- Extended 4 Bed Det with large Cabin in the 90ft Garden and a super convenient location
- Pleasant tree lined private road just 0.5 mile from the Station (London in 35 minutes)
- Stones throw from a Sainsburys 'Local' and a set of local shops including Post Office & Off Licence
- 5 min walk to the 40 acres of Lake Meadows Park with its large fishing lake and Cafe
- Short walk to Brightside Primary School with its Good OFSTED Rating
- Entrance Hall leading through to an Inner Hall with a ground floor WC Room
- 24ft Lounge with Fireplace
- 25ft Kitchen/Diner with White Gloss Kitchen units. Adjacent 'Kitchen Annexe Room' accessing Utility
- Two proper Bathrooms (full Ensuite Bathroom and Main Bathroom with both a Bath & a sep Shower
- Huge Loft! Big enough for a few rooms.
This 4 Bedroom Detached House has a few surprises and a 90ft West facing Garden with a large Cabin.
Downsizing after nearly 20 years, the current Owners have loved their time here, as the house is so very conveniently located. As they said, "It's a delight to have Sainsburys over the road, even though you can't see it and so you're 'unaware of it', plus the Station is so close and the local shops include a handy Post Office and Off Licence".
The property is one of just 10 properties in a very pleasant tree lined private road - most with values of £1m or more and evidently there is a good relationship amongst the neighbours with a neighbours 'WhatsApp' Group too.
It Is indeed close to the Station - a short 10 minute half mile stroll and the local shops, Pub and Sainsburys are both literally one minute walks away as well. Lake Meadows Park is only a 5 minute walk and Brightside Primary School is just 0.6 mile.
Billericay High Street with its central Waitrose Store is also just 0.6 mile too.
Big on rooms, the ground floor in particular also offers huge potential for numerous reconfigurations , The current downstairs accommodation briefly comprising Entrance Hall, Inner Hall, 24ft Lounge, 25ft Kitchen/Diner, Utility Room, handy Kitchen Annexe/Store Room, ground floor WC and the garage (accessed via the utility room) adds further conversion possibilities as well.
Upstairs are the four bedrooms and main bathroom, the master bedroom also benefiting from its own, very large, Ensuite Bathroom.
Another pleasant surprise is the huge Loft – it's massive! The ridge height approaching 10 feet. There is room up here for several rooms and being up so high, any rear facing window would enjoy a super outlook.
There is also very good parking here. as you can see by the photograph, there is easily room for four cars in a row, plus the private lay-by opposite the house will take another two cars as well.
The Accommodation
HALL 10ft 6" (3.20m) x 5ft 7" (1.70m)
Attractive dark wood flooring extends on into the Inner Hall, Lounge and the dining area within the Kitchen/Diner.
A handy two under-stairs' cupboards - one in the main hall, one in the inner hall - provide great storage.
INNER HALL 5ft 7" (1.70m) x 5ft 3" (1.60m)
With doors off to the Lounge, Utility Room and ground floor WC Room.
GROUND FLOOR WC ROOM 6ft 1" (1.85m) x 2ft 9" (0.84m)
White suite comprising a white gloss Vanity unit and a close-coupled WC.
LOUNGE 24ft 1" (7.34m) x 12ft 5" (3.78m) narrowing to 9ft 7" (2.92m)
Formally the lounge/diner, now a lovely big principal living room with the focal point the Fireplace, currently with the Owner's inset freestanding bio-fuel Fire, as the old chimney has now been blocked off.
The wide, curving bay window floods in lots of natural light.
A 4ft 6" (1.37m) wide set of glass double doors lead through to:
OPEN PLAN KITCHEN/DINER 25ft (7.62m) max x 11ft 2" (3.40m)
Feature tiling with a Victorian-style geometrical pattern in the kitchen area, separates it from the dark wood laminate of the dining area – essentially 'zoning' both.
The dining area enjoys over 13 feet (3.96m) of length, giving room for the largest table and chairs, as well as other items of furniture.
The kitchen area has been fitted with a range of white gloss units topped with oak effect worktops and incorporates a built-in electric Hob with a Chimney style Extractor Hood above, a Built-in Multifunction Double Oven/Grill, Integrated Dishwasher and space for a large fridge/freezer.
A wide set of windows incorporating central French doors in the dining area and a further part-glazed door and window in the kitchen, bathes this room in the afternoon sunshine, being west-facing.
Door through to:
KITCHEN ANNEX ROOM 8ft 4" (2.54m) x 4ft 10" (1.47m)
This space offers a lot of potential. Behind the fitted kitchen units is a void with pipework running up and down only part of it. So, in theory, this could be 'pushed back' to allow deeper units - we wondered if even a washing machine, freeing up the Utility Room behind to be changed to a Home Office. Equally, it could be incorporated with the utility room to make a huge utility room. Endless options!
UTILITY ROOM 7ft 1" (2.16m) x 6ft 3" (1.91m) max
Fitted with a full-length worktop, the same as the kitchen, and with a matching double cupboard below and spaces for the washing machine and tumble dryer.
Upon the wall is the Worcester Greenstar 24i condensing boiler.
A small side-facing window brings in natural light.
Stairs from Hall to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
A window on the stairwell throws plenty of light across and on to the landing.
LOFT
A monster of a loft – it is huge. The ridge height in the main area stretches up to 9ft 8" (2.95m).
There are two fluorescent light strips in each of the two loft areas.
The Main Loft stretches the full 18ft 7" (5.66m) of the width of the house by approximately 24ft (7.32m) in length.
MASTER BEDROOM 14ft 4" (4.37m) x 11ft 2" (3.40m)
A generous-sized double bedroom with its own private Ensuite Bathroom and well-lit too, as it has two rear-facing windows.
ENSUITE BATHROOM 9ft 7" (2.92m) x 7ft (2.13m) max
A full-size bathroom with a separate shower over the bath and a very wide Vanity unit.
Obscure glass windows to the rear and side give it lots of natural light.
BEDROOM TWO 12ft (3.66m) x 11ft (3.35m)
Another excellent-sized double bedroom, this one facing the front.
BEDROOM THREE 11ft 9" (3.58m) x 10ft 3" (3.12m)
Another large double bedroom, and this one dual aspect, having two windows, one to the ide and one to the rear.
BEDROOM FOUR 8ft 1" (2.46m) x 7ft 2" (2.18m)
A small double bed will squeeze behind the door of this room, although it also makes the perfect home office.
BATHROOM 12ft (3.66m) x 8ft 2" (2.49m) narrowing to 8ft 10" (2.69m)
Split level, this almost feels like two rooms - which essentially it is, as the second part is an extension.
The first area encompasses a large corner shower with a fixed rain-head shower with a separate loose handset, along with the airing cupboard housing the hot water tank.
The second level/area houses a very smart and wide Vanity unit with oak effect pull-out drawers, the back-to-wall WC unit with concealed cistern, and the Bath with a mixer tap/shower attachment.
With modern ceramic tiling, a wall light/shaver socket above the vanity unit and two chrome towel radiators.
EXTERIOR
The block paved Front Drive takes 4 cars in a row with the lay-by opposite taking another two if you have visitors.
INTEGRAL GARAGE 16ft 8" (5.08m) x 9ft (2.74m) tapering down to 6ft 8" (2.03m)
Remote-controlled roller door to the front, side-facing double-glazed window with obscure glass for natural light and housing the modern electrical consumer unit which is in a modern metal box.
GARDEN
You'll spend endless hours out here. Nearly 90ft long, it is unoverlooked from the rear, features a large initial Patio for a large table and chair set and the large Cabin down the end with an equally large Garden Gazebo next to it.
THE CABIN 14ft 10" (4.52m) x 10ft 7" (3.23m)
The thick depth of the wood gives incredible insulation, even during winter, allowing it to be used as an additional home office.
The vaulted ceiling soars up to 9ft (2.74m) high, there are four wall lights, electrical sockets, and even a wired Internet connection.
Plenty of light comes through the three windows and wide, central, glazed doors.
Finishing touches include attractive wood effect vinyl flooring and externally, there are external lights either side of the double doors and a double external power socket as well.
GARDEN GAZEBO 12ft 4" (3.76m) x 9ft 5" (2.87m)
With a pitched roof providing a covered area for outside relaxing.
There are also two external power sockets in this area, both covered by a safety rotary pole isolator switch.
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.
