- 4 Bedroom Detached House on large plot in rural 'out-of-the-way' setting
- Annexe behind and its additional land in front available to purchase for an extra £50,000
- (The Annexe and its land 'squared off' as an extra square block of land added to the Title)
- Huge front Drive will take numerous cars, trucks, small lorries etc - a great parking facility
- Buckwyns is a small network of private lanes accessing a number of properties on large plots
- Extended over the years, this is now a house in need of a FULL renovation
- Downstairs: Hall, 26ft Lounge/Diner, 18ft x 16ft Kitchen/Breakfast Room, 10ft x 9ft Utility Rm & WC
- Upstairs: 4 Double Bedrooms & 2 Bathrooms (Ensuite Shower Room & main Bathroom)
- Huge potential to extend even further to the side or rear
- 5 min drive to Billericay
House and existing Garden available for 'Offers in excess of £600,000. Annexe behind available for another £50,000.
Turning off Mountnessing Road into Buckwyns Chase is like turning back the clock back a generation. The private road peters out to a small network of unmade lanes, accessing a myriad of different size properties on different size plots. All enjoying their individual semi-rural or fully rural environments. A hidden gem for those seeking a quiet, out-of-the-way country lifestyle.
This particular 4 Bedroom Detached House sits at the end of one of these lanes, between a current Barn Conversion to the left and an originally similar character house on the right.
Extended over the years, this is a project not for the fainthearted.
Yet at the same time it offers huge upside potential, and the nucleus of a large family home is already there - its waiting for you to refurbish and renovate it.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
The Barn Conversion next door to the left, is work in progress. The owner of this property (The Anchorage) also owns the Barn Conversion. The sale of this house will pay for the landscaping of the grounds of the Barn and then the Barn will also be sold, once the landscaping is done.
Next door to the right, was the Citroen Breakers Yard. This is now long gone. The owners having retired. In place of the yard is a huge brand new house (brand new - hence not visible on Google Earth, although you can see its footprint).
The owner envisages once the groundsworks of the barn conversion are finished, the road will then be resurfaced as it has been further down the lane.
Behind The Anchorage is a part-built Annexe. Formally an old outbuilding which has been extended over the many years. THIS IS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FOR AN EXTRA £50,000. It could be purchased now - alonmg with The Anchorage, or the owner is equally non-plussed if a buyer purchases the annexe at a later date. Choice is yours.
So, back to the main house for sale:
To the ground floor there is an Entrance Hall, 26ft (8m) Lounge (big enough to be a Lounge/Diner), 18ft x 16ft (5.5m x 4.9m) Kitchen/Diner, 10ft x 9ft (3m x 2.7m) Utility Room and a Ground floor WC Room.
Upstairs all four bedrooms are doubles, one of them has an Ensuite Shower Room and the main Bathroom is fitted out as a Shower Room.
The property is located within the original farm estate known as ‘Buckwyns' near Buttsbury, Ingatestone which is surrounded mainly by Lord Petres farming Estate and open arable countryside. Just a short 5 minute drive away are the amenities of Billericay, with its High Street and Mainline Railway Station (London in 35 minutes).
The Accommodation
EXTERIOR - FRONT
A large roller electric gate (not tested) ensuring privacy and security, retracts to give access to the huge front Drive providing parking for a large number of vehicles of all shapes and sizes. Adjacent to which is a large front lawn.
Raised flag stone plinth steps up to:
Wood grain effect part double glazed Front Door through to:
HALL 11ft 8' x 7ft 5' (3.6m x 2.3m).
With a large front window for maximum light, Grey Oak effect laminate flooring and a handy under stairs cupboard.
Doors through to lounge and kitchen.
LOUNGE/DINER 26ft 3' x 12ft 6' (8m x 3.8m)
The measurements exclude the large walk in side Bay that's 6ft 1' x 3ft 8' (1.85m x 1.1m), with a set of French Doors leading out to the side Terrace.
Immediately noticeable is the high ceiling (nearly 9ft) and the huge open Fireplace, the recess 4ft 7' x 3ft 7' (1.4m x 1.1m) and with a large wood burning Stove in situ.
KITCHEN/DINER 18ft 5' x 16ft narrowing to 12ft 5' (5.6m x 4.9m > 3.8m)
Continuing the theme of supersize rooms, this large Farmhouse Kitchen has a range of Oak Shaker style units topped with black granite worktops.
The Rangemaster 'Leisure' Range Cooker will be remaining, with there also an integrated fridge/freezer, space for a washing machine and a large Belfast sink.
UTILITY ROOM 9ft 8' x 8ft 10' narrowing to 6ft (3m x 2.7m > 1.8m)
With two windows and an external door.
Within the measurements of the Utility Room, a 6ft x 3ft section has been petitioned off as a ground floor WC room.
WC ROOM 5ft 6' x 2ft 8' (1.7m x 0,81m)
With a close coupled WC.
Stairs from Hall to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
Front facing window and like downstairs, the upstairs also enjoys high ceilings in Bedrooms 1, 3 & 4, as well as the landing (itself soaring up 9 feet)
MASTER BEDROOM 12ft 4' x 11ft 10' (3.8m x 3.6m)
The 9ft high ceiling gives an even greater impression of space and the large box bay window has built-in storage underneath.
BEDROOM TWO 12ft x 9ft 2' (3.9m x 2.8m)
A double bedroom enjoying a very pleasant view over the paddock behind.
Looking up, we see a small loft hatch accessing the loft space above this room.
ENSUITE 5ft 6' x 4ft (1.7m x 1.2m)
Side facing window, Corner Shower with Triton 'Enrich' electric shower, corner close coupled WC and wall mounted basin.
BEDROOM THREE 12ft 4' x 8ft (3.8m x 2.45m)
And nice size double bedroom with a fairly new cream carpet.
BEDROOM FOUR 9ft 1' x 8ft 5' (2.8m x 2.6m)
The measurements exclude a high-level cabin bed sitting over a built-in wardrobe and a further full height wardrobe too.
BATHROOM 12ft 5' x 3ft 7' (3.8m x 1.1m)
Measurements exclude a small Annex room where there is a toilet and basin.
There is a 3ft 6' x 2ft 8' (1.1m x 0.81m) walk-in Shower with a Drench showerhead as well as a handset and a wide white gloss vanity unit with a wall mounted mixer tap.
With no one overlooking you, the rear facing window has been left clear to enjoy the rear outlook.
ANNEX WC ROOM 3ft 7' x 3ft 3' (1.1m x 1m)
Fitted with a corner close coupled WC and a mounted sink.
EXTERIOR - REAR GARDEN
West facing.
The Patio extends round to side, through the side gate and around to the front.
The balance is laid to lawn.
HEATING
Along the right side of the house is a built-on cupboard that houses the Vokèra by Riello 'Easi-Heat Plus 32C' LPG Gas Fired Boiler.
PLOT
158ft in length EXCLUDING the Annexe.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band F
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.
