Available at the end of September. (When the existing tenant moves out. The photos were taken previous to the existing tenant moving in - hence why showing an empty house).
Decorated in neutral colours, this is surprisingly spacious one bedroom house sits on the edge of the town within a modern development popular for being an easy walk from the High Street and Station just beyond.
It's an unusual layout inside for a one-bedroom house, boasting an enclosed hallway, a lounge that has patio doors opening to the garden and a separate kitchen which can be either open plan or closed off behind double doors.
Just recently the property has had newly fitted UPVC double glazed windows and it also has a modern gas boiler to help reduce the running costs.
Within the kitchen which also overlooks the garden, you have a built-in electric oven, a gas hob, a fridge/freezer and a washer dryer that is being provided for your enjoyment.
Upstairs, there is a central landing with balustrades and this in turn leads to the bathroom and a dual aspect bedroom.
As mentioned, this house has his own rear garden and to the front of the property are two parking spaces.
ACCOMMODATION AS FOLLOWS..
HALLWAY
Unlike many other one bedroom houses this one has its own hallway where stairs with balustrades rise to the first floor and a storage cupboard underneath.
From here a door leads directly into the lounge.
LOUNGE 4.53m x 3.05m (14'10 x 9'11)
This dual aspect room has a window to the front and patio doors that not only do the obvious, by leading out to the rear garden but with them being all glass bring natural light and a spacious feel to this room.
There are also double doors opening to the kitchen which can be left open to give a more open plan arrangement.
KITCHEN 2.61m x 1.8m (8'6 x 5'10)
Enjoying a modern look, this kitchen has white fronted units and wood effect work tops that incorporate a sink unit that sits under the rear window looking onto the garden and have a tiled splashback‘s.
Appliance wise there is a gas hob, an electric oven and spaces that house a fridge/freezer and washer dryer.
LANDING
This conventional landing has an airing cupboard housing a hot water tank and a balustrade staircase.
From here there is an access point to the loft which we ask tenants to only use for suitcases and Christmas decorations, there are then doors leading to both the bathroom and bedroom.
BEDROOM 4.54m x 2.87m (14'10 x 9'5)
Just like the lounge this is dual facing with a window to the front and rear and just like the remainder of the house is decorated in neutral colours with a light-coloured carpet.
BATHROOM
Enjoying a rear window giving natural ventilation, this bathroom has coloured tiles to the wall and a white suite.
The suite comprises of a panel enclosed bath with mixer taps and shower attachment, a wash basin and WC.
OUTSIDE
FRONT
To the front of the house are two allocated parking spaces, quite unusual for such a centrally located home.
REAR GARDEN
The rear garden is quite generous in size and commences a patio area with a reminder being lawn, there is fencing to the boundaries to make it enclosed.
Deposit: £1,269.00
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band B
Notice
All photographs are 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.
The following are permitted payments which we may request from you:
a) The rent
b) A refundable tenancy deposit (reserved for any damages or defaults on the part of the tenant) capped at no more than five weeks' rent where the annual rent is less than £50,000, or six weeks' rent where the total annual rent is £50,000 or above
c) A refundable holding deposit (to reserve a property) capped at no more than one week's rent
d) Payments to change the tenancy when requested by the tenant, capped at £50, or reasonable costs incurred if higher
e) Payments associated with early termination of the tenancy, when requested by the tenant
f) Payments in respect of utilities, communication services, TV licence and council tax; and
g) A default fee for late payment of rent and replacement of a lost key/security device, where required under a tenancy agreement
Please call us if you wish to discuss this further.
