- Appearances can be deceiving! This is actually a very large (very deep), 3 Bed Semi-det Chalet
- Large Garden backing onto a small Goat Paddock (said couple of goats friendly little things!)
- 20ft x 11ft Garage with power and lighting offers all sorts of possibilities
- 23ft Living Room, 16ft Conservatory and separate Dining Room (optional 3rd Bedroom)
- Refitted Kitchen with contrasting White Gloss and 'Polished Concrete' look units - very stylish.
- Fully integrated appliances (Induction Hob, Oven, Micro, D/Washer, W/Mach, Fridge/Freezer)
- Ground Floor Bedroom with big adjacent luxury Shower Room
- 1st Floor Bedroom with large Bathroom
- Double glazed & modern Combi Boiler
- Non-estate location
Appearances can be deceiving!
This is actually a very large (very deep), 3 Bedroom Semi-detached Chalet Bungalow which benefits from a recent purchase of additional garden land, to give it a an even bigger L-shaped garden, going round behind the property next door and with a particularly pleasant outlook, as it backs on to a small Goat Paddock - the couple of goats there are delightfully friendly little things.
At the end of the Side Drive is a huge Detached 20ft x 11ft Garage/Workshop offering all sorts of possibilities too.
Internally, the ground floor Second Bedroom has been turned into a separate Dining Room, easily put back as a third bedroom. The other two (one upstairs and one downstairs), each have their own adjacent Bathroom - both bathrooms very big and modern too.
The 23ft Living Room has a set of wide double doors leading through to the huge 16ft x 11ft Conservatory, itself with a large radiator allowing all year round use, and the 16ft long Kitchen has been refitted with an attractive and stylish range of contemporary contrasting White Gloss and shiny 'Polished Concrete' effect cabinets with all integrated appliances.
Resin bonded, the Front Drive with take a large car with ease, the side drive taking more.
Noak Hill Road is an ever-popular and ever changing road with a diverse range of house styles and a handy location; Billericay High Street and the Outstanding rated Quilters Infants & Primary Schools are just short 4 or 5 minute drives away and for the City commuter, Billericay or Laindon Railway Stations are 2.6 miles and 2.2 miles drives respectively, both getting you to the City in 35 minutes.
The Accommodation
HALL 13ft x 4ft (0.91m x 1.22m)
The first thing you notice upon entering is the high ceiling – 8ft 5" (2.57m) high, as found throughout the ground floor, which was originally a 1930s bungalow.
LOUNGE 22ft 7" x 15ft 1" (4.60m x 6.88m) narrowing to 11ft 1" (3.38m)
There is plenty of room here for a dining table if you want to use the separate dining room as an additional third bedroom.
A useful cupboard under the stairs provides great storage and a set of UPVC French doors with accompanying full height windows leads through to the conservatory.
CONSERVATORY 15ft 5" x 11ft (3.35m x 4.70m)
This spacious addition to ground floor living space has a radiator running off the central heating, therefore allowing all year round use.
The vaulted roof enhances its feeling of space, and the generous glazing enjoys a lovely outlook over the garden – double doors providing direct access.
DINING ROOM 12ft (3.66m) x 10ft (3.05m)
Formally a bedroom, now used as a separate Dining Room with a wide opening from the Lounge and the original door lightly blocked in with timber studwork and plasterboard (easy enough to open back up again).
KITCHEN 15ft 9" (4.80m) x 7ft 10" (2.39m)
Fitted with a modern range of contrasting White Gloss and shiny 'Polished Concrete' look units topped with sparkling 'Star Galaxy' black Granite worktops and incorporating an AEG Induction Hob with a matching wide Chimney Extractor Hood above, a built in Multi-function AEG Oven/Grill and an AEG 8000 Series built In Microwave Oven.
There is also an Integrated Fridge/Freezer and Bosch Dishwasher, clever pull out storage systems including recycling bins and two corner units, a two seater Breakfast Bar and an Anthracite Grey vertical towel radiator.
The UPVC glazed door and accompanying windows open out to the Garden.
GROUND FLOOR BEDROOM THREE/DINING ROOM 14ft (4.27m) x 10ft 8" (3.25m)
The first door on the right, back in the hallway, and with the measurements excluding the depth of the built-in cupboards behind the bed.
Featuring a very attractive range of fitted bedroom furniture which also includes matching bedside cabinets and dressing table.
GROUND FLOOR BATHROOM 9ft 1" (2.77m) x 8ft (2.44m) min.
A lovely modern bathroom featuring a large 5ft (1.52m) x 2ft 6" (0.76m) walk-in glass framed shower, a contemporary 'grey wood grain' wall hung vanity unit and an adjacent close coupled WC.
Well-chosen ceramic tiles, herringbone design vinyl flooring, a light up LED mirror and a tall chrome towel radiator completes a very stylish look.
A full height built-in cupboard houses the washing machine and tumble dryer – a nice idea, tucked out of the way and we also noted the large side facing window floods the room in light.
1st FLOOR LANDING
The very open stairwell, which has large a rear facing window, gives this area a lovely feeling of space and light, and on the rear wall a set of double doors open to reveal the large airing cupboard - incorporating a Joule 'Cyclone CY170L Indirect Standard S' hot water cylinder, providing mains pressure hot water.
A smaller door adjacent opens to reveal the surprisingly good size loft, which has a light, power socket, and also houses the Vaillant ecoTEC Combination Boiler.
BEDROOM TWO 11ft 9" (3.58m) x 9ft 7" (2.92m)
Another very good size double bedroom, with the measurements excluding the built-in fitted wardrobes.
The eyes will be immediately drawn to the feature deco inspired wallpaper and then the wide, rear facing window with its pleasant outlook.
1st FLOOR BATHROOM 9'10" (3m) x 6'8" (2.03m)
Another really spacious bathroom, this one with a full-size bath with a separate electric shower over.
There is also a very wide Vanity unit with storage below, a close coupled WC, white tiling to the walls and a black tiled floor ,and a rear facing window for natural daylight.
EXTERIOR
The resin bonded Front Drive provides parking for a large vehicle with the Drive extended down the side for additional parking.
GARAGE 20'3" (6.17m) x 11ft (3.35m)
A good size garage with a flat roof, large rear facing window and a courtesy door.
Inside we noticed that the lights and power sockets are run off a separate garage consumer unit.
There is an up and over garage door.
The REAR GARDEN is a very nice size, increased by the sellers purchase of additional land from next door.
There is a large Patio area, the balance mainly laid to lawn.
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.
