Valentines, Stock, Ingatestone, CM4

THE PROPERTY
5 Valentines is a substantial, detached family home, built in 1963 and offered for sale for the first time following our client’s purchase of the property in 1965.

The property is brilliantly located in a quiet cul-de-sac of just six dwellings, less than half a mile from the centre of Stock, arguably one of Essex’s most sought-after villages.

The house is substantial, with over 2,600 sq ft of accommodation arranged over two floors. Highlights of the ground floor include a 23-foot, triple-aspect sitting room with French doors to the garden, a 22-foot formal dining room and a kitchen with an adjoining breakfast room. These rooms lie adjacent to one another, and all enjoy an outlook over the rear garden, providing considerable scope for reconfiguration to create a larger, more contemporary kitchen, dining and family area, subject to any necessary consents.

The first floor is arranged around a very light landing and stairwell and includes four double bedrooms, with the principal bedroom overlooking the rear garden and having an en-suite bathroom with both a separate shower and bath. The property has two useable loft rooms with permanent ladder access. 

THE OPPORTUNITY
The house has been well maintained by our clients during their period of ownership but now requires modernisation.

Its situation within a quarter of an acre of private grounds, together with its significant footprint owing to an existing ground-floor garage extension, means that any new owner has scope to increase the living accommodation either to the rear or above the garage (STP).

GROUNDS & OUTBUILDINGS
The property occupies a corner plot extending to approximately 0.25 of an acre, with a north-easterly aspect. The grounds enjoy a good degree of privacy thanks to well-established boundaries on all sides. An old oil store has been converted into a storage shed. 

The rear garden is mainly laid to lawn and has sufficient space for the addition of a swimming pool, subject to any necessary consents. A gate has been installed to provide access the byway "Mill Walk", leading to the common and Stock Windmill. 

The property is set back from the road behind a well-kept front lawn, while a second driveway on its western elevation leads to a third garage. There is loft space above all the garages. This is detached from the house but could potentially be incorporated into the dwelling as part of an extension, subject to planning permission.

LOCATION
Valentines is a quiet cul-de-sac close to the centre of Stock, one of Essex’s most sought-after villages.

Stock is a particularly well-served village for its size, with facilities within an easy walk of the house including a GP surgery, shop/Post Office, primary school, four pubs/restaurants (including The Bear, The Hoop and The Bakers Arms), three churches and a library.

The village is also home to Crondon Park Golf Club, Stock Brook Golf and Country Club and Stock Tennis Club.

Stock is situated approximately two miles north of Billericay and is within a short drive of the A12 and railway stations at both Ingatestone and Billericay.

DIRECTIONS
Postcode: CM4 9LS
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POINTS TO NOTE
The property is registered in Council Tax Band G with Chelmsford City Council. It is connected to mains water, electricity, sewerage and gas supplies.

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