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Situated in one of North Billericay's most desirable residential areas, this impressive Four Bedroom Detached Family Home combines generous accommodation, a superb contemporary family space, a Two-Car Drive in front of a large Garage, and a particularly convenient location.
Families will appreciate its position within the catchment areas for the highly regarded Buttsbury Infant & Junior and Mayflower High Schools, whilst St John's Independent Day School is also close by.
For commuters, Billericay Mainline Station is just 0.7 mile away, while the High Street can be reached in around two minutes by car or a pleasant 0.8 mile walk.
And for those who enjoy the great outdoors, Lake Meadows Park is quite literally around the corner, with an entrance on Hillhouse Drive providing access to some 40 acres of parkland, open space and woodland.
Inside, the house offers surprisingly spacious and versatile accommodation, with the substantial 20ft Lounge complemented by what is undoubtedly the heart of the home an impressive 20ft x 20ft Open-Plan Kitchen/Dining/Family Room. Created by extending the original kitchen and dining room around 12 years ago, this superb space features a vaulted ceiling, skylights, bi-folding doors, underfloor heating and direct access to the garden, creating an ideal setting for both everyday family life and entertaining.
The four bedrooms are all genuine doubles, with the South-facing Master Bedroom enjoying fitted wardrobes and an unusually wide rear-facing window. A smart modern Bathroom and useful Utility Room complete the accommodation.
Outside, the garden wraps around the side of the house and provides a generous patio and entertaining area, while the substantial 22ft Garage & Workshop offers excellent storage, workspace and practical versatility.
The Accommodation in more detail:
HALLWAY 21ft 6" x 7' narrowing to 6ft (6.55m x 2.13m)
A surprisingly long Hallway with an initial entrance area handy for throwing off muddy shoes and a second 'opening-up' area at the end, centred around the cupboard under the stairs and a second, full height built-in coat/shoes cupboard.
Attractive wood laminate flooring extends into the WC room
GROUND FLOOR CLOAKROOM 5ft 9" x 2ft 10" (1.75m x 0.86m)
Fitted with a white two-piece 'Cloakroom' suite featuring a white gloss Vanity Unit and a back-2-wall WC unit.
A glass block' window features a grid of square, translucent glass bricks that let in natural light while maintaining privacy.
LOUNGE 20ft 9" x 13ft maximum (6.32m x 3.96m)
A substantial dual-aspect reception room with front-facing bay window and sliding doors opening onto the garden.
A feature fireplace with an arched Victorian style cast-iron inset provides an attractive focal point.
OPEN-PLAN KITCHEN/DINING/FAMILY ROOM 20ft'7" x 20ft 2" (6.27m x 6.15m)
Without doubt one of the main features of the property. Created by extending the original kitchen and dining room approximately 12 years ago, this is now a superb open-plan family space with underfloor heating that extends into the adjoining utility room.
The extension area has a vaulted ceiling and benefits from two skylights and a set of bi-folding doors, which along with two further windows, makes for a particularly light and sociable room with direct access to the garden.
The kitchen area has been fitted with a range of Shaker style units with walnut effect worktops and incorporates host of built-in and integral appliances.
There is an Induction Hob sitting below a 'Chimney' style Extractor Hood, NEFF Multifunction Oven, a further NEFF 'Slide & Hide'® Oven, a built in Microwave, Integrated Bosch Dishwasher, Integrated full height larder Fridge and an under counter Integrated Freezer built under the island unit.
Note the integrated blinds to the bifold doors and fitted Blinds to the two windows.
UTILITY ROOM 6ft 8" x 6ft (2.03m x 1.83m
A good size utility room with the same matching kitchen units and with one of the units housing the Worcester Bosch Greenstar 30CDI boiler.
There's a recess for the washing machine and a glazed external side door.
Stairs from Hall to 1st Floor Landing
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
With big window on the half landing' and a loft Hatch
MASTER BEDROOM 13ft 1" x 9ft 2" (3.99m x 2.79m)
The measurements exclude built in wardrobes that run along the far wall.
A South facing room it is thus very light and bright courtesy of the nearly 8 feet wide rear facing window and opulent black 'damask' feature wallpaper creates a dramatic and elegant feature wall.
BEDROOM TWO 10ft 7" x 9ft 10" (3.23m x 3.00m)
A dual aspect double bedroom, notably well lit from the two windows.
BEDROOM THREE 10ft 5" x 11ft narrowing to 8ft 8" (3.18m x 3.35m narrowing to 2.64m)
Another well-proportioned double bedroom with laminate flooring, featuring a large built-in cupboard incorporating the airing cupboard, together with additional built-in wardrobe storage.
BEDROOM FOUR 10ft 4" x 9ft4" (3.15m x 2.84m)
A good-sized double bedroom overlooking the front of the property.
BATHROOM 9' x 5'9" (2.74m x 1.75m)
A smart, modern re-fitted bathroom with both a Bath as well as a separate shower cubicle, along with a Laufen wall-mounted white gloss Vanity Unit.
Attractive contrasting light and dark grey tiling and a good-sized window provide a bright and contemporary finish.
REAR GARDEN
Extending round the side of the house, the rear and side garden space extends to 116sqm (1260sq ft), with a large patio area, perfect for summer parties and barbecues, and there's also handy access to the garage via the courtesy door.
Behind the garage is further tucked out of the way storage area.
Note the garden is enclosed partially by a 5 feet high brick wall and new fencing to the eastern boundary.
GARAGE & WORKSHOP 22ft 7' x 14ft 4" (6.88m x 4.37m)
In front of the Garage is a two car drive.
The Garage itself is divided into two areas by a brick wall with a central door, the main garage area is 17ft 2' (5.23m) long and the workshop approximately 14ft 4' x 4ft 2" (4.37m x 1.27m).
The garage has a remote controlled, almost full width roller shutter door and plenty of light comes through the part glazed courtesy door and its adjacent window, providing easy access from the patio within the garden.
A central glazed door needs through to the workshop/storeroom which also has a light and Power, along with a wide rear facing window
SIDE AND FRONT GARDENS
These areas were until last year hidden by very tall hedging, now replaced with brand new fencing a young laurels.
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.
