- Semi-Detached Family Home With No Onward Chain
- Two Extensions Have Significantly Transformed This Home
- Sought-After Brightside Area Approximately 0.8 Miles To Billericay Train Station
- Three Double Bedrooms Served By First Floor Family Bathroom
- Exceptionally Large Main Bedroom Scope For En-Suite
- Generously Proportioned Hallway
- Large Square Lounge With Side Window & Rear Patio Doors
- Recently Installed Glow-Worm Boiler
- Detached Garage Plus Potential For Additional Front Parking
- Generous 50' Westerly Rear Garden
Two thoughtful extensions have truly transformed the space available at this impressive semi-detached home. Situated within the popular Brightside area of Billericay, appealing for its excellent local schools, proximity to Queens Park shops and an approximate 0.8-mile walk to the train station with the High Street just beyond this is a home that will comfortably accommodate a growing family.
The first extension adds a practical utility room and a handy lobby area, perfect for muddy boots and wet coats. The second extension has doubled the size of the lounge which, with full-width patio doors enjoying the garden's south westerly aspect, is now a wonderfully light-filled and versatile living space.
In addition to the generous hallway these houses are renowned for, this property also benefits from a ground floor wet room to accompany the first floor family bathroom, which serves three double bedrooms.
The main bedroom in particular is noted for its surprisingly generous proportions and on many occasions we have seen similar rooms in these properties enhanced further with the addition of an en-suite shower room.
Further points of note include a generously sized rear garden, a detached garage, a recently installed Glow-worm boiler and perhaps most importantly for many buyers, no onward chain.
ACCOMMODATION AS FOLLOWS
HALLWAY
These houses are widely regarded for their generous hallways, and this one is no exception.
With doors leading to each reception room, stairs rising to the first floor with useful under-stair storage, and a door to the ground floor wet room, there is plenty of space to welcome guests and move freely throughout the home.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 4.36m x 2.71m (14'3 x 8'10)
A good, functional kitchen with a range of wood-fronted oak units providing spaces for a cooker and fridge, with the remainder given over to further storage and a breakfast area.
There is a one-and-a-half bowl sink unit and, to one end, glazed storage cabinets alongside built-in storage which also houses the recently installed Glow-worm boiler.
A side door opens into the utility room/side lobby extension, one of two improvements that have made such a difference to this home.
UTILITY ROOM/SIDE LOBBY 2.02m x 1.22m (6'7 x 4')
With space for a fridge freezer and washing machine, this practical utility room also has a handy side door to the outside.
It will very quickly become the preferred entrance after muddy walks and the school run, a genuinely invaluable addition to family life.
GROUND FLOOR WET ROOM
Another invaluable addition. Recently fitted and finished to a clean, modern standard, this walk-in wet room features a sealed floor, stylish PVC wall panels, a push-button WC and a wall-mounted hand basin.
LIVING ROOM 5.79m x 5.69m (19' x 18'8)
This extended living room has been genuinely transformative for the property.
Large and square in design, it lends itself perfectly to creating distinct zones within the space and as currently arranged, there is a dining area, a study space and, of course, a generous lounging area.
With a side window and full-width patio doors spanning the rear, this room takes full advantage of the south-westerly aspect, making it bright and inviting for much of the day.
LANDING
A spacious and well-proportioned landing with an airing cupboard and doors leading to each of the three double bedrooms.
BEDROOM ONE 5.75 x 3.31m (18'10 x 10'10)
Exceptionally large and positioned to the rear of the house, this main bedroom benefits from two rear-facing windows that bring in a great deal of natural light.
It also adjoins the family bathroom, and as mentioned, we have seen many of these generous rooms enhanced with an en-suite shower fitted neatly into one corner.
Simply put, you will not find a larger main bedroom in any other style of property at this price point.
BEDROOM TWO 2.9m x 2.72m (9'6 x 8'11)
Positioned to the front of the house, this second bedroom accommodates a double bed and offers a pleasant outlook.
BEDROOM THREE 2.87m x 2.44m (9'5 x 8')
Currently set up with two single beds, this bedroom illustrates its versatility and size very well.
BATHROOM
A modern and well-presented family bathroom with wood-style laminate flooring, complementary tiled walls and a clean white suite.
The suite comprises a panel-enclosed bath with mixer taps and a separate shower unit over, a push-button WC and a wash basin.
A wall-mounted cabinet, radiator and side window providing good natural light completes this well-appointed room.
OUTSIDE
FRONT
A shared driveway leads down to the garage, whilst a path flanked by garden areas guides you to the front door.
Should additional parking be required, the front garden area could potentially be converted (STPC) to provide further off-street parking.
GARAGE
Accessed via an up-and-over door, the garage also benefits from a side door opening to the rear garden.
REAR GARDEN
The rear garden measures approximately 50' in depth and enjoys a lovely south westerly aspect, catching the afternoon and evening sun beautifully.
A raised paved patio with a few steps lead down to the remainder which is principally lawn with shrub beds.
A door provides access into the garage, and behind this sits a shed.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band D
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.
