Garden Off-street parking Central heating

A rare opportunity to acquire this unique character residence situated in a prime location of the historic town of Rayleigh. For location, it probably ticks nearly all of the boxes. The house boasts a large plot with room for extending.

Built around 1896, the former bungalow now has a chalet first floor making it a lovely spacious home. Located at the top of a hill, It has wonderful views across the Crouch Valley. And facing west, you get a grandstand view of some lovely sunsets. There are traditional wooden windows to all rooms.

Fully detached, it stands on a very large corner plot with hedges to three sides of the house

It is a very quiet location, a no through road, so not a lot of traffic and only one neighbour next door. Yellow lines also keep the commuters cars away.

The house is very close to all the main amenities. Rayleigh mainline railway station (45 minutes to Liverpool Street) and 15 minutes to Southend, the lovely Rayleigh Mount National Trust park, which you can walk through to get to the High Street, and you are in the catchment area for two high performing schools.

You are close to all the main road links, the A127, A13 and the delightful M25. There are plenty of buses and cabs from the station, which is just at the bottom of Castle Drive.

Deceptive in appearance, the property offers a master bedroom with ensuite and also with bedroom two on the first floor.

Central heating with a fairly new (5 years old) Worcester combination boiler – very efficient and economical to run

The ground floor provides a third bedroom with an adjacent fully tiled bathroom/shower/WC.

The large open-lounge/dining room leads to an attractive kitchen. There is access to the two-level garden through the French windows.

The good - sized kitchen – 12.0 X 9’6 - has been recently tiled. The modern double-oven and hob to remain. Stainless steel sink, stable door to the garden patio area and plenty of cupboards and work top space.

Attractive stainless steel shelves for the pots and pans

The downstairs bedroom/guestroom and bathroom/shower/wc are reached through a glazed door to a small lobby.

The bathroom has just been re-tiled and modernised. Looks lovely with black floor tiles to set off the white suite and black, grey and white tiles.

The guest room is 12’ X 11 with a small radiator and window looking onto the carport. It has been recently decorated. There is no fitted furniture to this room.

The L-shaped open plan lounge is lovely, with lots of windows, which catch the sun from morning until night. 18’6 X 12.0 plus 12’4 X 11.0. Original beams to the ceiling. Three radiators, lots of electric points, (real) wood flooring.

A wooden staircase takes you to the first floor. Ahead of you is bedroom 2, now used as an office. Fitted wardrobes, small radiator, lovely views across Essex, Size 11’5 X 11’1.

The master bedroom is along the lobby passing a large storage cupboard that has access to the loft.

The bedroom is 11’5 X 11’1 and comfortably holds a super king size bed with plenty of room to spare. There are fitted wardrobes, with sliding doors. And there is a fully tiled ensuite bathroon/shower/wc with a white suite.

The Garden is lovely. Two-tiered so that you can sit on the paved terrace and look down on the garden and the large pond. You get lovely views across Essex and you can watch the weather changing as well as the sunsets.

If it gets too hot you can walk around the corner to the patio area outside the kitchen where it is nice and shady. There is also a new, tailor-made shed.

The garden has been fully crazy-paved for low maintenance, but there are still plenty of areas for planting. There is a small pond at the back which is front of a fenced off area leading to a small, greenhouse.

The garden continues around the front of the house where there are a few shrubs.

There is parking for up to four cars, with a large and attractive carport by the side. The driveway has been paved with the car parking area laid with large pebbles.

I’m not sure if I’ve missed anything, but please feel free to either email or telephone for more information. Or better still come and view.