens up at the end into the main bedroom area.
The measurements exclude the triple built-in set of double wardrobes at the far end.
ENSUITE 6ft 2' min x 4ft 10' (1.9m x 1.5m)
A front facing shower room with the Vanity unit cleverly built into an alcove within the roofline, the top cupboard below providing lots of storage.
There is also a back-to-wall WC and a corner Shower Cubicle.
BEDROOM TWO 16ft 1' x 9ft 9' (4.9m x 3m)
A super size second bedroom with a front facing window, modern fitted wardrobes, and two eaves storage areas at either end.
Looking up, we noted the access in the loft, which has been part boarded with a light and a ladder.
BEDROOM THREE 12ft 1' x 8ft 9' (3.7m x 2.7m)
Another great size double bedroom, this one to the rear and boasting a further internal door opening to reveal a surprisingly large walk-in wardrobe measuring 7ft x 3ft 9' ( 2.1m x 1.1m).
BEDROOM FOUR 14 5' narrowing to 8ft 5' x 9ft 5' (4.4m > 2.6m x 2.85m)
Yet another very generously proportioned double bedroom, this one extended and with a front facing window.
BATHROOM 8ft 6' x 7ft 5' (2.6m x 2.3m)
Refitted just last year, this swish modern bathroom features both a deep full-size Bath, as well as a large corner Shower featuring a fixed Rainhead Showerhead with a separate handset too.
The shiny Graphite Grey wall hung Vanity Unit looks very smart and is matched by a full height door to the built-in cupboard which houses the Kingspan 1800 x 300 Grade 3 Indirect Hot Water cylinder plus a good bit of extra storage too.
Beautiful porcelain tiling, two chrome towel radiators and inset downlighting complete a very stylish look.
EXTERIOR - FRONT
The front In/Out Drive provides parking for five cars at a squeeze, very comfortably four with a couple of decorative flower beds adding to the attractive kerbside appeal.
The Drive extends down the side to the Garage - now of course part converted.
STORE
EXTERIOR - REAR GARDEN
The rear garden is notably private and secluded.
As mentioned, a set of wide double French Doors from the Lounge open out to the raised Terrace, retained by a brick wall topped with black wrought iron railings giving an elegant traditional look. Two sets of steps lead down to the lower level, which has another block paved area, in turn, running onto the very neat lawn.
As you can see in the photos, the perimeter is very established, giving that seclusion the garden enjoys and there is both a Shed and a Summerhouse too. We also noted access on both sides.
EXTERNAL GARAGE CONVERSION / BONUS ROOM 13ft 4' x 9ft 8' (4.1m x 2.9m)
This fabulous extra ground floor room boasts a multitude of uses - the choice is yours!
Access is via the Garden, through the sturdy woodgrain finish UPVC external lockable door. A rear facing window along with the glass panel in the door gives plenty of natural light, there's several power sockets and a light.
The other side of the timber stud wall is of course the Garage Store, offering further options.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band F
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.
