Available at the end of October when the present Owner jets of to a super new life in Australia.
Literally just a 3 minute walk from Billericay Railway Station, this large, 4 Bedroom Semi-detached Split Level House enjoys a fabulous location in one of the town's premier roads, with the High Street within a 5 minute walk too and Lake Meadows Park even closer at only 3 minutes on foot.
The property itself boasts an 82ft South West facing Garden with two big sheds and the Front Block Paved Drive will comfortably take two cars with there a full size Garage too.
Inside, the accommodation briefly comprises a Hall, ground floor WC, big 26ft open plan Kitchen/Diner, 22ft Lounge, the four bedrooms and two Bathrooms (an Ensuite Shower Room to one of the bedrooms and the main Bathroom which has been fitted out as a Shower Room.
There is Gas Central Heating via radiators the 4 year old Vaillant Boiler in the Loft) the windows are double glazed with most of them having fitted blinds.
The Accommodation:
Composite Entrance door through to:
OPEN PLAN ENTRANCE HALL 7ft x 4ft 2'
Shiny big porcelain floor tiles extend on into the Dining Area and Kitchen.
GROUND FLOOR WC ROOM 5ft 1' x 4ft 1'
With a white gloss storage cupboard below the basin and a front facing glass window giving natural daylight.
OPEN PLAN DINING AREA AND KITCHEN 25ft 9' max x 13ft 3' narrowing to 8ft 8' in the Kitchen area.
KITCHEN AREA
The kitchen area mainly occupies a space of approximately 14ft 4' x 8ft 8' and is fitted with a range of 'White Gloss' units with integrated handles, topped with 'square edged' sparkling 'White Granite' effect worktops, a nifty full height pull-out Larder Unit and incorporating all the usual kitchen appliances.
The appliances briefly comprising a large 'Leisure' Range Cooker incorporating five electric rings, Ovens, and a Grill, two Integrated Wine Coolers, Integrated 1600 rpm A+++ Rated Beko 'ProSmartinverter' Washing Machine, Integrated Lamona Tumble Dryer, Integrated Lamona Dishwasher, and a freestanding Beko Fridge/Freezer.
DINING AREA
A spacious area big enough for a sizeable table and chair set and a side board and with provision on the wall for a wall mounted TV.
A short flight of stairs from this area goes up to the Bedrooms and the Bathroom, and another short flight of stairs goes down to the Lounge with its double doors opening out to the garden.
An internal door opens to the Garage and another external door with an adjacent window leads out to the side walk.
LOWER LEVEL LOUNGE 21ft 9' x 13ft 4'
A spacious Living Room which is notably bright and sunny courtesy of a rear window plus a wide set of double doors with adjacent side light windows which all look out over the sunny west facing garden - the doors providing direct access.
A wall mounted electric Fire gives a focal point at one end.
Flight of stairs from the Dining Area rising to:
1st SPLIT LEVEL FLOOR LANDING
A flip down hatch opens to reveal a fitted loft ladder accessing the loft area, which has been part boarded and has a light.
REAR MASTER BEDROOM 13ft 6' x 10ft
A rear facing bedroom which like the Lounge below, is well lit by the South facing light flooding in.
Fitted with a range of Light Wood fitted bedroom furniture incorporating wardrobes, bedside cabinets with drawers and a Dressing Table, presently doubling up as a handy temporary Home Office.
The curtains and fitted blinds will be remaining, as will the blinds in all the bedrooms.
REAR BEDROOM THREE 11ft 2' x 10ft
Another excellent size, bright and airy rear facing double bedroom.
With a range of fitted bedroom furniture incorporating wardrobes, shelved cupboards and two bedside units.
FRONT BEDROOM FOUR 8ft 10' x 8ft
With a run of light wood effect fitted wardrobes on the opposite wall.
BATHROOM 6ft 9' x 5ft 5'
Fitted out as a Shower Room. The Shower itself 1170mm x 710mm.
There is a mirrored bathroom cabinet, chrome towel radiator and a side facing window for natural light.
Second flight of stairs from the 1st floor landing to the:
2nd SPLIT LEVEL LANDING
TOP FLOOR FRONT FACING BEDROOM TWO 13ft 4‘ X 8ft 7' max.
Debatably useable as the master bedroom as it has its own private Ensuite Shower Room.
Very light wood effect fitted bedroom furniture incorporates a corner wardrobe, single wardrobe, and a central chest of three drawers.
In addition, just to the left of the door is a full height built in 3ft wide cupboard providing a super shelved storage facility.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 6ft 9' x 2ft 10'
Fully tiled with a 2ft 10' x 2ft 4' (860mm x 710mm) Shower enclosure and a 'White Gloss' Vanity unit providing handy storage.
FRONT DRIVE
Block paved, providing parking for 2 cars.
INTEGRAL GARAGE 18ft 2' x 8ft 1'
Maximising headroom, a space-saving 'Garolla' remote-controlled Roller Door has been installed.
The Garage houses the Gas Meter, Electric Meter and the electrical consumer unit and has power and lighting.
REAR GARDEN
Commencing with a split level paved Patio and decking.
The lawn runs down to two sheds at the end of the garden. One measuring 8ft x 6ft, the other slightly larger at 10ft x 8ft.
Deposit: £2,538.00
Minimum Tenancy : 12 months
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band E
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
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