EXTENDED THREE BEDROOM SEMI WITH NO ONWARD CHAIN
Available for the first time since it was sold brand new in 1961, this very well maintained 3 Bedroom Semi offers spacious family living combined with outstanding potential.
The bright 18ft Lounge and Dining Room (rear extension) both enjoy West facing aspects, flooding the interior with mood-boosting natural light throughout the day, the refitted Kitchen/Breakfast Room features attractive light grey Shaker units, granite-effect worktops and integrated Bosch appliances including a gas hob and double oven, there's a ground floor WC Room off the good size Hall and upstairs, two large double bedrooms plus a good-sized third bedroom are served by the Bathroom which has been refitted as a luxury Shower Room with a large 1800mm walk-in Shower and high quality fittings.
Practical benefits include a fitted alarm system, new combination boiler, new consumer unit, attached garage with a notably high 8ft 8" ceiling, remote controlled roller door and space in front, a large block-paved Drive and the secluded 42ft > 37ft West facing Garden offers notable privacy.
For the adventurous, there is full planning permission just received, to extend the current 'half width' extension to the full width - some 6.5m and there are also plans having been drawn up for a Loft Conversion - we believe these could be done under permitted development rights by applying for a Certificate of Lawful Development either before works or retrospectively.
Keys are held for immediate viewing - a great opportunity to acquire this well-loved family home with tremendous scope for enhancement.
The Accommodation
HALL
A nice size entrance with a ground floor cloakroom just on the left as you enter and a cupboard under the stairs housing a new electrical consumer unit and modern gas meter.
GROUND FLOOR WC 5ft 5" x 2ft 6" (1.65m x 0.76m)
With a high-level window for natural light, low-level WC and a white gloss Vanity unit.
LOUNGE 17ft 8" x 12ft 5" narrowing to 11ft 2" ((5.38m x 3.78m > 3.40m)
South-west facing, the Lounge thus enjoys much sunshine beaming in through the big rear window for most of the day, making it a notably bright and sunny room.
The focal point is the Fireplace with its timber surround and inset gas fire and a glazed door leads through to:
DINING ROOM 10ft x 9ft 1" (3.07m x 2.77m)
An early extension. This is another light and airy room courtesy of it also having a large rear-facing window, as well as a fully glazed back door to the garden.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 11ft 7" x 10ft 8" (3.53m x 3.25m)
Refitted with a range of 'textured wood grain' Shaker-style units topped with granite-effect worktops and incorporating a sleek black glass Bosch Gas Hob with a matching Chimney style Extractor Hood above and a split-level Double Oven/Grill, again Bosch.
Features include a pull-out larder cabinet, pull-out recycling cabinet, a 'LeMans' corner carousel storage system and spaced between the units for a freestanding washing machine and dishwasher.
Karndean-style flooring, a feature designer vertical radiator and light grey shiny 'metro' splashback tiling complete a very modern look, with a large front-facing window flooding the room with light.
Straight staircase from hall to:
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
A side-facing window provides lots of natural light and a built-in cupboard (formerly the airing cupboard) now houses a new Glow-Worm 'Energy 30c' Combi Boiler.
MASTER BEDROOM 11ft 4" x 10ft 5" (3.45m x 3.18m)
A generous-sized bedroom with a very large front-facing window maximising light.
Fitted with a good range of bedroom furniture including a central dressing table and bedside drawers.
(We noted that the carcasses seemed in excellent shape and therefore it could be possible to update them easily with new door and drawer fronts.)
BEDROOM TWO 11ft 3" x 9ft 2" (3.43m x 2.79m)
Another double bedroom, this one enjoying far-reaching views over the rooftops.
The fitted wardrobes have a 5ft 10" (1.78m) recess between, big enough for a double bed and bedside cabinets.
BEDROOM THREE 8ft 3" x 8ft 3" (2.51m x 2.51m)
Perfectly square, this is another rear-facing bedroom that again has a pleasant far-reaching outlook.
BATHROOM 7ft 4" (2.24m) narrowing to 5ft 4" (1.63m) x 5ft 10" (1.78m)
Refitted as a very smart, modern, high-specification Shower Room.
Featuring a large 5ft 10" x 2ft 6" (1800mm x 760mm) low-profile Walk-in Shower with both a fixed 'Crosswater' round showerhead, along with a separate handset for more flexibility - controlled by 'Synergy' concealed Triple Thermostatic Shower Valve.
With also a back-to-wall WC and a wall-hung, White Gloss Vanity unit with a pull-out drawer, attractive textured grey wall tiling and grey oak luxury vinyl floor tiling, inset down lighting, an extractor fan, an LED Bathroom Mirror (with sensor, demister and a shaver socket), and a chrome towel radiator. A front-facing obscure glass window provides plenty of natural light.
EXTERIOR
The front garden has long since been block-paved over to provide parking for up to 2 cars.
The Rear Garden has a paved terrace with steps leading down to the lawn, itself notably well screened by various established shrubs and trees.
There's a hardstanding for a shed - the existing one fairly old but with what appears to be a fairly new felt roof and thus waterproof.
GARAGE 16ft 5" x 8ft (5.00m x 2.44m)
Fitted with a new 'Sommer' remote-controlled Garage Roller Door and benefiting from an 8ft 8" (2.64m) high ceiling for maximum storage, arear courtesy door from the garden, two fluorescent lights and power sockets.
PLANNING & POTENTIAL
Prior to marketing, the forward thinking owners investigated ways of showing the potential for the property to suit a variety of markets or buyers and subsequently Planning Permission was granted under Ref: 25/00527/FUL from Basildon District Council for a Single Storey Rear Extension and partial conversion of the existing Garage into habitable space.
They have also drawn up plans - 'concept scheme drawings' - for a Loft Conversion that should be achievable under permitted development rights by applying for a Certificate of Lawful Development, either before works or retrospectively.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band D
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.
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.
