- Stylish One-Bedroom Apartment in Hawkley House, Completed In 2019
- Perfectly Located Near the Vibrant High Street And Amenities
- Positioned At the Rear for Quiet, South-West-Facing Views
- Open-Plan Living Area with Modern Design And Neutral Décor
- Kitchen with Composite Worktops And Integrated Appliances
- Fully Tiled Shower Room with A Walk-In Shower and Heated Towel Rail
- Five-Minute Walk To Billericay Station, With Fast London Access
- Close To Pubs, Wine Bars, And Gyms For Lifestyle Convenience
- Designated Parking Space
- No Onward Chain
When considering all elements, this apartment stands out as a smart choice among one-bedroom apartment options, located just moments from the charming and vibrant High Street. Hawkley House, completed in 2019, consists of a selection of individually designed one- and two-bedroom apartments, that were all finished to an impeccable standard.
This particular apartment is positioned at the rear of the block, away from the road, offering naturally bright, south-west-facing accommodation that overlooks the parking area and the gardens of the Cater Museum.
The well-proportioned, open-plan living space is stylishly presented with a thoughtfully chosen combination of vinyl, tile, and carpet floor coverings that complement the neutral décor. The modern kitchen is neatly positioned in one corner of the open living room. Featuring composite worktops, it also includes integrated appliances such as a washer-dryer, fridge-freezer, and dishwasher. The equally sleek shower room is fully tiled and boasts a spacious walk-in shower, adding to the apartment's contemporary appeal.
Billericay train station is just a five-minute walk away, providing convenient access to London Liverpool Street in approximately 30 minutes. Between the apartment and the station, you'll find a variety of pubs and wine bars for liquid refreshment. Beyond the station, there's also a selection of gyms to meet your fitness needs.
ACCOMMODATION DETAILS
COMMUNAL HALL
An intercom entry phone system and security fob-operated front door provide access to the communal hall. A white-painted staircase with carpeted flooring leads to the first floor.
From here, a door opens into an additional enclosed communal hall, where a graphite composite door provides entry to the apartment.
HALLWAY
The hallway features stylish grey vinyl flooring, enhancing the modern feel of the apartment. A built-in storage cupboard houses the electric boiler, which supplies the radiators and hot water.
Tigris contemporary real oak veneered internal door with 5 ladder style panels, then lead to the shower room, living room, and bedroom.
BEDROOM 3.67m x 2.93m plus wardrobe recess (12' x 9'7 plus wardrobe recess)
This generously sized, carpeted bedroom offers ample space for a king-size bed and includes a recessed area ideal for a wardrobe.
A rear-facing window allows for natural light, and there's a wall-mounted TV point for convenience.
SHOWER ROOM
The shower room is fully tiled with modern flooring and wall tiles, creating a sleek and inviting space.
It includes a heated towel rail and a white suite consisting of a washbasin with mixer taps and a cupboard underneath, a push-button WC, and a large walk-in shower with an overhead fixture.
OPEN-PLAN LIVING ROOM 4.6m x 3.96m (15' x 12'11)
The vinyl flooring flows seamlessly into the open-plan living area, which benefits from excellent natural light through two rear-facing sash windows.
The square layout is well-proportioned, offering a natural arrangement for lounging, dining, and kitchen activities.
The kitchen, positioned in one corner, features modern gloss-fronted units and composite worktops with under-pelmet lighting. Integrated Bosch appliances include an electric oven, an induction hob with a cooker hood, a fridge-freezer, a dishwasher, and a washer-dryer.
OUTSIDE
To the side of the property, there is a residents' parking area with a designated parking space for this apartment.
LEASE DETAILS
We understand the Lease has 119 years remaining and the Service Charge and Ground Rent is £233.26 per month.
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.
