- 2012 built Five Bedroom Detached luxury Home on the edge of the High Street
- Literally just a 60 second stroll through to the High Street
- 0.4 mile to Billericay Railway Station (London Liverpool Street in 35 minutes)
- Private Road setting
- Secluded Garden
- Ground floor Underfloor Heating (radiators upstairs - all running off Gas Central Heating)
- 17ft Lounge with surround system & remote controlled Fireplace
- Separate Dining Room & Study
- Gorgeous Poggenpohl Kitchen with Corian worktops
- 4 Villeroy Boch Bathroom
Offering nearly 2.600sq ft of accommodation spread over three floors, this 5 Bedroom Detached House is situated in a très convenient location in a private road just behind Billericay High Street. Literally 60 seconds walk and you're on the High Street pavement!
Billericay Railway Station, with its 35 minute journey time to London Liverpool Street, is not much further, an easy 0.5 mile/8-9 minute walk.
The Accommodation includes a hugely impressive, grand and very spacious Reception Hall, Two Living Rooms, Study, a beautiful German 'Poggenpohl' Kitchen/Diner, a Utility Area at the end of the extra-long Integral Garage, a ground floor Cloakroom and Four Bathrooms (Two Ensuites and a separate Bathroom on each of the two upper floors).
Premium features include Underfloor Heating to the Ground Floor, Wired-in Home Entertainment System (built-in speakers in the principal rooms), Hole-in-the-wall design Remote Controlled 'nu-flame' Gas Fire and all the Bathrooms or Shower Rooms are Villeroy Boch.
The Accommodation
RECEPTION HALL 18ft 9" x 14ft 4" (5.72m x 4.37m maximum)
A large 4ft wide full height cupboard provides great storage for coats etc, and a lockable door gives easy access to the Garage with the Utility Area at the far end.
Real Oak Veneer Doors from 'Vicaima" are found throughout the Home with both the Lounge and Dining/Family Room accessed via Double Doors.
CLOAKROOM 7ft 6" x 4ft 6" (2.29m x 1.37m)
Fitted with a white Villeroy Boch suite featuring a wall mounted Vanity unit, the basin from the elegant 'Sentique' range and coming with a Hansgrohe mixer tap.
LOUNGE 17ft 4" x 13ft (5.28m x 3.96m)
The Double Doors from the Hall sweep open to this well lit room with French Doors with adjacent full height windows each side and matching windows either side of the Fireplace.
The Fireplace is a contemporary 'Hole-in-the-wall' design of natural Portuguese Limestone with the 'nu-flame' gas fire controlled by remote control.
DINING ROOM 13ft 6" x 13ft 2" (4.11m x 4.01m)
A pleasantly spacious front reception room, presently used as a second Sitting Room as the Owner dines in the Kitchen/Breakfast Room.
STUDY 7ft10" x 6ft 6" (2.39m x 1.98m)
A nice size walk-in understairs cupboard provides great storage and also houses the OPUS Master Control unit for the home entertainment/multi room audio system.
(OPUS is a complete whole-house entertainment solution which provides great quality centralised music and video throughout the home)
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 23ft 6" x 12ft 3" (7.16m x 3.73m)
Bathed in light by a set of Bi-fold doors which open wide to really bring the outside in, a Glass Lantern Rooflight over the Dining/Breakfasting Area and a further window over the sink.
The Kitchen units are by POGGENPOH - a high end luxury German brand, with the worktops from Corian's 'Mont Blanc' range (Founded in 1892 in Germany, Poggenpohl is the oldest and best-known kitchen brand in the world, with kitchens of the highest quality and with some real trend-setting designs)
The large Central Island Unit incorporates a Breakfast Bar, sleek pop-up electrical sockets and a wide built-in Miele Touch Control Ceramic Hob with a super stylish 90cm wide 'Polar' Island Extractor Hood over the top.
All the main appliances are Miele. Along with the Hob these comprising a very smart Multi-Function Oven, 8 function Combination Microwave/Oven, Plate Warming Drawer, Built-in Larder Fridge, built-in Freezer, and an Integrated Dishwasher.
UTILITY AREA (GARAGE)
Provided at the rear of the extra-long Garage and incorporating a sink and space below for the Washing Machine.
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
A side facing window brings in plenty of light and there are two built-in cupboards - one the Airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder.
MASTER BEDROOM 13ft 3" x 13ft (4.04m x 3.96m) (excluding the wardrobes)
This rear facing bedroom has a built-in wardrobe running along 11ft of one wall with two sets of double doors.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 8ft 7 x 6ft 2" (2.61m x 1.90m')
With a 'White Gloss' Villeroy Boch Vanity unit, close coupled WC and a large 1400mm x 900mm Shower with a 'Rainshower' head.
BEDROOM TWO 15ft 8" x 10ft 7" (4.78m x 3.25m)
Another impressive rear facing bedroom suite which like the Master Bedroom, also has the fitted surround sound system.
A big 1650mm x 1450mm recess lends itself for converting to a built-in wardrobe.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM
With a side facing window and also featuring a 'White Gloss' Villeroy Boch Vanity unit, WC and a large 1400mm x 900mm Shower with 'Rainshower' head.
BEDROOM THREE 12ft 4" x 10ft 3" (3.76m x 3.12m) excl door recess
A pleasant front facing bedroom with a feature box bay window and as with all the other bedrooms, featuring the built-in surround sound system with an OPUS 'input' socket and a TV/FM Socket.
BEDROOM FOUR 10ft 4" x 10 ft1" (3.15m x 3.07m)
Another double bedroom with a built-in double wardrobe.
FAMILY BATHROOM 8ft8 x 8ft (2.64m x 2.44m)
With a side window and fitted with a white four-piece suite by Villeroy & Boch comprising a Bath, 900mm x 900mm Shower Cubicle with Hansgrohe taps and shower valves, 'White Gloss' Vanity Unit and a WC.
SECOND FLOOR LANDING
A skylight window floods natural light onto this landing, which has large 9ft x 4ft walk-in Loft/Store Room.
BEDROOM FIVE 14ft7 x 12ft3 (4.45m x 3.73m)
This lovely top floor Bedroom has side facing skylight windows, inset downlighting and the surround sound system.
BATHROOM 6ft 9" x 5ft 9" (2.1m x 1.7m)
Just like the other bathrooms, fitted with a Villeroy Boch suite incorporating a Bath.
EXTERIOR - FRONT
There's a Double Width Block Paved Drive and a hedge encompassing a small garden under the front Dining Room window - potentially more parking if needed.
REAR GARDEN 40ft narrowing to 28ft x 32ft (12m > 8.5m x 10m)
The rear garden is nicely secluded commencing with a paved Patio of Indian Sandstone, the remainder is mainly lawn.
In addition, there is an external double electric power sockets and two outside 'lantern' lights.
GARAGE 23ft x 9ft10" (7m x 3m)
An extra-long Garage with both a rear external door and internal door from the Hall.
The Up and Over Garage Door is remote controlled.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band G
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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.
