- 3 Bed Semi in popular non-estate setting with farmland behind the houses opposite
- Clear the top of the 125ft Garden & put in a big Garden Cabin for great Home Office or Home Bar!
- The large roof has oodles of space for enlarging the existing dormers to increase the upstairs
- The Front 3-Car Drive could easily be increased more by paving over the front lawn
- The integral Garage offers great storage plus potential for more living space with a conversion
- Downstairs has 2 reception rooms plus a large Conservatory
- The long Kitchen has room for a table and chair set at one end
- Big modern Bathroom compliments the three double bedrooms
- Gas Central Heating with a modern Boiler in the Garage
- Be in for the New Year - there's no onward chain here!
Offering no onward chain, this 3/4 Bedroom Semi is in need of modernisation, although this is largely outweighed by the huge potential it offers to remodel or enlarge, and its 125ft Garden!
Situated in the area of Great Burstead it combines town & country, with Billericay one side & open country the other side of the houses opposite, a footpath providing access to the fields, just up the road.
Neighbourhood shops, the South Green Primary School and a great local Pub/Restaurant are all within easy walks.
There are three good size bedrooms and a fairly modern Bathroom upstairs, with the versatility of an additional ground floor room to be used as a 4th Bedroom.
The rear Lounge opens on to a large Conservatory and the Kitchen has plenty of room for a table and chairs set at one end.
Specification includes as Central Heating via radiators, double glazed windows and the integral Garage offers further conversion potential.
The Accommodation
UPVC entrance door through to:
HALL 5ft 10' x 3ft 7' (1.8m x 1.1m)
With the integral Garage to the right, it could be quite possible to put a door in here to access it.
LOUNGE 17ft 3' x 11ft 10' (5.3m x 3.6m)
The Fireplace currently has a Yorkstone surround and an electric fire in front. We believe the fireplace behind is still open and so offers a possibility of creating a real open fire again.
Almost full width, the 10ft 6' (3.2m) sliding patio doors lead out to the conservatory.
CONSERVATORY 12ft x 8ft 10' (3.65m x 2.7m)
A very good size conservatory with double glazed windows and rear door, a wall light and wood laminate flooring.
EXTRA GROUND FLOOR RECEPTION/4th BEDROOM 8ft x 8ft
A versatile room with front facing window.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 14ft x 7ft 10' (4.3m x 2.4m)
Fitted with a range of dated but fully functional 'Medium Oak' kitchen units incorporating a built-in Stoves halogen Hob with a matching Stoves '720 EF Heritage' Double Oven/Grill below and a Canopied Extractor Hood above.
There is also an integrated undercounter Fridge and matching Freezer.
A notably wide side facing window as well as the part glazed back door and its accompanying side light window brings lots of light into the room.
1st FLOOR LANDING
Looking up, we see the loft hatch which accesses the loft.
MASTER BEDROOM 10ft 10' x 10ft 5' (3.3m x 3.2m)
The huge rear facing window floods in light and also enjoys a pleasant outlook over this and the surrounding gardens.
BEDROOM TWO 10ft 5' x 9ft 6' (3.2m x 2.9m)
Another generous double bedroom and with a low-level door opening to reveal an eaves storage area.
BEDROOM THREE 10ft 5' x 8ft (3.2m x 2.4m)
Like the master bedroom, this bedroom also boasts a huge window, this time to the front, and therefore enjoying far-reaching views over the houses opposite and the fields behind.
Again, this bedroom also has a low-level eaves storage cupboard providing useful storage facility.
BATHROOM 9ft 4' x 6ft 8' (2.8m x 2m)
Larger than average, and with a surprisingly big, almost 'walk-in' Airing cupboard housing the hot water tank.
The modern suite includes a 'ShowerBath' with its extra wide showering area and a Mira 'Sprint' electric shower.
INTEGRAL GARAGE 16ft 7' x 8ft (5m x 2.4m)
With a fairly modern up and over Door, light and power sockets, a side facing window and housing the Potterton 'Gold' gas fired boiler and the high-level 'fuse box'.
EXTERIOR - FRONT
Approximately 125ft long and fringed by well stocked established borders.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band E
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.
Great Burstead as a village dates back at least to AD500, when it was settled by Saxons, from Lower Saxony, nowadays better known as Germany. It was first recorded, about 975, as 'Burgestede' meaning 'stronghold-site'.
The adjacent village of South Green was first recorded as 'Southwood Greene' in 1593, becoming the more recognised South Green in 1777.
GREAT BURSTEAD
The centrepiece of Great Burstead is the Conservation area, centred around the Church of St. Mary Magdalene on Church Street and a trio of listed buildings, one of which I had the pleasure of selling about ten years ago - a beautiful16th-17th century timber framed house.
The Grade 1 listed Norman church dates back to the 12th century and was the original parish church for the whole of the area, in those days encompassing Billericay too.
Great Burstead has a great local pub on the corner of Mill Road and Southend Road, which serves great food.
The King's Head Pub dates back to 1750 when it was known as the White Horse and interestingly travellers to and from Rochford and Brentwood would stop here before passing through the toll-gate which I think stood adjacent.
The 'Outstanding' St Peter's Catholic Primary School on Coxes Farm Road is almost opposite the pub and at school run times you'll often see the Lollipop Man/Lady on duty, guiding the children across the road in front of the pub.
Along Kennel Lane are the popular small housing estates of Coopers Croft and Froden Brook. Pretty developments built in the early 1990's by Countryside Homes, on the site of the Balls Plastics factory.
The old brook itself is still there, running underground but surfaces as a culvert in the lower part of Church Street.
Opposite the developments, on the other side of Kennel Lane, is a 1.25 acre, 12ft plus deep (in places) reed fringed Fishing Lake with a good mix of different fish.
As a local agent, I associate the whole of Church Street, Mill Road, Kennel Lane and some of the roads off these as Great Burstead. A few other pockets fall into the area (part of Southend Road, Coxes Farm Road and Grange Road, etc), with the rest coming under South Green.
SOUTH GREEN
Towards the top of Bell Hill, Gatwick House, a Grade II listed building from 1767, now secluded from the road by trees, presides over the area which heads down towards the village green on the right.
A great parade of shops on Grange Road overlook the ancient 'Green' (originally much bigger) and together they form the heart of the area.
The shops include a Tesco Express Supermarket, Post Office, Chemist, Greengrocer and a pretty good fish and chip shop.
The local South Green Infants & Junior Schools both have 'Good' OFSTED Reports and the area falls within catchment for Billericay Secondary School, also benefiting from a 'Good' OFSTED rating.
Built in 1956 the local village hall serves the community well and on the opposite side of the road a bit further up, 'Main Road Garage' provides petrol and the usual garage services.
The bulk of the residential development has been London Borough estates, built in the 1950's and 1960's to cater for London overspill. That said, there is a number of old properties in the area, particularly around the Green, providing character appeal.
Finally, public transport. There are bus stops a-plenty in the area taking you to Billericay High Street and Mainline Railway Station in minutes and the surrounding towns in little more.
In 1997 legislation was passed resulting in the two parishes coming under the Billericay area of the Basildon District Council.
Tim Kirkman
