- Recently Improved First-Floor Retirement Apartment In Park Lodge
- Bedroom One With Built-In Furniture
- Bedroom Two Suitable For Small Double Bed
- Newly Fitted Stylish Shower Room With Low Profile Tray
- Re-Fitted Kitchen With Appliances And Modern Units
- Bright Lounge With South-West Facing Windows Including a Bay
- Hallway With Large Walk-In Storage Cupboard
- Double Glazed Windows With New Blinds Throughout
- Rear Corner Position With Views Over Residential York Road
- Comfortable, Practical Apartment Ideal For Retirement Living
Over recent years, this tastefully improved first-floor two bedroom retirement apartment has been thoughtfully upgraded throughout, making it an ideal place to enjoy your retirement.
Situated within the popular Park Lodge development, the apartment combines practicality with comfort, with two double bedrooms and a welcoming bright south-west facing corner position together with ample storage.
The notable recent improvements include smooth plastered ceilings and complete redecoration, new carpets, newly installed storage heaters, a modern professionally designed kitchen with appliances, a stylish shower room with low-profile walk-in shower, and new uPVC double-glazed windows with blinds, ensuring a light-filled, warm, and welcoming home.
Its convenient location within the development, close by the communal stairs, provides easy access to the communal facilities, including a launderette and resident lounge, while the rear car park is equally close at hand.
A selection of shops and amenities are adjacent to the complex; these include Opticians, Doctor, and Dental surgeries, with Billericay High Street just a mile away. A bus stop is conveniently situated outside Park Lodge, with a service into central Billericay.
PARK LODGE
Built by Wimpey Retirement Homes, the development comprises 79 one and two bedroom apartments arranged over 2 floors, the upper floors serviced by two lifts. On-site facilities include a Residents Lounge, Dining Area, Communal Computers, and Laundry,
Doors from the main resident's lounge open out to the Sun Patio and Lawn.
The complex is set within its own landscaped Grounds with parking available for visitor's courtesy of 2 CAR PARKS, the front main car park, and a further smaller rear car park.
An experienced management company with on site manager, takes care of all external maintenance offering residents peace of mind without intruding into their privacy.
Aimed specifically at the over 55's, this is a development which allows you to live in a Self-Contained Apartment offering total independence, yet with the added security should you require it and in a location which is convenient for everything.
MAIN ENTRANCE
Main entrance door with secure entry phone 'intercom' link to all flats.
Adjacent to the main entrance is the Managers office, with the area around encompassing the 2 Residents Lounges and Dining area.
Just opposite the manager's office is the lift and a stair access to the first floor where this apartment will be the right along the hallway.
THE APARTMENT
Private Entrance Door through to:
HALLWAY
The hallway provides access to all rooms and includes a large walk-in utility cupboard housing the newly fitted hot water system, which allows selective economical heating of the tank.
A further built-in cupboard offers additional storage but currently houses a freezer and there is an access point to the loft.
BEDROOM ONE 4.11m x 2.7m (13'5 x 8'10)
This generous double bedroom looks out to the side of the development and features built-in bedroom furniture, including a recess for a bed, maximizing both comfort and functionality.
BEDROOM TWO 4.11m x 2.05m (13'5 x 6'8)
Also overlooking the side of the development, this room is suitable for a small double bed, providing flexibility for use as a guest or study room.
SHOWER ROOM
The newly fitted shower room has been stylishly finished with a push-button WC, pedestal wash basin with mixer taps, and a large walk-in shower with a low-profile tray for easy access.
Inset spotlights, and carefully chosen fittings complete the sleek contemporary look.
LIVING ROOM 5.53m x 2.84m (18'1 x 9'3)
Bathed in natural light from two rear-facing windows, one of which is a bay projection, the south-west facing lounge with inset downlighters, offers a bright and welcoming space to relax.
KITCHEN 2.6m x 1.81m (8'6 x 5'11)
The recently refitted kitchen with its side window and inset downlighters was professionally designed and supplied by Wren Kitchens. The white fronted shaker style units with brass coloured knobs and contrasting worktops are fitted to three sides of the room.
Built within the units in a stainless steel sink unit with mixer taps, Neff Double Oven, Neff 4 Zone Ceramic Hob, and spaces for a washing machine and fridge, both of which are understood to remain with the property.
OUTSIDE
Located on the rear corner of the development, the apartment enjoys views over the adjoining residential York Road and is conveniently close to the rear car park.
Communal facilities include a launderette and a resident lounge where events are regularly organised.
SUMMARY
This refurbished two-bedroom retirement apartment offers a comfortable, practical, and light-filled home in a popular and convenient location, ideal for those over 55's who are seeking a modern and easy-to-maintain living space.
LEASE
Subject to confirmation via the Solicitors, we understand the Lease to be 99 years from 1983.
The current Service Charges is £175.49 per month and include the maintenance of the grounds, the Warden and associated 24hr emergency careline costs, buildings insurance and water rates. All the property owner is responsible for, is their own heating, lighting, decoration, and maintenance of their own flat and Council Tax.
The Ground Rent is £75 per year.
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.
