- Spacious 4-Bed Detached Home With Fantastic Potential In A Sought-After Turning
- Bright L-Shaped Lounge/Diner With Bay Window, Garden Access, And Scope For Open-Plan Redesign
- Stylish Shaker Kitchen With Granite Worktops, Bosch Appliances, And Potential To Extend
- Handy Study/Home Office Perfect For Remote Work Or A Quiet Reading Space With A Front-Facing Window
- Four Well-Sized Bedrooms, Including A Primary With Fitted Wardrobes And A Full En Suite Bathroom
- Generous Landing Space Ideal For Storage, Play Area, Or Even A Creative Nook For The Kids
- Double-Length Garage With Power, Lighting, And Conversion Potential For Extra Living Space
- Private Rear Garden With Patio And Mature Borders Ideal For Relaxing, Play, Or Entertaining
- Conveniently Located Just 0.7 Miles To The Station, Lake Meadows, Norsey Woods & Excellent School
- No Onward Chain Involved
Sitting in one of the most desirable and well-established turnings in the area, this classic 1970s four-bedroom detached residence presents an exceptional opportunity for a discerning buyer to create a forever family home. Properties in this location frequently sell for in excess of £1 million, a testament to the enduring appeal and potential of homes here. With generous internal space already in place and ample scope for extension, reconfiguration, or garage conversion (subject to planning), this home is ripe for transformation.
Situated just 0.7 miles from the train station and a short stroll beyond to the vibrant High Street, the location is as convenient as it is peacefully convenient. The entrance to Lake Meadows via Hillhouse Road is just 0.2 miles away, offering beautiful green spaces practically on your doorstep, while Norsey Woods perfect for weekend walks is also close by. Excellent local schooling options include both Buttsbury Primary and Mayflower Secondary, making this an ideal setting for families.
Inside, the property offers a spacious and well-planned layout with an inviting hallway, a separate study/home office, and a convenient ground floor WC. The generous L-shaped lounge and adjoining dining room create a welcoming living space that directly adjoins the kitchen. Together, these rooms present a prime opportunity to create a striking full-width open-plan kitchen/diner/day room across the rear of the house, measuring up to 9 metres wide perfect for modern family living and entertaining. (Subject to Planning)
Upstairs, the home offers four well-proportioned bedrooms, including an en suite to the principal bedroom, with the remaining bedrooms served by a good-sized family bathroom. Each bedroom enjoys a pleasant aspect and plenty of natural light, providing comfortable accommodation for both family and guests.
Externally, the property boasts a private and well-screened rear garden, ideal for outdoor dining, play, or quiet relaxation. The double-length garage not only offers invaluable storage but also represents further potential for conversion into additional living space, a gym, or even a studio. With so much flexibility, a superb location, and a family-friendly layout already in place, this home is bursting with possibilities and awaits its next chapter.
ACCOMODATION AS FOLLOWS
HALLWAY
A welcoming L-shaped hall greets you, stair rise to the first floor and there is a handy under-stair storage cupboard.
The large full height stairwell creates a lovely sense of space and light, with doors leading off to the ground floor rooms.
STUDY 2.17m x 2.13m ( 7'1 x 6'11)
With a front-facing window, this well-proportioned room is perfect as a home office or study space, offering a quiet corner for work or creativity.
CLOAKROOM
Fitted with a clean white suite comprising a WC and hand basin, plus a side window for natural light this room is an essential convenience for family life and visiting guests.
LOUNGE/DINER 7.32m > 3.87m x 6.15m > 3.67m (24' > 12'7 x 20'2 > 12')
This fabulously spacious L-shaped room is brimming with potential, featuring a front bay window, two rear windows, and a door opening out to the garden.
The two defined zones offer a perfect opportunity to create an open-plan flow into the adjoining kitchen.
Envision a full-width kitchen/diner stretching approximately 9m wide by 3.9m with two sets of doors opening to the garden ideal for entertaining and everyday living while still retaining a cosy front-facing lounge with a bay window and feature fire as your evening retreat.
KITCHEN 3.86m x 2.63m (12'7 x 8'7)
This kitchen is fitted with stylish shaker-style cream coloured units, granite worktops, and a range of integrated appliances including a Bosch electric oven, 4-ring gas hob, slimline dishwasher, and a fridge freezer.
There's also space for a washing machine and a cupboard housing the Potterton boiler.
A half-bowl sink with mixer tap sits beneath the rear window, while inset spotlights add a modern touch to the ceiling.
LANDING
A bright and roomy landing with loft access and generous floor space ideal for extra storage or even a children's play zone, ideal for train sets and Scalextric.
BEDROOM ONE 3.82m 3.54m ( 12'6 x 11'7)
A spacious double bedroom with both fitted and built-in wardrobes offering ample storage.
A rear-facing window provides a peaceful outlook and a door leads through to the en suite.
EN SUITE BATHROOM
A unique feature for a home of this era, this en suite boasts a full bathroom suite rather than just a shower room.
It includes a white panel-enclosed bath with mixer taps, a push-button low-level WC, and a wash basin with mixer tap, for a timeless finish.
BEDROOM TWO 3.56m x 2.72m (11'8 x 8'11)
Another double bedroom with a window overlooking the rear garden comfortable, bright, and versatile.
BEDROOM THREE 3.7m x 3.69m( 12'1 x 12'11)
With a front-facing window, this room has an interesting design feature: a recessed area ideal for a dressing table or workstation, adding practicality to its appeal.
BEDROOM FOUR 3.23m x 2.04m (10'7 x 6'8)
Positioned at the front of the property, this bedroom is just large enough for a double bed, making it a great guest room, though it would have limited space left for storage.
BATHROOM
The family bathroom is fitted with a white suite, it includes a panel-enclosed bath with mixer taps, low level WC, and a wash basin.
Tucked behind the door, a built-in storage cupboard adds practicality.
OUTSIDE FRONT
The front garden is neatly lawned with mature, established borders, and a driveway offering off-street parking for two vehicles leads to the garage.
DOUBLE LENGTH GARAGE 8.63m x 2.68m (28'3 x 8'9)
With an electric up-and-over door, power, lighting, and rear access to the garden, this garage offers significant potential.
Adjoining the main living room, the rear section could easily be converted into an additional reception room or the entire space reimagined as more internal living accommodation, subject to planning.
REAR GARDEN
The rear garden begins with a Crete-Print' concrete patio perfect for outdoor seating and entertaining.
The rest is laid to lawn with established shrub beds and borders. While the garden is well maintained, a light refresh and trimmed conifer hedging would restore it to its full glory.
You also have a greenhouse tucked away to one corner, a garden shed, an outside water tap, a rear door to the garage plus access on one side and storage space to the other
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.
