Discover this fabulous 2010 built, 5 Bedroom Detached Family Home on the acclaimed Norsey Road, opposite the private Deerbank Road with its entrance to Norsey Woods and just 0.4 miles from the Railway Station, High Street, and Lake Meadows Park - this ideal location offers the best of Billericay living and a choice of schooling too.
Along with a 6-Car Drive, the spacious accommodation incorporates a fabulous open plan Living Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room and Sun Lounge/Dining Room at the rear of the house, along with two further living rooms, the five bedrooms and Four Bathrooms.
Notable features include beautiful Oak Veneer internal doors, Villeroy & Bock Bathroom suites, excellent size bedrooms (three with their own Ensuite Shower Room - the showers served by a powerful pressurised water system), premium built-in and integrated kitchen appliances and the Top Floor Bedroom Suite which incorporates a 5m x 5m Bedroom, its own private Shower Room and a very large walk-in Store Room.
Of note, the huge 23ft x 14ft integral Garage offers easy Part of Full conversion options.
The Accommodation
HALL
22ft (6.7m) long with the Oak veneer doors that match the balustrades providing a high-end feel.
From here, doors lead to a large storage cupboard, the ground floor WC, the garage, each of the three reception rooms, and the lovely kitchen.
GROUND FLOOR CLOAKROOM
Tucked away on one side of the hallway adjoining the garage, this downstairs WC features a Villeroy & Boch suite consisting of a pushbutton WC and a wash basin with a cupboard underneath.
LOUNGE 5.55m x 3.5m (18'3 x 11'6)
With double doors from the Hall and open plan to Kitchen/Breakfast Room adjacent.
With two side windows either side of the Fireplace and a set of double doors opening to the garden.
The open plan layout provides a lovely environment for the family to socialise but equally a simple partition wall could separate it all again if desired.
SITTING ROOM/SNUG 4.21m x 2.94m (13'10 x 9'8)
Double doors from the Hall open to this additional Living Room, which with its soft underfoot carpet, has a nice cozy feel.
STUDY 2.94m x 2.29m (9'8 x 7'6)
Two sash windows open to the front, providing ample natural light to this practical space, ideal as a home office.
REAR OPEN PLAN KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 5.17m x 3.65m (17' x 12') - LEADING ON INTO THE SUN LOUNGE/DINING AREA 3.84m x 3.04m (12'7 x 10')
The majority glass, 'Gable End' Sun Lounge with its vaulted ceiling is a delightful place to dine, plus if you wanted to use the 'Snug' as the Dining Room, it would equally make a beautiful Sun Lounge.
Granite topped Shaker style kitchen units incorporate an undercounter sink and a 3-Seater Breakfast Bar as well as an Integrated Dishwasher, Two Multi-function Neff Ovens, 'Warming Drawer', Integrated Larder Fridge and matching Freezer, built-in Wine Cooler and an Induction Hob with a Blanco Extractor Hood above.
Within the Sun Lounge/Diner is space for a 10-12 seater dining table sitting under the vaulted ceiling, with there also side windows and double doors opening onto the garden, all maximising light.
UTILITY ROOM 2.22m x 1.59m (7'3 x 5'2)
Just off the kitchen. With light Oak effect units incorporating space for a washing machine, one of the cupboards housing the Boiler.
Additionally, there is a door opening to reveal a large walk-in Store Cupboard fitted with shelving, providing a superb storage space and a handy external door to the side way.
Stairs from Hall to: FIRST FLOOR LANDING
A large Landing with an airing cupboard and the stairs continuing up to the 2nd Floor.
MASTER BEDROOM 4.17m x 3.5m (13'8 x 11'6)
The gorgeous Oakwood flooring adds to the lovely light and airy ambiance of this room, which has three sash windows to the rear offering a pleasant outlook.
DRESSING ROOM 1.75m x 1.25m (5'9 x 4'1)
Adjoining the bedroom and with wood fronted fitted wardrobes on each side incorporating plenty of storage. Some mirror fronted doors reflects light and emphasise the space available.
FOUR-PIECE ENSUITE BATHROOM
A very large, full Ensuite Bathroom. Comfortably accommodating its four-piece suite which includes both a full size Bath and separate Shower.
BEDROOM TWO 3.51m x 3.4m (11'6 x 11'2)
Another double room with attractive wood flooring, built-in mirror-fronted wardrobes and its own private Ensuite Shower Room as well.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 1.95m x 1.75m (6'5 x 5'8)
This three-piece suite matches the other sanitary ware within the house and consists of a wash basin, a pushbutton WC, and a walk-in shower cubicle.
BEDROOM THREE 4.04m x 3.96m (13' x 13'3)
This room features three built-in wardrobes.
BEDROOM FOUR 3.66m x 2.71m (12' x 8'11)
Positioned to the rear of the house, this is another double room featuring three built-in storage cupboards.
FAMILY BATHROOM 2.79m x 2.03m (9'2 x 6'8)
Another large Bathroom with both a full size Bath as well as a Shower.
Stairs from 1st Floor Landing to 2nd Floor Landing
SECOND FLOOR LANDING
A skylight window brings good natural light over this stairwell and landing area, where cupboards open to reveal deep storage space, and doors lead to the additional bedroom and shower room.
BEDROOM FIVE 5.14m x 4.68m (16'10 x 15'4)
Three skylight windows makes this a lovely naturally light and bright bedroom that could also be used as a teenage Den or perhaps even a Cinema Room.
With twin fitted cupboards.
SHOWER ROOM 2.34m x 1.87m (7'8 x 6'2)
Featuring a Shower Cubicle with a Rain showerhead and a surprisingly large walk-in storage cupboard.
EXTERIOR
FRONT
The block paved Drive will squeeze on 6 cars plus the owners also park on the front grass when having large parties/gathering.
GARAGE 6.98m x 4.11m (23 x 13'6)
This is a really big integral Garage.
With a remote controlled Garage Door, a handy side door, a fitted sink unit, and a thoughtfully added lobby area that separates the Garage from the Hall.
REAR GARDEN
The rear garden enjoys a lovely westerly aspect, bathing in sunshine for the majority of the day.
Thoughtfully landscaped, the garden incorporates a good-sized patio area for entertaining, a lawn with shrubs, and a summer house sitting neatly in one corner.
Please note the owner is happy to remove the summer house should it not be required.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band G
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.
