- Four-bedroom Detached Neven' design home on sought after Mayflower Park
- 0.7 Mile to Billericay Railway Station (London Liverpool Street in 35 minutes)
- Striking double-height Entrance Hall looking up to the Galleried Landing
- Spacious dual-aspect L;ounge with feature fireplace and separate Dining Room
- Large L-shaped Conservatory with vaulted glass roof. Air Con and a radiator gives all-year-round-use
- White gloss Kitchen/Breakfast room with granite worktops and big central Granite Breakfast Table
- Separate Utility Room behind and providing access to the large 9ft 4" wide Garage
- All 4 Bedrooms are doubles and the Master Bedroom boasts a large refitted Ensuite
- West-facing 50ft x 34ft (15.2m x 10.4m) unoverlooked-from-the-rear Garden
- No onward chain!
A beautifully proportioned Four Bedroom Detached House with a striking double-height Entrance Hall and feature Galleried Landing, excellent bedroom accommodation (all doubles) and a sunny West-facing Garden, ideally positioned on the popular Mayflower Park commuter development off Mountnessing Road.
Built to the distinctive Neven' design, the property offers a spacious and well-balanced layout. The impressive Hallway immediately creates a wonderful sense of space and light, while the generous dual-aspect Lounge features a traditional fireplace. To the rear, the Dining Room opens through double doors into a large L-shaped centrally heated Conservartory, providing useful additional all-year-round living space and access to the garden.
The Kitchen/Breakfast Room is another excellent feature, centred around a substantial granite-topped breakfast table and complemented by integrated appliances, with a separate Utility Room providing access to the wider-than-average Integral Garage.
A stylish refitted Ground floor WC Room completes the downstairs accommodation.
Upstairs, all four bedrooms are genuine doubles, with Bedrooms One & Two particularly spacious.
The principal bedroom benefits from fitted furniture, air conditioning and a surprisingly large, beautifully refitted Ensuite Shower Room, while the remaining bedrooms are served by the family bathroom.
Outside, the approximately 50ft x 34ft (15.2m x 10.4m) west-facing rear garden enjoys plenty of afternoon and evening sunshine, with established trees and a woodland strip beyond providing a pleasant, largely unoverlooked backdrop. Ten solar panels are an added bonus.
The location is equally appealing, with Billericay station around 0.7 mile away, approximately a 15 16 minute walk, and the High Street only a few minutes further. Lake Meadows Park is just 0.5 mile away, the local primary school around an eight-minute walk, local shops including Sainsbury's Local approximately six minutes on foot, and open countryside only a 3 4 minute stroll away.
The Accommodation in more detail:
ENTRANCE HALL
A particularly impressive and naturally light entrance hall, with the staircase rising through to a feature galleried landing above, creating a striking double-height space.
Glazing within the front door and a front-facing window provide plenty of natural light, while the extensive under-stairs cupboard offers excellent storage.
GROUND FLOOR WC 5ft 2' x 3ft (1.57m x 0.91m)
A modern refitted cloakroom, fully tiled and attractively finished.
LOUNGE 18ft x 12ft 9' (5.49m x 3.89m)
A generous, light and bright dual-aspect reception room with a traditional fireplace incorporating an inset gas fire, providing an attractive focal point.
DINING ROOM 10ft 6' x 9ft 3' (3.20m x 2.82m)
A useful separate dining room with tiled flooring extending through into the adjoining conservatory. Double doors provide direct access to the conservatory.
CONSERVATORY 17ft 10' x 9ft 9' narrowing to 7ft 1' (5.44m x 2.97m > 2.16m)
A substantial L-shaped conservatory with a vaulted glazed roof and extensive windows, creating a particularly bright additional reception space.
Double doors open onto the patio, while air conditioning, a central-heating radiator and TV wiring allow for comfortable year-round use.
It should be noted that there are clear signs that the conservatory has dropped over the years. It remains fully waterproof and offers the incoming purchaser a choice of either re-levelling and refurbishing the existing structure or potentially replacing it, subject to their preferred approach.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 12ft 8' x 11ft 2' (3.86m x 3.40m)
A very well-equipped kitchen fitted with white gloss units, black granite worktops and a big central granite-topped breakfast table measuring approximately 5ft 9' x 4ft (1.75m x 1.22m).
Integrated appliances include a NEFF black-glass ceramic Induction Hob with Extractor Hood, NEFF 'Slide & Hide' multifunction oven and matching combination microwave/oven, integrated Kenwood dishwasher and integrated fridge/freezer. A deep Butler sink, ceiling downlighting and rear-facing window completes tjhe look.
UTILITY ROOM 9ft 6' x 4ft 8' (2.90m x 1.42m)
Matching kitchen units and granite worktops incorporate a deep Butler sink and recess for washing machine.
A wall-mounted Baxi 400 boiler is housed within the matching eye-level cupboard, while a courtesy door provides direct access to the garage
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
A particularly spacious and attractive galleried landing overlooking the double-height entrance hall. A large built-in airing cupboard houses the hot-water cylinder.
BEDROOM ONE 13ft 10' max x 12ft 9' (4.22m max x 3.89m)
A particularly spacious principal bedroom with front-facing window and Fujitso Air Conditioning.
There are His and Hers' built-in double wardrobes with attractive textured wood-effect doors, complemented by further fitted wardrobes, bedside cabinets, tall chest of drawers and dressing table.
EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM 8ft 8' x 5ft 6' (2.64m x 1.68m)
A notably generous and beautifully refitted en-suite featuring a superb walk-in shower measuring approximately 4ft 6' x 2ft 10' (1400mm x 860mm).
The shower incorporates a concealed overhead rain shower and chrome riser rail with handheld attachment, controlled via a Steinberg iFlow electronic shower system with digital display and rotary control.
Further features include a Vernon Tutbury pedestal wash basin, close-coupled WC, attractive wall tiling, LED illuminated mirror, powerful extractor and side-facing obscure-glazed window providing natural light.
BEDROOM TWO 15ft 7' x 9ft 6' (4.75m x 2.90m)
A fabulous-sized guest bedroom with twin built-in double wardrobes and a feature walk-in dormer window.
BEDROOM THREE 11ft 3' max x 10ft 10' (3.43m max x 3.30m)
Another excellent double bedroom with rear-facing skylight window.
BEDROOM FOUR 9ft 3' x 6ft 9' (2.82m x 2.06m)
A well-proportioned fourth bedroom which comfortably accommodates a double bed and benefits from a rear-facing window with a pleasant woodland outlook.
FAMILY BATHROOM 9ft 3' x 5ft (2.82m x 1.52m)
With deep bath incorporating a fixed rain shower and separate handset.
Features include attractive tiling and marble-effect shower panels, tiled floor, shaver/toothbrush socket, extractor fan, mirrored bathroom cabinet and digital mixer shower with wireless remote control. A tall chrome heated towel rail and side-facing window complete the room.
GARAGE 17ft 5' x 9ft 4' (5.31m x 2.84m)
A particularly useful, slightly wider-than-average garage with remote-controlled up-and-over door and convenient courtesy door from the utility room.
The garage houses the consumer unit, electricity and gas meters, solar PV equipment and associated controls, together with lighting and power points.
REAR GARDEN 50ft x 34ft approx. (15.24m x 10.36m)
A particularly pleasant west-facing garden, enjoying sunshine throughout much of the day and into the evening. The garden is a good, square shape with established cherry and 'false acacia' trees providing an attractive backdrop, complemented by the woodland strip running along the rear of the properties.
There is side access, an outside tap, double power socket and external lighting.
SOLAR PANELS
Ten solar panels are positioned on the rear roof, providing the benefit of renewable electricity generation. The associated generation meter, AC isolator and consumer unit are located within the garage.
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.
