Set back 100ft from the road, itself behind an expansive greensward, this distinctive 5 Bedroom Detached House boasts superb kerb appeal courtesy of contemporary double-height glasswork flanking the front gable.
Transformed in 2008 via a two-storey extension, the stylish family home features a double-height Entrance Hall with Galleried Landing, an impressive 19ft x 14ft Living Room with a 15ft semi-vaulted ceiling, and a spacious open-plan Kitchen/Dining/Family hub at the rear, opening via bi-folds to the 60ft x 45ft garden.
A Fifth Bedroom Suite with an Ensuite Shower Room, ideal as annexe accommodation, lies behind double doors off the hall. Also featured are a ground floor WC, small yet handy Utility Room, an additional Ensuite Shower Room off the Master Bedroom and family bathroom.
The Waitrose Store on Billericay's High Street is a short 0.6 mile walk up London Road, skirting the 18 acres of ‘Sun Corner' parkland. Highly-rated Quilters Infant and Junior Schools are just 0.7 miles away.
The Mainline Railway Station, offering 35 minute journeys to London, is 1 mile away for convenient commuting.
The Accommodation
Solid wood, contemporary style Front Door with a large side light window leading through to:
DOUBLE HEIGHT HALL
Upon entering, the eyes are drawn upwards to the Galleried Landing, the ceiling stretching up over 16ft.
On the right is the carpeted staircase with its stylish Chrome spindles and 'Oak' handrail - beneath the stairs a built-in cupboard provides useful storage.
Ahead, the slate effect tiled flooring extends on into the ground floor WC, Walk-in Utility/Store and the rear open plan Kitchen/Dining/Family Room.
Light streams down through a huge skylight window with more coming in through the tall window by the Front Door.
GROUND FLOOR WC 6ft 10' x 4ft (2.1m x 1.2m)
A surprisingly large WC Room with a front facing window, which really can be used as a cloaks room as well!.
Fitted with a white two-piece suite comprising a 'White Shaker' style freestanding Vanity Unit and a close coupled WC.
WALK-IN UTILITY/STORE ROOM 5ft 1' x 4ft 1' (1.6m x 1.25m)
Inset within the worktop is a single bowl single drainer sink with a double cupboard above and a single cupboard below, creating space for a washing machine.
LOUNGE 19ft 2' x 14ft (5.9m x 4.3m)
The statement room of the home, at the far end it's soaring vaulted ceiling, extending upwards some 15 feet,
Three quarters of the Gable end wall is glasswork, and along with a further large window on the adjoining wall and the twin skylights, this room is positively bathed in light.
The feature exposed truss beams and struts, wooden flooring and the external wooden slats add character, enhancing the room even more.
OPEN PLAN KITCHEN/DINING/FAMILY ROOM 37ft 7' x 13ft 8' reducing to 9ft 10' (11.5m x 3m)
The Kitchen Area has been fitted with a range of 'Vanilla Gloss' kitchen units topped with Granite worktops and incorporates a Britannia 6-Ring Range Cooker, an integrated Siemens Dishwasher and a space for a Fridge/Freezer.
At the far end is the Family Area, marked out by its lovely natural wood flooring and with a wide set of double doors opening out the garden.
In between the Kitchen and Family Areas is the Dining Area, with a set of nearly 15ft wide bifolding doors opening out to the garden .
GROUND FLOOR 5th BEDROOM SUITE 16ft 4' x 9ft 8' (5m x 3m)
Perfect for elderly relations, a guest suite for visitors, or has presently used, simply ground floor bedroom tucked away at the front of the house.
Double doors off the Hall swing open to an initial 4ft 6' x 4ft 6' Lobby area with fitted wardrobes ahead and then opening on to the main bedroom to the right.
The full width front facing window maximises light, attractive wood flooring compliments the decor and this bedroom also benefits from its own private Ensuite Shower Room.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 5ft x 4ft 5' (1.5m x 1.35m)
Fitted with a modern suite comprising a freestanding Vanity unit, close coupled WC and a large shower with a Grohe shower valve.
Attractive ceramic tiling completes the look and a side facing window brings in natural light.
Stairs from Hall to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
The Galleried Landing looks over the double height Hall, with light pouring through the large Skylight over the stairwell.
The built-in airing cupboard provides great storage and looking up we see a flip down hatch accessing the loft.
MASTER BEDROOM 14ft 2' x 11ft 7' (4.35m x 3.5m)
A bright, light and airy bedroom courtesy of its two front facing skylight windows and a further side facing window.
Slightly deeper than normal, two built-in double wardrobes provide plenty of hanging space.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 8ft 3' x 3ft 9' (2.5m x 1.1m)
Featuring a double shower cubicle along with the semi-pedestal basin and close coupled WC.
Feature glass bricks receive borrowed light from the landing.
BEDROOM TWO 13ft 4' x 8ft 2' (4.1m x 2.5m)
This bedroom is well lit courtesy of two rear facing windows and has a built in wardrobe at the far end.
BEDROOM THREE 11ft 3' x 12ft 2' into the Dormer window, narrowing to 7ft 10' within the main bedroom area (3.5m x 3.7m > 2.4m)
Yet another double bedroom, this one with a front facing dormer window and an almost 5 feet wide built-in double wardrobe.
BEDROOM FOUR 11ft 3' x 10ft narrowing to 6ft 7' (3.4m x 3.1m > 2m)
Even the fourth bedroom is a good size double bedroom, the rear facing window enjoying the pleasant garden outlook.
BATHROOM 9ft 10' x 8ft 1' (3m x 2.5m)
A spacious family bathroom with a modern suite and two rear facing obscure glass windows provide plenty of natural daylight.
Comprising a Freestanding 'Grey Shaker' style Vanity unit, close coupled WC and a Double Ended Bath with a separate 'Rain' shower over.
EXTERIOR - FRONT
The House is set back some 60ft so comes with a large front Garden. This is neatly laid to lawn and is well screened from the road.
The long and wide Drive provides parking for several cars.
EXTERIOR - REAR GARDEN
The full width deck provides room for the largest table and chair sets and steps down to the main lawn.
The Garden is a good size and surprisingly unoverlooked considering its size and open feeling - a great bonus.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band E
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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.
