This very large 4/5 Bedroom semi-detached Chalet is located in a quiet cul-de-sac within the Great Burstead area of town, close to local shops, open countryside and St Peters R.C. Primary School. Billericay High Street is a quick 2-3 minute drive, and you can be heading down to Southend on the A127 in 5 minutes.
Offering space and versatility in abundance, the Ground Floor accommodation comprises a lovely Entrance Hall, Extended Lounge with its far area (the extension) used as a Dining Area and open plan to the Kitchen - which has a Utility Room at the far end - another two reception rooms (both good sizes, one easily another living room), a ground floor Shower Room (in addition to the upstairs bathroom) and an additional huge Reception Room with its own Front Door and an adjoining room, which would make the perfect Annexe or Home Based Business Premises.
Upstairs are the Three main Bedrooms - all big doubles - and the beautifully appointed Refitted Bathroom.
Outside, the big block-paved Front Drive provides parking for several cars and there's a 45ft x 40ft SOUTH facing Garden.
The Accommodation
HALL 13ft 1" x 8ft (4.0m x 2.4m)
A great first impression with the attractive wood laminate flooring extending to most of the ground floor.
A nice feature is the twisted jute rope handrail to the stairs and of note, the above measurements of the Hall are just for the main area, as the Hall itself winds on round to the right, where it leads off to the main living rooms.
The glass panel within the front door and adjacent side light window provide plenty of light to the area.
A full height and fully shelved built in cupboard houses the modern electrical consumer unit and gas meter and there are smooth plastered ceilings found here and throughout the home.
LOUNGE 13ft 2" x 12ft 9" (4.0m x 3.9m)
Open plan with the Dining Area beyond, the Lounge features a Portuguese Limestone Fireplace with an inset gas fire, and a modern vertical radiator provides plenty of winter's warmth.
DINING AREA 11ft 8" x 7ft 5" (3.6m x 2.3m)
Modern UPVC French doors bathe this area in light.
KITCHEN 21ft 7" x 8ft 10" narrowing to 7ft 5" (6.6m x 2.7m narrowing to 2.3m)
Fitted with an extensive range of white 'Farmhouse' style kitchen units topped with textured wood effect worktops and incorporating a built-in 5-Ring Gas Hob with an Extractor Hood above, built-in Double Oven/Grill, and a recess for a freestanding Dishwasher.
At the far end of the kitchen where it widens and opens up to the dining area too, there is a fully glazed back door with adjacent windows opening out to the garden.
UTILITY ROOM 7ft 5" x 4ft (2.3m x 1.2m)
In keeping with the Farmhouse style units in the kitchen, this also has a couple of the same matching units, coupled with a feature Belfast sink.
A large space below the worktop houses a washing machine with plenty of room on the opposite wall for a tumble dryer or even more fitted units if desired.
BEDROOM FOUR / OPTIONAL 2nd LIVING ROOM 12ft 6" x 8ft 10" (3.8m x 2.7m)
A lovely and light front reception room with fitted blinds to the feature Bay (Bow) window.
The pastel green and white walls are complemented by a bold and colourful feature wall and the warm dark wood flooring.
GROUND FLOOR SHOWER ROOM 6ft 8" x 6ft (2.0m x 1.8m)
A step up from the usual ground floor WC, this is now a handy additional Refitted Shower room with the corner shower having both a fixed Showerhead as well as a separate handset too. There is also a close-coupled WC and corner vanity unit.
Feature floor tiles and a very tall chrome towel radiator complete the look.
OFFICE/4th RECEPTION 10ft x 9ft 6" (3.0m x 2.9m)
This adaptable room has a door on the opposite wall leading through to the garage conversion and a good size window for natural light.
GARAGE CONVERSION 23ft 3" narrowing to 15ft 6" x 14ft 4" (7.1m narrowing to 4.7m x 4.4m)
8ft x 10ft 8" (2.4m x 3.3m) of the full size has been partitioned off as another room, currently arranged as a Gym. Obviously, this could be opened up again into one massive single room or further partitioned off as an annexe - whatever you choose!
This huge space currently has a wide front facing window for maximum light and a part-glazed back door giving further light from the rear as well.
Eight inset downlights provide plenty of light and a built-in cupboard houses the Worcester EcoTEC+ 835 Combination Boiler.
Note this room also has its own separate front door, offering even more versatility of use.
GYM ROOM 8ft 7" x 7ft 7" (2.6m x 2.3m)
The large rear facing window floods this room with light, the white walls further enhancing the feeling of light and space.
This would also make a great hobbies room or additional Study, as there are no fewer than five double power sockets as well as a radiator.
Stairs from Hall to:
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
A surprisingly large, built-in airing cupboard provides great storage.
MASTER BEDROOM 14ft x 9ft 5" (4.3m x 2.9m)
A spacious principal bedroom with a 'Fresco Rose Gold' Safari Animals print feature papered wall behind the bed and lilac other walls, which pick up perfectly with the grey carpet and white fitted bedroom furniture. Two windows pour in lots of light.
BEDROOM TWO 10ft 10" x 11ft (3.3m x 3.4m)
Another excellent size double bedroom with notably far-reaching views over the chimney pots, through the large rear facing window.
Again with handy fitted wardrobes on the left as you enter and a chest height socket (behind the TV) for a TV.
BEDROOM THREE 9ft 5" x 8ft 7" (2.9m x 2.6m)
Another room that will take a double bed with ease.
This one with a front facing window and a low-level cupboard opening to reveal a bit of eaves storage.
BATHROOM 7ft 6" x 7ft 1" (2.3m x 2.2m)
Beautifully appointed with on-trend black fittings and taps, the Bath having a separate Shower Over, and Combination Unit with a semi-recessed basin and back to wall WC, along with lots of storage cupboards.
Incredibly deceptive, the attractive grey chevron patterned tiles are in fact zero maintenance wall panels!
Further finishing specification includes the surprisingly quiet extract fan, feature vintage style combination towel rail/radiator and stripped wood flooring. The obscure glass window provides lots of natural light.
GARDEN
The garden has a large block paved patio and a further paved patio under a wisteria covered pergola in the far right corner.
There is also an outside double power socket, tap and security light.
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.
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