- Sought-After North Billericay Residential Location
- Convenient For Buttsbury Primary And Mayflower Secondary School
- Three Genuine Double Bedrooms
- Extra Versatile Ground Floor Bedroom Or Home Office With Own External Door
- Separate Bathroom And WC On First Floor
- Ground Floor Wet Room
- Annexe Potential
- Spacious Lounge/Diner With Adjoining Kitchen
- Sunny Southerly Aspect To 90' Rear Garden
- Offered For Sale With No Onward Chain
Sitting within one of the most sought-after residential areas on the north side of Billericay, this well-proportioned semi-detached home is ideally positioned for two highly regarded local schools, Buttsbury Primary and Mayflower High School. The property offers generous accommodation throughout and is further enhanced by an impressive south-facing rear garden measuring approximately 80' in depth.
All three bedrooms are genuine doubles and, arguably, the overall square footage of the first floor, which includes a bathroom and separate WC, compares favourably with that of many four-bedroom chalet-style homes. This sense of space is immediately apparent and will appeal to families seeking room to grow.
The property has also benefited from a garage conversion, creating a ground floor bedroom with an adjoining wet room. Originally adapted for the previous owner, this versatile space could just as easily serve as a home office or, thanks to its independent side access, a treatment room for anyone wishing to run a small business from home.
The remainder of the ground floor comprises a spacious lounge/diner with fireplace, and a separate kitchen which, together with the dining area, enjoys views over the rear garden and benefit greatly from the warmth and natural light of the southerly aspect.
Additional features include a brick-paved driveway providing off-street parking, UPVC double-glazed windows, gas-fired radiator heating and the added appeal of being offered with no onward chain.
Overall, this is a fantastic opportunity to acquire a flexible and well-located family home.
ACCOMMODATION AS FOLLOWS
PORCH
A small but practical entrance porch providing space for coats and shoes, with a door opening through to the lounge.
LOUNGE / DINER
LOUNGE AREA 5.19m x 4.62m (17' x 15'2)
This spacious full length room features a fireplace with gas fire, a front-facing window and staircase rising to the first floor.
DINING AREA 3.49m x 3.25m (11'5 x 10'8)
The dining area enjoys a large window overlooking the garden and a door provides access directly into the kitchen.
SEPARATE FRONT RECEPTION ROOM/BEDROOM 3.2m x 2.54m (10'6 x 8'4)
Converted from the original garage, this additional reception room benefits from a front-facing window, wood-effect laminate flooring and a side access door.
Its layout gives the potential for a separate treatment room or a more conventional home office.
A further door leads through to the wet room.
WET ROOM
Originally installed for an elderly occupant, the wet room features non slip vinyl flooring with curved edges and a white suite comprising a low-level WC, wall-mounted wash basin and corner shower area with an electric shower.
While fully functional, the styling may be more suitable for annex use by an elderly relative.
KITCHEN 3.67m x 3.25m (12' x 10'8)
Positioned to the rear of the property and adjoining the dining area, the kitchen is filled with natural light.
Fitted with a range of cream-coloured units and granite worktops incorporating a one-and-a-half bowl enamel sink. Appliances include a Bosch electric oven and hob with extractor hood above.
Additional features include tiled flooring, brick bond tiled splashbacks, plus there are two large storage cupboards and a side access door.
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
This is a lovely feature of this home, the well-proportioned U-shaped landing with side-facing window, provides access to each bedroom, the bathroom and separate WC.
In addition, there is an airing cupboard housing the hot water tank and an access point to the loft.
BEDROOM ONE 4.21m x 3.49m (13'10 x 11'6)
The first of the three double bedrooms is a most generous bedroom and positioned to the front of the property.
BEDROOM TWO 3.49m x 3.41m (11'6 x 11'6)
Located to the rear and close to the bathroom and WC, this bedroom overlooks the garden and enjoys the warmth and natural light of the south-facing aspect.
BEDROOM THREE 3.66m x 3.13m (12' x 10'3)
An impressively sized third bedroom, comparable to many second bedrooms found in similar homes and able to accommodate a double bed.
BATHROOM
Fully tiled and fitted with a white suite, this room comprises a panelled bath with overhead shower and drench head, a pedestal wash basin and a stylish column-style heated towel rail.
SEPARATE WC
Adjoining the bathroom, this room with a rear facing window has solid wood flooring, half-tiled walls and a white WC.
OUTSIDE
FRONT
Set back behind an established hedge, the property is approached via a brick-paved driveway providing off-street parking.
A couple of steps lead up to the front door.
REAR GARDEN
Enjoying a superb southerly aspect and measuring approximately 90' (28m) in depth, the garden begins with a patio seating area, with the remainder being lawn and bordered by established planting.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band E
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.
