A deceptively spacious 4 Bedroom Semi - detached chalet bungalow in a fantastic location, just 5-6 minutes' walk from Billericay High Street!
The 60ft rear garden backs directly onto Sun Corner (now known as Queen Elizabeth II Fields) an oasis of 18 acres of protected open space in the heart of the town, safeguarded for future generations. A gate provides direct access too, so it's perfect for dog walkers as well.
For Commuters, Billericay Mainline Railway Station is just a 0.8 miles away (the other end of the High Street) and the property also falls within the catchment for Quilters Infant and Junior Schools, both rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted.
Inside the home has been well-maintained with the accommodation downstairs comprising an Entrance Vestibule/Lobby, Hallway open plan to the Dining Room, a notably nice big square Lounge, impressive 21ft 'P' shaped Conservatory (with plumbing for a radiator) which was upgraded 6 years ago and adds considerable living space, attractive and bright (two windows) re-fitted Kitchen, two ground floor bedrooms (the larger an excellent size double) and the former bathroom which has been converted into a stylish luxury shower room with RAK sanitaryware.
Upstairs the two bedrooms (both doubles) share a 'Jack and Jill' Ensuite Shower Room, and both enjoy superb views to the rear across Sun Corner, and to the front across the Billericay rooftops and beyond.
To the front, the property has a generous 3-Car block-paved Driveway and an attached Garage with a blockwork built extension behind offering a myriad of uses and potential.
The Accommodation in more detail:
ENTRANCE VESTIBULE
With a glazed door leading through to:
HALLWAY 15ft 9" x 7ft max (4.80m x 2.13m)
With wood laminate flooring that runs on into the dining room and with a surprisingly large walk-in cupboard (3ft x 3ft) which houses the Vaillant EcoTEC plus 832 Combination Boiler.
LOUNGE 15ft x 13ft minimum (4.57m x 3.96m).
A lovely square lounge with a Yorkstone surround around the Fireplace and a set of glazed double doors with adjacent side lights leading through to the conservatory.
DINING AREA 13ft 10" x 10ft 5" narrowing to 7ft 5" (4.22m x 3.18m > 2.26m).
Open plan to the hall with a front-facing window and an under-stairs cupboard.
A further doorway leads through to a small, enclosed lobby where the stairs go up to the first floor.
KITCHEN 12ft 3" x 10ft 2" (3.73m x 3.10m).
Very nicely re-fitted with a modern range of Cream Shaker style units topped with 'Wild Walnut' worktops.
A freestanding dishwasher is hidden behind double doors within the base units, as is an Integrated Freezer. There's also a recess for an undercounter fridge and there's an Integrated Extractor Hood over the Zanussi Hob and its matching Double Oven/Grill.
It still retains the original larder cupboard as a feature (housing the electrical consumer unit) and there are both side and rear-facing windows - the rear one with an accompanying door which leads out to the conservatory.
CONSERVATORY 21ft 5" x 13ft 2" narrowing to 7ft (6.53m x 4.01m > 2.13m).
An impressive size.
This 'P-shaped' conservatory was upgraded approximately six years ago, with new glazing.
Out here there is provision for a washing machine and two sets of double doors going out to the garden.
There is also plumbing for a radiator (there was one here previously), two lights and a fitted store cupboard.
GROUND FLOOR BEDROOM ONE 12ft 1" x 9ft 10" (3.68m x 3m)
An excellent size dual-aspect double bedroom.
GROUND FLOOR BEDROOM TWO 8ft 7" x 8ft 4" (2.62m x 2.54m).
With fitted wardrobes along the left wall, it has recently been used as a lovely big study but is easily a fourth bedroom option.
GROUND FLOOR BATHROOM 8ft 2" x 5ft 3" (2.49m x 1.60m).
Re-fitted as a rather swish, luxury Shower Room, complete with a large corner shower, vanity unit and both a bidet and WC (RAK sanitaryware).
Attractive tiling completes quite a nice stylish and modern look, plus there are two windows for maximum light, a chrome radiator and a wall mounted Dimplex heater for an additional boost on particularly cold winter days.
Stairs from the aforementioned Lobby off the Dining Area rise to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
Doors off to:
UPSTAIRS BEDROOM ONE 15ft 8" x 11ft 3" (4.78m x 3.43m).
A fine-sized double bedroom with the large rear window boasting a particularly pleasant rear outlook, as it of course backs onto Sun Corner.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 7ft x 5ft (2.13m x 1.52m).
A 'Jack and Jill' Shower Room to the other bedroom.
Fitted with a modern suite and with a Triton T80 electric shower in the Shower Cubicle and a window for natural light.
UPSTAIRS BEDROOM TWO 12ft 10" x 9ft 9" (3.91m x 2.97m).
Another good-sized double bedroom with built-in eave storage.
This room has incredibly far-reaching views across the rooftops and far beyond Billericay - equally as pleasant as the rear views the other bedroom has.
GARDEN 60ft (18.2m)
The Garden is unoverlooked from the rear as it backs directly on to Sun Corner - a gate providing direct access as well.
GARAGE
With a remote controlled Roller Door, strip light and power socket.
There's also a rear courtesy door from the garden.
STORE 9ft 6" x 5ft (2.9m x 1.52m)
Built on behind the garage and a nice little surprise! This is a blockwork built extension to the garage (with a flat roof) providing an extremely useful storage facility, used more recently as a potting shed.
But it is much more!
It has lockable rear door, UPVC double glazed window giving natural light, a light and power sockets.
We thought if it were insulated, drylined (or similar) and with new flooring, this would make a fantastic little Home Office, Studio, Mini-Home Bar or Gaming Room maybe.
Utility Room potential - We noticed waste pipes and cold water incoming (perhaps this previously housed a washing machine out here), so there is always the potential for an external Utility Room.
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.
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