A SUBSTANTIAL EXTENDED CORNER-PLOT HOME WITH HUGE POTENTIAL!
Believed to have started life as a standard Three Bedroom Semi, this impressive corner property has been transformed by a substantial two-storey side extension and further rear extension, creating a surprisingly spacious home with three reception rooms, three DOUBLE bedrooms, two bathrooms (Ensuite and main Bathroom), a large Kitchen, sep Utility/WC Room and a 60ft SOUTH-WEST facing Garden.
The corner position is a real bonus, providing TWO DRIVEWAYS and excellent parking. Tall timber double gates open onto a 10ft-wide concrete drive leading to the substantial 17ft 1' x 9ft Garage, with parking currently for around three cars (Garage and the two drives). There is also scope to open up more of the front to create additional parking, while the gated side drive is perfect for keeping a motorhome, caravan or work van securely off the road.
Internally, the property now requires considerable improvement, but there is significant scope to add value (A slightly larger 4 bed semi sold for over £620,000 in 2022), Making this an exciting project with genuine potential.
There are also some lovely features to rediscover, including what appear to be the original fireplaces in two reception rooms and two bedrooms, currently boarded over and potentially capable of being reinstated, subject to the usual checks.
Location is another major attraction. Sunnymede Infants & Junior School is literally at the other end of Meadow Way, while Meadow Rise shops, including a Tesco Express, are around five minutes away (there's a small convenience store even closer on the corner of Prince Edward Road).
The station is approximately 0.7 mile/17 minutes' walk via the Daines Road/Crown Road shortcut, with the High Street similarly around 0.7 mile/16 minutes. Mill Meadows Nature Reserve is around five minutes' walk away, with Norsey Woods approximately 0.9 mile away.
So, a very convenient family location, a generous corner plot and, most importantly, plenty of scope to create something really special.
The accommodation in more detail:
PORCH 5ft 7' x 1ft 7' (1.70m x 0.48m)
An enclosed storm porch with a UPVC door and adjacent glazing, providing plenty of natural light.
Glazed internal door leading to:
HALL
With the Lounge to the left, Family Room to the right and stairs ahead.
LOUNGE 14ft x 12ft 8' (4.27m x 3.86m)
A generous front-facing sitting room with a walk-in bay and a focal-point fireplace housing a Victorian-style cast iron combination electric' fire, finished in black with highlighted silver detailing.
The chimney breast behind the fireplace appears to remain and may potentially be capable of being brought back into use, subject to the usual checks.
A glazed door leads through to the dining room.
DINING ROOM 10ft 10' x 9ft 9' (3.30m x 2.97m)
A particularly bright south-westerly facing room, with the orientation being more heavily towards the west, allowing the room to benefit from sunshine throughout the afternoons and evenings.
Large patio doors positively bathe the room in natural light and provide direct access to the garden.
LOBBY
A part-glazed door leads from the Dining Room into this useful inner lobby.
Low-height double doors open to reveal the understairs cupboard, housing the electrical consumer unit and meter. A further door leads through to the kitchen.
KITCHEN 17ft 4' x 7ft 8' (5.28m x 2.34m)
An excellent-sized kitchen, fitted with a range of 'white gloss' kitchen units topped with sparkling Star Galaxy' granite worktops.
There is a 1000mm recess for a Range Cooker, with the existing cooker available if required, a large space for an American-style fridge/freezer and a further recess for a dishwasher.
A further door, believed to be the original rear 'back door' now leads to the Utility/WC Room.
GROUND FLOOR WC/UTILITY 7ft x 4ft 9' (2.13m x 1.45m)
A small but very useful extension housing a fairly modern cloakroom suite, comprising a back-to-wall WC and 3ft 4' wide white gloss vanity unit providing excellent storage.
Up on the wall is a modern Worcester Bosch Greenstar 4000 combination boiler with a central digital control panel.
Plumbing for a washing machine is also provided, with the substantial shelf above the recess for it, lending itself to having a tumble dryer stacked on top.
FAMILY ROOM 13ft 8' x 11ft (4.17m x 3.35m)
A versatile third reception room which could equally serve as a large dining room, playroom or family living space.
A large front-facing window provides plenty of natural light, while a 5ft 9' wide archway opens directly into the Kitchen where a continuation of the kitchen worktop forms a handy two-seater breakfast bar here.
Stairs from Hall to:
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
A spacious landing with large front-facing window and loft hatch. The hatch opens to reveal a sturdy set of folding wooden loft ladders, providing particularly easy access to the loft space.
BEDROOM ONE 13ft 10' x 11ft 1' (4.22m x 3.38m)
A very generous front-facing double bedroom with the added benefit of its own Ensuite Shower Room.
EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM 6ft x 5ft 2' (1.83m x 1.57m)
Fitted with a corner shower having both fixed rainhead and separate handset and a wide white gloss Vanity Unit.
An LED illuminated mirror and chrome heated towel rail, waterproof bathroom panelling with split-face slate-effect detailing completes the room and a small door provides access to useful eaves storage.
BEDROOM TWO 10ft 6' x 10ft 5' (3.20m x 3.18m)
A front-facing double bedroom with what appears to be a boarded-over corner fireplace. The original chimney arrangement appears to remain, offering potential to reinstate the fireplace subject to inspection.
BEDROOM THREE 10ft 9' x 10ft 1' (3.28m x 3.07m)
A rear-facing double bedroom which also appears to retain its original corner fireplace (vent visible). We suspect this may connect to the shared internal chimney stack serving the other bedroom too, along with both the dining room and lounge below.
BATHROOM 7ft 1' x 5ft 9' (2.16m x 1.75m)
The bath has a fixed rainhead shower and separate handset over, plus there's a back-to-wall WC and white gloss vanity unit.
The walls have been finished with White Silver String' gloss waterproof PVC shower panels, with an LED mirror positioned above the Vanity.
REAR GARDEN 60ft x 34ft (18.3m x 10.4m)
A particularly good-sized and sunny South-West facing Garden, with four mature conifers providing areas of partial shade.
A split-level flagstone patio steps up to a decked area directly outside the Dining Room patio doors, with a further decked seating area positioned partially beneath the conifers.
Beyond the lawn is a further area between the garden and garage, effectively creating separate zones for the main garden and the area surrounding the garage.
There is also a large older shed, which now requires replacement, although the roof appears watertight and it currently provides useful additional storage.
DRIVE & GARAGE
The corner position provides an unusually useful return frontage. Tall, sturdy timber double gates open onto a notably wide concrete drive measuring approximately 10ft across, providing secure off-road parking immediately in front of the Garage.
The current arrangement provides parking for around three cars, while the front garden could potentially be opened up further to create additional parking if required. The gated drive also provides an ideal secure area for a motorhome, caravan, work van or similar vehicle.
GARAGE 17ft 1' x 9ft (5.21m x 2.74m)
A substantial Garage accessed from the return frontage. The garage door requires repair or replacement, but otherwise the structure appears sound, with substantial joists supporting the flat roof above.
There is also a large window, part-glazed courtesy door, fluorescent strip light and power sockets (not tested).
PLEASE NOTE: AI has been used to digitally 'clear' the Drive and Garage of miscellaneous items currently stored there, to give viewers a better impression of the available space.
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.
