Occupying a bold corner plot on the ever-so-sought after Norsey Farm Estate, this 4-Bedroom Detached House boasts a projecting 1.5 size Garage and a beautifully manicured Garden - the Vendors clear passion.
This well-proportioned Home was built to 'Lexden' design which featured a full depth so dual aspect Lounge, large separate Dining Room adjacent to a generous Kitchen/Breakfast Room (easy to knock through to create one large open plan family kitchen/diner), a ground floor WC and four bedrooms served by an Ensuite to the Master Bedroom and the Main Family Bathroom.
The current Kitchen is a bespoke luxury Kitchen fitted by 'Hutton Kitchens' incorporating Siemens appliances and the Bathroom, Ensuite and ground floor WC all have Laufen Pro sanitaryware - a premium Swiss brand.
A nice feature is the Entrance Lobby which also links the Main House with the Garage with further features including double glazing and Gas Central Heating via radiators.
The property is conveniently placed for the peak time bus service to the railway station as well as the pedestrian paths to Stock Road, providing quick access to the local shops and both the Mayflower and Buttsbury Schools, with their high OFSTED ratings. In addition, Stockbrook Manor Golf and Country Club, with its 2 golf courses, Gym, and Pool, is just a short 1 mile drive away.
The Accommodation
Elegant 'Mahogany Wood' style front door with twin side lights leading through to:
LOBBY 8ft x 4ft 10'
Linking the house with Garage too, this light and bright Reception space is well lit by the aforementioned side lights of the Front Door and a rear facing window.
The soft beige carpet extends through the 4ft+ wide Arch into the inner Hall and on into the Dining Room and Lounge.
HALLWAY 14ft x 6ft 1' (4.3m x 1.85m)
Lots of light floods in from the Lobby, as well as the feature full height glasswork wall between the Hall and the Dining Room.
The understairs cupboard provides useful storage.
GROUND FLOOR WC ROOM 5ft 5' x 3ft 1' (1.7m x 0.94m)
Fitted with a quality Laufen Pro white 'Cloakroom suite', complimented by attractive ceramic tiling to the walls and floor and with a side facing obscure window for natural light.
LOUNGE 19ft 2' x 12ft 6' (5.8m x 3.8m)
A notably bright and airy room courtesy of its dual aspect, having both a front facing window and a set of double doors with adjacent side like windows opening out to the Garden.
The focal point is the Fireplace with its inset Gas Fire.
DINING ROOM 12ft 6' x 8ft 6' (3.8m x 2.6m)
A fine size Dining Room with the rear facing window enjoying a very pleasant outlook over the Garden.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 15ft 6' max x 11ft 6' max (4.7m x 3.5m)
Fitted by Hutton kitchens, the gorgeous ‘Warm Cherrywood' effect bespoke kitchen units are topped with solid 'Jamocha Granite' worktops and incorporate a host of premium appliances by Siemens.
These comprise an Induction Hob sitting below an integrated Extractor, IQ700 PyroKlean Multifunction Oven/Grill, Multifunction Microwave/Oven, Integrated Fridge/Freezer, Integrated Dishwasher and an ‘SI 14.44 totalTextile Management‘ Washing Machine.
Further features include a pull-out corner carousel unit, pull out recycling drawers, a swish undercounter Larder unit and a rather nice display unit incorporating glass fronted display cabinets and within one of the matching eyelevel cupboards is the Glow Worm 'Energy 25s' Gas Boiler serving the Gas Central Heating via radiators and hot water.
Like the Lounge, this is another bright and sunny dual aspect room having two windows as well as a part glazed door for maximum natural light.
Staircase from Hall to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
The landing is L-shaped and very well lit by the front facing window, giving it a very spacious feel.
The Airing/Laundry cupboard measures 3ft x 2ft 6' (0.91m x 0.8m) and also houses the hot water cylinder.
Looking up, we see a flip down loft hatch opening to reveal a fitted ladder accessing the loft, which has a little bit of boarding and a handy light.
REAR MASTER BEDROOM 11ft x 10ft 8' (3.35m x 3.25m)
The measurements EXCLUDE the fitted wardrobes on the far wall.
There are also fitted wardrobes on the right or as you're enter, so there's lots of storage.
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 12ft 2' x 5ft narrowing to 2ft 8' (3.7m x 1.5m > 0.8m)
Fitted with modern Laufen Pro ceramics; the semi recessed basin inset with a Vanity unit with storage below.
There is also a fully tiled shower enclosure and in fact the whole Ensuite itself is fully tiled. There's also a rear facing window for natural light and a tall chrome towel radiator.
BEDROOM TWO 11ft 6' narrowing to 10ft x 10ft 9' (3.5m > 3m x 3.3m)
Another double bedroom, this one with a rear facing window.
BEDROOM THREE 11ft 6' x 8ft 3' (3.5m x 2.5m)
Another double bedroom, this one with a front facing window and a built-in cupboard (excluded within the measurements as it goes out over the stairs).
BEDROOM FOUR 9ft 1' x 7ft 10' (2.8m x 2.4m).
This generous single bedroom has a front facing window.
BATHROOM 7ft x 6ft 2' (2.1m x 1.9m)
Again fitted with a premium Laufen Pro suite, comprising a wall mounted Vanity unit, close coupled WC and a Bath with a separate Aqualisa Shower over.
Attractive ceramic tiling and a tall chrome towel radiator complete the look and a rear facing window provides natural light.
EXTERIOR - FRONT
There's both a large Front block paved Drive as well as the attached Garage. The Front Lawn and flower borders alongside the Drive adds kerbside appeal.
GARAGE 17ft 1' x 15ft 6' wide (5.2m x 4.7m)
A fabulous storage facility with the pitched tiled roof providing extra storage 'up in the rafters'.
The front facing window enjoys a pleasant view down the road and the part glazed courtesy door leads out to the garden - this is in addition to another lockable internal door that provides access from the Lobby in the Main House.
The Up & Over Garage Door is an electric remote controlled one and there is power and lighting too.
EXTERIOR - REAR GARDEN 72ft max x 53ft max (22m x 16m)
A beautifully maintained Garden, its Spring borders bobbing with flowers and pretty shrubs.
There's a large Indian Sandstone Patio, neat lawn, a well used Greenhouse and we noted two outside taps and a high-level security light for the back garden.
There is access on both sides.
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.
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