# 2 bedroom terraced house for sale (HR8 1SZ)

## Property Details

| Key | Value |
|-----|-------|
| Address | 7 UPPERHALL CLOSE, LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE HR8 1SZ |
| Price | £190,000 |
| Bedrooms | 2 |
| Last sold | £235,000 Jul 2019 |

## Description

A 2 BEDROOMED COTTAGE STYLE RETIREMENT PROPERTY FORMING PART OF AN ATTRACTIVE AND SOUGHT AFTER DEVELOPMENT CONVENIENTLY SITUATED FOR LEDBURY TOWN CENTRE.

CONTACT LEDBURY OFFICE

**Location & Description: **

Upper Hall Close is a very popular courtyard style development of retirement properties conveniently located close to Ledbury town centre.

Number 7 has the benefit of a gas fired central heating system and double glazing and there is also an emergency call system with local manager.

On the ground floor there is a canopied entrance porch, reception hall, shower room, sitting room, dining room and a kitchen.  At first floor level the landing gives access to 2 good sized bedrooms, a boxroom and a bathroom.

The property has a pleasant area of garden extending to the front and rear together with the use of the communal courtyard garden area and car parking.

Number 7 overlooks the courtyard garden at the front and has views over the roof tops of Ledbury at the rear towards Marcle Ridge and May Hill.

Upper Hall Close is situated close to the Ledbury town centre which offers a wide range of local facilities and amenities including shops, schools, churches, restaurants, theatre, doctors surgeries, community hospital and a mainline railway station with direct links to Hereford, Worcester, Birmingham New Street, Oxford, Reading and London Paddington.  The cities of Hereford, Worcester and Gloucester are all approximately sixteen miles distant and the M50 motorway is available approximately four miles to the south of the town

The accommodation comprises (with approximate dimensions):

**Entrance Hall: **

With central heating radiator.  Stairs leading off to the first floor.  Understairs storage cupboard. 

**Living Room: **

**4.88m (16ft 0in) x 2.9m (9ft 6in) **

2 central heating radiators.  French door opening onto the rear garden.  Double doors opening to 

**Dining Room: **

**2.95m (9ft 8in) x 2.87m (9ft 5in) **

With central heating radiator.  Window overlooking the rear garden. 

**Kitchen : **

**2.95m (9ft 8in) x 2.9m (9ft 6in) **

With single drainer stainless steel sink unit.  Range of wall and base cupboard units.  Rolled edge work surfaces with tiled splashbacks.  Wall mounted Worcester gas fired central heating boiler.  Central heating radiator.  Plumbing for washing machine.  Window overlooking the communal garden area to the front.

**Shower Room: **

With suite comprising pedestal hand basin.  Low level Wc.  Shower cubicle with Mira sport electric shower.  Central heating radiator.  Light fitment with shaver point.

FIRST FLOOR

**Landing: **

Built in airing cupboard with insulated hot water cylinder.  Fitted immersion heater.  Hatch to boarded roof space with loft ladder access.

**Bedroom 1: **

**4.67m (15ft 4in) x 2.9m (9ft 6in) **

With window overlooking the communal garden to the front of the property.  

**Bedroom 2: **

**3.99m (13ft 1in) x 2.51m (8ft 3in) **

Window enjoying an aspect to the rear enjoying views over the roof tops of Ledbury towards Marcle Ridge and May Hill.  Radiator.

**Boxroom: **

**2.18m (7ft 2in) x 1.83m (6ft 0in) **

With access to eaves.

**Bathroom: **

With suite comprising panelled bath.  Low level Wc.  Pedestal hand basin and bidet.  Light fitment with shaver point.

**Outside: **

The property is set behind a front garden with a raised walled bed. There are shrubs and the remainder is pebbled for ease of maintenance.

There is a useful garden shed and bin store with louvred doors.

The rear garden is paved and inset with flower beds and has a raised walled border with plants and shrubs.

Cedar framed greenhouse.

Pedestrian rear access 

There is a parking area.

SERVICES

We have been advised that mains electricity, water, gas and drainage are connected to the property.  This information has not been checked with the respective service providers and all interested parties may wish to make their own enquiries with the relevant authorities.  No statement relating to services or appliances should be taken to infer that such items are in satisfactory working order and intending purchasers are advised to satisfy themselves where necessary.

TENURE

We are advised subject to legal verification that the property is held on a 999 year lease which commenced in 1987.

It is a condition of the lease that any persons wishing to take up residence must be over retirement age (normally 60 years and above).

There is a monthly service charge, reviewed annually to cover the cost of the communal gardening, buildings insurance, external repair, maintenance and decoration.  The service charge also pays for the operation of the emergency call system and the services of a non resident warden.

It is understood that the exterior of the properties are due to be redecorated during 2011

The current charge (2011) is understood to be £148.96 per calendar month.

Residents are responsible for payment of a contribution to a sinking fund for items of major expenditure.  This contribution is payable at the rate of 0.65% of the purchase price and the contribution is payable each year of the ownership.  There is an option of deferring payment until the property is re-sold.

VIEWING

By appointment to be made through the Agent's Ledbury Office (Tel. 01531 634648).

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(This information may have been obtained by telephone call only and applicants are advised to consider obtaining written confirmation).

DIRECTIONS

From the agents Ledbury office turn left at the traffic lights and proceed along the High Street.  Turn right at the Market House into Church Street, follow the road and proceed up the hill.  Upper Hall Close will be found on the left hand side 

**Ground Floor Plan: **

Not to scale

First Floor Plan

## Property Photos

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## Sales History

*Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 7 UPPERHALL CLOSE, LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR8 1SZ | £235,000 | 19/07/2019 | Terraced |

## Sold Comparables

*Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 6 UPPERHALL CLOSE, LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR8 1SZ | £295,000 | 06/02/2024 | Terraced |
| 17 UPPERHALL CLOSE, LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR8 1SZ | £320,000 | 19/10/2023 | Terraced |
| 2 UPPERHALL CLOSE, LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR8 1SZ | £298,000 | 28/02/2023 | Terraced |
| 20 UPPERHALL CLOSE, LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR8 1SZ | £290,000 | 21/10/2022 | Terraced |
| OLD TANNERY COURT, 4 ALL ANGELS BARN HIGH STREET, LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR8 1DS | £492,000 | 12/08/2021 | Terraced |

**Area average:** £339,000 (5 sales)

## Price vs local average

*Outcode + property type (HousePrices, last 2 years).*

- **Local average:** £242,154 (13 Terraced, HR8, 2024–2026)
- **Deviation:** -21.5%

## Rental Range

*ONS Price Index of Private Rents (Herefordshire, County of). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.*

- **Low:** £728/mo
- **Realistic:** £809/mo
- **Optimistic:** £890/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

*VOA 30th percentile rent floor for Herefordshire (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).*

- **LHA floor (this property size):** £598/mo

## Rental Comparables

*Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.*

| Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on |
|------|------|------|------|------|
| 2 Bed Bungalow, Oakland Drive, HR8 | £930/mo | 2 | 0.56 miles | OpenRent |
| 2 Bed Terraced House, Northdown Close, HR8 | £850/mo | 2 | 0.58 miles | OpenRent |

**Average rent: £890/mo (2 listings)**

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.47% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £111,250
- **Target investor price (1%):** £89,000

*Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on OpenRent comparables.*

## Rent-driven metrics

*Based on OpenRent comparables (median £890/mo).*

- **Gross yield:** 5.6%
- **Cost-to-rent:** 17.8×
- **Monthly cashflow:** £28/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term)
- **Cash-on-cash ROI:** 0.6%

*Gross yield = annual rent as % of price (no costs). Cost-to-rent = price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables); under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed. Cashflow = rent − mortgage − 10% maintenance − £25/mo compliance; assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term. ROI = annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).*

## Capital growth trend

*Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.*

- **5y growth:** 23.1%
- **10y growth:** 93.6%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

*Official index for Herefordshire; Terraced series; as of March 2026.*

- **1y growth (index):** -0.4%
- **5y growth (index):** 18.3%
- **10y growth (index):** 41.1%

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 1
- **Risk:** Low
- **Source:** Job (default Low)

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