Offered for sale with no onward chain involved, this is a superb opportunity to acquire a generously sized semi-detached house within the highly regarded Buttsbury and Mayflower school catchment in Billericay.
Originally designed as a four-bedroom home, the property has been thoughtfully reconfigured into three bedrooms, resulting in two exceptionally generous rooms plus a good-sized third bedroom, all served by a modern white bathroom complete with a drench-head shower.
Over the years the property has seen a number of improvements, and more recently it has been redecorated throughout with new carpets fitted, giving it a fresh, move-in-ready feel.
In addition to a ground floor WC and a nicely proportioned living room, the house features a stylish full-width kitchen diner with folding doors that open directly onto the garden, a real appeal for families and entertainers alike.
Further points of note include smooth ceilings with inset spotlights creating a clean, modern finish, varnished internal doors throughout, and a single garage accessed directly from the rear garden.
ACCOMODATION AS FOLLOWS...
ENTRANCE PORCH
With a wood-effect laminate floor, the entrance porch is the perfect spot for wet feet and muddy boots.
Varnished panel doors lead to both the lounge and the downstairs cloakroom.
GROUND FLOOR WC
The wood-style flooring extends into this small but useful downstairs WC, which features a white suite with a push-button flush WC, a corner wash basin with mixer tap, a chrome heated towel rail, and a front-facing window providing natural light and ventilation.
LIVING ROOM 5.14m x 5.10m (16'10 x 16'8)
Wide front-facing windows flood this newly carpeted and freshly painted lounge with a good level of natural light.
The smooth plastered ceiling with inset spotlights adds a contemporary touch, while stairs rise to the first floor and a varnished door connects through to the kitchen.
KITCHEN DINER 5.16m x 3.76m (16'11 x 12'3)
In previous years the separate kitchen and dining room were combined to create this fantastic full-width kitchen diner, which benefits from a side door, a rear window, and folding doors that open onto the garden.
The stylishly tiled kitchen offers a generous range of white gloss-fronted units and worktops, incorporating an enamel one-and-a-half sink unit and integrated dishwasher, washing machine, fridge, and freezer.
There are also glazed display cabinets, a built-in wine rack, a cupboard housing the Baxi boiler, and low-level plinths with feature LED lighting, a thoughtful finishing touch.
LANDING
The U-shaped landing with turned balustrades gives access to bedrooms one and three to the front of the house, and bedroom two and the bathroom to the rear and side.
There is also a built-in cupboard housing the hot water tank, and a loft hatch with a drop-down ladder.
BEDROOM ONE 4.13m x 3.03m (13'6 x 9'11)
Another wide front-facing window brings excellent natural light into this newly carpeted bedroom, which also benefits from two built-in double wardrobes.
BEDROOM TWO 5.15m x 2.93m (16'10 x 9'7)
What was originally two separate bedrooms has been opened up to create this impressive full-width rear bedroom, featuring two rear windows and a smooth ceiling with inset spotlights.
It's worth noting that, as a result of the conversion, this room is actually larger than bedroom one and may well be the preferred choice as the main bedroom, something to consider when viewing.
BEDROOM THREE 2.26m x 2.03m (7'5 x 6'7)
In addition to a large built-in cupboard with hanging rail, this bedroom has ample space for a single bed or, of course, a home office setup for those working from home.
BATHROOM
A side window and smooth ceiling with inset spotlights combine nicely with stylishly tiled walls and floor, as well as a three-piece white suite.
The suite comprises a shower bath with screen, wall-mounted taps and a separate shower attachment with a drench head, a push-button WC, and a wash basin with vanity unit and mixer taps. A heated towel rail completes the room.
OUTSIDE
FRONT
To the front of the property is a lawned area with a path leading up to the front door.
REAR GARDEN
The rear garden is pleasingly unoverlooked and commences with a paved patio, with the remainder laid to artificial lawn with sleeper-edged flower borders.
A door to the rear of the garden provides access to the single garage and a side gate leads out to the front of the house.
SINGLE GARAGE 4.78m x 2.42m (15'8 x 7'11)
Approached via the rear service road, the garage sits within a block of garaging shared with neighbouring properties.
It benefits from an up-and-over door and has power connected.
It's worth mentioning that, as is common with these properties, many residents find the garage or rear gate to be a convenient and frequently used entrance point.
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.
