- Stylishly Presented Ground floor one bedroom maisonette opposite Queens Park Country Park
- Generously sized rooms throughout with excellent storage options
- Composite entrance door with porch
- Kitchen fitted with oven, gas hob, extractor and fridge, freezer and washing machine
- Lounge with doors opening directly onto communal gardens
- Bedroom with built-in wardrobes
- Bathroom with white suite, electric shower and feature panelling
- Resident parking available directly outside the property
- Gas central heating via combi boiler and double glazing
- No onward chain, ideal first-time buy, downsize or investment opportunity
Known for their generously sized rooms, this ground floor one-bedroom maisonette is ideally positioned directly opposite Queens Park Country Park. Being ground floor, one of its standout features is having its own door opening onto the rear communal gardens, where there is a small enclosed decked seating area, perfect for relaxing or entertaining.
As you can see in the photographs, the property is stylishly presented throughout with neutral décor and attractive wood-effect flooring, creating a modern yet welcoming feel.
The accommodation offers a number of notable features, including an entrance porch with large storage cupboard, a reception hall with 3 further built-in storage cupboards, a bathroom fitted with a white suite, and a well-proportioned bedroom with built-in wardrobes. The kitchen benefits from a breakfast bar area and appliances which are to be left, while the lounge enjoys direct access via a door opening out to the communal gardens.
Further points of note include resident parking directly outside the property, gas radiator heating via a combination boiler, double-glazed windows throughout, and the added appeal of there being no onward chain.
ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES
ENTRANCE PORCH
A newly fitted composite entrance door provides access into the entrance porch, where there is a large built-in external storage cupboard, along with a further door opening into the entrance hall.
ENTRANCE HALL
The wood-effect laminate flooring and neutral décor create a welcoming first impression.
This L-shaped hallway benefits from three built-in storage cupboards, one of which is exceptionally large.
Doors from here provide access to all rooms.
BATHROOM
Fitted with a white suite, the bathroom enjoys a front-facing window and features tiled flooring, part-tiled walls, and decorative wall panelling.
The suite includes a low-level WC, wash basin with mixer tap, and a panel-enclosed bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, complemented by a separate electric shower.
BEDROOM 4.31m x 2.69m (14'2 x 8'10)
Positioned to the rear of the property, the bedroom continues with the wood-effect flooring and benefits from built-in wardrobes and a window overlooking the gardens.
KITCHEN 4.03m x 2.03m (13'3 x 6'8)
Larger than typically found in apartments, the kitchen is fitted with white base and wall units and stylish brick-bond tiling.
There is a stainless steel 1½ bowl sink unit beneath the front-facing window, a built-in oven and gas hob with extractor hood, along with an under-counter fridge, freezer, and washing machine, all of which are understood to remain.
The gas combination boiler is neatly housed within a corner cupboard.
LOUNGE 4.31m x 3.31m (14'2 x 10'10)
The wood-style laminate flooring extends into the lounge, which is stylishly decorated with three plain walls and a feature papered wall.
Rear doors open directly onto the communal gardens, enhancing the sense of space and light.
OUTSIDE
FRONT
From the front of the property you have pleasant views towards the woodland of Queens Park Country Park, along with resident parking.
Although spaces are not designated, the owner advises there is a mutual understanding between residents that the spaces in front are generally used by the corresponding apartments.
COMMUNAL GARDENS
The communal gardens extend across the rear of the properties and feature established planting, washing lines, and access to the river.
To the rear of this particular property is a small enclosed decked terrace, providing a private outdoor seating area.
LEASE DETAILS
To Be Confirmed.
Please note that, if required, all furniture within the apartment can remain, offering the opportunity for an instant, walk-in-ready home.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band B
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.
