Hillhouse Close, Billericay

OIEO £750,000 - New Instruction


COMING SOON

This well-positioned FOUR BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSE offers surprisingly spacious accommodation and a large 24ft x 15ft Detached Garage.

The principal feature being a substantial open-plan KITCHEN/DINING/FAMILY ROOM created by extending the original kitchen and dining room approximately 12 years ago. The result is an impressive family space with a slightly vaulted ceiling, roof windows, additional windows and bi-fold doors opening onto the garden.

The ground floor also includes a generous LOUNGE, a useful UTILITY ROOM and a particularly good-sized CLOAKROOM, while upstairs are four genuine double bedrooms and a well-appointed BATHROOM.

The MASTER BEDROOM benefits from a range of fitted wardrobes, while the remaining bedrooms provide excellent flexibility for family, guests or home working.

The house occupies an attractive position with enclosed front and side gardens, while the rear garden extends around the side of the property and includes a substantial paved seating area and lawn.

A particular benefit is the LARGE GARAGE, which provides considerably more space than many properties of this type, together with additional storage space to the rear.
The property is ideally suited to those seeking a detached four-bedroom family home in a highly convenient location.

The combination of accommodation, generous living space, parking, garage and, above all, LOCATION, makes this an appealing opportunity for a growing family.


HALLWAY 21'6" x 7' narrowing to 6' (6.55m x 2.13m)

A surprisingly spacious and particularly long entrance hall, providing an excellent first impression and plenty of space for coats, shoes and everyday family life. There is useful storage beneath the stairs together with a further built-in cloaks cupboard.


GROUND FLOOR CLOAKROOM 5'9" x 2'10" (1.75m x 0.86m)

A larger-than-average cloakroom, conveniently positioned off the hallway and featuring a white gloss corner vanity unit, back-to-wall WC and front-facing window.


LOUNGE 20'9" x 13' 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 cast-iron inset provides an attractive focal point.


OPEN-PLAN KITCHEN/DINING/FAMILY ROOM 20'7" x 20'2" (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 incorporating KITCHEN, DINING and FAMILY areas.

The extension has a slightly vaulted ceiling and benefits from two roof windows, additional windows and bi-fold doors, creating a particularly light and sociable room with direct access to the garden.

The kitchen is fitted with a range of matching units and work surfaces, incorporating a Neff induction hob, twin ovens and further integrated appliances. The KITCHEN and UTILITY ROOM areas also benefit from wet underfloor heating.


UTILITY ROOM 6' x 6'8" (1.83m x 2.03m)

A useful separate utility room with matching fitted units, work surface and space for appliances. The Worcester Bosch boiler is also housed within the utility room.


FIRST FLOOR LANDING

A return staircase rises to the first floor, with a large window on the half landing providing plenty of natural light. Loft access is provided.


MASTER BEDROOM 13'1" x 9'2" (3.99m x 2.79m)

A well-proportioned master bedroom with a range of built-in wardrobes running along one wall. There is ample space for a double bed and further bedroom furniture.


BEDROOM TWO 10'4" x 9'4" (3.15m x 2.84m)

A good-sized double bedroom overlooking the front of the property.


BEDROOM THREE 10'5" x 11' narrowing to 8'8" (3.18m x 3.35m narrowing to 2.64m)

Another well-proportioned double bedroom featuring a large built-in cupboard incorporating the airing cupboard, together with additional built-in wardrobe storage. Laminate flooring.


BEDROOM FOUR 10'7" x 9'10" (3.23m x 3.00m)

A further genuine double bedroom which is dual aspect, making this a particularly bright room.


BATHROOM 9' x 5'9" (2.74m x 1.75m)

A smart, modern re-fitted bathroom with Laufen sanitaryware comprising panelled bath and separate shower cubicle, together with a 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
The rear garden is approximately 24ft deep but enjoys a good width, with the garden continuing around the side of the property. There is a substantial paved patio area providing excellent space for outdoor seating and entertaining, together with lawned areas.

A courtesy door provides direct access into the large garage, while additional space beyond the garage offers useful external storage.





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.
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Parking Yes
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